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Chapter #2: Twisted reality.

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Hermione wanted to continue the conversation she was having with Harry, however, the potions suddenly took effect and she got back to the land of dreams, and she didn’t know for how long she slept but she woke up as fast as she could the moment her dream in which she was exploring and endless library turned into a nightmare.

The books suddenly glued to each other and then they turned into a pair of giant snakes with the faces of Lucius and Draco Malfoy, they were smirking, mocking, and calling her a mud-blood, they were about to eat her but then, at that moment she woke up and her actions startled the people that were waiting for her to wake up.

“Mione…It’s okay, it was just a dream,” Harry said as he ran as fast as he could from his position to assist her.

He had been talking with Ginny and Ron, who apparently were a bit worried about him, he was on the verge of snapping at them for trying to control him, however, the way Hermione woke up so violently made him run towards her as if his life depended on it.

He grabbed a glass of water that was on the side of the bed and he tried to make her drink some, he knew this was what she needed.

“Ah…This is…I don’t know I was so thirsty!” Hermione said trying not to choke on the water.

“Well, you slept for almost twelve hours Hermione…No matter how much magic we have in the end, we’re still humans and our bodies need water,” Harry told her in the most Hermione-like tone.

However, instead of her laughing at his ridiculous imitation, she almost spit the water in Harry’s face.

“T-twelve hours?!” She asked not believing what she had just heard.

“Yep, you slept like a log, I was worried you were in a comma but the healers said it was normal after such a complex surgery and, after all, they put you through so many potions,” Harry sighed before he fell on the chair next to her bed.

Hermione was still trying to adjust to reality, she couldn’t believe she slept for almost twelve hours, she could swear she slept for only five minutes. However, her thoughts were suddenly interrupted the moment she realized there was some tension between the Weasleys and Harry.

“Harry…Is something wrong?” Hermione asked with a frown.

“Hermione make him understand, please…He's starting to worry us!” Ron said desperately and he gained a glare from Harry.

“He’s thinking of doing something crazy!” Ginny said this time.

“That’s not true I just said that we have to find a way to make them pay…Why are you trying to make me look like I’m losing my mind? It's normal to want to punish the people who have hurt us,” Harry said with an offended tone.

“Harry…What are you talking about?” Hermione was still a bit confused after sleeping for so long.

Harry decided to not say anything and he just grabbed today’s daily prophet and put it in Hermione’s lap, the brown-haired witch was confused as she read the headline but then, her eyes widened, and soon, her confusion due to her health disappeared and it was replaced by anger.

“THE ATTACK ON DIAGON ALLEY, THE CONSEQUENCE OF HARRY POTTER AND ALBUS DUMBLEDORE’S LIES.

Last evening should’ve been peaceful, people should’ve been having fun, parents and kids should’ve been picking up the supplies for the upcoming term at Hogwarts, and couples should be having fun while keeping the economy alive, and instead what happens is the result of Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore’s lies.

People are getting worried and paranoid, and that’s why a group of strangers attacked Diagon Alley, thanks to Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore now people can’t trust each other any longer, they’re worried that a dark wizard could be living amongst them.

That’s why a group of those people we have never seen before decided to attack the place expecting to take care of some undercover dark wizard walking amongst the upstanding citizens of our magical country, my theory is that they decided to take justice by their own wands.

Now, this reporter doesn’t approve of violence, and the minister has told me that he has put his best people to take care of those rogue wizards responsible for the attack but he asks the public to not be too severe with them, after all, they could've been under the imperius curse, and our dear and amazing minister is right and we hope they get the proper punishment, all of us have wands and all of us have powers but that doesn’t give us the right to try to disrespect our great government like this.

On a side note, one of the many victims according to the healers in St. Mungo’s is Hermione Granger who happens to be Harry Potter’s best friend and according to some insiders, his girlfriend, maybe after the near-death experience Miss Granger has gone through Harry Potter would finally offer a public apology to all of us.

Harry Potter, it’s time to stop with your lies, it has hurt not only strangers but someone close to you, let’s hope that after seeing your friend almost die you stop with your lies and finally tell the world the truth”.

Hermione was getting angrier with each word she read, she tried her best to remain calm but she couldn’t find the strength in herself to do it, she was seeing that Harry was trying his best to control his anger too.

“I can’t believe it, Harry…They’re trying to silence you and guilt trip you and they’re using me to do that!” She was on the verge of grabbing her wand before storming the daily prophet offices.

Seeing how angry Harry and Hermione were, Ginny decided to whisper something in Ron’s ear and he nodded nervously.

“Uh…We’re going to call for a healer now that you woke up Hermione, we’ll be coming back soon,” Ron muttered nervously and neither he nor Ginny waited for them to say something.

Once the door was completely closed, there was a silence, Harry knew what was about to come, Hermione was probably going to scold him for thinking about taking justice with his own wand too.

“So…What’s your plan?” She asked with a harsh tone.

“Look, Hermione…Just forget about it but let me tell you that I wasn’t planning a violent response, I wasn’t planning on taking my wand and killing everyone in the ministry—” Harry was suddenly interrupted by Hermione who raised her hand.

“They need to be stopped, Harry…And I’m not talking about the press or the ministry, if the order nor the ministry are interested in taking care of the cancer before it expands, we need to do it ourselves,” Hermione’s words made Harry open his eyes as wide as he could get them.

“No…There’s no way you said that Hermione…Are you serious?” He asked her with a slight grin that made her feel butterflies in her stomach.

“Harry…You and me…We’re both in danger, so, either we flee out of the country together…Or the two of us could try to do something, I can’t stand being left in the dark while the order members pretend to do something instead of letting us join,” Hermione said frustrated as she slammed her hands on her lap through the blanket.

“Squibs,” Harry said with a serious tone.

“What?” Hermione asked with a confused expression.

“Dumbledore and the order should be out there hunting death eaters even using questionable methods, the death eaters aren’t going to play nice once they decide to take over and I know you don’t want to kill and you would hate me if I killed, so…I was thinking that we should create a spell to turn them into squibs, let's take out the thing that they love most...Their magic,” Harry finally voiced his idea.

It sounded better in his head but now he was thinking of how stupid Hermione must think he was as she was staring at him with a raised brow, and he didn’t know if he should be worried or impressed by the silence she was giving him, after all, Hermione rarely remains silent for too long unless she's reading a book, she was about to say something else but then, Andromeda decided that it was time for Hermione's check-up.