Changes Can Be Made
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Chapter 8: Always Have a Purpose
Hermione woke drenched in sweat and tears. Her eyes burnt with a new round of tears as she recalled her nightmare.
It started with her memory of almost dying in the girls laboratory by a mountain troll, then being called a 'filthy mudblood' by the infamous Draco – who is currently yet to be conceived – then to seeing that huge, ugly basilisk in her mirror in the library and being petrified. The nightmare didn't end there; it continued to the time where she almost got crushed by the wimping willow when Ron was taken by the grim, to Harry suffering from dementors. It moved on to her fourth year when Harry arrived terrified and distraught with the body of Cedric Diggory. His pained and fearful eyes haunting her, but no, the nightmare continued. She remembers the attack by death eaters when she and the others were looking for Sirius at the ministry. She remembers watching the death of Sirius as he was pulled into the veil and Harry writhing on the ground fighting Voldemort from within himself. It went on to the memory of seeing Dubledore's body lying lifeless on the cold grass outside Hogwarts' Astronomy tower and feeling the anger and mournful pain of every student and teacher that night. A cold shivered filled her body when her nightmare showed her her most recent feared realities. She revisited the afternoon she had to obliviate her parents' memories of her and the moment she arrived at the burrows and George's ear was blown off; to Bill and Fleur's wedding being frightfully crashed by the death eaters and being chased on the way out of the ministry after they retrieved the necklace horcrux. She remembers Ron writhing on the ground suffering from a splintch and the fight between Harry and Ron. But the last part of her nightmare was the part that pained her the most. It was the memory of having the Cruciatis curse performed on her by Bellatrix Lestrange and, afterwards, watched as Bellatrix wrote 'mudblood' into her skin to scar, then apparating out of Malfoy Manor only to watch Dobby die in Harry's arms.
Hermione shook her head to rid herself of the picture. No matter how scary those memories were, she knew that she can change them. Even though she can never return to her friends or family since she used the time-turner, she wasn't going to let them suffer.
'I am going to change that future… I am going to help my loved ones starting from today…'
Her plan is:
Get close to two people… Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape
Change their motives to, instead of serving the dark lord go against him by proving to them that blood statuses do not define the worth of any wizards and witches.
Also, that they are wanted and that they are not cowardly (specifically for Peter)
Join the Order
Destroy the all of Voldemort's Horcruxes
KILL VOLDEMORT
Hermione's purpose was clear. She will complete her self-assigned mission and change the future. Nothing will distract her… for now…
A/N: This is kinda like a filler on Hermione's plans… She's a woman on a mission!