Unlike everyone else, Hermione wasn't surprised by Harry's outburst. She was astonished that they actually believed that he would take the news calmly. Even though Harry had a horrible childhood, he truly cared about his friends and family. The fact that he had risked his friends and lost Sirius because of Dumbledore's lies hurt him. He was angry that the delusions of an old man had cost him so much. Yes, the ministry acknowledged Voldemort now. Yes, some of the Death Eaters were locked up. But in the end, Harry would have rather died himself then let Sirius do so.

More than anything, Hermione wished she hadn't been unconscious when Harry had confronted Dumbledore. She tried to reason that she felt that way because she could have comforted him, but honestly, she wanted to send a few hexes Dumbledore's way too. Still, as soon as she got out of the Hospital Wing, she would confront the old man.

Hermione's current problem was convincing her bull-headed friends to let her go.

"But Mione! You can't go by yourself! You'll get hurt."

She sighed and turned to face her best friend. "Ron, I'll be fine," she said, trying to reassure him. "I can walk up a few sets of stairs. Besides, you need to stay here with Harry."

After the traumatic meeting in the Headmaster's office, Harry had passed out from magic loss. He was now lying in the Hospital Wing. Since she had a pretty good idea on how much power Harry had, she was sure that Dumbledore's office must be trashed.

"You know he'll be mad if you leave before he can see you." said Ron, in another effort to convince her.

She rolled her eyes. "I can take Harry. No matter what we do, you know he's going to be... off."

Last year, when Cedric died, Harry had been a wreck. Now that his godfather was dead, he would be much, much worse.

Ron gave up. "Fine." he stated wearily. "Just try to come back soon."

"I'll try, but this conversation needs to happen."

AN: I, ofcourse, donotownHarryPotterinanyway, shapeorform.

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