They stared at each other, Hermione's wand still pointed at Dumbledore while Harry's was pointed at her. Behind him stood Luna Lovegood and Ginny Weasley. Luna stood there, still dreamy eyed but she had a more serious look to it, her mouth was pressed into a tight line. Ginny stood with her cold brown eyes narrowed in disgust and dislike. Harry's eyes were hard with hatred.

Hermione smirked, "Well this is going to work out perfectly," she lowered her wand to her side and saw Harry relax slightly but in the next second all three of them were lying on their backs. Kingsley had his wand pointed at the three.

Hermione raised her wand and walked up to them slowly. "Do you think I'm stupid? Think I'd have no back up? C'mon Potter I thought you knew me,"

"Not anymore," he spat as he struggled to get up.

"Stay on the ground," she hissed turning her wand on him, "or else you'll die!"

"Kill me then," he said, "I'd rather die trying to help rather then a coward!"

Hermione smirked, "but would you risk the life of your true love?" she turned her wand on Ginny, "Maybe I'll get rid of her first."

"Leave her alone Hermione," he said angrily, "What's she got to do with any of this?"

"There are a few things; she's a Weasley, your girlfriend, and she was part of the fight a few months ago,"

"You made her part of it," Hermione snarled, "Let them leave and have me."

"Noble as ever," Hermione said, "too bad I don't like nobility. Now stay down on the ground before you regret it." Harry looked at her and the madness in her eyes and knew there was nothing he could do and surrendered. Hermione smirked.

"Like taking candy from a baby," she said, "Avada Kedavra!" she said her wand pointing at Ginny.

"NO!" harry yelled realizing, too late, his mistake. He sprang to his feet before Hermione could do anything and whipped his wand out. Luna also stood up looking at her, dreamy eyes no longer in place but sad, hateful eyes that didn't suit her at all. Hermione smirked, proud to know she's the reason for all of this. Kingsley still stood there with no idea as to what was happening.

"I'm going to make you pay," Harry hissed, "for what you just did."

"Good luck Potter," she said smirking, "I'm experienced in Dark Arts, what can you do to fight them?"

"You'd be surprised to know what Aurors have to learn to fight them," he said.

"Nothing compared to old, powerful curses or newly developed ones by my father."

"You found Tom's spell book?" Dumbledore asked alarmed. Hermione smirked, "Oh dear,"

"Yes you fool! I found my fathers book. I've learned things you wouldn't dream I would know. Now Potter, before I have you suffer the most painful of deaths, and be rest assured it will be long and painful, I have a few things to figure out. So, for the time being," she casually flicked her wand quickly and both Harry and Luna were bound by the same ties as McGonagall was, who was still wide eyed at what had just happened.

"Don't struggle now or you'll die," she said cheerfully, "in a painful way of course." Luna stood there silently but glaring at Hermione where as Harry emitted feelings of such hatred and sorrow that the air around them seemed to crackle with electricity.

Suddenly a beam from the ceiling of the office fell, narrowly hitting Hermione, who jumped out of the way at the last second. She looked over at Harry, narrowing her eyes.

"Control your emotions Potter or Blondie gets it next," she hissed.

"Go ahead and kill me Hermione," Luna said in such a calm voice that sent shivers down Hermione's spine for some reason she couldn't explain. "But what good will my death prove?"

"That I don't care who I kill or hurt to get what I want," she hissed out, "I'll go to whatever measures it takes to complete my task at hand."

She turned back to Dumbledore's portrait. "Back to business," Walking slowly she topped in front of the old man. "I came here with a purpose that will be completed. "She waved her wand in a complicated way and then jabbed it towards the portrait and the sound of something being unstuck was heard. Hermione smirked and lifted the portrait off the wall.

"Surely this isn't how you want to do this Hermione," Dumbledore said, "remember who you are. You don't have to be this kind of woman. It was your father who made you this way, a father who tried to kill you, a father you risked your life against to fight. Look deep inside you, find who you really are and his charm will be reversed."

Anger erupted in Hermione as flashed of her childhood flowed through her, that wasn't who she was, wasn't who she wanted to be. The old man was messing with her mind. Frustrated and totally pissed off Hermione let out a scream and threw the portrait in the fire and then sent along the message to the Ministry to let the Death Eaters know to do the same. Potter yelled things at her and a moment later her wand vibrated, signalling it had been completed.

"It's done," she smirked.

"You bitch," Harry hissed, "how could you…" Harry started shaking with rage and the bonds around him tightened and he let out a scream of pain.

"Easy now Potter, I don't want you dead quite yet,"

"You destroyed him," Luna said quietly but angrily, "the headmaster who did whatever was in his power to help his students, especially you."

"Me? He didn't care about me, he messed with my life. The only reason he showed the slightest bit of interest in me was because I was Potter's 'friend', but not anymore."

"That's not true Hermione!" Harry said, "He didn't only care about you being my friend."

"Oh yeah, he also cared because he didn't want me to find out who I really was and do something like what I am… I guess his plan backfired there."

"Listen to yourself, your sounding like a madwoman!"

Hermione turned slowly from him to look into the fire and watch the last few pieces of the portrait burn to ash. "You have no idea what I am Potter," she turned back to him, raising her wand as she did. "One task complete, task two," she pointed it directly at Harry, "is you."

"Don't do it Hermione, "Luna said.

"Shut the fuck up Lovegood, if you know what's good for you." As Hermione raised her wand a big BANG was heard and the office shook as a small hole appeared by the window. Hermione shifted her attention away from Harry to see Draco standing over two seventh years, the third of which was cowering from him.

"Surrender," Draco hissed loudly. The seventh year shook, "C'mon Bartty, surrender!"

"Draco!" Hermione bellowed, "stop playing games with him and stun him!" Her voice shook of anger from being disrupted. She watched Draco stun the boy before running back towards the door. Hermione turned her attention back to Harry, to see him gone, along with Luna, McGonagall and Shacklebolt.

"What the fuck?" she shrieked.

"Give it up Miss Granger," the deep soothing voice of Kingsley Shacklebolt said and she saw him standing there, no longer imperiused, but with his wand pointed at her. Harry, Luna and McGonagall stood behind him and Ron Weasley beside.

"What the fuck is going on here?" she asked, tying to keep a cool composure but her eyes had widened. How had Kingsley escaped the curse? How had the cursed binds been removed? How did Weasley get in without her notice? She had not planned, let alone even thought it was possible, for this.

"You should have learned by now that we are steps ahead of you. The imperius curse, no matter how strong, wasn't as affective as it should have been. I was aware of everything and played along instead of fighting it. You lead us to you, Ron was able to break the curse and I knew the counter to those binds, thanks to you."

"I hope you realize this isn't the end," she smirked, "I've got people everywhere."

"We are aware of that," Kingsley said smoothly.

"Well you're not doing a very good job since my people have been attacking students at the school."

"Riddle, leave the students!" McGonagall snapped.

"They are stupid enough to fight back, they pay the price."

"But Hermione," said a voice from behind her. She turned to see a portrait of Dumbledore on the wall, exactly where she had taken down the old one.

A/N: SO I've been working hard on the rest of the chapters… I have the next one wrote just have to type it up and am working on the one after that! I really hope you like it. I know the way I left it is kind of weird since Dumbledore doesn't finish his sentence but I wanted to leave it as a cliffy so the next chapter will start kind of… in the middle of a sentence. Hope that's alright. Anyways please please please review! lol

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