Fault in the mind

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Hermione is as exited as any student who is set to return to their one true passion, school.

Packing the last of her things in her trunk she re-reads her letter from the new headmistress professor mcgonogal...

Dear Miss Granger,
I understand the past year has been difficult with mourning and finding your feet as a successful young woman but I have been informed by the minister that all previous seventh years are to return to complete their studies.
I am sad to inform you that you will all have to be resorted into new houses, the war has truly changed the minds and perceptions of those students involved in the war. I am sure you will find as much comfort in your new house as you did in your previous one.

While on the topic of new houses, you will not be residing in your usual common rooms, the minister has asked of me specific training courses for your chosen career path due to a loss of many workers. You shall be residing with those who choose the same path as you. All will be explained at the welcoming feast upon your return.

Might I add that uniform for eight years is not obligatory so therefore you will not need your uniform unless you're a quidditch team player as the required kit is still compulsory

Kind regards and safe journey

Headmistress Mcgonogal

So much for a normal year.

Hermione was happy to be back on her feet, she was looking into becoming an auror and using both physical and magical aptitude's of her strength. It was what she wanted and for once she was going to do what she wanted, she was allowed to be selfish every now and again.

With her things packed and her jacket strewn over her arm she aparrated to kings cross station in preparation for her last year at her beloved haven.

"Hermione!!!!" Came a loud feminine squeal
"My god Gin could you have announced my arrival any louder, I've just got here" laughing with a shake of her head Hermione walked with Ginny with their luggage trailing behind them as a leisurely pace.

"I've just missed you that's all, it's a shame Harry and Ron can't come for our final year but do you know what that means?" She says with a playful wink.

"That you're going to show the school your experimental side" came a deep drawl from behind the two girls.

"Zabini, no. What I meant to say was, now we're both freshly single, we can do whatever the hell we like" with a wink to Zabini, Ginny grabbed Hermiones arm and walked towards the train.

"Girls hey, never understand their innuendos, although it will be fun to see Granger lighten up a bit, that girls always got a wand up her arse about something" sneers Draco Malfoy.

"Bloody hell draco you scared the crap out of me. But I do see what you mean, although Granger seems more what's the word?"

"Daring? Confident?"

"No. She seems more secretive, usually I can see what's going on in her eyes but now, I can't see anything, something happened over summer and I think me and you, hogwarts' most cunning duo should find out" clapped Blaise.

That's right, Hermione and Blaise had been fairly good acquaintances over the beginning of the year when she had found him drinking half his weight in firewiskey, they were good friends until Hermione suddenly cut all ties with everyone.

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"Hermione what's up with you? I haven't heard from you all summer, you come back as if nothing happened and you certainly didn't get that branded onto you during the war" Ginny questions while pointing at a fresh scar on hermiones neck.

"It's so complicated Ginny I don't know what to believe -"

"Just tell me Hermione the worst I'll do is lecture you, and I won't tell a single soul"

"Over the summer I was experiencing weird things, I couldn't sleep and my magic was out of control, like badly out of control" Hermione paused as she checked Ginny was listening and with the reassurance she carried on "I looked in so many books about magic and nothing came up so I went to a magic inquisitor asking for a parental check to see if it was due to fake parentage and sure enough I'm not muggle born, in fact according to the inquisitor I'm more pure blooded than most. I still don't know who my family is, I don't know anything and it's grinding me down, I've changed. I look different my eyes change colour depending on my mood and my hairs darker and I'm scared Ginny, what if-"

As Hermione was drawing her story to a close a platinum blonde boy burst through the compartment door.

"Granger, I need your help, I don't know who to go too, pansy is too dumb to comprehend this situation and Theo is probably banging some bimbo so can you help?"

"First of all Malfoy it's rude to interupt and two what's happened"

"He just collapsed and you're the only one I can think of to help, I wouldn't ask if this weren't important"

Hermione looked at Ginny and sighed, signaling for Ginny to follow as Hermione made her way towards the Slytherin carriage.

As Hermione reached the compartment she gasped, Blaise hadn't just collapsed, he was dead, and very much so, she was so bewildered she forgot she was with other people and as she snapped out of her daze an idea came to her head.  It would compromise her secret but she wouldn't risk losing a friend like Blaise - even if she had avoided him for months.

"Okay Malfoy what I'm about to do will probably defy any explanation of possibility but you can not ask any questions okay?"

"Agreed"

With a curt nod Hermione went to work.

The spell she had learned had been the morsempter death curse. Was like a reversal curse of some sort. You need the blood of a supernatural creature of which Malfoy could be of use, oh yes Hermione is very observant. And then starts the incantation which presumptively kickstarts his heart but will inevitably cause a physical and mental connection between the two so she will have some explaining to do. She'll think about that later.

"Malfoy your hand, I need your blood"

"Wha-"

Slashing his hand with a pocket knife she had she poured his blood across Blaise's head and muttered the words.

"Aliquam redire ad adventum Merlini invoco voco cruore supernae creaturae reducerent animam illius vinculi Crucis "

With a jolt Blaise awoke, wide eyed and panting, he turns to look Hermione dead in the eye and as he does so, his eyes widen in shock as he feels everything and knows everything Hermione has been hiding for the past four months of their friendship.

Thank you for reading, all the characters are J.K rowlings but the plot is mine.

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