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"Hermione, put the book down and eat some breakfast," Harry urged.
Reluctantly, she did so, but not before saying, "Honestly, who would send something with such a confusing message?"
Ron and Harry shrugged and went back to eating. She began munching on a piece of toast. Suddenly, she thought of something, "Harry, Ron!"
"What?"
"It says, 'Do not steal ingredients.' Do you think it could be from Professor Snape?"
"Hermione, he's not our professor anymore," Harry said coldly. He had loathed the Potions Master from the moment they met, but that had been replaced by sheer hatred upon seeing him kill Dumbledore.
She sighed. "But, do you think it could be? It also says 'Learn how to believe me.' Maybe he's innocent, and… and he wants me to help!"
"Why would he want you to help?" Ron asked. "He never liked you. Called you an insufferable know-it-all."
"I… well, maybe he asked because I am?" Hermione suggested.
"You're mad," Ron said plainly.
Hermione glared at him, then looked through the index for a potion that would solve the last sentence of the note. "Maybe he meant Veritaserum. He wouldn't be able to lie about anything."
Sensibly, Harry replied, "He put 'learn how to believe me' not 'make me tell the truth.' Is there a potion that… makes you think differently?"
"Hmm," Hermione mumbled, thinking what that could mean. She reached the M's without much luck, but forged on nonetheless. A moment later, she reached the N's. "Harry!"
"What?" he inquired.
