One of the many spells Hermione learned was the Patronus Charm; hers took the corporeal form of an

otter. Hermione became one of the few people brave enough to call Voldemort by his actual name.
However, Hermione made the mistake of arranging the first meeting to take place in the Hog's Head, as
opposed to the Three Broomsticks, which Sirius, appearing in the Gryffindor Common Room fire, said
would have made it a lot more harder for anyone to overhear. Willy Widdershins, who was in the Hog's
Head, went to Umbridge, who instituted Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four to forbid any type of
students groups from being formed under her watchful eye.

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The trio and Ginny in St Mungo's after visiting Arthur Weasley

Halfway through the year at Hogwarts, Harry had a vision of Voldemort's snake, Nagini, biting Mr
Weasley during his task for the Order of the Phoenix. Mr Weasley was carried into St Mungo's Hospital,
where Mrs Weasley screamed at him for trying to stitch his wound instead of healing it with magic.
Hermione was one of the few who visited him and stayed at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place for a
couple of weeks until Mr Weasley was nursed back to health. Hermione had managed to convince her
parents by telling them that skiing wasn't really her thing and that people who were serious about their
exams stayed at Hogwarts and studied.

The D.A. brought Harry into greater contact with Cho Chang. After a meeting, Harry kissed Cho, and
when he returned to the Gryffindor Common Room Hermione immediately guessed, asking if Cho had
cornered him after the meeting. When Harry told them that Cho has been crying, she explained to Harry
and Ron that Cho was having a hard time since Cedric Diggory, who she used to go out with, was killed
by Lord Voldemort. Hermione later gave Harry advice on Cho and girls in general. In an effort to combat
the lies being told about Harry, Hermione arranged for an interview during a Hogsmeade visit with Rita
Skeeter to be printed in The Quibbler telling his side of the story, blackmailing Skeeter into penning it in
a sympathetic tone. Despite being banned - or maybe because it was banned - it became the magazine's
best-selling issue of all time.[20]

It was Hermione's brilliant spell-work that ensured the security of Dumbledore's Army. She created
coins enchanted with the Protean Charm, an advanced spell, as a method of communication, and jinxed
the club's attendance sheet to give any tattler a horrendous rash on the face, which would spell out
"SNEAK" in painful boils. This is exactly what happened to Marietta Edgecombe, a reluctant member of
the D.A., having been brought to the meetings by Cho. Shortly before Easter, Marietta finally caved
under the pressure from her ministry mother who worked in the the Floo Network Office and betrayed
the D.A. to Umbridge. When Harry learned that they could not find a counter-curse to heal her face, he
swelled with pride at Hermione's jinxing ability.
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Hermione and Neville Longbottom are held against their will by the Inquisitorial Squad

Dobby the house-elf learned of this turn of events and rushed to the Room of Requirement to warn
Harry and the D.A. They immediately scattered, and most members escaped, but Harry was caught by
Umbridge and several Slytherin students who were members of the Inquisitorial Squad. A search of the
room uncovered the parchment that each member of the D.A. had signed, headed Dumbledore's Army.
Finally having "proof" that Dumbledore was building an army to challenge the Ministry, Umbridge
immediately contacted Cornelius Fudge. Dumbledore fled the school and Umbridge became
Headmistress. Hermione was not exposed at that time, but later she was brought to Umbridge's office
by the some members of the Inquisitorial Squad.

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Hermione forcefully telling Grawp to put her down

Late in the fall of that year, Hagrid, who had been missing for the entirety of the school year, returned to
Hogwarts. Hermione, Harry, and Ron ventured down to see him immediately even though it was after
curfew. Hermione was aghast at the injuries Hagrid had sustained and greatly curious as to his story.
Hagrid told the trio about his mission with Madame Maxime to try and recruit the giants in the fight
against Voldemort. They were almost caught when Umbridge called on Hagrid that night, but hid under
the Invisibilty Cloak. Months later, Hermione and Harry learned why Hagrid was perpetually bruised and
cut; he had brought his giant half-brother Grawp back to Hogwarts, as he was getting severely bullied,
and was trying to teach him human ways. After Grawp, who had the mental age of a human toddler,
picked her up, Hermione forcefully told him to put him down. He subsequently became enamoured with
Hermione, calling her "Hermy".

