Harry Potter: Go To Hell

Ron snorted as he once again burned through his silencing charm. Severus sighed. That damn boy burned through more silencing charms… Anger clear in his voice, Ron declared, "That brat doesn't forgive betrayers, Headmaster. I told you that before. I told you way back in our first year, the two worst things he believes a person can be is a betrayer or a liar. He thinks we're both. He won't be forgiving us." He jerked a thumb towards his Head of House. "And according to her, we need to ask him to forgive us instead of just having you tell him to. I'm not asking that Brat to do any such thing."

"I'm not asking him to forgive me for anything either," Hermione screeched incensed that anyone might believe she even should. She too had burned through the silencing charm from her outrage that anyone might even consider she should apologize to someone. "I did nothing wrong and I'll be damned if I pretend I did simply to feed his ego."

"Well, as Harry told me in the Library then," muttered Ginny, sneering at the angry older girl. "Prepare to be damned then. Because that rune on your face tells everyone a different story." Rolling her eyes she muttered, "And this is the girl that actually took Ancient Runes," causing Severus to smirk at her sarcasm.

Ron ignored Ginny's comments while also sneering at Hermione but Minerva said, "Oh? So he offered to pay you to lead him into traps where he could've gotten hurt, killed or expelled from school? He told you to run all over school trashing his good name and honor to the student body? Taking credit for things he did while blaming him for things he didn't? Implying he should've done things to resolve dangerous situations faster when you knew damn well he never should've, or would've, been involved at all if not for your pushing him into them? situations you were well aware wouldn't be resolved until he," she indicated the Headmaster causing said man to squirm uncomfortably, "told you to lead Mr. Potter towards so he could resolve them." Hermione just glared and lifted her chin higher.

Severus raised an eyebrow at the girl. He silkily added his own question to Minerva's, "He offered to pay you to get him lower grades in his classes? By doing his assignments for him?" He had been furious when he went through his records and discovered that over half of the essays he had graded bearing Harry's signature weren't in his handwriting. A process of elimination had led him to comparing the writing to students who had access to his work before it was turned in who also shared his class. That had led to the discovery that those assignments were all written by Hermione Granger. Yet he knew they had been in his writing when he'd graded them or he would've called him on it for cheating. That meant she had to have been using magic to change her handwriting to his so he wouldn't notice the substitution. Clearly, when he'd gone looking through the saved work, the magic she'd used had evaporated allowing him to notice.

Minerva turned to Severus raising her own brows in question as she fairly yelled, "She did WHAT?"

This revelation had Ron turning on Hermione in very understandable anger. "You did his work but you wouldn't even help me when you knew I needed it far more than he did?! Work, I know damn well he never asked nor expected you to do for him. Work, you had to go out of your way to get to him as he hasn't been in the tower for years now. He didn't need your help at all for Potions, Mione! Potter understands Potions far better than I ever have or will," Ron yelled. "He always has."

Hermione rolled her eyes and shrugged. Speaking condescendingly she explained, "It was part of what I was being paid to do, Ronald. Professor Dumbledore said Harry didn't want to draw more attention to himself than was necessary. I had to work hard to pull his grades down in Potions because he's naturally very good at it and it's hard for him to maintain a middle of the class standing when it's so very easy for him. The Headmaster told me not to even bother with his Defense marks because everyone expects him to be good at that. And those marks don't really matter all that much in the real world. After all, the only thing someone can do with their life from having good marks in Defense is fight and any idiot can get into a brawl or three. But Potions is different. A lot of doors open when you're good at Potions. Doors, the Headmaster said he had no need of as he's going to become an auror when he finishes his schooling. So I had to pull his grades down in that class." Ron was still glowering at her, not at all appeased by her explanation.

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