Absolute Power

'Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.' - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton.

Hermione Granger loves irony. Lives for it. An example: Harry and Ron leaving her behind on their mission to hunt Horcruxes 'for her own safety'... as if she's the liability. Another example of irony: Hermione being the brightest witch of her age, and yet doubtful to see the front lines of a war that is drawing ever closer.

Feeling isolated, unwanted, and ever the third wheel, Hermione throws herself into training the constantly growing Dumbledore's Army, determined to show everyone just how useful she can be. She resigns herself to the less-than-desirable position of 'Order Liasion', clawing through the ranks of the Order of the Phoenix until somebody, anybody, will take her seriously.

However, something sinister is afoot. She can feel it. What will happen when she's no longer certain that the 'good' guys are actually all that good? What if it's just evil verus eviler?

And what the bloody hell is Draco Malfoy doing imprisoned under the stone floors of Hogwarts?

Only an insufferable know-it-all such as herself would ever think to question her allies, and she is determined to get to the bottom of things, even if it means painting a giant target on her back - and potentially losing her friends in the process.

'The Order is absolute.' But absolutely what?

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Everything is canon up until the end of Half-Blood Prince. Includes graphic depictions of violence, sex, swearing, etc. Read at your own risk.

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