Hello hello, and welcome to the "Hermione explains it all" chapter that every good fanfic should have ;)

By the way ... only five chapters to go after this one! I'm still not over that. It's FREAKIN' AMAZING.

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Lots of people tried to guess what was going on after last chapter, but I'm pleased to say that no one managed to guess exactly. So, without any further ado ...

45. Games
Monday

"It was Isobel?"

Harry feels like his chin should have hit the floor as Hermione nods.

"I don't believe it," he says. "She's so quiet. She seems so… innocent. She'd never hurt anybody."

"That's just it," says Hermione. "She didn't mean to hurt anybody. It wasn't her idea. She was in love with you, Harry, and you never gave her so much as a second glance, so she did what her sister told her to do."

"Her sister?"

Suddenly Hermione gets a triumphant gleam in her eye, and Harry has a fleeting vision of her with a jar in her hand, crowing over Rita Skeeter.

"You didn't even know her full name, did you? Isobel Bradley. She's Rosaria's sister."

Harry's jaw really does drop this time. "This was Bradley's fault? All along?"

Hermione nods again. "Ron thought it was, remember? But it felt wrong to me. Bradley's cruel, but she's sneaky and underhanded. She only ever picks on Ginny when they're alone, so no one knows she's doing it. She wouldn't have sent something like that herself. But when you told me about Isobel acting strangely, it occurred to me that Bradley might convince someone to do it for her—and then everything fell into place."

"So she got her own sister to send me a vulgar note?"

"She's a sick, spiteful cow," says Hermione viciously. "Rosaria knew it would never make you notice Isobel. She didn't care about her, or you—she only wanted to make Ginny's life hell."

So most people figured out it was Bradley, or Isobel's sister, but no one worked out they were the same person, mwahahaha! I feel evil.

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