《Harry Potter》

Blinking into consciousness, Harry stared up at crumbling wooden ceiling. It had a spot on it. And a cobweb. Sitting up and reaching for his glasses, Harry looked around and saw that he was in his shared room with Ron at the Burrow. He could hear the buzz of voices downstairs, maybe in the kitchen. They sounded a mixture of distressed and angry.

What had happened?

The last thing he remembered was Yao and the forest. Then... nothing. Groaning as he rolled out of bed, he looked down and found himself in wizard Mickey Mouse pajamas.

"I'm going to kill Fred and George," Harry grumbled, his voice hoarse.

He ran down the rickety staircase, skipping steps. As he got closer further down, he began to hear snippets of the conversation. They were definitely arguing. Not wanting to walk in and have things get awkward, Harry leaned against the kitchen door with his ear pressed to it.

"We have to save poor Winky! There's no way the Ministry will give her a fair trial." Hermione sounded terribly distressed.

What had happened to Winky? Had she gotten arrested for something?

"Hermione, that is the least of our worries right now." Percy's voice was cold. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go to work."

There was the sound of a chair scraping against the floor and the door opening and getting slammed shut.

"Lighten up," Harry heard Raj say, clearly desperate to change the subject. "Something cool's going to happen at school!"

Hermione began to scream at him about the importance of equal rights. Harry heard Yao sigh loudly at Raj's statement.

"A potentially fatal 'cool thing.' Honestly, I don't understand why they would even if this. It is so incredibly dangerous. You know, the wizarding school in China would never do that." Yao raised his volume, his voice shaking a little. "Children could die from this... this... this thing that you do for entertainment! This 'cool thing.'"

"I have to agree with Yao on this one." Mrs. Weasley said, her voice clipped. "It is ridiculously dangerous."

"Children learn best by doing!" Mr. Kirkland's voice was loud and outraged now.

"And dying." Yao's tone was flat now. "Just you wait. By the end of this 'cool thing,' I'll bet you my entire savings that one kid will have died."

Harry frowned. It had been awhile since a kid had died. Surely Yao would be wrong? Hogwarts had Dumbledore. It was safe. The "cool thing" couldn't be that deadly, or they wouldn't do it. Harry had to appreciate Yao looking out for the students, though. He was like Mrs. Weasley in that way. But what was the (potentially deadly) "cool thing" they were talking about?

"What 'cool thing?'" Ron asked after an awkward silence following Yao's pessimistic statement, voicing Harry's question.

Harry heard a voice that he was pretty sure was Bill's chuckling. "It's a surprise."

"Yes," Yao said drily, "A surprise. And you can come in now, Harry."

Harry jumped, stunned. Then he nervously pushed open the kitchen door to reveal everyone except for Yao, Raj, and Mr. Kirkland looking shocked. The aforementioned three simply looked amused. Guiltily, Harry walked in this his head down.

"You didn't have to stand out there all that time, Harry," Raj said casually, leaning back against his chair. "You could have grabbed a front seat to today's show- Monty Python the Holy Nagger Trinity."

Harry shuffled in place uncomfortably, not sure what to do after being discovered.

"Well?" Mr. Kirkland said in a cool, professional manner, taking a sip of his tea. "Don't just stand there. Grab a seat."

Grabbing a seat next to Ron, Harry noticed that the shock over his arrival had mostly worn down and everyone was quietly eating their breakfast now. He also noticed the absences of Percy (who had gone to work) and Mr. Weasley.

"What happened?" Harry asked, sipping on his milk.

"Well," Raj said, "Monty Python went searching for the Holy Grail, but he accidentally found the Holy Nagger Trinity- by order of appearance, Mrs. Weasley, Yao, and Hermione. Then-"

"I meant after the riot at the World Cup."

"Oh. You passed out, Yao carried you in his big burly arms back here-"

Harry choked on his milk. "Yao carried me?"

