(Except, apparently, for a boy called Viktor Krum, who was fourteen, a year ahead of her. He had seemed oddly fascinated by her from the day she arrived, perhaps because she was the only person who seemed to spend more time in the library than he did. After a very awkward introduction during which they both made liberal use of Hermione's German/English dictionary, he'd taken to sharing her study table. Once they had enough common language to converse sensibly, he'd confided to her that he thought it was silly that Durmstrang didn't take Muggleborns, and she'd smiled brilliantly at him, agreed, and thenceforth decided that they were going to be friends.)