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Hermione and Harry lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest

Just after their class took their O.W.Ls, Harry had a vision of his godfather being tortured by Voldemort
in the Department of Mysteries. Hermione was worried that it was a trap and convinced Harry to try to
contact Sirius before doing anything rash. To that end, she accompanied Harry in an act of solidarity as
he sneaked into Umbridge's office to use the Floo Network, with the assistance of Ron, Ginny, and Luna
Lovegood, but they were ultimately caught. When Umbridge threatened to use the Cruciatus Curse on
Harry during questioning, Hermione interceded. She came up with a lie that she and her fellow D.A.
members had been building a weapon for Dumbledore, thus stopping Umbridge's sadistic interrogation
and attempted torture of Harry.
Hermione successfully lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest by saying that's where the weapon was
hidden, where Umbridge was carried away by a herd of centaurs. She had predicted that the centaurs
would let her and Harry go, since they did not insult the centaurs and were young enough to be
considered "foals". However, the centaurs were already enraged by Umbridge and were further angered
when Hermione admitted that she had hoped that they would drive Umbridge off, being insulted that
they were thought of to do the bidding of humans. The centaurs were about to carry the two students
off as well, but Grawp stumbled onto the scene and a fight broke out between the giant and the herd.
This allowed Hermione and Harry to escape and meet up with Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville, who had
escaped from the Inquisitorial Squad.

Battle of the Department of Mysteries

After a brief argument between Harry and Neville over whether or not the others were going to travel
with Harry to London, an understanding was reached. The six students flew on Thestrals (which the
majority, Hermione included, could not even see) to the Ministry of Magic to try to save Sirius from
Voldemort and his Death Eaters.

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The six D.A. members battling Death Eaters for possession of the prophecy

Hermione's fear turned out to be justified, as Harry's vision was a ruse planted in his brain by Voldemort
designed to lure him to the Ministry to obtain a prophecy Voldemort sought. As soon as Harry did this,
the six D.A. members were surrounded by Death Eaters, and a battle ensued. Hermione stunned Nott
when he grabbed Harry, thus freeing him and causing Nott to be injured by the collapsing shelves of
prophecies. She later stunned another Death Eater and Silenced Antonin Dolohov before he could alert
the other Death Eaters to the group's location. She was critically injured by the curse Dolohov
subsequently struck her with, but made a full recovery.[20]

Sixth year

Hermione: "Its Amortentia!"

Professor Slughorn: "It is indeed. It seems almost foolish to ask, but I assume you know what it does?"

Hermione: "It's the most powerful love potion in the world... and it's supposed to smell differently to
each of us according to what attracts us, and I can smell freshly mown grass and new parchment and —"

— Hermione possibly realising her feelings towards Ron[src]

Hermione achieved high academic prestige when she obtained ten O.W.L.s, in Charms, Defence Against
the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy, History of Magic, Herbology,
Astronomy, Potions, and Ancient Runes. She received 'Outstanding' marks on each of them, except
Defence Against the Dark Arts in which she received an 'Exceeds Expectations,' which she dwelt upon;
Ron found it amusing that she actually seemed disappointed by this.

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Hermione brewing a Draught of Living Death in a N.E.W.T.-level Potions lesson

By the time they arrived in Hogwarts, Hermione's romantic feelings for Ron had become obvious.
According to Harry the two seemed on their way to a romantic relationship. Hermione and Ron's
relationship suffered greatly in their sixth year, when Ron became envious of both Hermione and Harry,
who were invited to be members of the Slug Club, a group of students favoured by Potions professor
Horace Slughorn, while he was ignored. Hermione strongly disapproved of Harry using the textbook of
the "Half-Blood Prince" to get ahead in Potions unfairly, though she did not turn him in and indirectly
found a clue about the book owner. She was particularly alarmed by the increasingly Dark nature of the
magic in the book, such as the spell Sectumsempra.

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Harry comforting an upset Hermione after she witnessed Ron snogging Lavender

However, during an argument with his sister, Ginny humiliated Ron about his inexperience with the
opposite gender and told him that Hermione had kissed Viktor Krum during their earlier romance. Ron
subsequently began treating Hermione coldly, much to her bewilderment. She was upset when he and
Lavender started flirting. When she found out about Ron's relationship with Lavender, she conjured a
flock of wild birds to attack Ron for his insensitivity regarding her feelings. He became even angrier with
her when she believed that Harry slipped Ron Felix Felicis to assist in his Quidditch-playing abilities;
despite having believed it initially himself, he accused her of having no faith in him when it was
discovered that he had not been slipped the potion at all. After this, Hermione attended Slughorn's
Christmas party with Cormac McLaggen to get back at Ron, but it did not go well due to the former's
impoliteness. Afterwards, Ron (who was relieved that Hermione and McLaggen's date did not go well)
attempted to speak to Hermione, but she ignored him, still upset and angry over his previous treatment
of her.[23] This behaviour presisted for quite sometime.

