Hermione walked slowly into the dining room, wincing with every movement. Last night's events had been fun for her, but the pain she felt was now becoming more of a nuisance than any amount of pleasure. As she sat down across the table from Voldemort, who was reading the Daily Prophet, checking over what rumours were being spread, he noticed Hermione give a small wince as she sat down. Claire, the Lestrange house elf had just brewed Hermione a cup of coffee, and he watched as she slowly reached for it, wincing with every little move she made.
Voldemort let out a small chuckle, which startled the young witch, as well as causing her backside some immediate discomfort from the sudden movement. "Let me guess," Voldemort said with a grin; "you and Bellatrix had some fun behind the door of your bedroom?"
As Hermione started to blush, Voldemort drew his wand and pointed it at her, before putting it back in his robes. Hermione on the other hand felt a wave pass over her entire body, and once it was finished, she felt no more pain or stinging. Before she even had a chance to speak, Voldemort answered her. "That isn't the first time I have seen ladies move like that, Hermione. When I was in Hogwarts all those years ago, many of the Slytherin 7th Years would get up to the same kinds of actions that you yourself got up to last night." He chuckled once more as Hermione blushed even harder. "I devised a little charm that could negate the pain these girls felt, even if it was to have their support for something else."
Voldemort glanced to his left to see Snape coming down the stairs and into the kitchen. "This is between us, OK?" he whispered with a grin. Hermione quickly nodded and started to tuck in to Claire's gourmet breakfast. "Serverus, how are you feeling?" Voldemort asked as the Headmaster of Hogwarts sat down at the table.
"I am actually feeling well enough to travel back to the school, my Lord," Snape replied. As the two men started to converse about the planned break in to Hogwarts, Claire spoke to Hermione privately at the other end of the table.
"Mistress Bellatrix is not awake yet?" she said as Hermione shook her head in response. "Would you like me to go and wake her up?"
"No, let her sleep in," Hermione responded, although from Claire's wide eyed expression it appeared neither would be happening.
Bellatrix had just stormed into the kitchen, still in her bedclothes, carrying a rat by the tail. A rat that strangely enough had only four toes on one of its feet. "I demand that this little perv be punished!" Bella yelled as she threw Wormtail to the floor and forcefully made him assume his human form, before binding him with a non verbal spell. The men were sitting and staring at Wormtail's bound body, while Claire and Hermione started to giggle when they noticed the man had a raging hard-on, too big to ignore. "He was watching me getting out of bed, naked, and watching me shower. I demand he be punished, my Lord!" she yelled before trying to calm herself down. Hermione hadn't noticed before, but she looked quite beautiful after a shower, with her long wet locks of hair all matted together.
"Why don't we send him to the room you brought me to when I first came here, Bella?" Hermione purred as she stroked her lover's matt ebony locks. Bella's rage turned to a sinister grin as she agreed and forced him into the torture room. "The perv wants to see things like that, I think we can oblige," Hermione said with a smirk as she whispered into Bella's ear exactly what she had in mind.
The four made their way into the dungeon where Bella had tied up Wormtail. "C'mon Bellatrix, it was a joke, please don't do this!" Wormtail pleaded, before Hermione pointed a finger at him.
"Transmutatio ad muliere!" Hermione said, and Wormtail started to convulse as his body started to physically change. His chest started to enlarge itself, while the tent in his pants started to fall rapidly. After half a minute, Hermione stopped the curse, and Wormtail stopped convulsing. As Bellatrix stripped him of his clothes, they all saw what Hermione's spell had done: it had turned his body into that of a woman.
"What have you done to me?" Wormtail said; his voice now much higher than normal.
"What I have done is simply made it so that your punishment can be administered..." she said sinisterly.
"And what are you going to do to me?" he, or rather she, asked, as Voldemort and Snape stood grinning at his predicament.
