Pairing: HG/SS

Rating: M

Summary: It wasn't fair. One of her best friends had given up everything to protect the wizarding world. Even the most hated Professor in the school was a spy. All in the hopes of riding them of a madman. Forbidden to interfere. She could do nothing but watch as the rest of their world simply waited for a young teenager to take care of everyone's problems.

Disclaimer: Not mine unfortunately…I just enjoy playing with them and making my own little world away from real life.

Warnings: WIP, basically whatever my poor brain comes up with at the time. Does not follow the books.

Notes: Beta is no other than (gryfferin666). Thanks for all your help.

Merlin's Judgment

Chapter One

Hermione still couldn't believe it. Her parents were dead. Death Eaters had attacked her home and tortured her parents during the night. The Headmaster wouldn't even tell her all of the curses that had been used on them, but the implications were there. They had been tortured for hours before finally being killed with Avada Kedavra. She was in the hospital ward. Poppy had insisted she at least spend the night and had fed her a dreamless sleeping potion to make sure she slept. She got up the next morning and returned to her classes as usual. She needed to keep busy. It was the easiest way for her to deal with things. She had done this for months until finally, at last, the pain turned to a dull sad one instead of numbing. Finally she had fallen into a steady routine of classes and study just like she always did.

"I know I need to decide what I want to do after graduation. Don't really see the point until Voldemort's gone though. I'll deal with that when and if I live through it." she thought. "At least today is Saturday, so I won't have to deal with classes." Granted it was just after midnight, but it seemed to be the only way she could find anytime to be totally alone without anyone seeing anything. She knew the time was coming when she would have to inform Dumbledore of her new powers. She had intended to tell him earlier but with her parent's death she just didn't have the heart to deal with it. "Might as well go see him in the morning." she thought. "If I can in any way help get rid of Voldemort, then the sooner the better."

She spoke the password and headed into the Gryffindor common room. It was the same every Friday night, a party and then everyone would sleep in the next morning. Their way of dealing with the stress of the ongoing war. "Well," she thought. "no time like the present to see if I have a handle on my new powers." She grinned mischievously as she walked over to the couch were Harry, Ron and Ginny were sitting and talking.

"Hey Hermione," said Harry. "Where'd you go?" She just waved it off like she always did. "Nowhere really Harry, just went for a walk. I just had some things I needed to work out." He looked at her and asked. "Anything you want to talk about?" She shook her head. "Not yet, but maybe something I can show you guys. You have to promise me you won't tell anyone. I'm going to talk to Dumbledore about it tomorrow."

That got their attention. They all started asking her questions at once. She held up her hand to stop the barrage. "You'll see. I would have done this sooner, but with everything that's been happening I just couldn't handle it until now." she said. That made them even more curious. "Listen you guys, not that I don't trust any of you, but this is simply too big. Before this goes any further I need to ask all three of you to swear a wizards oath that you will not discuss this with anyone that is not in the order, other than ourselves of course." All three of them looked at her at once. "Geeze Hermione, what could be that big?" asked Ron. She just rolled her eyes. "Do I have your word or not?" she asked. They all agreed. "Ok guys, I have something to show you. And no, Harry, before you ask we don't need to go anywhere else, right here is perfect. You'll see what I mean in a minute. Just remember no one else will know this is anything other than entertainment for a party. Granted they might think it's unusual but nothing to write home about." she said. Smiling as she stood up. Looking at Ginny she asked, "Ginny, could you do me a favor and get everyone's attention please? It's time to liven this party up a bit."

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A/N: My first HP fanfic! Please review