"Yes," Yao snapped, looking as irritated as he had sounded during the earlier argument. "Don't sound so surprised!"

"Sorry," Harry mumbled through his coughs as Ron clapped him on the back.

"Then the Ministry arrested Winky because she was found holding your wand, and it was your wand that cast the Dark Mark," Mr. Kirkland continued in place of Raj, who looked annoyed his spot had been taken.

"Which was unfair!" Hermione added, looking and sounding incredibly upset. "They were just looking for a scapegoat!"

Yao sighed wearily. "All governments do that, Hermione."

"That doesn't make it right! Anyways, when we got back to the Burrow the next morning, we found out that Rita Skeeter- a nasty journalist- had written an article in the Daily Prophet with something about Mr. Weasley. He's gone to go sort it out. Tomorrow we're heading off to Hogwarts! I'm going to form a an organization that promotes the rights of house elves there."

Raj scoffed. "Good luck with the system. There's no getting past the system."

"People in the muggle world have improved the rights of minorities! Gay marriage is legal now-"

"In some countries."

"It's still progress! And there are no more slaves anymore and segregation is illegal. Schools are equal, people are becoming better-"

"And then Trump came along."

"Don't you see?" Hermione sounded frustrated. "It's still progress! Things will get better!"

Raj leaned over to Yao. "She sounds like a nerdy cross between Mei and Alfred."

"Don't ignore me!" Hermione sounded furious now. "This is really important! You should care about this since it happened to your own people! But you guys are independent now, aren't you? You stood up for ourselves and demanded change. You weren't afraid to challenge the system set in place. It was the same for my people. We were enslaved and then segregated, but things are much more equal for us now! See? Things can get better!"

Raj was silent for a moment, his eyes distant as if he was lost in the sea of the past. Then he nodded.

"True... you're a brave girl, Hermione. You remind me of someone else..." Raj's eyes got misty. Then he sighed. "Please, allow me the honor of becoming the second member of your organization to help house elfs."

"I'll join too," Ron offered. "Sounds like... umm... a good cause."

"Count me in," Mr. Kirkland said, smiling.

Yao smiled too. "You're the fourth to join, Opium. That's unlucky. And I'm joining as well."

"Me too," Harry added.

Ginny agreed as well.

Hermione looked absolutely delighted. Her brown eyes were sparkling with tears. "T-thank you guys so much! I just know that we'll be able to change things for the better!"

6/22/2017

"But that isn't what happened in the book, " said everyone watching the movies and reading this.

Look, if you want to read what happened in the books, then go read the books. But you clearly wanted something different, which is why you're reading this.

I think that it's really nice that they made Hermione black in The Cursed Child. (Pretty much the only redeeming part of that thing). It was never actually specified whether Hermione was black or white. However, Emma Watson was a really good actor and is a good person overall. I recommend listening to her speech to the UN about feminism, it's really inspiring.

Back to Hermione being black, I feel like that adds a whole new level of meaning to her character. Black people are usually stereotyped to be dumb, but Hermione's pretty much the best student in the whole school. Also, her stand for the right of house elves relates to black people standing up for their rights. All in all, Hermione is an awesome character, and she (as of right now) is definitely the book character that has influenced me the most.

I'm getting this feeling right now that not everyone will agree with my views in this chapter, which is totally okay. I will try to leave political bias out of the rest of the story, but there will be some historical references since Hetalia is literally history.

If you don't like this, please don't be mean about it. Not everyone likes the same things. I believe that art (writing, music, drawing, etc.) should be used to express yourself and your beliefs, and this is what I believe in. It will resonate with some people, but not with others. Like, if everyone liked the same type of music, there wouldn't be different genres. But different genres resonate with different people for a multitude of reasons, just like all other types of art.

Again, please don't be a jerk in the reviews about it. If you have something to say, say it calmly and respectfully, or it'll be a waste of your time since it won't influence anyone.