Hermione POV
My jaw dropped. "Huh?" I said intelligently, looking at the apparently half-devil boy in front of me.
"Father said Narcissus was my mother's name", blondie said, resting his head on his knees.
"Wait- you don't have your mother around?" I asked.
"Father told me she went to Hell", blondie murmured. "I thought that she had died. And I thought that she might have left Father and he as angry at her".
"I think she's dead", I said, looking over my neatly written notes. "She died in Hell".
"Good", blondie said. "I feel ashamed at what she had done".
I gave him a sad smile as I went back to my notes, half-heartedly reading them.
5 minutes go by before, "What if she's alive though?" blondie raised his head off his knees. "What if she's the dictator? What if she kills all the angels? You just said that she was rumored to be dead".
"That is always a possibility", I mused.
"Well, what are we going to do about it?" blondie asked.
"Why don't we call Harry to see if he has any news?" I said, standing up. I rubbed my legs to get some circulation after sitting down for so long.
"Ok", he replied.
"Hey Hermione", Harry's voice came through the phone. "What's up?"
"Have you heard anything from the Research Branch?" I asked.
"No, not yet", Harry muttered. His father was part of the council and had access to information regarding all branches so Harry could ask him and get the information for me.
"Ugh", I groaned. "Well, what've you got in general?"
"Not much", Harry said. "We're still figuring out how to repair the wall".
"Well that's good I guess", I muttered. "What have they got on that?"
"Leader Dumbledore was able to fix the wall", Harry said. "But it will still topple if the demons try to use Dust".
"Why didn't they use Dust the first time?" My eyebrows scrunched in confusion.
"I don't know", Harry sighed. "We'll launch the Operation soon".
"Ya, what is it?"
"Um, we need to find the dictator", Harry said. The dictator is the one who issues all the orders. Without them, the demon army would be in chaos.
"Ah", I mused. "What has the Research Branch got on that?"
"Arks Riddle, Narcissus Malfoy, Bleks Candor, Dolores Umbridge, Ciles Circe are all suspects", Harry mused. "Top one suspect is Riddle".
"Yes, but Arks isn't revengeful nor power-hungry like Tom", I protested.
"He's still a suspect", Harry sighed.
"That's like saying that your defined by your parents", I frowned. "Father is a mortal and Mother is an angel, that doesn't mean I'm less powerful than normal angels".
"I know but-".
"Harry-", I started before hearing a crash on Harry's side of the line.
"What the hell is that?" I screamed into the phone as I heard multiple crashes sound over the phone.
"I-I don't know", Harry's panicked voice came over the line.
"Ok, Harry", I yelled over the commotion I heard over the line. "Just keep the DMM somewhere safe on you. Whatever you do."
"Ok", Harry said as another crash sounded. "I'll call you if I'm ok".
"If you're in trouble, call me as soon as possible", I said in my most serious tone. "Don't take risks".
A/N At this point, I should make a poll that's like, "Is this a cliffhanger or not?".
Ok, so I died for like 3 days which honestly isn't that bad so don't expect an apology.
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I'm sorry for being late. :(
-LK