The end of Hermione's summer had been very emotional, after her trip into Diagon Alley she had been in incredibly high spirits. The new depths of knowledge available to her was incredible and the fact her parents couldn't control what she was learning due to them not understanding any of it was even better. She had spent the better part of a week reading and rereading every book on the Hogwarts list, though this meant she hadn't had time to read up on those extra books she had gotten. Most of the concepts confused her but some things made sense, the ideas of transfiguration really seemed to appeal to her and Hermione couldn't wait till she would be able to apply the theory and do actual real life magic. Charms also seemed very practical and while it confused her more than Transfiguration did. She was still excited for it, in fact she was excited for every lesson since they all meant learning brand new things.