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My second Harry Potter POV fic, this time of Herminoe Granger.

My Place

Have you ever done something that was so incredibly stupid that you can't stop mentally kicking yourself?

I have, although I don't know what would have happened without me there, although I do know that I was the first one to go down.

My name is Herminoe Granger, the so-called 'smartest witch' at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

I really don't understand why everyone assumes that I'm so intelligent. Just because I've study all the time and read nearly everything that I can get my hands on.

I mean really, if I was as smart as everyone thinks I am, than I probably would've been able to defeat Voldemort himself during the battle at the Department of Mysteries.

Instead I was the first one taken out of the fight…

…Doesn't that tell you something? If what I heard from the others is correct, Neville lasted longer than I, Ron, Ginny, and Luna did.

I know all of these spells, but really, how do you expect anyone to be able to recall all those obscure spells in the middle of a fight?

Oh, right, the Wizarding World calls fights duels. Silly me.

Anyway, the point is that I'm definitely not cut out for the frontlines. I mean, I'm not weak or anything like that, and I know some decent spells, but the fact is that I lack battle sense.

I'm probably going to end up as a teacher. I mean really, what else am I going to actually be able to do with all this knowledge.

Kind of depressing when you think about it.

Harry's probably is going to be key in defeating Voldemort. After all, if Professor Dumbledroe could kill Voldemort it would've already been done by now.

And knowing Ron, he's probably going to be right there by his side.

I honestly don't know where Neville, Ginny, and Luna are going to be, but it probably is going to be somewhere on the battlefield.

What am I going to end up doing? Sitting behind a desk teaching some subject that probably won't matter much in the grand scheme of things.

Then again, I probably wont even get to do that. After all, Defense Against the Dark Arts seems to be the only subject that's in a constant need of a teacher.

In other words, the only subject I wouldn't be a good choice to teach.

No, that's not true, I wouldn't be a good choice as a Divination teacher either.

…It's ironic, working the hardest yet not having any potential career in sight.

Some people think that schoolwork is all that I care about.

While I do care about that, that isn't all of it.

And getting a 'Nine out of Ten' on homework is not what I fear the most.

What I fear most is all of my friends being killed because I couldn't do anything.

So where do I belong? Where am I going to end up?

We'll just have to see where my place in the world is.

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Hope you guys liked this short look into Herminoe's mind.

I've also started a Yahoo Group, which link is in my bio.