Prologue

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. He and his world belong to J K Rowling.

Summary: After the breakup of Dumbledore's Army, Delores Umbridge persecutes Harry and one day Harry goes after her to kill her, not with his wand, but with his bare hands. He is restrained from doing so by Professor Snape. He flees to Durmstrang.

A/N Viktor was eighteen in GoF and would be nineteen during OotP. He is a fully qualified Overage wizard. The loss of Karkaroff was unexpected and the Bulgarian and German Ministries hired Viktor in desperation. He had worked close to Karkaroff who had truly reformed. Viktor is very talented and is doing very well. He was going to be on the staff and begin to teach. Because of the chief Death Eater (Voldemort) he is running Durmstrag. Also this story is slightly AU

A/N Hermione is a very level-headed girl but of that terrible night she is very upset and disappointed in her Minister of Magic and with Dumbledore. She lets them both have it. Because of her Muggle upbringing she is not afraid to express displeasure with her head of state. He has just committed an atrocity.

Terrible things had happened the year before.

Harry's name had come out of the Goblet of Fire and he had ended up regretting not running away as dark wizards had used the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament to use Harry Potter in a dark ceremony to get Voldemort's body and powers back. Cedric Diggory, one of the two Hogwarts Champions was dead.

Cornelius Fudge and Dumbledore had quarrelled in the hospital wing. Hermione Granger stopped Fudge as he was walking out in an angry huff. Her face was almost as red as Ginny's hair. Fudge started walking faster but Hermione pursued him.

"Out of my way little girl!" he snapped as he tried to push her out-of-the-way.

"No you don't, Cornelius Fudge! You will stop and hear me out or the Ministry will hear it in a super loud Howler!" yelled Hermione.

"That's blackmail Granger! I could have you sent to Azkaban!" snapped Fudge.

"Try it! I won't be there long. The Muggle Prime Minister has power to act in my favor. When he hears about the Dementor's kiss he's going go crazy and arrest you! You'll have to order my release to get your own release. Drop the pretenses. You are going to hear me out!" yelled Hermione. "You and Dumbledore quarreling like kids!"

"Just you settle down, little girl!" barked Fudge.

Fudge had just said the wrong thing.

"Little girl! How dare you! I'm not that far from being Overage! Why did you bring that Dementor on the grounds? You could have taken Crouch off the grounds as then had him kissed and then the quarrel would not have been as bad if it happened at all!" sniffed Hermione. "Do you know how many nightmares I've had about a Dementor kissing me since that night on the train? Everything at this school is being spoiled. Harry, me and Ron may have to go abroad for school."

"Crouch was a dangerous lunatic. He tried to bring You-Know-Who back. It is my duty to protect you!" said Fudge.

"Fine job you did! You were warned repeatedly to get Harry out of the Tournament or stop it but no, you had to go on and a fine mess you have made. Harry's hurt and Cedric is dead. I wish we were wrong about You-Know-Who. You cannot hide you head in the sand. He won't go away. The Dementors will turn to him! Go back to your Ministry! Perhaps it's not too late to pick up the pieces."

Fudge turned and got out of the Castle as fast as he could. He knew Hermione had to be terribly upset.

Hermione was not through yet. She went into the hospital wing.

"You've let Fudge manipulate you, Professor Dumbledore, and now Fudge will make us all suffer! Next year, we'll all pay, especially Harry. I know you would never want that but you let that Minister Fudge use you."

"He brought that Dementor on the grounds to start a quarrel with you! I don't think a Dementor's kiss should ever be used on anyone and I'm sure you agree. I intend to see the Dementors gone it I have to become Minister of Magic to do it. You should not have quarreled with Fudge so harshly."

"You give that little know-it-all detention or so help me I'll Cruciate her!" yelled Severus Snape.

"Severus you will do nothing of the kind!" said Dumbledore. "Hermione calm yourself!"

Harry sat up and called Hermione over and hugged her.

