Hermione started to memorise all the corridors and even the shortcuts in Malfoy manor, it has now been her home for quite a bit, the corridors empty, black and grey, footsteps always echoing the halls, it was like a nightmare, a maze at first, but Hermione loved it.

As she walks the halls she can still feel Dracos touch all over her body, she never once thought years ago that she would let Draco Malfoy come near her, never alone touch her body. He was gentle and warm, the opposite of what Hermione thought he was years ago: cold and cruel. Harry and Ron always told Hermione the dangers of the Malfoy family, especially since they were pure blood, but they were wrong all along, it's now Hermione who knows the deep secrets of the Malfoy family, secrets no one else in Hogwarts would of guessed, especially including that Severus Snape was apart of the dangerous acts of the death eaters, yes he used to be apart of the dark side many years ago but everyone thought he changed and used his advantage as a spy for the order.

Hermione always saw a dark side to Snape, ever since her first day at Hogwarts she was scared of Professor Snape, he would always walk the corridors without a care in the world, or so everyone thought, either that or finding another way to take points off Gryffindor and blame it on Harry Potter, but he always had a side to protect Harry and of course his friends, like that time Professor Lupin turned into a werewolf, Snape tried to protect the trio. Even though Hermione was always scared of Snape she pulled through and would always be at the top of the class, she would always listen to him and learn as much as she could, but she never thought that her learning from him would lead to this, once in a potions classroom, to Malfoy Manor, plotting a murder.

"Professor" Hermione enters the main hall where Snape stands by the fire place waiting for her. He always wears the same clothing. Snape looks over at Hermione.

"Never once in the last six years would I of thought that you Hermione Granger would be here in the process of becoming a death eater, being more honest I thought it would be Potter"

"Harry a death eater? No of course not, he wouldn't do that against his parents" Hermione says, Snape looks down at Hermione's pocket where her wand is and back up at Hermione's eyes.

"Would your parents be proud of you Miss Granger?" The room fell silent, more silent then the great hall during O.W.L.S, Hermione felt her stomach turn inside out as Snape helps his head up high, like he was proud of what he just said to Hermione, it has been over a few month now since that tragic night, yes Hermione has thought about it so much but not in the way of if her parents would be proud.

"Of course they would be, I'm getting revenge on their behalf, they were innocent, and if they didn't die I would of made them forgotten me"

"Miss Granger, I can assure you that doing this task will mean you are truly a death eater, are you sure you will want to continue this after you fully get the revenge you want?" Silence again, Hermione never thought of what will happen if Dumbledore does die, this this mean Voldemort will win? Will another war happen? Will Hogwarts fall? Hogwarts is like a home to Hermione, but now since she has no friends there, what's the point in calling it that.

"Yes" Hermione says with her head up high, she didn't care anymore, she wanted revenge, she wanted others to suffer like she did. Snape gave a small nod, this allowed Hermione to understand the conversation was finished, as she starts to walk away a voice speaks.

"Pansy Parkinson has the vanishing cabinet all fixed up since last time using it, the dark lord has already set the date, we leave on Monday, the 30th"

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Hermione sits in her room, her bed sheets still messy from the interaction with Draco, she stares at her hands as Snapes words replay in her mind 'would your parents be proud' she didn't want to seem like a coward so she said yes, but she doesn't know. Her parents were always innocent souls, of course they were dentists, always willing to help those who needed it, Hermione always looked after them, she wanted to be that type of person, that's why she was always helping Harry and Ron. Would her parents be proud? Yes they died without proper reasoning, but won't they just want peace after death?

Tears started coming to Hermione's eyes, she hates crying, she faces a quick sniff and wiped her eyes and stood up shaking her hands and she walks around her room "it's alright they would be right? They have always been proud of me"

"Hermione?" Blaise knocks at the door, he has been standing outside her bedroom door since she closed it after her interaction with Snape, Blaise never had a thing against Hermione during Hogwarts, he was just always there when Draco would say things about her, he now sees her as a friend.

"I'm alright Blaise just tired I think I'm going to take a small nap, please tell Narcissa I won't be coming for dinner"

"Alright are you ill? You look a bit pale" Blaise stays in the doorway as Hermione turns to her mirror, she is pale, she feels dizzy but not sick, she hasn't eaten much but she is very tired.

"I'm alright just very tired, I'll see you when I wake up" Hermione says, she shuts the door as Blaise still stands staring at the door.

"Alright - Draco she's not coming to dinner"

"Ok" Draco says, he leans his back against the wall with a smile on his face, an actual smile Blaise hasn't seen since last year.

