A note to readers:

I am heavily editing this story and thought I ought to send out a message to followers of it. The basic outline remains the same, but much has changed, including the title and chapter names. It is much darker and many events have been added. I am going to leave this message up for a week or so and then I am deleting the posted chapters. The new title is "Altered States," and I am going to make an effort with all of the characters. Rather than the story being primarily from Hermione's view, I would like to have chapters from the various players in the story. I also want to build up how some of the instances have come about a bit more and spread out the humorous scenes to really bring out the desperation of Hermione's situation, as well as the devastation caused to everyone (except maybe Bellatrix, who likes it just fine) by Voldemort's rule. I am sorry if this disappoints anyone, but I hope you will bear with me and enjoy the outcome of the edits.