Disclaimer: She's a man eater, a man eater. Nelly Furtado! Woohoo! The day I meet her is the day I own Harry Potter! Which will never happen so I'll NEVER own HP!
A/N WARNING! Ginny and Ron bashing, and Ginny's a Mary Sue. Don't read if you don't like!
Hermione's POV
The war was over, finally. I'm recalling the events of the battle and final fall of Voldemort as I ride on the school train to Hogwarts for my final year.
(Flashback)
The battle was raging, all students fifth year and up were battling. Order members like Moody, Tonks, Remus, Kingsley were there to help, and several teachers as well.
All of a sudden, about five dragons soured in the sky and started picking up death eaters to drop them on other death eaters from high in the sky. "Charlie? Everyone thought that all the tamers were killed from the attack!" I exclaimed. It was true, Voldemort had sent death eaters to attack the dragon colony, and it ended up with no one alive and said Weasley missing.
"I've been hiding, training these five obedient dragons to help," he explained, stunning a death eater from behind me. Giving him a grin, I punched a death eater from behind Charlie. He winced. "Although you'd make a good dragon."
A couple weary hours later, I realized that Voldemort and Harry weren't in sight. "HARRY!" I started running in all directions until I saw them near the Forbidden Forest. I was distinctly aware of Ginny on my heels as I raced over to them.
The sight was horrifying. Harry was on the ground and the last Horcrux Nagini was in his face, ready to bite in a second. Voldemort had a triumphant grin in his face. "NO! Avada Kedavra!" I know that it could hit Harry, but it was either that or get Nagini to kill him. The killing spell hit its intended target, though and fell back dead. I grinned, the last Horcrux was gone. Then I frowned, I used an Unforgivable. I was never gonna be let down by Harry or Ron.
Collapsing to the ground from exhaustion, I faintly saw Harry stand and cast the killing curse at Voldemort in a heartbeat. I saw Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Voldemort fall to the ground, defeated for the last time. I smiled, my vision blurring. I heard Harry run up to me, and say, "Ginny, you saved my life! You helped kill Voldemort!" That bitch just had to be there! I wanted Harry to hug ME, not her. I wanted him to congratulate me, not her. And she didn't even correct him!
I spent three weeks in St. Mungos, whereas Ginny spent a day because she usually just stood in the back of the crowd and fired spells from there. Anger was burning up in me as I was placed in the attic of the Burrow for the remaining days of the summer. Ginny was told to have her own room, because she as The Heroine like everyone called her. Of course, they just had to call Harry the Hero as well.
Anyway, it wasn't a happy holiday for us all. The dragons had been severely damaged or killed, and the colony in Romania was in destruction. So Charlie remained at the Burrow along with Bill and Fleur. Then we attended the funerals of Dumbledore, Hagrid, Flitwick, Moody and Sirius' proper funeral ever since we showed the Minister the live rat of Wormtail.
Ginny had changed, letting fame get to her head I predict. Her red hair was now lustrous and bouncy, not like curls or straight or anything. It was also waist length, and she wore tons of make up now. She's being a pain, really. When I tried to tell Harry it was me who casted the curse on Nagini, she whined to him and he didn't speak to me for about three days. Did I mention they're dating? Well, yeah, and I can't stand it. Harry's my best friend, who's being used like a puppet by my former best friend.
The truth was, when I first met him on the train in first year, I thought he was cute, regardless of being THE Harry Potter. Second year I thought he was brave and I was amazed by that. Well, he is brave. Third year, I saw his sensitive-ness, when it came down to who betrayed his parents. Fourth year, he was much braver than before because of the tasks, and stronger too. Fifth year, he was smarter, teaching DA and all. And last year, last year was when I finally realized I had a crush on him. My best friend.
And here I was, sitting beside Ron and Fred while George, Harry and Ginny were sitting on the other side. Ginny and Harry were making out and George was trying to cringe away.
"Someone break these two up!" George exclaimed. I gave him a painful smile before I threw a pumpkin pastry in Harry's direction, hoping it would hit Ginny. Unlucky, it hit Harry's right ear which was partially covered by his gorgeous black hair. He paid it no mind, just shook his head a bit for it to slide of. I gave a sigh and slumped down in my seat.
Once we arrived at Hogwarts and the sorting was over, I looked around. About ten or so students from each house were dead, except for Slytherins. Half of them were gone, either dead or on the dark side. These guys were good, no matter how mean they are.
