Hermione woke up, dazed and shirtless. She left the attic, went into her room and got dressed. Hermione's parents looked at her concernedly, but they did not ask questions as Hermione was showing fearful body language. Hermione had her breakfast of raw bacon and sausage and then got her keys, walking out of the house. A walk would surely help her recover from the night before. It felt good to be back in a body she truly felt was her own. Walking throughout Croydon all the way to the town center with buses passing her by, she sat on a bench, started reading a book on Arithmancy, and watched as Muggles passed by and went into the local shops. She could even recognize her old Muggle friends hanging around the local games store, picking out Mega Drive games. Hermione wasn't too interested in games, and now that she knew of her magical abilities, Muggle artefacts wouldn't satisfy her occasional boredom. All she did was sit down, read, and take in the urban scenery.

Just then, she noticed voices coming from somewhere. The Muggles did not seem to notice them at all. Aurors, Hermione thought. This couldn't be good. They came from around the corner to see nothing but her Arithmancy book dropped on the bench. One Auror wearing a trenchcoat walked up to it, put it in his large pocket, and led the others to where he thought Hermione was going.

Hermione was running faster than she thought was possible. She was hardly losing breath, too. Her endurance could have carried her to Waltham and back. She thought that she was this endurant due to her werewolf nature, but skipped that thought and used all her willpower to run from the Aurors. Red flashes illuminated the dark alleys she was going across to avoid the eyes of Muggles as much as possible.

She ran for miles, reaching the unmistakable landmark of Tower Bridge. Just outside of Cannon Street station, when she stopped after thinking she had lost the Aurors, she was stunned by an unexpected flash of red light and fell to the floor. The Auror in the trenchcoat ran up to her, and Apparated him and Hermione to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Hermione woke up in a daze in front of several Aurors. The one at the desk, whose name, according to a plate on his desk, was Vordin Martes, started with "Do you realize what you did last night? You've bitten a high ranking official, and failed to properly restrain yourself during a werewolf transformation. Given that you are still in school, you will receive a Disciplinary Hearing."

The shock of this entire situation cause Hermione to shout: "I DIDN'T HAVE FULL CONTROL!" "IT WAS IMPULSE! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW OUR KIND WORK‽" The other Aurors discussed her complaints, and the head Auror looked at Hermione with concern.

"Very well then. If it turns out to be true that it was impulse, or something else occurs, you will be let free. Otherwise, you will be severly punished for your crimes," he remarked. "I will let you go, but take this, as your hearing will be in due time," handing her a letter. Hermione begrudgingly thanked him, and took the letter.

As Hermione took the elevator back up to the streets of London, she took a bus to the nearesY station that would get her home, and looked at the letter. It read as follows:

MINISTRY OF MAGIC OFFICIAL DOCUMENT – STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

MISS HERMIONE GRANGER IS TO EXPLAIN HER CRIMES COMMITED ON THE 28th JULY 1994 WHILST IN A WEREWOLF FORM. SHE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF INFECTING JUNIOR UNDERSECRETARY HOBARTIUS CONE WITH HER CONDITION. SECURITY MEASURES ARE TO BE PUT IN PLACE AS MISS GRANGER IS AN XXXXX CLASS BEING OF THE WEREWOLF TYPE.

DATE OF HEARING: 30TH JULY 1994

TIME OF HEARING: 10:05

DEFENDANTS: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE, REMUS LUPIN, SEVERUS SNAPE

PROSECUTORS: DOLORES UMBRIDGE, HOBARTIUS CONE

Hermione looked at the letter. She didn't think she could defend her case. Turning an undersecretary into one of her kind was a big no-no, even in her eyes. She thought to herself what might happen to her if she was sent to Azkaban. She couldn't even imagine the suffering she would go through there. Her parents would have to have their memory wiped, a thought that saddened her deeply, given how supportive her parents were of their daughter's magical career. Hermione went to bed after a few hours of studying, despite it only being 7 at night. She tossed and turned as she tried to send herself to sleep.

Nightmares. Again. This time, she was hunting down innocent wizards and witches and attacking them in Diagon Alley. Hermione could only watch as the life went out of so many terrified faces, and again, she heard the word "monster" before waking up with a jolt once more.

It was 3 in the morning. She made herself breakfast despite the time, and sat in her bed thinking about what would happen at the trial. She had some hope given the defendants present, but still had a looming fear of what could happen if she lost the case.

After what felt like years for her, 10:05 was finally approaching. She kissed her parents goodbye after she got dressed and got her keys. She took a bus to the location of the ministry entrance, got off whilst thanking the driver, and entered the telephone booth. She then descended down via the elevator into a glossy black tiled labyrinth with a golden statue of a wizard towering over a house elf and goblin in the center of it. Huge crowds of people were walking over to where they needed to go. After questioning several bystanders, she found her way to the Ministry courtroom. She was only a minute late. Snape and Lupin followed her in as she sat on a chair in the center of the room. She could see her three defendants, various Wizengamot members, and her two prosecutors.

The judge made an announcement. "HEED ALL, HEED ALL! This is the hearing for the case of Miss Hermione Granger and her accused crimes against Junior Undersecretary Cone. Miss Dolores Umbridge, you may speak."

"I believe the crimes of Hermione Granger to be most despicable in nature. She acted with full sentience and deliberately attacked Mr. Cone, who is standing right next to me. I believe she should be expelled from Hogwarts School and be sent to Azkaban Prison." Dolores stated. Her tone of voice disturbed the defendants, as it seemed so sweet yet so deliberately disturbing at the same time. From her toad like appearance to her malicious-looking smile, Dolores Umbridge looked like she had been trying to win the "Most Unsavory Witch Or Wizard" competition.

Remus spoke up. "I shall challenge those claims put forth by Miss Umbridge. If Hermione were to have full control of herself then, she would have not attacked Mr. Cone. It is wrong to assume she did this deliberately, when her morals were most likely overpowered by primal hunger. Me being the infector of her myself, I would not have done so if I had retained my moral sense, but I could not control myself."

The Wizengamot debated with eachother. Dolores looked worried as she wondered if the case would be lost for her, especially as Mr. Cone was looking at Hermione with a slightly less angered expression. Debate turned to argument, until the judge shouted "ORDER!" and everyone fell silent. Albus Dumbledore signalled his desire to speak, and the judge let him.

"If anyone is to blame it would probably be those that installed the restraints. Female werewolves are more aggressive than males and can break out of chains more easily, yet I have seen that her restraints were built to a male specification. It is not her fault that she could escape, but the team you hired to install the restraints."

After much debate, the case was dismissed, and the defendants were scurried away by officials. Hermione thanked the three for defending her, and even Snape managed to crack a small smile. Hermione walked across London for a few hours, and then went home and to bed. This time, she had a dream.