A/N: Eep! I'm so behind...So this one is VERY odd…not sure what to make of it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, sadly, and I'll just say that that goes for the rest of the 4 remaining chapters.
She was a clever girl. Everyone knew that. Even Voldemort himself.
The thought of her confused him.
The Dark Lord, incapable of loving—but that didn't mean that cleverness held no attraction for him. Severus had told him all about this annoying child who felt the need to constantly raise her hand.
Why, Severus had mused, we all wonder. Why is she in Gryffindor? Wouldn't Ravenclaw suit a mind like that?
The thought of Gryffindor did not turn him off, as it should have. The thought that she fought Bellatrix was exhilarating, not infuriating (not that he could say the same for the other children…), and the thought of Greyback's lust for her only increased his own.
No, no, no, of course he wasn't in love! How ridiculous a thought! Firstly, she was ever so young, and a Gryffindor, and she positively hated him. And of course, he never loved. That was a fact, and it had been since the children at his orphanage had mistreated him, since his fellow Slytherins had scorned him in first year for being a half-blood, since he'd become Lord Voldemort, fighter of Death.
So why, he wondered, was he excited for the battle when he would kill Harry Potter? Because she would be there. Why was he imagining that she would be a curvy, beautiful, alluring goddess, sent to finally make him love?
Severus had explained. "She's got the largest front teeth—" he'd laughed, "the bushiest hair—" he'd wrinkled his nose, "the oddest, oldest face, and the strangest mind."
All of this had intrigued him. It shouldn't have, of course. Bushy hair, large front teeth, old face—she wasn't a goddess.
But he couldn't help but wish she were.
And when he first caught sight of her, the bottom dropped out of his fantasy.
She was the ugliest girl he'd ever seen.
She was sharp, not curvy, and bushy and old and large, just as Severus had said.
And she was a Mudblood. The fact finally sank in, and he turned away in disgust.
He really should have listened to Severus…
(Voldemort/Hermione)