When Hermione Fights

Who Will Win?

Because of recurring recommendations to rework the first thirty or so chapters we will do exactly that. I will alternate between translating new chapters and re-translating old chapters so expect a reduced rate for new uploads. As chapters 1 and 2 already got a rework a while ago, chapter 3 is the first to get a new translation in the current run and was updated just before this chapter.

Chapter beta: Dani

Chapter translator: Aivy

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Draco set off before the run, since today was the day of the funeral. He was very cold, asking me if I thought he should squeeze a tear out for the photo, which made me laugh a lot. We were so evil! I asked him not to do it, it would be beneath the dignity of a Malfoy. He could only laugh about it in return and then told me that he and Lucius had been very busy these days to settle Narcissa's inheritance as well. She had possessed the whole estate of her family, because when her parents died Narcissa had inherited everything. Andromeda had been disinherited as unworthy for marrying a Mudblood named Ted Tonks and Bellatrix had been a convict at that time and therefore unable to inherit. Hence, the entire inheritance of Narcissa and her side of the Black family passed to the Malfoys, Draco reported happily.

He thought there was nothing more beautiful and I found it amusing, as I had not considered a financial advantage at all. But I thought it was good; you could never have enough money. I could imagine that it made the Lestranges' blood boil because the situation left them completely out of the equation. So, once again, I had unwittingly killed two birds with one stone.

I was looking forward to this day with mischievous joy and also to the fact that we would go back to the Manor afterwards. Yes, I was glad to see Lucius and Severus. Whatever the reason, but I could feel a joyful tingling inside me and I didn't want to question and dissect it. So I just accepted and ignored it. There were more important things at the moment and I was curious how today's trial would turn out.

I was very excited and curious, because today we would be staging a serious exercise that was necessary to see where we all stood individually. It would be good to test what we all already knew. We had to know which level we had all reached in the short time available. And let's be honest, it would be fun! Thinking about it, I could have jumped into the air in anticipation, but we had to think about a few things first. We protected the cottage from our curses with Protego Totalum, which created a dome-like shield, so we wouldn't burn it down. We didn't want the Twins to lose their home after all.

All of us wore tight leather battle suits that clung to our bodies like a second skin. The girls, which I counted myself amongst, wore black long-sleeved overalls and the boys black leather pants and long shirts with reinforced vests over them. We all had our hair tied back tightly and were fully armed. If we were seen, some might have trembled with fear, because of our warrior-like appearance and our serious facial expressions only emphasized this impression.

Ron would not participate in the actual fighting. He would protect himself and watch the whole affair from the sidelines. His part would be to think strategically, analytically, and plan, and to record his ideas and objections. In this way, we would slowly introduce him to our way of doing things, and he would make sure that the house was always adequately protected.

Everyone would fight for themselves and the goal was to win!

Today was Saturday. Draco was at the funeral, but everyone else was there. Even the Twins had handed over their shop into Lee's responsible hands today, just to take part in this strategic battle, otherwise Draco would get angry or so they claimed. I didn't believe a word they said, after all, he hadn't said anything to me. They just wanted to show what they could do, that was all, because I hadn't made a compulsion out of it, but their devilish grin made me suspect that they had a plan and probably wanted to test something. Yes, they would be serious opponents as they had learned a lot thanks to Severus and Blaise.