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http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7671128/3/Hermione and Neville seemed to be having some trouble, and sticking with his new found Snape-inspired dedication towards his fellow students success, Harry leaned over and had Ron help Neville with getting his broom, while he helped Hermione, since she was next to him.
He knew she was actually quite nervous about the whole flying idea, after all it's not exactly something that can be done purely by reading out of a book. Not that she hadn't been trying. He'd almost caught her lecturing the other first years about flying tips she'd read from one of said books, but before she could actually get started on anything of the sort, he passed her by and gave her a look that instead of bossing everybody around, had her showing the book and its passages around to anybody that wanted to take a look. Harry had taken her up on the offer and thanked her for the opportunity. He hadn't been the only one.
As it was now, her broom, rather than raising to her hand, had simply rolled over on its side. Her face getting flushed, she commanded even more haughtily, "UP! UP! C'mon, UP!"
"Hermione, are you scared?" Harry asked her quietly.
She looked up at him, her eyes shining with outrage, until she actually met his eyes and deflated like a popped balloon. "It's OK to be scared. Someone once told me that being scared makes you more aware, more focused, and that makes it more difficult for you to actually be hurt... so long as your courage keeps moving you forward despite your fear."
She snapped her head back around to stare at him with shocked eyes. "Where did...?" she started to ask, but Madam Hooch had become somewhat impatient and began directly 'assisting' those that did not already have their brooms in hand.
Harry acted quickly, telling Hermione, "Look, don't ignore your fear, or tell yourself that you're not afraid. Accept it, and then make the decision, do you want to fly or not? If the answer is yes, then tell that broom to get into your hand right now, or else."
Blinking, Hermione nodded her head before looking down at the broom, held her hand over it, and whispered, almost inaudibly, "Up." The broom snapped into her hand so fast she was left blinking and doing a double-take at it.
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