Hermione Granger is the first person to meet Harry on the Hogwarts Express, not Ron Weasley. How does this change their dynamic? How does this change their relationship with Ron? Just how different could Harry Potter's life have been if a certain bushy-haired witch had wandered into his compartment just a few minutes earlier? Re-uploaded because format issues.

Hermione Granger was the first person to meet Harry Potter on the Hogwarts Express, not Ron Weasley. How does this change their dynamic? How does this change their relationship with Ron? Just how different could Harry Potter's life have been if a certain bushy-haired witch wandered into his compartment a few minutes earlier?