A Tangent.

"Hi! My name is Hermione and this is my diary."

"I've been wanting to make a diary but ever since I learnt what happened to Ginny in the second year, I've come to fear the thought of writing my feelings into something that could be used against me."

"Nevertheless, Daphne has encouraged me to write in a diary by giving me this wonderful journal that I now use to write in."

"Since this is something I want to look back to in the future to remember fondly my first entry will be about something special."

"At first I was really sceptical when Loki told me how he'd written a play for us to perform together, but it took my breath away when I actually read it."

"It felt something straight out of a ThatKnee movie."

"It felt amazing."

"At that moment I was sure that with Loki's help, we'd be able to bring tears to everyone in the audience, just like how it had affected me when I'd first read it."

"I hadn't known Loki was such a fantastic writer until then. It feels a little embarrassing right now to think about how I always argued with Loki about how the newspaper articles were written."

"Our first performance in Professor McGonagall's classes was a joy to be a part of. I was just so immersed in making everything happen exactly the way we'd planned that I never realised how soon it finished."

"It felt exhilarating to be a part of something so amazing. It felt amazing to be with Loki while it was happening, because the worries about something going wrong, didn't happen."

"I'm sure if it were Harry or Ron that had partnered with me, something stupid would've happened…like a dark lord suddenly taking over the puppet in our play or something."

"That's it for today. I will write more when I feel like it. See you."

"Hello again."

"Today I saw Loki and Daphne talking about the comic strips in the newspaper. Although they both keep denying it, I just know that they are good friends with each other like how Daphne and I are-"

"-wait a minute. Is Daphne my friend? Why do we rarely talk to each other? Does she find me annoying? Is Loki talking to me only because we are running the newspaper together? How come we never talk about things other than the newspaper?"

"Hello again. I feel a little reluctant to pick up writing in the diary after the last time, but here I am."

"I asked Loki today why we only seem to always talk about the newspaper and he appeared surprised by my question. 'We do?' Loki asked, and then he thought for a bit before speaking again, 'That's strange, I guess we should arrange a tea break while we work so that the three of us talk to each other about something else.'"

"Although I thought that Daphne would've rejected it, she surprisingly didn't and it feels good to know that we will all be talking about other things from now on."

"That's it for today. See you."

"It was bad."

"Bad might just be an understatement. It felt like we couldn't hold a conversation with each other even if someone's life depended on it. Daphne and I tried talking about the rumours that we picked up from the Ghosts while talking to them for articles but we realised Loki was always left out."

"And then when Daphne spoke to Loki about the various people who came to him for a divination I was left out. While it was partially because I didn't believe in what Loki was doing, I also felt that Daphne and Loki were stepping around eggshells while talking about it. As if they were trying to avoid letting slip any 'important' information."

"Overall our conversations were awkward and mostly silent."

"Not doing it again. See you."

"Sirius Black was in the castle last night. It was scary. Apparently, he was aiming for the Gryffindor common room since the Fat Lady's portrait was torn up when she didn't let him enter."

"That's it for today, see you."

"Argh!! I hate Ron! He keeps telling me poor Crookshanks is attacking his rat! How fowl! How could poor Crookshanks attack his rat? Especially when it looks so disgusting and disease-infested. I'm sure no cat would want to eat him. Especially not one as intelligent as Crookshanks."

"See you."

"Harry and Ron are idiots! Idiots the two of them are!! Harry got a new broom for Christmas but we didn't know who sent it to him! But Harry and Ron weren't even ready to consider the possibility that it might be cursed! Even after what has happened to Harry in Quidditch before they told me I was going nuts!!"

"I asked Loki about it and he told me he'd try and figure out who had ordered the broom for me, apparently the person he worked with this summer Mr. Spudmore was the person who made the Firebolt."

"Did Loki get to work on it too? He did tell us earlier in class that he'd talk to him to see if me and Daphne could intern with him next summer too, but we both rejected it."

"If I can't get it of my own merit then I don't want it!"

"That will be all today. I will keep you updated on how stupid Ron and Harry are. I will inform Professor McGonagall about the broom too. See you."

"Professor McGonagall confiscated the broom. I feel a little sorry for Harry but it is for his own safety. I don't want one of my only friends to die or have something even worse happen to him."

"I'm going home for Christmas and I hope Harry doesn't get into trouble and lose us house points again."

"See you."

"Loki's Christmas gift to me was a packet that could turn cold or hot depending on how much of my spirituality I put into it. He said it's for my back that probably hurts because of how long I sit and don't move while reading books."

"Thoughtful. Along with that he also gifted me a set of rare cards deck to be used in Arcadia Royale. Did he notice I hadn't gotten around to picking the new cards Daphne had designed?"

"My gift to him was a bag of chocolates from Honeydukes since he missed the last outing to Hogsmeade, he said he was busy with something else."

"Daphne gifted me a handmade painting of me working on the newspaper articles in classroom 2-21. And I gifted her a copy of an interesting book I found in the library, 'An Artists Guide to Painting the Universe.'"

"It is a book that uses the developing potion to allow artists to mimic moving pictures. Perhaps we'll have cards with moving illustrations next year? I hope so. I'm sure the cards will become even more popular if they do."

"That's it for today. See you."

"Ok, I'm suspicious of Loki. He somehow keeps meeting me after my classes! Does he have my entire timetable memorised or something?! How does he even follow me around even when I use the Ti- object Professor McGonagall gave me?" 

"When I confronted Loki about it he said, 'Hmm…if you see me around you a lot that must mean you've fallen for me. Your subconscious is constantly reminding you about me. I'm sorry but however at this moment I cannot accept your proposal.'"

"Proposal my foot! I'm going to find out why he's been following me around and how! Just you wait Loki!"

"See you."

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