"Attention everyone!" the new headmistress Professor McGonagall announced. "Attention! Due to the passing of Hagrid and Flitwick, we have some new teachers. First of all, I'd like to reintroduce you to your Defence Against the Dark Arts Remus Lupin!" We started clapping and cheering, except the Slytherins who were booing. "Now," she continued. "You might be aware of his lycanthropy, or of him being a werewolf." I started to beam at this; I had invented the cure a few days before the battle. I had put it on his desk in his room at Grimmauld Place. "But thanks to a student of ours, he is now cured and harmless during full moons. Thank you to Ginny Weasley!" My jaw dropped. NO!
That wasn't supposed to happen, I invented the cure, and I spent about two weeks on it if I wasn't working on helping Harry and Ron with the Horcruxes. At least people still know I destroyed the cup.
"Now, as our Care of Magical Creatures teacher is Charlie Weasley!" We grinned and applauded the loudest. "And in place of Flitwick for Charms, we have Bill Weasley!" Yes! They're both working at Hogwarts! Of course Charlie couldn't go back to Romania, and Gringotts was now under construction for the next year or so.
I wanted to be a healer once I finished this year, so that's why I was taking Care of Magical creatures (to cure animals!), Charms, Transfiguration, Healing, Potions and just plain DADA. There were still a few death eaters on the loose.
"Also," McGonagall continued. "Our Head Boy is Harry Potter and Head Girl is Hermione Granger! Please treat them with respect and obey them!" Yes! Ginny is not head girl, so she wouldn't have complete control over everyone like the princess she is. Sarcasm. We stood up and began walking to our common rooms.
The next day at lunch, I was absolutely glaring at Ginny. She was very popular now, so popular I'm sure Harry and Ron have forgotten me. "Harry!" I tried calling out, but Ginny just smacked her lips onto his. Disgusting.
I sat down at the table and stared at my sandwich. I wasn't hungry, so I just fingered my ring. It was silver with a white Rhinestone on the top which sparkled beautifully. Even though it wasn't real, it was very pretty, and meant a lot to me. Harry gave it to me as my Christmas present in second year (first year he hardly knew anyone and couldn't shop for present earlier) and I always had it with me.
"Oh look, Mione's here," Ron said as he, Harry and Ginny sat down. Figures Ron wouldn't be jealous of his sister's fame. Or Harry's new fame. I glared at him and turned away, taking a bite of my sandwich. What was with everybody?
Harry and Ron left for classes early a few minutes later, leaving Ginny and I. "You know, Hermmy," she began, twiddling with her very shiny hair that looked so shiny it looked fake. "I know you have feelings for MY Harry." I froze.
"How?" Ginny just smirked at me, fingering her manicured nails.
"I read it in your diary." I stood up fuming.
"WHAT?" I swear, I'm gonna charm that diary as soon as I get to the common room.
"I won't do it again," she told me obnoxiously. "Anyway, I wanna make sure you don't steal him. Let's do a duel tonight at midnight in the Room of Requirement. We'll both leave together, so we won't trick each other. Loser has to do whatever the winner wants."
I glared at her and nodded, shaking her hand. But I was nervous, even though Ginny had been shrinking back in the war, she was pretty powerful in dueling. She was just to cowardice for her life during the battle.
That night, Ginny nearly borderlined the illegal dark arts. "Diffendo! Expelliarmus!" She held my wand, smirking as I panted on all fours. There was a gash at my head and my left arm was cut all across. "Now you're gonna have to do whatever I want. And I want you to obey everything I say for the rest of the school year." My jaw dropped.
"It was supposed to be a small favor!" I glared at her. Ginny just tossed her hair and examined her nails and her eyeshadow and eyeliner with her mirror.
"Too bad, loser. It's also a magical oath, didn't you know? That means that if you don't obey me, you start to feel dizziness or nauseous." WHAT? I can't believe it, I'm to be her personal slave for the whole year?
"We didn't agree on a magical oath!" I exclaimed. Ginny just placed her hands on her hips.
"Like, so what? It's been done, so stop complaining." I looked down, tears streaming down my cheeks. "What's that?" I looked up to see her pointing at my hand. "Your ring, it's pretty. I bet Harry gave you that. Well, he's supposed to give only his girlfriend gifts. Give me that now!" she ordered. I started seeing dots, so I tore the ring off my finger and placed it on her smooth hand. "Perfect. Maybe I should take that cute blouse I saw the other day." Ginny just took my sweater that I got from Harry in fourth year. She started to leave the Room of Requirement. "One more thing, don't tell Harry about this." I gulped and looked down at my hands again.
