Hermione Granger

**Hermione Jean Granger** (b. 19 September 1979), later known as **Hermione Malfoy**, was a British Muggle-born witch and the heroin of the *Rights and Wrongs* series. She was the only daughter of Jean and Henry Granger, and later the wife of Draco Malfoy and the mother of Lucy Malfoy.

## Background

### Change of Name

In canon universe, Hermione had become a Malfoy as for 2002, by marrying Draco Malfoy. They possibly got married between 2000 and 2002.

In alternative universe, Hermione became a blood heir of Lucius due to the Virginity Charm ritual on 26 July 1998, which caused the change of her surname. Considering the situation at the time, this change was not widely known to many, including Hermione herself.

## Relationship

### Draco Malfoy

> “*I want to be your wife. And see you in the mornings, and marry you in the gazebo and – and rule the fucking world with you. And I don’t know where the wires got crossed along the way, I don’t know how things got so twisted. But that’s all I’ve ever wanted. When you ask me why I’ve done the things I have, I want to be able to say it’s because I love you.*”
> — Hermione Granger to Draco Malfoy
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#### Cross-works universe

Hermione had had a crush on Draco since her years at Hogwarts. Although she did not tell many of her friends about her feelings, she talked with her mother about Draco at home. Without realisation, the two shared similar interests and tastes in books. They enjoyed the same book when they were at Hogwarts, and fought over the book when Hermione urged to read it but Draco was keeping it for too long. Both were fans of Lance Gainsworth’s and loyal customers to Cornerstone bookstore.

Hermione was generally unselfconscious to her physical attractions and what damage they could have on Draco. She also could not recognise his jealousy whenever she was surrounded by his potential rivals. She falsely thought that she could attract Draco more with braided hair, which Draco hated, because he was devastatingly attracted to her when she was in her usual “Hermione Granger” form.

Draco’s self-hatred and low-esteem caused him regretting and retreating every time when they got some progress, which unintentionally hurt Hermione, who was terribly in love with him and wanted him. No matter in which universe, they never stated they were in a relationship, both were too afraid to ask.

#### In Canon Universe

Hermione defended Draco in his trial after the Second Wizarding War, and tried to convince everyone, including herself, that she did it out of justice. She kept saying it was “the right thing to do”, which was the title of the first part and the catchphrase of the series.

#### In Alternative Universe

After Voldemort won the war, Hermione were captured and sold in the Auction. When Draco and Dolohov competed for her, she desperately thought she might suffer less if she was sold to Draco. When she was transferred from Dolohov to Draco, she was confused and relieved at the same time, and immediately feared that she might be a gift for Lucius.

Although living in a comfortable personal suite, being taken care of and given exceptions more than expected for most of her time at the Manor, Hermione never figured out Draco’s feelings for her or the Malfoys’ true motivation to keep her. Due to their contradictory values and priorities, she and Draco had many fights. Draco’s intention to help Hermione and keep his family, including Hermione, safe at the same time often contradicted with Hermione’s boldness to do something for the greater good, causing many ups and downs in their relationship. While Draco tried his best to keep her away from the outside world, she resented the idea of being kept in an ivory tower and do nothing. She forced Draco to take her to the weekly Friday party at Edinburgh Castle, refusing to admit her jealousy for whoever Draco might have brought on her behalf.

In order to deceive Voldemort and his supporters into their fake master-slave relationship, she insisted to practise body contacts with Draco for the Edinburgh party, which terrified him. When she and Draco became physically intimate, she thought Draco was finally sexually attracted to her instead of loving her. They had a fight that led to their “break-up” and Draco’s withdrawal from the research. When Draco was about to depart for Switzerland, they patched up with each other, surrendering to the fear of being apart forever. Draco kept distance from her after he came home four month later, traumatised and deeply self-loathing, which devastated her. In March 1999, when the True Order attacked Edinburgh, Hermione was so feared when Draco was nearly killed that she confessed her feelings for him. She eventually had sex with him, in eagerness and desperation. Although being an independent and tough person, she missed him terribly whenever he was away from home, showing her longing for him by keeping his notes or sleeping in his bed.

> “*She stepped into him, threading her fingers into the hair behind his ears. Watching his eyes darken as she pushed up on her toes, slanting her lips over his and pouring her desperation into him. It felt like it had been years since they'd last kissed. Her veins sparked with each movement, her blood thrumming to life. She needed more.*”
> —Hermione after realising her fear of losing Draco forever
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Hermione chose to stay when she successfully made the tattoo antidote. Instead of showing him all of her love, she told him it was the right thing to do. The relationship between the two peaked when they found out the location of the last Horcrux and decided to destroy it together. Draco’s killing Bellatrix for protecting Hermione and Hermione’s killing Dolohov for him made the pair more open to each other, leading to Draco’s confession of his love for her the night before the Manor was invaded by the True Order.

After she inherited the Malfoy holdings after George killed Lucius in the court, she realised that the only thing she ever wanted from the Malfoy was Draco.

### Friendship

#### Viktor Krum

Krum was Hermione’s date at the Yule Ball in fourth year. He and Hermione had remained no more than friends after school years, but his presence around Hermione still irritated Draco and made him jealous.

#### Rolf Scamander

Hermione had a dinner with Rolf in late October 1999. Despite the fact that they mostly discussed Rolf’s grandfather Newt Scamander’s magizoologist works, Rita Skeeter reported the date as Hermione’s recover from getting rejected by Draco. They did not go further for their relationship.

#### Pansy Parkinson

Pansy and Hermione were hardly friends at Hogwarts.

## Appearances

* *The Right Thing to Do*
* *All the Wrong Things*
* *The Auction*
* *Birth Right*
* *When What’s Right Is Wrong*
* *All Right*
* *Wrong Time, Wrong Place*

## References

1. ↑ https://harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Hermione\_Granger
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/67736312
3. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/11472648/chapters/32993523
4. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/52055545
5. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/11472648/chapters/32993523
6. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/14452923/chapters/33778722
7. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/11472648/chapters/29478888
8. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/46661179
9. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/50736752
10. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/51611125
11. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/57030025
12. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/58427305
13. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/59073553
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/61170316
15. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/59073553
16. ↑ https://archiveofourown.org/works/19101535/chapters/65460532