Harry Potter: Go To Hell

Hermione paled. She'd never considered that angle before. "I'll fail my Owl exam?" she whispered questioningly.

He nodded. "At this point in time, yes. You currently do not possess the necessary knowledge to pass the written portion of the exam. Even if you make a flawless potion, it won't be enough to pull your overall grade up to passing into Newt Study. To give you a chance however, you will be in remedial classes every weekend from now until the end of the year with extra classes over the school holidays to bring your understanding up to where it should be by this point."

But Minerva disrupted that idea with her shouted words to Albus. "You idiot! Now that I know wha the lass did and have heard the lass admit it from her own mouth I've no choice but tah expel her from Hogwarts!" Minerva yelled, hearing but ignoring what Severus had said. She took some deep breaths to try and get her temper under control less her strong accent make her unintelligible. Hermione's eyes had flown wide at hearing the word expelled attached to her name. She was beginning to hyperventilate while Minerva, now slightly calmer, continued her tirade.

"What she did counts as cheating because she tampered with the assigned work of another student with the intention of lowering their grade while raising her own. She even admitted she did so without the express knowledge of the student involved which means only she is guilty of breaking the school Charter and By-laws against cheating. Even if she had no plans to use the work the student did for her own benefit, she knowingly was lowering his marks which would've naturally elevated her own. And from what Severus has just told us, she intentionally planned to use Mr. Potters own work to elevate her marks by turning in his work as her own. At least in his class. But I've no doubt if she did it in Potions, she more than likely did it in other classes as well. Meaning the standings across the board for her year group are skewed. That's a clear cut case of scholastic cheating, Albus. It's against the school charter as well as the by-laws and as an administrator of this school I've no choice in the matter. Congratulations, Headmaster. Your scheming and games have destroyed a young witch's life and future."

Minerva turned to Hermione and formally said, "Ms. Hermione Jean Granger, you are hereby expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for cheating and gross misconduct towards another student. Please hand over your wand as you are no longer entitled to possess one." A snap of her fingers brought a house-elf into the office. Ginny was standing wide-eyed and astounded in the far corner of the office which she had moved into when Hermione was being taken to task once again by the Professors. Ron automatically moved away from Hermione and towards the corner she was in, positioning himself to block her from the view of everyone else while trying to place himself out of the line of sight as well.

To the arriving elf, Minerva stated, "Please go to Gryffindor Tower fifth year girls dormitory and pack all Ms. Granger's belongings. Then bring them here. Make sure you get everything that belongs to her and remove anything that doesn't. And check every piece of parchment using your magic to ensure it actually belongs to her. Place anything you find not belonging to her on my desk. I will handle returning it to it's proper owner at a later time. She will be leaving us tonight."

Severus had already turned to the fireplace and called the Ministry. He, too, knew the charter and knew Minerva had no choice in the matter now that she knew what had taken place. Ms. Granger had to be expelled. His plans for the remedial had only been in case Minerva forgot her duty to the school and allowed Albus to overrule her in the matter. Clearly, Minerva would do no such thing. So aurors needed to be called to escort Ms. Granger from the grounds as she certainly wouldn't go quietly. Plus, she was underage and thereby required an escort to make sure she arrived back in her parents care without undue harm to her person.

Albus had his wand in his hand and it was clear he was trying to stop things from going so far. But he couldn't. For some reason, even though Minerva was standing perfectly still his confundus spell kept missing it's mark. Nor could he hit Severus with a spell to stop him from calling the aurors to escort Ms. Granger from the Castle. He had no idea it was the school itself that was hindering his spellwork. Albus had long since forgotten Hogwarts, being imbued by the magic of the Founders and the bleed-off of thousands of students over the past millennium, was sentient in it's own way. Once the charter had been invoked, the school was able to defend it's administrators in the performing of their duty.

Minerva spoke to Hermione with heavy bitterness. "I'm severely disappointed in you, Ms. Granger. I thought you were an intelligent lass but clearly you aren't nearly as intelligent as you portray yourself to be. You may have read Hogwarts: A History but you clearly neglected to read the Hogwarts Rules and Regulations. Or at least, if you did read them, you didn't understand them. Either that or you, for some misbegotten reason, assumed those rules do not apply to you. As a result, you let someone convince you to destroy your own life. For money," she spat.

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