Never Underestimate A Witch

by honestlydarkprincess

***ABANDONED*** Hermione is kidnapped and tortured after being forced to watch her parents killed. Held captive in Voldemort's Manor, she meets the infamous Bellatrix Lestrange, whose past is one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Dark Side. Things aren't at all as they seem. If these revelations get out, the Wizarding World will never be the same. Eventual Dark Hermione.

7. NOT A CHAPTER - AUTHOR'S NOTE

As of May 23rd, 2018:

So, I'm officially abandoning this story.

I know that I've previously stated, many times, that I was definitely not going to abandon this fic, but as months pass and inspiration refuses to come, I think it's time I admit that I don't actually think this story is going to continue. I would like to apologize to anyone and everyone who has been waiting for an update. I really wanted to see this story to the end but it's gotten to the point where I don't enjoy writing it anymore.

When I first started this story, it was supposed to be a oneshot, two chapters at the absolute most. Now it's kinda mutated out of control. I don't like where I've gone in the story. Like, because this wasn't supposed to be a romance, I set the time frame during the 5th book, meaning that Hermione's like, 15/16 years old. Which means that if something romantic happens between Bella and Hermione, it's underage, which I'm not okay with writing. It was an oversight on my part and I definitely don't want to continue it. I thought of maybe finding a way to de-age Bella so they'd be around the same age, and I liked the idea I came up with for that, but the problem is that I have no idea how to actually write it in a way that's good and responsible. You know what I mean?

There's also the fact that the pureblood/dark side is super racist and I don't want any part in justifying or normalizing that. A reader pointed out to me how Hermione was way to quick to sympathize with a woman who's essential a Nazi (even if, in the context of this story, she's under mind control) and that really stuck with me, because the reader was right. Death Eaters are basically Nazi's and I won't write something that even looks like it's justifying that.

I have to be able to stand behind what I write and if I can't do that, then I can't, in good conscious, continue to write this piece. I think the plot has potential if I could figure out how to fix the problems mentioned above but after more than a year of thinking about it, I don't know what to do. So I'm saying goodbye to this piece. I'm going to leave it up on my page in case one day I do figure out how to continue writing it- however, I doubt that I'm going to do anything more on this story.

I apologize to everyone who was hoping for this story to be finished- I tried, I really did. But I can't put my name on something that I'm not completely behind. Sorry!

I hope this all made sense and that you understand why I'm putting this story to rest.

xoxoxo

honestlydarkprincess