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Redemption	By : triz Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Lucius/Hermione Views: 11391 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 3

Headmistress of Hogwarts, Minerva McGonagall, had never moved so fast for a witch her age. She was running down the castle corridors, making her way towards the potions classroom at the dungeons. Technically, she could’ve moved faster if she transfigured herself into her cat form, but she was in such a hurry, that her brain didn’t even think about it.

“Professor Snape!” she said bursting through his doors, ignoring the students as they stared at her. Usually she would greet them, but this time around, she didn’t bother. “I must speak to you at once, privately.”

“Headmistress,” Severus greeted as he stood up from his chair behind his desk. He frowned at her, seeing her breathe hard, and looking somewhat pale. “Sorry, but we are brewing the Sleeping Draught potion, and you know that can’t be disrupted.”

“Everybody is dismissed now!” Minerva said aloud.

The students had never seen the Headmistress shout in such a manner, or look at them in such a way when she glared at them. They all thought she didn’t have a mean bone in her body, and they were wrong. Immediately, the packed their belongings and fled out of the classroom.

“What the bloody hell, Minerva!” Severus swore after the door closed, leaving them alone. He didn’t like being disrupted in class, most especially when his students were brewing a delicate potion. He only allowed disruptions when it was a life and death situation, and with the war being over, there were no more situations. Quickly, he waived his wand in the air, and with a few flicks, the fires below the cauldrons stopped, the potions were poured down the safe sink, and his classroom had become safe from explosions. “What in blazes is wrong with you?” he asked marching up to her in anger. “Don’t you dare dismiss my students like that again, in front of me!”

“After five years of not opening Albus’ locked drawer, I finally had the courage to do so, and found this,” Minerva said, pulling out a folded parchment paper, and shoving it into Severus’ hands. “Read it.”

For a second, Severus looked at the letter, and did as told.

Dear Minerva,

If you’re reading this letter, it means that I have passed away, and that you have taken your position as headmistress. I hope all is well, and that the war has ended. If not, I can only hope that it will end soon enough. But there is something of great importance that I must tell you…

Only some of us know of Riddle’s orders to Draco, and that was to kill me, and prove himself worthy. Originally, I was going to ask Severus to do the task, not wanting the young Malfoy to go to jail, but he himself had so much on his shoulders. I was afraid that he couldn’t handle anymore. It wasn’t until Hermione approached me, knowing of Riddle’s orders as she heard Draco talk in his sleep in the Head Boy and Head Girl’s dorm rooms.

She approached me and said that she was willing to do the task, because it seemed that she was unsure that he could do it. She also said that she had nothing to lose since her parents had died in a car accident. I was shocked at her offer, and thought about it. She also added that it would make Riddle think twice about her, and allow her to join his army and become a death eater. After all, she is the most powerful witch of her age, with intellect to match, which is why there was a high probability that he would let her in his circle, and we would have another spy.

So the crimes that are charged against Hermione, most especially my murder should be dropped as she is innocent. The reason why she told no one else is that she and I formed an Unbreakable Vow, and she promised not to speak to no one of this. Only this letter is proof.

Again, I say she is innocent and she did it all because of the sake of the war.

Sincerely,

~Albus~

Severus’ eyes reread parts of the letter again and again, too shocked to absorb the information.

“I ran my wand over the letter, and it does carry Albus’ magical signature,” Minerva informed Severus. “It was really written by him. No forgery or dark magic are on it whatsoever.”

“That damned old fool! That damned stubborn know-it-all witch!” he cursed. His hands were shaking in anger, one tightening his hold on the letter.

Minerva reached for the letter, fearing it would be destroyed in his hand. The only piece of evidence that held the truth couldn’t be destroyed. “So everything she did after killing Albus… Kidnapping Ginevra Weasley, and killing Fred Weasley. It was just to prove herself loyal to him when she had become a part of the inner circle. But in the end, when she fought against the other death eaters in the final battle, none of us trusted her anymore.”

“Because no one knew the truth!” Severus snapped as he started to massage his temples, thinking about Hermione Granger.

After killing Albus Dumbledore, she had disappeared, keeping busy with Voldemort’s demands, becoming one of the most wanted criminals in the wizarding world. To be exact, she had become second after Voldemort himself, and that definitely was saying a lot right there. Overnight, she had gone from good to bad, from trusted to feared by many, becoming the most hated witch in history.

Yes, Severus too had to admit that he also hated her. She murdered his mentor after all. But now he knew, it was all an act, and all his hatred towards her had turned into guilt. It was supposed to be him that did it, and not her. He thought more into it, not imagining that he could do such acts—killing friends. She was too Gryffindor much like Albus, willing to do anything and everything just for the war.

“If I only knew,” Minerva said brokenly, bringing a hand up to her chest. “I would’ve opened that drawer of his, cleaning his desk out completely a long time ago.”

“It isn’t your fault, it’s mine,” Severus said placed a hand on the small of her back, leading her as they walked out of the room quickly.

“Where are we going?”

“The Burrow,” he replied. “Arthur has to double check the letter before we can go to Kingsley, and get Granger out of Azkaban.”

“Minerva, Severus, good to see you,” Arthur greeted them as he let them inside his home. He called for his wife who was in the kitchen cooking lunch. “Molly’s about to serve lunch. It’s just the two of us since all the kids are have decided to eat out together for their work lunch breaks. Join us please. You know how Molly cooks—there’s always more than enough.”

“Actually, we came here to talk to you about Hermione Granger,” Minerva said.

“Hermione Granger?” Molly questioned angrily as she walked into the living room.

“Yes it’s important—“

“How dare you mention her name in my home!” Molly said interrupting Severus, placing a hand on her hip. “After what she did. She killed my son, and kidnapped my baby girl, beating her up during a revel. I told you before, I don’t want to ever hear that name in my presence!”

“But Molly, we found something from Albus,” Minerva started to explain. She and Severus wasn’t at all surprised at her sudden angry outburst. The redheaded witch had the most hatred for Hermione. “She’s innocent.”

“She is anything but innocent, and deserves to rot in hell!” Molly threw down her dish towel on the couch, and left in sobbing tears as she ran up the stairs.

“I apologize,” Arthur said solemnly. He knew how she felt and didn’t hold it against her. She never moved on from Fred’s death. No one in his family did, and it was Ron that took it the hardest, being all angry at Hermione. George became the total opposite himself, remaining silent and to himself. His sense of humor gone, along with his brother. “What’s this about her being innocent?”

Minerva just handed him the letter and allowed him to read it.

“Sweet Merlin!” Arthur gaped in shock after reading the letter. He looked at Severus and Minerva wide-eyed, before he took his own wand out to verify if it really did come from Albus.

“I already did that,” Minerva informed him.

“It’s for real,” Arthur said in awe when he was done checking it himself.

“Which is why we came to you, since you’re head of the Department of Magical Objects at the Ministry,” Severus added.

“I’ll file this right now,” Arthur said as he reached for his coat on coat hanger next to the door. “And then we can show it to Kingsley, and he’ll approve of Hermione’s release right away.”

“Exactly what I thought of,” Severus said as he and Minerva followed Arthur outside, before apperating to the Ministry.

AN – Now you all know the reason as to why Hermione is in Azkaban. Was it something that you expected? Review!
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