"It's alright Hermione. We're all upset! I never knew Fudge could be such a git." said Harry. "He has shocked and disappointed all of us."

Fudge went back to his office. Everything had gone wrong. Umbridge came in.

"Cornelius, Dumbledore wants your job. That's why he started this hysteria. Send me to Hogwarts next year and I will punish that smart mouth Mudblood and The-Boy-Who-Lived. If you want to keep your job you must ruin Dumbledore and The-Boy-Who-Lived. If the Mud-blood gets in your way you must ruin her."

"Umbridge get out of my office!" yelled Fudge.

Later that night Dumbledore went to Gryffindor Tower. He had Hermione called.

"I want you to Owl Viktor Krum, Hermione. I want space at Durmstrang for You, Harry, Ron, Neville, Ginny, the twins and the rest of your friends. Don't worry about your blood status. Viktor told me it no longer matters. We had a talk. He has tentatively agreed to help anyone who needs it come to Durmstrang for a year, part of a year or as long as you need to. Don't worry about Igor. He was just angry because Harry's name came out of the Goblet. I fear for Igor's life. He forsook the Death Eaters and turned them in. He wisely got out of the country. Wait till you're home, then Owl Viktor," said Dumbledore. "This is his last year and he is joining the staff at Durmstrang. We must plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Hermione agreed.

"Professor I was hard on Fudge. I'm working on an Owl asking him to forgive me," said Hermione.

"It looks fine!" said Dumbledore. "This potion is from Madame Pomphry. Drink it down. Go to sleep and send your Owl in the morning.

The next day an Owl tapped on Fudge's window. Fudge was relieve and impressed.

"Dear Minister,

I'm sorry I lost it last night but we were all very upset. I'm not normally like that. I'm worried about everything including my Muggle family. Even if the You-Know-Who is not back something is afoot and Crouch is not the last one who if given the opportunity would pull something like what happened. If you are wonder how he got out of Azkaban he said under Veritiserum that his father removed him from Azkaban. I don't know it you were ever told this. With the upset you may have never been told. We may have different ideas but we cannot fight among ourselves. Please forgive me, Professor Dumbledore and everyone else.

Hermione Jean Granger"

Fudge felt relief but Umbridge had him worried. True she was a hot head. Sometimes he just wanted to send her to somewhere else like the Department of Mysteries.

He'd had a nightmare last night. He'd gone to see the Muggles Prime Minister but he was the You-Know-Who had come back. He had impersonated a Muggle and become Muggle Prime Minister.

"What a nightmare said Fudge as he walked into work. They seem to have happened since the Triwizard Tournament! Someone is a very powerful Legilimens. They are causing it but who?

Umbridge sat in silence. She was secretly a powerful Legilimens and she secretly wanted Fudge's job. She would sabotage everything but herself, move in and take over.

The following year was a nightmare. Umbridge had come to Hogwarts, mistreated everyone and in the name of educational reform had refused to teach defensive magic. Students were not learning how what they needed for their Owls.

In frustration, some students formed their own study group and met secretly in the Room of Requirement. Umbridge knew something was underfoot but she and Filch could not track it down. The rest of the staff only pretended to help. Snape had started out sympathetic to her but he had turned against her, though he pretended to help.

Finally Umbridge succeeded in blackmailing a Ravenclaw girl whose mother worked for the Ministry. She turned them in.

Harry attempted to take credit for it but Dumbledore would not let him. When Fudge attempted to arrest Dumbledore he used magic to disappear.

Umbridge forced Harry's group to write lines with blood quills and treated Harry with open hostility. Harry began to imagine using
AVADA KADAVRA on Umbridge. No, he thought, I'll just kill her the Muggle way with my bare hands. He was about to pounce on her but Professor Snape stopped him and blocked his airway until she was out of sight.

"Potter I must release your airway or you will die. When I do if you make noise you will be in Azkaban and I will have a lot of paperwork!"