She had complete control over my life, even though I was head girl. That means that she could be stealing more of my stuff everyday. And my money, she was still poor. I had to do something.
By now, she's in bed, so I raced out of the room and to the portrait. Muttering the password, I ran over to my dorm and as silently as I could, I packed everything in my trunk.
Over the summer, before the Final Battle, my parents were killed by death eaters. I tried not to think of it, I had cried my eyes out until Harry came and comforted me. I smiled at the memory. Both sad and happy. Anyway, I sold most of our things and placed the money in Gringotts. Then the stuff I didn't sell I had gotten another trunk for and shrunk it to fit in my first trunk.
I tossed all my fancy or designable clothes into the trunk and everything else until I was left with parchments, quills, ink bottles, textbooks and seven sets of robes, seven shirts, seven pairs of jeans, seven pjs, seven of each other clothes and a sweater, cloak, pair of mitts, a toque, shoes and boots. I closed my trunk and tried to find a place to hide it. If Ginny ordered me to tell where it was, though, then I would hand it over to her. So that left me with one option.
"Find Remus," I whispered. I shrunk the trunk so it fit in my hand and started running out of the Gryffindor tower. "Where are his quarters?" Figuring I should just camp in his office, I ran to his classroom.
To my surprise, Bill, Charlie and Remus were in the DADA classroom talking. It was around one o'clock though! "Professor!" They all looked up, startled at my desperate call. "You gotta help me!" Then I stopped, what are the chances of the helping me? They won't believe me if I say that Ginny might steal all my stuff, and it was partly my fault that I was in this predicament. If I hadn't taken up her challenge...
"What is it?" Remus asked me kindly. I started to feel tears coming up. Hastily, I explained the situation.
"Those aren't allowed in school, though. Right?" Charlie commented worriedly. I bit my lip and shrugged. Bill nodded at his brother.
"Well, just give us your valuables and we'll hide it for you," Bill told me. "I just can't believe that Ginny would do this. She's turned shallow." I smiled gratefully at them.
"Don't tell me who has it or where it is," I said. "Ginny might order me to tell." I held out the small trunk in my hand and Remus took it. "Thank you so much!"
"Don't worry about it. Just help us by researching magical oaths and what kind she used on you without your permission. If we can prove she did it, she could get suspended or punished by the Ministry." Nodding, I walked back to the common room, a little relieved. I fell into an uneasy sleep.
I was woken up rudely by someone yanking on my hair. "Hey!" I sat up and glanced at our clock. "It's only five in the morning!" I had only gotten a few hours sleep! Ginny was standing there, glaring at me.
"From now on, you wake up at five. Come with me," she demanded. I had no choice but to follow her angrily. "Every morning after you wake up, you come to my dorm and take out my robes and clothes for the day. I want you to iron them, make sure there are no stains and put them at the base of my bed." I rolled my eyes, wondering if I should do this. "Every Friday, you are to take my dirty clothes and wash them, they're in this bag under my bed." She showed me it. Why was she doing this? WHY? "You will do ALL my homework that I tell you to do before yours. And you will make me get perfect scores." I gulped, she's gonna make me do all of it and then I'll never finish mine. Either that or I won't get any sleep!
"But-"
"Do not talk to me unless spoken to," she interrupted me with a hand to my face. "Don't speak to Harry at all. Ron, well, do whatever he tells you to." This is going way too far! Tears threatened to fall, I couldn't speak to Harry at all? I hate her!
"Next, my shoes. Every Friday when you do my laundry, you shall polish them until I can see myself. Is this clear?" she asked, raising her eyebrow expectantly. I nodded. "Speak!"
"Yes, ma'am," I added. She just smirked. "You may begin." I went over to her closet and took out robes for the day along with a blue miniskirt and pink top. Then I ironed them just right and placed it on her bed.
An hour later, Ginny marched back into her dorm room. Her roommates were still sound asleep. "Good, tonight I want you to wash the floors in here. And clean our bathroom." I nodded wearily. Then I stood up and went to my dorm. I collapsed on my bed in tears. My life just turned upside-down, and it was Voldemort's fault, as usual!
I went to sleep for an hour before waking up and dressing. As I looked in the mirror in the bathroom, I already had blue bags under my eyes. Using about a dozen glamour charms, I finally covered it up. Then I healed my cut on my cheek and the one on my arm again which had reopened. Grabbing my book bag, I went downstairs to the common room.
