Thread: Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, and the Cult of Death {darkest_fate&Grimmdark}

This is outrageous! Hermione Granger protested for what was perhaps the third time this hour. She stomped her foot again, knowing full well that the gesture looked rather childish. At the moment, the previous hero of the war against Voldemort, current Head Girl of Hogwarts and Gryffindor Prefect returned to finish her education was standing in detention . Or, to be more accurate, she was sitting outside in a hall, waiting for the detention to properly start. Not that Hermione hadn't earned detention before. There had been that incident with the dragon oh so many years ago, for starters. And nearly everyone had earned some form of detention when that detestable woman from the Ministry had been running things. But this? This was not her fault . Hermione glared across the hall where she sat at the real culprit. She'd actually been one to advocate for Draco Malfoy, if only partially on Harry's behalf. There had been some debate on whether to let any of the Slytherins outrageous, and everyone knew it or the previous Death Eaters less outrageous return to finish their education. Hermione had been rather vocal upon insisting that Malfoy and his friends had just as much right to finish their education as anyone else. While people had often listened to the smartest witch of her age previously, her newly minted heroine status gave her more leeway. Apparently not enough, as had been made abundantly clear. Malfoy had been abusing his privileges, again and Hermione had been forced to step in, again . They'd barely been back at Hogwarts for a few months yet it felt like she was constantly telling her fellow prefect she still wasn't sure how on earth Malfoy had earned his positions to leave younger students alone. As if dealing with NEWTs wasn't hard enough, particularly since Hermione had picked up all the same ,rather difficult, subjects she'd been studying before she'd left with Harry on his quest. But quite frequently, she'd find him in open places, tormenting younger students most frequently first years. It was odd, because she hadn't heard many complaints, yet whenever she happened to see him, it seemed as if he were about to torment someone. So there Hermione sat, glowering. Her hair seemed to be as unruly as her mood, light brown messy ringlets framing her intelligent face. Hermione was technically quite pretty she simply never dressed to accent it or did anything to enhance her looks. Bushy hair and a mostly makeup free face looked rather normal, almost blase in the grand scheme. Standard Hogwarts robes hung loose around a body that was admittedly a bit more lithe after a year or so of running around finding and destroying horcruxes. Hermione could still feel some of the scars from it, including the ones she'd picked up from Malfoy manor. I can't believe you, she said again, shooting another glare at Malfoy before looking at the door. Who was even responsible for this detention anyway? Hermione's had been assigned by the new head of Gryffindor house McGonagall having taken over as Headmistress, so likely Malfoy had received the same. Hermione was almost hoping for Filch, or possibly Hagrid if she were quite lucky. Then again, she'd heard rumors that there may be unassigned detentions for older students, since Hogwarts was still dealing with staffing issues post-war...