Waiting and Hoping
Chapter 7
Hermione was led into a small room. She couldn't believe that she had finally admitted it, she wasn't scared of what would happen to her, she deserved Azkaban however she was scared of what people would think of her, what Ron would think of her. She sat on a chair and heard the door slam. She was alone now. She could hear Remus shouting at someone,
"Please just let me speak to her"
"No I'm sorry sir, Madam Umbridge said no one is to enter the room without her permission"
"But this isn't right, she can't of killed them, she loved them…" the voices faded, they were obviously walking away.
Hermione sat on the chair, thinking about what would happen to her, there was bound to be an interrogation, then probably a trial, what would she tell them?
She sat in silence before she heard a key turning in a lock, she looked up. Two people entered the room, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Umbridge. Umbridge looked like she had swallowed a particularly juicy fly, Kingsley looked confused.
"Hermione Jane Granger, you are here today to be interrogated over the deaths of Helen Michelle Granger and Thomas Luke Granger do you understand?" said Umbridge officially.
"Yes" replied Hermione
"So did you kill them?" she asked, her tone indifferent
"Yes" repeated Hermione, her eyes full of guilt and tears
"Right, well that's that, Hermione Jane Granger I sentence you to Azkaban for the remainder of your life"
Tears coursed down her cheeks, she knew it would come to this, she looked up at Kingsley who still looked confused, and he gave Hermione a searching look as though trying to see if she was under a curse.
"Hermione why did you do it?" he asked
"That is not relevant Kingsley, she has just admitted to the last unsolved murders from the second war, it doesn't matter why she did it!" interrupted Umbridge
"Madam Umbridge, with all due respect she could have been cursed and then awoken to see them dead!"
"Miss Granger, were you under any curse?" Umbridge asked
"No, I killed them of my own free will" she answered truthfully, even Umbridge looked shocked.
"Well it appears that Mr Potter was wrong about you, I shall advise him to pick his friends more wisely next time" and with that she turned to the door, "The dementors will be here by morning".
She left, followed somewhat reluctantly by Kingsley.
"Harry!" called Remus as he sped along the second floor; Harry stuck his head out of a door just behind the panting werewolf.
"Remus, what's happened?" he asked quickly
"It's Hermione, she's been arrested! She admitted to murdering her parents!"
"What!" said Harry in disbelief
"Umbridge is interrogating her now"
"I'll see what I can find out" replied Harry and he ran to the holding cells, he arrived just as Umbridge and Kingsley were exiting the room.
"Ah Mr Potter, I have just lessened your workload, she will be in Azkaban by morning", ignoring Umbridge Harry turned to Kingsley,
"She must have been cursed, she would never of killed them willingly!"
"Sorry Harry, she admitted it," replied Kingsley sadly
"Why the long faces you two? We have just solved the last murder case of the war, this is a day to celebrate, we have a dangerous murderer of out streets, I will contact the Prophet immediately"
"She's not a murderer!" Harry shouted
"Control your temper Mr Potter, remember who you are talking to!" replied Umbridge, her voice dangerously sweet.
"I need to talk to her!"
"Absolutely not, we must set an example and follow our rules, she may have one visitor in two months time, assuming of course she is still coherent, Good day Gentleman" and she left the two Aurors in silence.
Inside the cell Hermione was also in silence, tears flowing freely down her face.
A/N Thank you so much for my reviewers you put me in such a good mood that I posted this chapter sooner than I had planned! Please keep going! I hope you like this chapter. I have to agree with JKR, Umbridge is too much fun to leave her in the dark!
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Laura
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