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A/N: Consider yourself warned that "ThePlan" is well... a plan. I'm not too pleased with what I came up with but out of all my ideas... this was the best one... just go along with it -_-
I hadn't updated in so long because I had to write the next few chapters in case the plotline changed because this chapter is what the rest is based out of and well... I didn't really find much time but alas, I will be updating frequently this Summer until this fic is finished :D
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Sometimes in life there are situations that can be so complex that no solution seems appropriate. You have endless ideas, some ridiculous, some far too simple and all the while you're looking for that big it, waiting for some grand idea to slap you in the face.
Like now for instance, Blaise, Hermione and Draco were gathered around a table during breakfast in search for that grand idea. You see, this wasn't just about keeping Hermione Granger from death by the hands of, well, Death Eaters, it was about-
"Us getting out of this Death Eater business." Blaise said as he shoved a donut into his mouth.
"Oh so this isn't about me, it's about you." she glared, not liking where this was going.
Blaise swallowed, "Well of course its about you darling," Draco glared at Blaise for calling Granger darling, he couldn't explain why he had done so but quickly took the look off his face. "It's just that this gives us a chance at finally getting out of the 'family business'. I was young and stupid. I wanted power, I wanted to feel powerful. I have gone through a lot of personal growth between the time I joined and now."
Draco scoffed, "That was 5 years ago, Blaise, how much 'personal growth' could you have possibly gone through. You're still the same idiot to me."
Blaise gave Draco a nasty look but ignored his comments. "Point is I'm sick of it and I'm done."
"So be done and walk away." Hermione shrugged.
"If life was only that simple princess. You don't just stop being a Death Eater, you wake up and announce that you are done and you die. Whether it's commanded or not. It's the unwritten rule. You don't stop. You're in until the day you die, that's the only way out."
Draco spoke, "Question is, how do we stop without getting killed?"
"You stop them." Hermione answered, like it was obvious.
"Yeah, but how do we do that?" Hermione shrugged and they sat in silence.
"'Help her, help you.'" Blaise muttered the words he had said just the day before and looked up.
"What?" Draco asked.
"Help Hermione to help you, to help us... I might have an idea," Blaise continued "Draco, you help Hermione, or so you have, by keeping her away from the Death Eaters, and now, it's Hermione turn to help you in order to help us."
Draco raised an eyebrow, "Keep her from them is all I've done, they're still after her."
"Yeah. But what if that's enough?"
"What are you going on about?"
"You've helped her and now she can help you and in turn get rid of the Death Eaters."
"She's not Scarhead."
"I'm right here!" Hermione yelled, feeling ignored and put aside.
"She can't battle it out with hundreds of Death Eaters." Draco continued.
"Well she's the only one who could kill them all and get away with it without getting the Kiss. Regardless of how thing's have ended, she's still everyone's little hero."
"That doesn't give her a license to kill dumbass."
"If you're going to pretend I'm not here then I'm leaving," Hermione took her plate of breakfast and began to get up.
"Sit!" they both yelled at the same time.
"Well since you both asked so nicely." she said sarcastically and sat back down with a humph.
"What if..." Blaise sat forward in his chair "What if, Hermione," he looked at her "You were to go into the Ministry and make a secret deal."
Draco shook his head in irritation, "You're a fucking idiot."
"Just hear me out, Hermione goes and makes a deal that will permit her to freely kill off Death Eaters, with our help, only it has to remain in secret in order to not have it blow up in our faces and have to deal with a revolt of Death Eaters when they find out their own master is out for their blood."
"I'm not a killer!" "She's not a killer!" Draco and Hermione yelled out at the same time.
"I know that, but," he looked at Draco, "We are."
"Kill off my own people?"
"You don't even like them."
"Yeah? So? And anyway the Ministry would never allow that, they'd prefer we'd catch them all and send them off to Azkaban. Stupid morals and what not."
"What about if we change them?" Hermione piped quietly.
"How so?" Blaise asked intrigued.
"Say we were to give them a potion and alter them, who they are and their thoughts-"
"Might as well put them under the Imperious Curse."
Hermione ignored Malfoy's comment and continued, "Have them do good, be good, instead of bad."
"And how the hell do we do that?"
"Easy, obliviate them."
"All of them?" Blaise raised an eyebrow.
Hermione nodded, "All. The ministry does it all the time on muggles, mass memory charms. We could either do this ourselves or get the Ministry involved and have them do it. The Death Eater's thoughts and memories could be altered completely, they could have different lives, be different people."
"Have you ever actually done this?" Blaise asked.
Hermione made a sheepish look, "Yes, but that's beside the point." she quickly changed the subject preferring to not speak about what she had to do in order to keep her parents safe. "The point is that it could work."
"So we change a bunch of Death Eaters to be...?"
"Anything but deadly." Hermione grinned. "They'll each have whole new lives of good. I mean, imagine if all those Death Eaters instead of destroying and hurting, built and helped. Do you have any idea how good this world could be?"
"So we change them, big woop, what happens then?" Draco asked without any mirth. "Blaise and I are still going to be the bad guys."
"That's why we get the ministry involved, to clear both your names."
"Won't work." Blaise shook his head "Obviously this would make headline news, their families and so on will question what's up with the sudden change and then they come after us. What if someone tells them they've practically been brainwashed, what then?"
"We change their families as well. We could warn them about people who will say crazy things about Death Eaters and their involvement and have those new non-Death Eaters report anyone who tells them that and fix it."
"By we you mean who exactly?" Blaise raised an eyebrow. He did not want to go through all this. All he wanted was out, not to be proactive and go after people and the like.
"The Ministry."
"You go to the Ministry then, and explain. One look at Draco and myself and off to Azkaban we go."
"But then we can't convince them we're good and they'll have to take her word for it." Draco stated.
"She's Hermione flippin' Granger, her word is gold." Blaise winked at her.
Hermione chose to ignore the wink, she found it a bit creepy but took a page out of Malfoy's book and hid her true emotions. "They'll have to come here then." Draco stared at her with a look of uncertainty. "I'll go and have them come here with me and we can make our case."
"This is going to be bad." Blaise cringed.
"Really bad." Draco added with an equal look of disdain.
"Oh lighten up you too, my word is gold after all." Hermione smiled smugly.
This could work. It had to work. She needed this to work. There was no Plan B and if this didn't work she had no idea what Plan B would be... well, except her death but then the world would just continue with Death Eaters and two guys who didn't particularly want to be part of the team.
It could work. It will work. Yeah Hermione, just keep telling yourself that.
A/N: Again, I think the plan is complete "rubbish" but I had few good ideas that I thought would work out well and well, keep your nasty comments to yourself *sticks out tongue* but if there's anyone that thought the idea was any good... let me know ;)
P.S. If you have questions about how this plan will work let me know so I can better organize the later chapters so I can answer whatever it is your question is. It'll really help me fool proof it so PLEASE!
P.P.S.I have a new Dramione story. It was inspired by this chapter. It's called Obliviator and you can find it on my profile so take a look... please? I'll give you a cookieeee *big smile* Ah, bribery :)
Last thing: Anybody else excited Emma Watson admitted she had a crush on Tom Felton?