"Alright I get you two kissed and properly did more but come on dude she's obviously not well after what Snape said to her earlier, stop being all happy and joyful and be worried or you won't get all those kisses again"

"Relax she's fine, she's Granger, she's always fine even after Weasley would torment her"

"She was never fine after you would torment her Draco, not remember when she was crying for days after you called her a mu-"

"Yeah ok you don't have to say it, I was a stupid kid who was influenced by other peoples opinions and views, I didn't think she would cry for days afterwards, like I said before I regret it" Draco says, he crosses his arms and legs out a big breath, Blaise rolls his eyes and walks away, Draco waits for Blaise to edit the corridor before moving to Hermione's door, he gives a small knock and she opens the door.

"I don't think we finished what we started Granger" Draco says with a smile on his face, Hermione rolls her eyes and walks into her room.

"What did Snape mean by would my parents be proud, he didn't even know them, he doesn't know if they would be or not, my parents were wonderful people who deserve to still be here and live as long as they can!"

"Granger, Snape is just messing with your head, how about you just clear your thoughts and go get some sleep alright" Draco says, Hermione nods.

"Ok, I'll come back in a few hours to check on you" Draco says, as he turns to leave, Hermione grabs his arm.

"Malfoy" Draco turns around and Hermione gives him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Goodnight"

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Hermione indeed didn't sleep, instead she laid awake staring at the ceiling thinking again and again about what Snape said, how dare he bring up her parents, how could he do that without feeling sympathy for her, she is still classed as a child, she's only 17 and she has already lost her parents and close friends. All she wanted to do since she was little was to impress other people, firstly her parents, now she is going to impress Snape and Voldemort with what she can do to be apart of this side.

Draco and Blaise were different than Harry and Ron, inside Hermione prefers Harry and Ron, they were friends from the very beginning, but Draco and Blaise are more comforting. Hermione has always felt like she needed to be the smart one around Harry and Ron because without her, they would of not made it to getting the philosopher's stone, but without them, she wouldn't of made it past the troll in the girls bathroom, however, without Draco, Hermione wouldn't of found out the truth and would still be stuck at Hogwarts believing the Malfoy's did this to her parents. Although Hermione likes Draco, she can't help but still see that evil in his eyes, the same that appeared as kids.

"You filthy little mud blood" Dracos voice echos in Hermione's head, she hated that words, she hated Draco, but now she doesn't, now he's the one who likes her, something she never expected, yes everyone would say 'when a boy picks on you it means he likes you' but Hermione always saw that as a lame excuse for a girl to forgive a guy or simply ignore him.

Hermione finally pulled herself out of bed and checked the time, it has already been four hours since Draco told her to take a nap, everyone would be getting ready for bed. Hermione opens her door and hears nothing, as she starts to walk down the corridor she hears a door opening then closing, she froze, she hates walking the corridors at night, as she continues she reaches the kitchen and grabs a class of water and sits down at the table, she puts the cup down after a sip and puts her head on the table, her brown hair falls by her sides.

Another slam, this time louder, Hermione jumps up at the sound and looks around, nothing. She sits back down and finishes her water as fast as she can.

"Hermione?" A voice came, Hermione jumps up and sees Blaise entering the kitchen, Hermione lets out a breath of relief.

"Blaise you scared me"

"Sorry, are you alright? How did you sleep" Blaise takes a seat across from Hermione.

"I didn't, i couldn't just stop thinking about things.. Blaise, do you think I'm able to do this task" Blaise looks up at Hermione then grabs her hand in his and smiles.

"Of course you can, don't worry to much, I know it's worrying because it's Dumbledore, and a lot has changed over the past few months, but don't worry Hermione, everything is going to be alright" Blaise let's go of Hermione's hand and stands up.

"I'm just gonna grab some water and go to bed, sleep this time" Blaise continues, Hermione nods as Blaise leaves the kitchen leaving Hermione back to silence. She has to kill him, she can kill him.

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It's been a few days, in a few hours Hermione's plan will fall, Pansy Parkinson has been setting up the plan perfectly at Hogwarts awaiting for the day, while with Hermione, she's been thinking about how her life will change after this, for the good and bad.

"Yes my lord" Hermione says, Voldemort has been going over the plan with Hermione and telling her what to do afterwards, followed by Bellatrix, Greybavk, Draco, Blaise and Snape who will all be there to watch it happen.

"You better do this girl or it's the end for you" Bellatrix says to Hermione, Hermione stops in her tracks as Bellatrix continues to walk past her, Hermione catches up to Bellatrix.

"I will, watch and learn Bellatrix" Hermione says walking past Bellatrix with a smile on her face.

"Granger, you ready?" Draco asks, Draco reaches for Hermione's hand and slides his in hers, Hermione's eyes lighten up, she loves his touch, especially when she is nervous.

"Yeah, I'm ready" Hermione says bringing her hands up to her chin, she kisses Dracos hand and let's go.

"It's ready, let's go" Blaise says, Snape looks at Hermione and nods, Hermione follows.

Authors note: This is the longest chapter yet, I hope you all are happy that I fed you lmao.