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Chapter #18: Hermione’s quest, part 1.

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Hermione couldn’t believe her luck, she didn’t know why but she knew something big was coming, a change that could either make things better or worse, regardless of that, she knew what to do as she contemplated the bodies of Crabbe and Goyle sinking into the ocean after she increased their weight using magic.

She didn’t have time to waste, she needed to get going if she wanted to put her parents to safety, she didn’t have too much time to hesitate, the death of Crabbe and Goyle had given her an advantage but she knew she needed to get to work already.

The only reason why she was serving the death eaters is because they threatened her parents, it’s ironic that after Voldemort took over magical Britain, it was Crabbe and Goyle’s fathers the ones who approached her when she was alone at her home.

That day she was informed of all the changes wizarding Britain was going to go through and the changes muggle-borns like Hermione would go through too, to say Hermione was scared would be an understatement, still, she was told not to tell anything to her parents or anyone else, after all, they had the complete power, they could kill her parents whenever they pleased and they won’t face any consequences.

After that, Hogwarts became a mess as the board of governors revealed their true colors, all of them were Voldemort's former followers, and with the help of the most brutal death eaters who were recently freed from Azkaban, the Hogwarts staff was completely kicked out and they were replaced by death eaters.

It was at that moment when Hogwarts changed, the castle was no longer a place to study the many branches of magic, it was a militarization center for muggle-borns as the half-blood families who were in the know and had a backup plan in case their children were expelled, they sent their children elsewhere or went into hiding and were homeschooled, some went to France and other places in Europe.

Meanwhile, the pureblood students from families who supported Voldemort were sent to Durmstrang and many other shady schools to recruit future supporters for the dark lord to take over in other countries, Albania, Italy, USA, those are some of the countries that Hermione heard rumors about having people in power who were on the dark lord’s side.

Once the school was reformed, there were only two subjects taught and those were defense against the dark arts and potions but in the case of the first subject it was only the defense part the one that was taught, they weren’t taught any kind of attacking spells.

It was clear what the purpose was, they wanted to create a canon folder army, one that would clearly never support the dark lord and would never use the dark arts in the way the dark lord expected his followers to use, and they were fine with that because the deeper you indulge yourself in the dark arts, the least likely you're going to be able to cast a simple shield spell.

That’s what Voldemort and his followers wanted, an army capable of defending the ones who had the power, it’s clear that they were preparing Hermione and the other muggle-borns for an upcoming war, one in which muggle-borns could protect the ones in charge who at the same time wouldn’t give a shit if the protectors died, in fact, they would love if the muggle-born canon folders died.

It was tough at first, the punishments, the verbal abuse, the brainwashing to make all muggle-borns believe that their lives were nothing worthy and that their only purpose is for them to die for the dark lord. She went through so many awful experiences, but surprisingly, not even with that they were able to break her, they thought they did but she was just acting.

There were days when they were forced to not eat even though the food was awful the whole year, still, at some point Hermione got used to it because keeping her parents safe was the thing she wanted the most and she was going to do everything she could to achieve that.

She was also doing something secretly, one day while she was walking on a certain corridor, she was feeling so frustrated due to the lack of knowledge she had about offensive spells that she wished for a place to learn all that, and surprisingly, a door appeared.

Hermione didn’t think her situation could get any worse, so, full of curiosity she decided to open that door and to say she was amazed would be an understatement, she found so many books there, the room was incredible, if she wished for something the room always made her wishes come true, Hermione named that place the room of requirement.

Thanks to this, Hermione made a habit of waking up half an hour early every day to study and practice in the room, she also spent half an hour in that place before sleeping, she wanted to spend more time but she didn’t want to raise suspicions from the staff and she did the same thing for years until the day she graduated.

However, one day during her summer vacations, she couldn’t help but remember the promise she could never fulfill, the one about visiting Henry Potter and his sister who liked her very much, she wanted to apologize, so, she searched for Henry on Facebook and surprisingly, she found his profile, there were some pictures of him and it said that he lived now in South America.

Hermione sent him a friend request and she was accepted, at first it was awkward, it was clear that Henry’s parents knew about her situation and they were wary of her, however, as time passed by, she felt like they finally realized she wasn’t a danger to them.

She still had the address of the Potter family, she was told that they were under the Fidelius charm, she wanted to tell them she had the address but the last thing she wanted to be obliviated and never heard of him and his family again because she knew the Potter family was the one the death eaters and the dark lord hated the most, but she would never betray them, thinking about him and his sister gave Hermione strength when she needed it.

Rose was delighted to have contact with Hermione once again and during the summers she played with them regularly, in fact, one day she received a gift, it was a piece of parchment, so small that one would think it was trash but it was actually one of the many inventions Henry's father created alongside his friends when they were students.

With that piece of parchment, she was able to send and receive messages from Henry and Rose when she was at school, that’s how the order knew the situation at Hogwarts, they gained an accidental but very well-received spy without even asking and Hermione was amazed by how Henry and Rose passed their N.E.W.T.S. by the time they were fifteen and fourteen respectively.

They did their testing in Switzerland as it’s a neutral magical country that doesn’t support any side, they only support themselves and the gold of the good wizards and evil ones around the world.

Still, despite the difficulties, Hermione was able to excel in potions, she became the best at her curse, the healing potions, the stamina boost, and the defense ones were the best when they were brewed by her, thus, she got recruited by Severus Snape.

He is the potions' master of the dark lord and the second in command, he taught for some time after the dark lord took over the world but then he was replaced by the female Carrow.

One would think that her situation could be better once she graduated but she still needed to wear the poop badge, but that was just the start, things just got worse once she received the first order from the second in command of the dark lord: she now had to live with him six days a week.