"Hi, Hermione!" Harry called out. Oh no. I couldn't speak to him! I just nodded politely at him and gave him a smile before walking out quickly into the Great Hall. I wondered briefly if I should tell Remus, Charlie and Bill. Should I even go to meals anymore? I can just go to the kitchens, that way I'd avoid Ginny more.
Once classes were over that day, Harry and Ron marched to the Quidditch pitch for practice. Ginny was about to follow them out of the common room when she turned to me. "Don't forget tonight. Also, write my History essay about the rise and fall of Grindewald. 4 scrolls." I nodded wearily and set aside my own homework for the day. Pretty soon dinner came around and I was still busy with my own homework. I was starving.
"What did she make you do?" a voice from he portrait hole demanded. No one else was in here, so I looked up to see a furious Charlie walking towards me. "Finite." The glamours on my face disappeared and I burst into sobs. He went over and hugged me. "Hermione, it's ok. What did she tell you to do?"
"W-Well. I have to wake up at five every morning..." I told him what she ordered me to do. When I said that I wasn't allowed to speak with Harry, he frowned.
"You like him," he stated. I shook my head and brought my knees to my chest on the couch. He didn't pursue it. "You need to tell McGonagall. And if you can't, I will." I just shook my head. He hugged me while I cried.
"It won't make a difference, not to mention that Ginny will punish me." He nodded at me sympathetically.
"I'll tell Bill and Remus. In the meanwhile, eat this right now." He held out an apple. "Don't starve." Then with a reassuring nod, he left the tower. I just stayed there on the couch, wondering what I should do. Should I run away? How would I become a healer then? I could...find an empty secret room in the castle where I could sleep at night and avoid Ginny and at all costs.
The next morning, I prepared Ginny's clothes and went down to the Great Hall after a quick shower. Harry and Ginny was there already, laughing and eating. Placing two more glamour charms on my face, I sat down a couple seats away from them. I had stayed up until one o'clock again last night scrubbing the floor and the bathroom. I had to patrol at ten, of course.
I nibbled on toast as I watched Harry. The way he laughed, smiled and how he talked.
A first year was walking behind them, and Ginny stuck out her foot. "Ahh!" He fell to the ground. Harry didn't see Ginny's foot, but helped the boy up.
"Are you alright?" He checked to see if there were any injuries and I smiled. He was so caring. The boy nodded and ran over to his friends with a smile about how Harry Potter talked to him. Ginny started to snuggle against him. His arm went around her waist. The sight made me sick.
After breakfast, Ginny came up to me. "Come with me and Lavender," she ordered. I nodded and followed her. Lavender and Ginny started talking about Harry and Ron, which made me feel even more sick in the stomach. "Do you think Harry's cute?" Lavender asked me.
"Yes."
Ginny slapped me on the cheek. "He's mine, you will not say anything like that about him." I shrank back. First class was DADA, and when Remus walked into the classroom, he told me to stay after class.
Somehow, Ginny had told McGonagall to move her year up so she was in seventh year as well. So she was sitting right next to me, smirking. "You will not say anything to Remus, Charlie, Bill of McGonagall unless they ask you questions in class," she whispered when Remus' back was turned. I shrank back in my seat. Great, the only people who could help me were now on the list of people I was banned to talk to.
After class, which I couldn't raise my hand to answer questions unless they called on me specifically at first, I stayed behind. Quickly once Ginny was out the door, I took out a piece of parchment and a quill.
"Hermione, is what Charlie told me last night true?" Since I wasn't technically in class anymore, I couldn't answer the question. Instead, I wrote it down and also wrote down how I couldn't say anything at all unless they asked me questions in class. When Remus read this, he frowned. "Hermione, if we report this to McGonagall, Ginny would be suspended." I quickly wrote down that she would only get detentions and somehow get out of them because she's the Heroine. Remus frowned again.
"Did you kill Nagini?" I nodded frantically. I hate being mute. Remus started pacing. "Lemme guess, you made the cure for me?" I nodded again and he thought hard for a moment. "When I woke up, I saw the cure on the desk. Ginny was in the room, waking me up, and the goblet had no piece of paper or anything." My eyes widened. "Do you think she took whatever letter you pinned onto it off and took the credit?" I nodded, a little sadly.
