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Chapter #21: Hermione's plan.

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“Hermione…Hermione…Hermione!” She ignored a lovely known voice.

Hermione was surrounded by the staff, they were fast to point their wands at her but she didn’t care.

“Miss Granger…Please lower the wands,” Dumbledore said in a calm yet serious tone.

“Yes, and be careful with Mr. Malfoy and Miss Parkison, unlike you, they’re upstanding members of our society!” Umbridge said with a furious tone.

“Hermione…Hermione…Hermione!” Hermione ignored once again that lovely known voice.

“No, I won’t do that, not until these two excuses of human beings confess their crimes, there’s no point pretending, I know you two did it!” Hermione said tightening her hold on the wands.

However, she was facing the teachers by herself that's why it didn't take too long for the staff to fire spells at her, however, she was faster than them, and soon, she defeated all of them, Malfoy and his friends tried to attack her but she killed them without mercy, she felt like justice was and now no one dared to face her until...

“Hermione…Hermione…Hermione!” It was Harry.

Hermione quickly shook her head and then, she realized that she wasn’t in the great hall any longer, she was back in the hospital wing, and then she felt a bit disappointed even though she was with her boyfriend.

She was daydreaming about making Malfoy and the others pay, Harry looked at her with a raised brow, he was curious about what happened with his girlfriend but decided to remain calm for the moment.

“Are you alright?” He asked with a concerned tone.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she said not so confidently. “It’s just that…I feel so hopeless sometimes, I feel like no matter what we try, they’re always going to find a way to blame us even if we're the victims,” Hermione said with a sad expression. “The magical world is not fair,” she added with a sad tone.

Harry decided to grab one of her hands and then he kissed it gently, Hermione smiled weakly at him.

“I wish I could say something to make you feel better but your take is very realistic Hermione…And to be honest I’ve been feeling like that for some time that it made me think of something…” Harry remained in silence for a few moments.

“Yes?” Hermione questioned him with a raised brow.

“I was thinking that once we finish this year and we get our OWLS, maybe we could leave Hogwarts,” Harry said with a weak smile.

However, seeing Hermione’s horrified expression made Harry quickly add more.

“But not to fool around Mione…I was thinking about continuing our muggle education, who knows? Maybe we can go to university, I heard that there’s a way to get your high school diploma if you finish your OWLS at least, then we can go to university,” Harry said with a weak tone.

Now that caught Hermione’s interest.

“Really? Do you think that’s possible?” She asked with a curious expression.

“I heard something from a seventh-year student, a muggle-born on the train said that he received a letter from the British secret service to offer him the possibility to go to university or even join them, or at least that’s what he said when his pureblood friend asked him what he was planning to do after graduating,” Harry said with a bit of shame for eavesdropping.

Hermione remained in silence for a few moments, her expression was stoic but then she smiled at Harry.

“That doesn’t so bad, after all, as a muggle-born, I don't have too many opportunities here,” she said before she got on her feet and kissed one of Harry’s cheeks. “I’ll think about it but for now I guess I should really get going to the great hall, I have a good plan to make your attackers pay,” Hermione said with a weak smile.

She was about to go but then she remembered something.

“Oh, by the way, have this, in case you find yourself surrounded by unwanted company,” she gave him his spare wand. “Also this too in case you feel someone suspicious is close,” she gave him the marauder’s map and the invisibility cloak. “And…Take this too, I’m afraid I will do something I might regret later if I have this with me,” she then gave him the time turner.

Before he could say something she kissed him and now, they shared a long kiss on the lips that neither of them wanted to end but they knew they had to, Hermione decided to move sexily as she left the infirmary, she knew Harry was looking at her bum, so, she smiled proudly as she left.

Once she arrived at the great hall, she saw the culprits just like she imagined they would be, they were chatting, laughing, and making fun of Harry once they saw her. However, Hermione decided to ignore them for now, she surprised everyone when she walked slowly towards the head table instead of her house table, she wished a good morning to all the staff and then she faced Snape.

“Professor Snape…I’d like to thank you for helping Harry, I was told that you knew the counterspell,” Hermione said with a fake smile on her face.

“Y-you don’t have to thank me, you can get back to your house table,” Snape tried to sound annoyed but Hermione knew he was trying to get away from the questions.

“Yes, but before I do that there’s something I’d like to know, professor…I’d like to know which spell was used because I’m sure not even Madam Pomfrey knew about it and she’s an expert when it comes to normal and dark spells,” Hermione said with a curious tone.

“Miss Granger…I think this is not the right time to ask such questions,” Dumbledore soon intervened.

Hermione smirked internally, this was so typical.

“Oh, okay, I just wanted the school to know that the teacher they hate the most actually saved the life of the student he likes the least by being the only person who knew the counterspell of an unknown spell, I don’t know about the rest but I feel grateful that Professor Snape is on our side,” Hermione said before getting ready to leave.

But then she faced the head table once again.

“Oh, by the way, I think Harry is going to eventually break the memory charm placed on his head, I don’t know if you guys know about this but according to him, he remembers a glimpse of his attackers…He remembers a raven-haired witch and a blonde wizard,” Hermione said with a sweet tone.

Then she came back to her table and soon, everyone started to whisper and chat about what they heard, the descriptions were too vague and this was causing paranoia in the student body as seeing people with blonde and dark hair wasn’t an uncommon thing.

Hermione smirked triumphantly as she sat at the table next to Neville, and everyone at the table was looking at her with surprised expressions, seeing Hermione looking so smugly wasn’t a common thing.

The brown-haired witch on the other hand was congratulating herself, she knew what she was doing, and the moment she caught a glimpse of Malfoy and Parkinson’s concerned expressions, she felt satisfied, their mocking and their arrogance suddenly disappeared and it was now replaced by fear.

And just like Hermione expected, no matter how much the student body hated Harry, knowing that they could be friends with someone who could attack another person in the Express made people feel paranoid and in the evening, the tales about students attacking each other weren't uncommon, during dinner, Dumbledore had to gather everyone to scold and reprimand them for their attitude.

“Uh, Professor Dumbledore?” Asked Hermione as she got on her feet.

“Yes, Miss Granger?” Asked the old wizard with a cold tone.

“I think there’s a way to stop the attacks and find the attackers,” everyone whispered and looked at her. “They can swear on their magic to prove their innocence,” Hermione said with a calm expression.

Most people were relieved to hear that and most of the staff members were awed by Hermione’s cunning plan, and just like Hermione expected, Dumbledore, Snape, Umbridge, and most of all, Malfoy and Parkinson didn’t look quite happy about this, after all, swearing and lying on your magic can turn you into a squib or worse, kill you.