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Madam Pomfrey checking on a poisoned Ron, while Hermione, Harry, and Ginny siting by his bedside
The two reconciled after Ron was hospitalised due to consuming poisoned mead, an event that left
Hermione shaken and frightened. After the incident she remained unusually quiet and subdued. Whilst
sitting at Ron's bedside, Ron subconsciously muttered Hermione's name. By this time, Ron was visibly
disillusioned with his relationship with Lavender, who had become possessive of him and called him by
the annoying nickname "Won-Won." He was also pleased whenever Hermione visited him in the
hospital wing. He began avoiding Lavender, who soon became suspicious of his relationship with
Hermione, ultimately leading to an argument about her. After Lavender saw Ron and Hermione come
down alone from the boys' dormitories (Harry was present also, but under the Invisibility cloak), she had
a fight with Ron and broke up with him. When Ron told Harry and Hermione about breaking up with
Lavender, Harry could have sworn he saw Hermione smirk.

Afterwards, Hermione and Ron were more comfortable together, and their relationship improved
considerably, although a romantic relationship remained out of their reach. Hermione comforted Ron
after he failed his Apparition test because he Splinched half an eyebrow, while he teased her about the
instructor's praise for her flawless performance. That year, Hermione also quickly mastered non-verbal
magic, the first in her class to do so. Throughout the year, Hermione and Ron were both sceptical of
Harry's theory that Draco Malfoy had been branded with the Dark Mark and was up to something.
Moreover, she was confident that Malfoy couldn't have brought any Dark objects into Hogwarts without
alerting Filch. These claims were heard by Draco himself, who used these details and Hermione's
previous plan of communication to accomplish his own.

Battle of the Lightning-Struck Tower

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A tearful Hermione standing at the base of the Astronomy Tower after Dumbledore's death

Near the end of the school year, Harry's suspicions would be proven right. Malfoy let Death Eaters into
the school by means of a pair of vanishing cabinets. One cabinet resided in Borgin and Burkes and the
other in the Room of Hidden Things (as it had been presumed broken, but Malfoy managed to fix it).
This infiltration of Death Eaters resulted in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. Hermione fought in the
battle and remained unscathed thanks to some Felix Felicis.[23] This was a gift from Harry, who had won
it in a Potions competition and had a preconceived notion of what was going to happen. He told
Hermione, Ron, and Ginny to drink it beforehand in case his worries proved true.

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The funeral of Albus Dumbledore

Throughout the school year, Hermione and Ron had been informed of the content of Harry's private
lessons with Dumbledore. Through these lessons Harry, and in turn Hermione and Ron, learned about
the existence of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes. During the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, who had been
killed by Snape in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Hermione was comforted by Ron and cried on his
shoulder. Afterwards, Harry told them about his desire to drop out of Hogwarts to hunt Horcruxes,
which were the key to defeating Lord Voldemort. Despite his protests, Hermione and Ron promised to
forgo their seventh year of school in order to assist Harry. Before leaving the school, Hermione was able
to Summon books about Horcruxes so as to learn how to destroy the items. She found them in
Dumbledore's office, where the late headmaster had kept them after the subject had been banned at
Hogwarts.

Horcrux Hunt (1997-1998)

Harry Potter: "Listen!"

Hermione: "No, Harry, you listen. We're coming with you. That was decided months ago — years,
really."

— Hermione sticking by her vow to accompany Harry on his hunt[src]

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Hermione modifying her parents' memories

Hermione began planning for her journey with Harry and Ron immediately. Concerned for the safety of
her family, she altered her parents' memories to make them think they were Wendell and Monica
Wilkins and sent them to hide in Australia, no longer aware of their original identities, the existence of
their daughter, or anything she had told them about Harry. She also withdrew all of her savings at her
building society account, in event of a need for Muggle money.[7].

