Title: A Defense Problem
Rating: M
Summary: Takes place during Harry's third year. There's an accident during Defense Against the Dark Arts that causes Hermione to become pregnant with Remus child. How in the name of Merlin did this happen and why is Snape laughing.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling's characters and I'm making no money.
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A/N: Once again, would like to thank you for your reviews. They have been such a joy in reading.
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Chapter 10:The Trial
"WHAT!" Hermione screamed when Dumbledore told her who had slipped the potion into her bag, "That little walking bitch!"
"Miss Granger, calm down," Madam Bones said.
"Oh I'm not going to calm down not until I cut her up and give her body parts as a gift to Professor Snape to use as his potion ingredients."
"Getting upset isn't going to help matters," Dumbledore told her, "She's going to be tried before the Ministry of Magic and she will head to Azkaban."
"I want to be there and tell them what the little bitch has done to me and my life," Hermione said, "I want her to know what it feels to know that I have the power to put her away."
"Miss Granger, naturally you will be allowed to testify but you need to claim down."
"Think about the babies," Madam Pomfrey said.
"Oh I'm thinking about them and I'm going to teach my little girl how to properly place girls like her in their place. A few hard kicks between the legs so they can't reproduce."
Hermione grinned like a bad woman.
"Merlin, help us," Snape said.
"The trial will take place next week," Madam Bones said, "I want to put this tart in Azkaban before something else happens."
"I agree," Dumbledore said and everyone left to make sure that they weren't busy on any day next week.
Hermione managed to calm down during the weekend and she got a letter, telling her that the trial would take place on Friday at eleven.
"So how long is this?" Harry asked.
"It should be for a couple of hours," Ron answered, "They have all the proof that they need that Brown did this."
"I can't wait to see her in Azkaban," Hermione said, "She's put me through hell and she's going to pay."
"Well her family will pay as well," Ron added, "They will probably lose half their fortune, which means that you're going to be comfortable for a long time."
"Well I'm still going to help," Harry told them.
"Thanks so much, guys," Hermione said, kissing them both on the cheek.
"So have you gone baby shopping?" Ron asked.
"Don't have any money and I won't write to my parents," Hermione answered.
"I'll go with you," Harry said.
"But you can't leave Hogwarts," Hermione told him, "You don't have a signed form."
"I'll talk to Dumbledore about it," Harry told her, "I do want you to have something to put them in. They can't be on a hard floor."
"I agree, Harry," Hermione said.
"So how are those cravings?" Ron asked her.
"Still going strong," Hermione said and then she got up and ran out of the Great Hall.
The next week Hermione was given something for her stomach and then they took her to the Ministry of Magic, Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Since she didn't have her wand with her the only ones that had to go to the guard was Professors Snape, Dumbledore, and Lupin. Once the wands had been given back they headed to the courtroom.
"Which one will it be?" Hermione asked.
"Courtroom three," Dumbledore answered.
Snape helped Hermione get down the stairs by picking her up and helping her that way. Hermione was shocked that Snape actually cared about her well-being. He placed her on her feet and then they continued on their way, going down the hall and out of sight. Courtroom three was a simple room that had benches for the judges and a chair for the defendant.
Hermione sat down next to Dumbledore and waited. A couple of people came and chatted with the Headmaster and Hermione couldn't believe all the things that they were talking about.
"The Headmaster has tons of friends," Lupin said.
"I figured it that much," Hermione told him.
"And they are all annoying," Snape grumbled.
"I didn't know that you were talking about yourself, Severus," Dumbledore said and Hermione laughed.
Snape glared and then said, "If those three end up walking copies of Headmaster Dumbledore I'm going to jump off the cliff."
"Don't worry, Severus, I'm sure that our smart Miss Granger will keep that from happening," Dumbledore told him.
Hermione grinned.
Suddenly the gavel was hit and Hermione turned her attention to the room. Madam Bones cleared her throat and said, "The Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Ministry of Magic, calls all of you today to hear testimony against one Lavender Brown, third year Gryffindor. She has been charged with stealing a very powerful potion and using it as a form of revenge against one Hermione Jean Granger. Bring the defendant in."
The door opened and two Dementors came in with one very shaking Lavender. She looked as though all the color had been drained from her body. But Hermione didn't care; look at what she had done to her. She was forced to sit down and they all waited.
