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"A princess, eh?" Ron said through a mouthful of potatoes.
"I wonder where she's from?"
Hermione rolled her eyes. "She's not the kind of princess you're
thinking of. Did you see a crown?"
"No... but... that doesn't mean anything."
"Of course it does. Don't you ever read--? Wait, don't answer
that, I already know."
Ron dug into his mashed potatoes and stuffed some more into his mouth.
Harry gazed at the princess and then back at Hermione. "What kind of Princess is she
then?"
Hermione leaned in, just as she always did when she was going to say
something important. "She's the Princess of the group she leads. She's a
Bedenklezer."
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Ch. 2
Beloved Books
"A what?" Ginny piped in.
"A Mind Reader." Hermione said darkly.
Ginny, Ron and Harry all rose one eyebrow, not sure what to make of what Hermione had just said. "So she's like a phsycic?"
"No, they're a special breed of witches and wizards, but mostly wizards, with an extreme amount of mind power." She said knowldegably.
Ron looked confused. "Well, why would Hogwarts need a Bendenclasser--- whatever, a mind reader?"
"Bendenklezer." Hermione stated. "And I don't know why, it might have to do with Voldemort's return."
Ginny twirled her fork on her plate, as her eyes started tearing up. Harry turned to her and rested a hand on her shoulders. "Are you ok?"
She sniffed and shook her head, if she wasn't so focused on her fear, she might have fainted. "What if she finds about the diary... and Tom... I could get into so much trouble..."
"But it wasn't your fault. She'll know that." Harry said comfortingly.
Hermione gave a small smile. "Yea, we all have things that could have us put in detention or expelled, but I don't think that's what she's here for. I honestly don't think we need to be worrying about it. Dumbledore wouldn't bring someone in here that could do us harm."
Ron snorted. "Heh, right. How about that poser Moody last year? He was out to kill Harry!"
Hermione rolled her eyes angrily. "Do you ALWAYS have to bring that up? I was TRYING to make this situation better, you know."
"Sorry..." He dug into his food again and continued on chomping away.
"Ron does have a point though..." Ginny said softly.
"NO he doesn't." Hermione said irritatedly. "You can't fake a Bendenklezer. You either are or you're not. No polyjuice potion can make you one. It's a special power that only that breed of magic has."
Ginny nodded slowly, as Harry began to say something. "I wonder if she's here to seek out the death eater's children."
Ron stopped chewing, "But that's obvious! Why would Dumbledore or the Ministry of Magic need a Bendingclazer to do that?"
Hermione looked over at Ron with an annoyed look, "Bendenklezer....BENDENKLEZER! What is so hard about that?!"
Ron blinked, but didn't move his eyes from her. "Bend-- Bendenkle--- Bendenklezer."
She gave an exasperated sigh and turned away. "Good, and don't forget it!" Harry and Ginny blinked along with Ron as Hermione continued to speak. "Anyway, the sect of the Bendenklezer are very hard to find, and much harder to use. They refuse to use their powers for evil reasons, but with Voldomort back in "power", that might have convinced them to come here."
"So, all they're good for is their
mind?" Harry asked.
"No, that's just their strongest point. They're also
geniuses at finding evil, and protecting others from it." Hermione finished speaking
just as the food from the plates disappeared. "Arg! I hardly got to eat anything with
all my explaining!"
Ginny had hardly touched her dinner as well. She was too busy
remembering what she did to Harry, how she almost killed him... she felt so stupid.
Falling into the trap of a madman, Tom Riddle. She started to get up, when Ron spoke.
"Where are you going?"
"Back to the Common Room, I guess."
"Well, we'll go with you, since dinner's already over. I wonder if I'll be able to get any food from Fred or George." Hermione said while getting off the bench.
Ron looked over at her. "Since when did you like that idea?"
"Since I became smart and my mouth moved more talking then eating!"
They quickly arrived at the painting, "Hello, password?" The fat lady said.
"Funnywinkling." Hermione said a bit annoyed. The picture frame swung open, as the four climbed through. It was pretty empty, due to the fact that most of the kids were still hanging around the Dining Hall or in the cooridors somewhere. "You know what, I just thought of something." She said.
"What?"
"I should be in the library right now!"
Ron rolled his eyes. "Of course you should, if you're not in a classroom, eating or sleeping... you should be surrounded by ten foot high piles of books!"
Hermione ignored his little outburst and turned to Ginny. "Would you like to go down with me? We can look up some stuff on the Bendenklezers and perhaps that will get your mind of off --- things." Her eyes quickly shot to the two boys and then back to the young girl.
Ginny slowly nodded. "Yea... umm...
that sounds great." The two of them walked out leaving Harry and Ron still sitting.
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"I wonder what "things" Hermione was talking about?" Ron asked as he watched them leave.
"Who knows, probably girl things." Harry answered.
Ron sighed heavily and rested his head on the back of the large chair. "She's always doing that."
"Doing what?"
"Leaving! She might as well date those books she loves so much!"
Harry rolled his eyes. "We've been over this before. She really likes you Ron and you know it. Her second hobby is just... reading, learning..."
"Books."
"Yea, you usually read and learn from books." Harry said sarcasticly. "Maybe you should go down there sometime with her."
"And do what?"
"Umm... Read?"
Ron's looked into the fire. "I only read when I have to... I'd rather be doing other things..."
Harry laughed. "Sometimes to win someone's heart, you have to win their head, too."
"What's that mean?"
"Think about it, I'm going to read some more on Quidditch and polish my Firebolt." Harry stated as he got up and ran to his dormitory.
"You're always polishing that piece
of wood!" Ron yelled up as his friend disappeared into his room.
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Ginny and Hermione sat down with somehwere near twenty or so books, each grabbing one and throwing it open. "The Truth on The Lie - A way to read the Mind." Hermione read aloud. "This might help..."
Ginny paged through her book entitled, "The Mind's Eye Sees All". There were moving pictures of a brain, pumping or something disgusting, and different in depth pictures of certain parts of the mind. She quickly closed what seemed to be more of a science book than anything, and grabbed another one. After going through at least six more she sat back, pushed the book away and sighed. "Found anything?"
"Nothing more than what I already know." Hermione sighed as well. "Come on, there are a few more books and we still have some time before the library closes." She threw Ginny a dark, thin book. It read, "Pictures of the Mind". She thumbed through it, stopping on a page with a very familiar picture of a girl.
"Hermione! Look!"
Hermione's eyes widened. "Perfect!
Let's take it out. This is just what we need."
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A figure, invisible, stood watching two
students run out of the room. One with a large smile, and the other a confused one.
"These will be the ones."
"But they're are only two..." Another figure said.
"Ahh... I didn't say that was all of them. Interesting combination there will be. Good and evil will combine to create a force they didn't know exist, and then there will be us."
"What are you talking about?"
"Ask later. We have much work to do."
The second figure sighed quietly. "Of course mistress."
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Hmm... I wonder what could be going on? Please read and review. The next chapter won't be posted until I have enough reviews to know this story is being read! Thanks =)
