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Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter were officially screwed. Ron had gotten mad and in a moment of sheer idiocy he'd shouted Voldemort's name, thereby breaking the carefully constructed wards around the tent, alerting nearby Snatchers of their presence and location, and leaving them just about no chance of escape. They had less than five minutes at worst, fifteen minutes best to get away, and with Harry's wand broken, and Ron's judgment clouded by his anger, it was up to Hermione to figure out what to do.
She heard the cracks of apparation and shouted "RUN!", she, Harry and Ron took off, leaping over fallen trees, rock walls and logs as they raced through the Forest of Dean, every so often she glanced behind her, the Snatchers were definitely gaining on them now. She kept running, although she knew that now, it was a hopeless endeavor. It wasn't long until Fenrir Greyback had her hands tied behind her back and pinned to a tree. Greyback laughed, a haunting, nightmarish sound as he stroked Hermione's cheek with his fingertips, "Such a pretty little girl, maybe they'll let me keep you so I can have some fun with you, little Mudblood." the werewolf murmured in her ear.
Scabior, the leader of the group of Snatchers that had found them, stopped Greyback reminding him that as per the Dark Lord's instructions, all captured witches and wizards were to be brought to the Death Eater headquarters at Malfoy Manor. The Snatchers grabbed them roughly and apparated to the Manor, they dragged the Trio into the drawing room. Their Slytherin classmate Draco Malfoy was brought in and identified the three of them as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Wormtail dragged Harry and Ron to the dungeons, leaving Hermione alone with Bellatrix Lestrange and Draco and Narcissa Malfoy, "Well, if it isn't Potter's little Mudblood pet!" Bellatrix cackled, "I want to have a little chat, woman to woman." Bellatrix told her as she pressed a knife to her throat, suddenly Bellatrix gasped and removed the blade, "Where did you learn to use a glamor charm Mudblood?" Bellatrix snapped. "What do you mean? A glamor charm isn't in the Hogwarts curriculum, I don't know how to cast one!" Hermione cried, "LIAR!" Bellatrix shouted, placing the tip of the knife at Hermione's chin, "Draco?" Bellatrix called, "Tell me, has the Mudblood always looked like this? Is this the real one?" Draco moved closer and began to examine Hermione, "Yes, Aunt Bella, this is definitely the Mudblood Granger. What has made you ask?" Draco said, "The girl is glamored, now did she lie about it not being Hogwarts curriculum?" Bellatrix asked her nephew, "No, Aunt Bellatrix, glamor charms are taught in Auror training or in other ministry occupations that involve potential interaction with muggles. Although there are books in the restricted section of the Hogwarts library, although in the severely restricted section of the restricted section, the part the requires the headmaster's signature to access." Draco told his aunt, Hermione looked at him in surprise, she hadn't known that there was a severely restricted part of the restricted section, Draco noticed her look of shock and pointed it out to his aunt, "Draco, go and find me Nott Sr." Bellatrix instructed as she began asking Hermione questions about her past.
"What is your name?"
"I'm not sure what my birth name is, my adopted name is Hermione Jean Granger."
"Birthdate?"
"19, September, 1979, I think."
"Birthplace?"
"I don't know."
"Parents?"
"I don't know, I was adopted by Daniel Harrison Granger and Jean Alicia Granger nèe Dallas."
"Why don't you know your birthdate?"
"The orphanage assumed about when I was born, a man with a long beard and odd clothes dropped me off there when I was a newborn. He didn't have a birth certificate or anything, apparently he found me abandoned someplace."
"Were you aware of the glamor charm on you?"
"No, actually I don't really know much about glamor charms, the extent of my knowledge is that they create a false appearance and can disguise identifiable features which is why they're used by Aurors and the like."
"When were you adopted?"
"I was five, it was right before my sixth birthday."
"Where was the orphanage?"
"Near London."
"Were you surprised to get your Hogwarts letter?"
"Sort of? It was a bit of a relief really, I was always bullied because I was adopted and strange stuff happened when I was around. But it was also sort of like I knew it would happen? I think I had dreams about it happening way before it did."
