A/N: hey I wrote a chapter, please tell me what you think! Btw the romance will be there eventually just not for awhile. Remember this is au after 5th nothing in the 6th or 7th happened

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10 months ago (start of 6th year)

Hermione was an intelligent witch. That alone, explains why she was furious with the current wizarding government. At the moment she was in the Great Hall eating breakfast and reading the Daily Prophet. After the events of last year she had fully expected the pompous ministry to realize there was a war and make some changes. Unfortunately, every single change that had been made was for the worse. Fudge, in his full incompetence, was attempting to make up for not believing that Voldemort had truly come back. His way of doing so was to place more restrictions on so called "dark creatures" to keep them from joining Voldemort.

Hermione looked up at her friends, Ron, Harry, Neville, and Ginny and said angrily, "Honestly! Does he think that banning werewolves from leaving their homes will make them come to our side! It's ridiculous! After last year, I didn't think he would even remain minister and now he's practically forcing the "dark creatures" to ally with Voldemort!"

"I know," Harry said irritably, "and what does the press call me today? Am I a liar or a hero?"

"You are . . ." Hermione glances back at the paper, "our only hope and the future of the wizarding world."

Ginny rolls her eyes, "I wish there was some way of getting rid of the ministry. . .of making Fudge see our side."

"We could always Imperio him!" Ron said jokingly, causing an assortment of snorts and giggles from the group.

Hermione however was thinking pensively and suddenly jumped up. "I've got to get to the library! I have an ideal, I'll be back later," she said hurriedly before dashing away.

"She does know I was joking, right?" Ron asked.

Neville responded, "Hermione is a good person she wouldn't cast an unforgivable on someone."

"Nutters is what she is," Ron muttered, and changing topics asked the group, "Did you hear about the Cannons they . . . " before groans interrupted him from all sides. The big ideal Hermione had just had sinking to the back of their minds

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"I know it's got to be somewhere. . ." Hermione murmured to herself, "but where?" She had a permanent pass to be in the Restricted Section from Professor McGonagall , intended for transfiguration research, but right now that was the last thing on her mind as she flipped through a dark tomb. 'Ah, 

finally here it is,' she thought, 'the way to fix the ministry. I can do it, it'll be hard but I can do it.' She read the text out loud, "Ruina per Matrimonium. It will take many months to perform this, but afterward the world will be better. " She said the words again, this time in English, "Destruction through Marriage."

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A/N: Tell me what you thing – and yes I am going somewhere with this!