I started indicating to my watch, saying I had potions with the old retired Slughorn next. He's just substituting until a permanent teacher is found. Remus nodded at me and sat down at his desk with his hands at his head. I walked out sadly.
When I entered the potions classroom, Ginny came out of nowhere and tugged at my collar. "Look, you aren't to say anything at all anymore. And you will not write anything down unless it has to do with homework and you are to stay away from all teachers except for class and meals." This was getting harsh, since when did Ginny become so mean?
I was permanently mute. Until the end of the school year. And now there wasn't any chance of me running away either!
The next month went by slowly and painfully. Finally, when I was in the common room Harry came marching over to me. "Hermione, stay sitting down," he growled at me. I obeyed and looked at my feet. "You've been avoiding me, I haven't heard you say anything since the start of school. What's wrong with you?" I felt tears coming, and he visibly softened. "Look, Mione. You're my best friend and something's wrong. Please tell me." I shook my head at him and he sighed. "Fine. I'll see you later then." When he left, I curled up on the couch. It was around nine in the evening, and because of the Quidditch game today which I missed, everyone was tired and in bed early. Thank goodness that I have no homework today and so does Ginny and there's no chores.
Ron walked over to me. "Hermione," he said softly. I just glared at him, I know he called me a mudblood to Ginny the other day. "Why won't you say anything?" Hmmm...maybe I can trick him into telling me to speak. I shook my head.
He narrowed his eyes. "Anyway, I just wanted to say that, that I've always fancies you." I almost snorted. But I didn't get a chance to because Ron kissed me forcedly on the lips. I pushed him away roughly. Standing up, I growled a bit before he pulled me back down on the couch.
"Ginny told me what she did to you," he said, smirking. "Now I order you to make out with me." To my gruesome disgust, I did for almost an hour. I tried to restrain myself but found that it gave me trouble breathing.
Anyway, once I was done patrolling at around eleven, I plopped down onto my bed and slept for six hours before Ginny could get a hold of me and get me to sew a shirt or something. My life was falling apart. Or maybe it was already in pieces. Ron's a jerk, Ginny's a bitch, Lavender's too preppy, I couldn't speak, my parents are dead, my three other friends couldn't see me, and Harry was Mr. Prince Charming who happened to be Ginny's boyfriend. And pretty soon he's gonna get so mad at me, I will have lost him as a friend as well.
And this time, the evil was not Voldemort. This time, the evil was named Ginny Weasley. And I'm gonna bring her down.
The next morning, I was aware of Harry giving me worried looks. I ignored it and thought of a muggle song that I loved so much. It was called Never Say Goodbye by Jojo.
Never been in love
Cause a girl like me
Never had someone to care for
Never thought there could be
Someone special for me
But now I'm all in love
Cause a girl like me
Waited patiently for someone
Someone to care for me
And there will never be
No more lonely, no more just me
I've been there before
Ain't goin no more
And now that you're here I
Never wanna say goodbye love
Never wanna be without you
No more cryin, no denyin'
I'm in love with you
And now that you're here I
I never wanna say goodbye love
Now it's time for me
To find out what the first time love could mean
Little scared but its cool
Cause it's worth it
Now I finally fell in love
And I know that it
Gots to be for real (So real)
It's the way that I feel
So come share my world with me
So there will never be
No more lonely, no more just me
I've been there before
Ain't goin no more
And now that you're here I
Never wanna say goodbye love
Never wanna be without you
No more cryin, no denyin'
I'm in love with you
And now that you're here I
I never wanna say goodbye to love
So I'm standin here
Arms open wide
Ready to give my heart
I'm sure this time
Love's gonna last for life
Baby I know things change
And there might be some rain
But the clouds are gonna clear
And the sun is gonna shine again
Shine light on our love baby
So let's make it last forever
No more lonely, no more just me
I've been there before
Ain't goin no more
And now that you're here I
Never wanna say goodbye to love
Never wanna be without you
No more cryin, no denyin'
I'm in love with you
And now that you're here
I never wanna say to goodbye love
Da da da da da da da da
Oh
Sighing, I turned to face Harry. He was still staring at me, and when I looked into his eyes he gave me a reassuring smile. Abruptly, I faced the other way. I missed his hurt look before going back to my breakfast.
What do I do when an evil witch has control over my life? I don't know. What do I do?
A/N I don't own Jojo's song, of course. But I still love it, possibly more than Harry Potter! Nah…Anyway, this story sux so far but if you can review, then I'll be so happy!