Tremendous Sacrifice

Chapter 7

"We will start with Transfiguration." Dumbledore said.

I nodded to Ginny and she stood up and walked to the front. Everyone looked over to the Slytherin's table and I glanced around to see Regulus standing up. I nodded in respect to him. I knew that he was good at Transfigurations. But I knew Ginny would hold her own.

"Alright everyone. Professor McGonagall will give you different spells to use and you

have to prefect them. Whoever prefects the most spells will win this challenge. May the best witch or wizard win." Dumbledore stepped back and let McGonagall do her thing.

"Alright we are going to start with something simple. I have two rats and I want each of you to transform them into snuffboxes." McGonagall explained.

Everyone sat there in silence and each of them turned the rats into snuffboxes. McGonagall gave them a few harder ones. I knew most of them. There was did multicorfor spell, fire to snake and a few others. Then McGonagall sighed because they were tied. I smiled to Ginny. I was proud of her. She was doing her best and that is everything she go.

"Alright this is the last spell. I know that both of you may not know this one but just try your best. I want you to conjure a patronus." McGonagall said.

Everyone in the room started to whisper. No one knew how to do that until the end of seventh year. I looked over to Ginny and she was grinning big. I know she has this in the bag. Regulus went first. He took a deep breath and started tried to do it. Only mist came out. He took a breath and sighed. McGonagall gave him a smile and told him that he did good job. She turned to Ginny and said,

"Your turn Miss Vixen."

Ginny nodded and spoke clearly like I taught her.

"Expecto Patronum!"

There came out of her wand was a beautiful fox. It trotted around the Great Hall and the disappeared. Everyone in the room went into whispers. Ginny had this huge grin on her face. She was so proud of herself. I know I was. Gryffindor started to cheer. I had to hold back a laugh because the faces of the teachers and Regulus was priceless. I got up and Luna followed me. We went to Ginny and gave her a hug.

"Well, I guess that is that. The point goes to Miss Vixen. Tomorrow night will be potions. Have a good night everyone." Dumbledore said smiling.

I nodded to Luna. She smiled to me. Everyone was slowly leaving. Lucius and Regulus came up to us and Regulus asked,

"Hermione how does she know how to do a full body patronus?"

"We all do. We were taught at a young age all this stuff as we grew up. I believe that you are not to young to learn everything. Because there is always more to learn." I told him.

"Well, I have to say that was impressive." Lucius said with a smirk.

"Regulus you were a fair opponent. I have to say you are above your year as well. You were great." Ginny told him shaking his hand.

"Thank you Miss Vixen." He said politely.

"Oh call me Ginny. I don't like all that formal stuff." Ginny told him.

I could feel eyes on me and I knew exactly who they were. I turned to see the Marauders starring at us from the back of the Great Hall. They were whispering. I smiled to Lucius and excused my self quietly. I knew Lucius and the others were watching me but they were not going to say anything. I glanced back to them and grinned evilly. I got right behind James and Sirius. Remus saw me standing there and grinned. I placed a finger to my lips and then said,

"Now it is rude to star at a young lady. If you gentlemen have a question, I am sure we would love to answer it if it is about us."

Sirius and James both jumped and turned around. Remus looked amused and snicker a little bit. I smiled to him and then looked over to my friends. Regulus and Lucius were snickering as well.

I gave them both looks and then said,

"Is there something you want to say?"

James did not know what to say. Sirius gave me a snarling look and said,

"If we did it would not be that nice. I guess we were lucky to have the smart ones of your group. So are you just a pretty face of the group? Because there is nothing else special about you."

Right then Regulus and Lucius came up behind me with Ginny and Luna. They did not like what Sirius said. You could tell that Remus was not pleased as well. I looked at my friends and said,

"Don't worry. I know when to pick my fights and this is not worth it." I then turned back to Sirius and said,

"If I were you I would watch what you say to people. You never know when you say something to the wrong person and if the future you are going to need their help but they won't be there because of the way you treated them."

"Well, thank you for that boring lecture. You are as boring as I thought you would be. You just put on the pretty face to get everyone's attention because you have no other way to make friends. What are you bribing these guys anyways?" Sirius said.

Right then was the straw and I knew that Ginny and Luna did not like that. I was for sure that Lucius and Regulus wanted to hurt Sirius right now. I took a deep breath and said,

"You have made an enemy out of the wrong person. I tried to treat you fairly nice and you have been nothing but a bigheaded jackass pureblood. I don't look down on my house but I think you belong in Slytherin more than I do. Because you are as much as your family then Regulus is. I hope you are proud of who you are because I know by the look of your friends faces you are not the person they thought you were."

I turned to leave but before I could I turned and place a shield up to protect myself and my friends. I did not react and I did not say anything. Ginny and Luna followed me out and you could see that who ever was left in the Great Hall just saw everything. Lucius and Regulus caught up with us and Lucius asked,

"Are you alright Hermione?"

I nodded and said,

"I am fine Lucius. I am not taking anything that he said to heart but I think I do need to take action about him. What do you think girls?"

Ginny and Luna smirked and nodded. I smiled to them and looked over to Regulus and Lucius. They were confused but they left it at that. I told the guys that I needed some time with my girls and that I would see them in the common room soon. They nodded and left. I looked to the girls and Ginny asked,

"Hermione are you really alright?"

"Not here. Let's go to ROR." I told them.

They nodded and we went to the Room of Requirement. I turned to the girls and said,

"This is war. I think it is time to show these Marauders a thing or two. Are you two in?" I asked.

"Of course. Where do we start?" Luna asked.

I smiled to my girls and said,

"We start with a big bang."