"Bellatrix? You sent Draco to fetch me?" Draco had returned with Theodore Nott Sr., "Yes, the Mudblood has a glamor on her but seems to know very little about the charm." Bellatrix informed him, "I presume that you would like me to trace the charm and perhaps check her for other spells?" Nott asked, Bellatrix nodded and he got to work,
- Glamor charm- placed at 2 weeks old, APWBD
- Obedience compulsion: to APWBD- placed 2 weeks old, APWBD
- Loyalty compulsion: to Gryffindor house, APWBD, Molly, Arthur and Ronald Weasley, Harry Potter- placed at 2 weeks old, activated age 11, APWBD
- Hate compulsion: to Slytherin house, purebloods, Malfoy Family, Death Eaters, dark magic, dark sector- placed at 2 weeks old, activated age 11, APWBD
- Marriage contract to Ronald Bilius Weasley- created age 2, activates on 19th birthday, APWBD and Molly Weasley nèe Prewett
- Love potion, keyed to Ronald Bilius Weasley- administered 2 weeks old, activated age 16
- Change of magical guardian, Celeste Z. to APWBD- at 2 weeks old, APWBD
- Magic dampener- placed age 5, APWBD
- Forced sorting to Gryffindor over Ravenclaw, age 11, APWBD
All of the charms, spells and potions that had been placed on her throughout her life were listed on that sheet of parchment, "Well, clearly you aren't a Mudblood. I apologize for calling you that while at Hogwarts." Malfoy said calmly, Hermione nodded in acceptance, "I just want to know who this APWBD person is, and why they decided to fuck my life up so much. Clearly they work at Hogwarts though, given that they forced my sorting." Hermione said, a bit angrily. "Well I can think of only one person with those initials that works at Hogwarts, and fits your description of the person who left you at the muggle orphanage." Bellatrix told her, then it dawned on Hermione. "APWBD, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Leader of the Light Sector, former Gryffindor, leader of the Order of the Phoenix and Headmaster of Hogwarts." Bellatrix said. "URGH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS! AND TO THINK I JUST FOLLOWED HIM BLINDLY! FOR YEARS!" Hermione was raging, and it was a terrifying sight. "Ehem, would you like me to remove the glamor and other charms? The only thing I cannot change is the contract and magical guardian, but I am sure wcan find a way to deal with them." Nott Sr. asked, "Sure." Hermione replied, "I warn you, it may be painful." Nott Sr. warned her as he raised his wand.
As Nott Sr. chanted the incantation that removed the glamor after removing first the compulsions and other things, Hermione felt her body changing, she screamed and cried out in pain. Then just as quickly as the pain had appeared it vanished, she opened her eyes and gasped. Gone was her variable bush of frizzy brown hair, replaced by smooth dark brown waves, her once pale skin looked like she'd spent the last three weeks tanning, her stomach was flatter than it had been moments before, she'd grown a few inches, she was curvier in all the right places, a glance at a nearby mirror told her that her chocolate eyes had become an enchanting deep blue and her lips were fuller than normal. She was drawn out of her trance by a shout, "Woah! You- you look like if Blaise was a girl!" Draco cried in shock. Bellatrix returned Hermione's bag and wand to her and told Draco to bring her to the Dark Lord.
Seconds before they left the room, Harry, Ron and Dobby burst into the room, they tried to reach Hermione but Dobby was hit by one of Bellatrix's throwing knives and they were forced to leave without Hermione. Draco groaned, "Come on Granger, let's go." he said as he started off again. He led Hermione through the maze of halls until they reached the room that Tom Riddle had claimed for his study. Draco knocked on the door, and waited until he heard a rather board voice call for him to enter. "My Lord, there has been a rather interesting development, a group of Snatchers captured the so-called Golden Trio in the Forest of Dean, and brought them here, Potter and Weasley escaped but, we discovered that Hermione Granger is not a muggle-born and has been under a glamor charm and compulsions since she was two weeks old. Aunt Bellatrix told me to bring her to you." At this Hermione stepped through the open doorway, "You do not look anything like the Granger girl." Riddle commented, Hermione nodded, "Yes, the appearance of Hermione Granger is false, this is my true appearance, Lord Nott was kind enough to remove the glamor. I have information that I think you will find quite useful, Dumbledore, before his death ordered Harry to track down your Horcruxes and destroy them. The Diary, the gaunt ring and Slytherin's locket have already been destroyed. Ronald and Harry dragged me with them, mainly to force me to cook for them. I had no choice in the matter, I tried to refuse but was literally dragged along." She informed him, Riddle nodded and told Draco to bring her to his father.
Draco led Hermione to Lucius's office, he gave permission for her to be given a room and told the pair to go away. Draco found an unoccupied bedroom in the guest hall where a number of his friends were staying, as they made their way down the hall the names on a few of the doorplates were familiar to Hermione, she spotted Pansy Parkinson's name on one, Theo Nott's name on another, Blaise Zabini, the Greengrass sisters, Crabbe and Goyle all had rooms there. "I'll tell my mother which room I've given you, stay here and she'll send a house elf with some more appropriate clothes to help you get fixed up. Send the elf to me and I'll bring you out to the garden where most of my friends are so you can meet them properly." Malfoy told her as he turned and left the room.