"Well now, seeing as I have an important job to do today, I won't be punishing you. Bellatrix however has all the time in the world today, and she has a few more tricks up her sleeve." She whispered to Bellatrix as she turned round, "Do what you wish, but don't let Wormtail cum, OK?" A grinning nod from the older witch affirmed the task she had today, one she was going to thoroughly enjoy. "Gentlemen," she addressed the men in the room, "shall we get started?" As Hermione and the men closed the door, they could hear Wormtail's womanly screams coming from the other side, so Hermione cast a quick Silencing Charm on the door.
3 Hours Later
Snape's doe Patronus came rushing into the dining room where Voldemort and Hermione were patiently sitting, informing them that everything was ready at Hogwarts. They got up and headed for the door, and the two of them Apparated to Snape's Office in the Castle. Hermione and Voldemort were given special rings crafted by Snape, which had a single silver rose on it. He explained that even when under the effects of a Disillusionment Charm, the wearer's could see each other. The pair headed to the Room of Requirement, and under the cover of invisibility, was able to pass students and teachers alike with no incidents. When they reached the Room, Hermione activated the enchanted Galleon, causing the door to open, but as soon as they entered, a trio of wands pointed right at her face from within the darkness.
"Who's there?" a male voice said.
"Show yourself!" a female voice spoke this time.
Hermione glanced at Voldemort, who nodded back, and she removed the Disillusionment Charm cast on her, to the shock of all the occupants. "Ginny, Neville!" she shouted as Ginny ran towards her, only to be held back by Neville's arm, who had his arm raised.
"In our first year, what curse did you use on me to prevent me from stopping you, and where did it take place?" he said, as Ginny realised what he meant.
"I cast the Petrifying Curse, Petrificus Totalus, on you in the Gryffindor Common Room;" she replied, and Neville lowered his wand, before everyone in the room started to hug her. She glanced over to Voldemort, who hid himself away in the corner, away from any people.
"What are you doing here?" Ginny asked, as she gave Hermione an extra big hug and a peck on the cheek to boot.
"We haven't heard anything about what's going on outside, we thought you were all dead;" Neville said.
"Well, I came here because," she started, looking towards Voldemort for some inspiration. This was going to be the hardest part of the entire plan. "Well, we found out that there was something hidden in the castle, in the Room of Requirement, and if I can get it, it would help us end the war a little bit faster;" she said, hoping that her story would work.
"Where are Harry and Ron though," Dean Thomas asked, "normally you three do things together?"
"Well, we decided to split up and follow separate leads. I haven't seen the others in a few weeks." She hoped this shred of truth would be enough to convince them, if not, there was always the Confundus Charm.
"What can we do to help then?" Ginny asked. 'Thank God somebody believes this story.' Hermione thought to herself.
"I need to access another Room of Requirement. To do that, I need the previous one to be vacant so it can change. Once I have what I need, it can be changed back."
There was some murmuring in the back of the room, before Neville calmed them down. "Alright Hermione, let's do this."
As the students filed out into the corridor, Voldemort slipped out behind them and hid by the door. When everyone was out, Hermione changed the room to the Room of Hidden Things, which was apparent when she opened the door and peered inside.
"Good luck in there," Ginny said as Voldemort slipped in through the open door.
"Thanks, Ginny," Hermione replied as she closed and locked the door behind her.
She activated the second function of the ring, which allowed her speech to be heard only by the person with the other ring. "Okay, where do we start, my Lord?" she asked.
"I have a feeling it was hidden somewhere around the stone bust, hidden in a box," Voldemort replied. It took five minutes for them to find the Horcrux, before stashing it in Hermione's bag and heading to the door.
As Hermione opened the door, she switched the private mode off and allowed both her and Voldemort to exit the room, before the members of D.A. converted it back into their Headquarters.
"That went well," Voldemort said via the ring as Hermione recast her Disillusionment Charm and switched back to privacy mode.
"I know, now all we need to do is the ritual and we can beat Harry," she replied. As they reached the Headmaster's Office once more, they removed the Charms and Apparated back to the Manor.