"Miss Brown, you know the charges that are against you," Madam Bones said, "How do you plea?"
"Not guilty," she answered.
Why that little!
"Calm down, Hermione," Dumbledore urged, "You don't want to have a magical outburst."
"I'll have one if it burns Lavender up," Hermione spat.
"Calm down," Dumbledore repeated and Hermione felt the effects of a spell that Dumbledore had cast on her.
She calmed down but she was still mad.
"Professor Snape, please rise up and tell us what happened," Madam Bones said.
Hermione saw Snape stand up and he began.
"Around October I decided to show my third year Potions class a potion that will be covered during their sixth. I had it cleared by the Ministry before I showed it. I explained the effects of the potion and then I left it alone when I thought that all of the students were gone. Later I found out that the potion had been used on Miss Granger during her Defense Against the Dark Arts class. It was later discovered, under a powerful truth potion, that it was Miss Brown that had stole it."
"And what was her reason for stealing it?" Madam Bones asked.
"To make students think that she was sleeping around with her Professors," Snape answered, "She doesn't believe that Miss Granger is smart."
"And who is the father?" Madam Bones asked.
"Remus Lupin," Snape said.
"Thank you," Madam Bones said and he sat down. "I call on Albus Dumbledore, stand up."
Dumbledore stood up and Hermione waited.
"What is your impression of Miss Brown?" Madam Bones asked.
"She seems like a bright student but she doesn't use those brains. She is very prone to not thinking and imagining the worse in people."
"And your impression of Miss Granger?" Madam Bones asked.
"A very bright student, smart to the point that she should have been in Ravenclaw," Dumbledore answered, "What Miss Brown did was something that a normal human being shouldn't have done to them."
Madam Bones wrote this down and that's when Hermione saw that she was writing everything down.
"Auror Shacklebolt, give Miss Brown the truth potion," Madam Bones ordered and the potion was forced into her mouth. "State your name."
"Lavender Brown."
"What year are you in?"
"Third," Lavender answered in a toneless voice.
"What house?"
"Gryffindor," she answered.
"Why did you steal this sample from Professor Snape?" she asked Lavender.
"For revenge," Lavender answered.
"Explain," Madam Bones said.
"Because Granger is smart and is always outdoing others," she answered, "I knew that there had to be a reason why she was getting better grades and I figured out that she was sleeping with the Professors. So I believed that if I stole it from her and got her pregnant that the students and staff would believe that she did sleep with someone."
"When did you place the potion in her bag?" Madam Bones asked.
"During Care of Magical Creatures," Lavender answered, "No one noticed what I did, not even that oaf, Hagrid."
"Hagrid is not an oaf!" Hermione snarled.
"I know but this is hate talking," Snape told her. "She hates the idea that she's been caught."
"Give her the antidote," Madam Bones ordered and Kingsley poured some down her throat. "I believe, Miss Brown, that you hated Miss Granger so much that you were willing to break the law. Raise your hands if you believe that Miss Brown is guilty on all charges."
Everyone raised their hands and Hermione felt excited. Lavender gave her such a look that it told her that she better watch her back.
"You have been found guilty of stealing a powerful draught from Professor Snape," Madam Bones said to her, "You will be placed in Azkaban for twenty years, so that her children don't have to worry about you poisoning them in their sleep. And half your family's fortune shall be given to Miss Granger so that she can raise her children and make sure that they can get things. The money will be available before your next Hogsmead visit. Take her away."
As they dragged Lavender out she screamed, "I'LL GET YOU BACK FOR THIS, YOU BITCH. I'LL KILL YOU AND I'LL KILL YOUR BRATS!"
"Not before I kill you first," Hermione vowed. "Stay the hell away from my babies."
Hermione was knocked out by time she got back to Hogwarts that all she wanted to do was sleep. Thankfully Harry, Ron, and Ginny understood and allowed her the peace. She fell asleep, thinking about how great her day had been and how she was grateful for any help that she was getting.
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A/N: I hope that I did this chapter right. Lavender Brown is a piece of work. I'll be back in a couple of days with a new chapter, though I will be working on it during the time that I'm not posting. Only three more chapters and this story will be done.
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