Battle of the Seven Potters

Main article: Battle of the Seven Potters

"And then, out of nowhere, out of nothing, they were surrounded. At least thirty hooded figures,
suspended in midair, formed a vast circle in the midst of which the Order members had risen, oblivious
—"

—Opening stage of the sky battle[src]

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The seven Potters and their protectors right before the sky battle

Hermione then joined the Order of the Phoenix in the operation to remove Harry from 4 Privet Drive
before his 17th birthday, taking Polyjuice Potion to become one of the "seven Potters". Hermione flew
on a Thestral with Kingsley Shacklebolt. The two fought off at least five Death Eaters, possibly killing one,
injuring two, and were pursued by Lord Voldemort himself at one point. In time, they arrived safely at
the Burrow, where Hermione was immensely relieved to see Harry alive and ran to him and hugged him
tight, but she was greatly worried when Ron did not show up on time. When he landed, she ran and
nuzzled him in relief. She was saddened by the news of Alastor Moody and Hedwig's murders and
disturbed by Harry's vision of Garrick Ollivander being tortured.

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Scrimgeour gives the trio the items left for them in Albus Dumbledore's will

Later on, the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, interrupted Harry's birthday celebrations to execute
Albus Dumbledore's will and bequeath some of his belongings to the three friends. Hermione received
The Tales of Beedle the Bard , a book of children's stories written in runes. Even before Hermione
understood the priceless quality of the gift, she was moved to tears by Dumbledore's great act of
friendship. During the reading of Dumbledore's will, she also displayed her incredible store of general
knowledge when she mentioned that "Snitches have flesh memories," surprising both Ron and Harry,
who had both believed her to know little to nothing of Quidditch.

At Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding on 1 August, 1997, Hermione wore a "floaty, lilac-coloured
dress with matching high heels" and made her hair "sleek and shiny." She was amused by Fred and
George's stories about their late uncle Bilius and shared a friendly exchange with Viktor Krum, to the
frustration of Ron. She was happily surprised when Ron quickly asked her to dance, and when Krum
asked a disguised Harry whether the two were together, Harry replied "Er... sort of."[7]

Time at the Burrow

"Undetectable Extension Charm. Tricky, but I think I've done it okay; anyway, I managed to fit everything
we need in here... I told you at the Burrow, I've had the essentials packed for days, you know, in case we
needed to make a quick getaway."

—Hermione has the foresight to have supplies packed in advance[src]

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Kingsley's Patronus warning the wedding attendees of the Ministry's fall

The wedding was interrupted by Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus who told the guests of the fall of the
Ministry of Magic. Hermione was prepared to make a quick escape, immediately Disapparating herself,
Harry, and Ron away from the danger. Hermione also showed great foresight and magical talent when
she revealed a small beaded purse on which she had placed an Undetectable Extension Charm. Within it
she had packed, amongst other things, clothing, a tent, healing supplies, Harry's Invisibility Cloak, and
several useful books. They arrived on the Muggle street, Tottenham Court Road, where Hermione
suggested they enter a café, as a means to get out of the open.
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Hermione casting Petrificus Totalus on Antonin Dolohov

However, minutes later Hermione unknowingly triggered the Taboo curse that was placed on
Voldemort's name, and the trio were thus tracked down by Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle. After
a brief but violent skirmish, the Death Eaters were subdued, and Hermione modified their memories to
throw them off the scent and to maintain Ron's cover story that he was sick with spattergroit and
bedridden at home. At Harry's suggestion the three then made their way safely to 12 Grimmauld Place,
as they could not hide anywhere within the wizarding world.[7]

Infiltrating the Ministry of Magic

Harry Potter: "This is mental."

Hermione: "Completely mental."

— The trio's mutual feelings on the infiltration plan[src]

After learning from Mundungus Fletcher that Dolores Umbridge had Tom Riddle's mother's locket - one
of the seven Horcruxes - in her possession, the trio formed a plan to infiltrate the Ministry and reclaim
the locket. Hermione imbibed Polyjuice Potion and transformed to look like Mafalda Hopkirk, a
prominent Ministry official. She was forced to sit through the trials of Alderton and Mary Cattermole,
innocent Muggle-borns, right alongside Umbridge and Death Eater Yaxley. Hermione tricked Umbridge
into telling her about the locket, which she claimed was a Selwyn family heirloom.

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Harry casting his Patronus at Dementors while in the trial courtroom, before capturing the locket

When Harry attacked Umbridge in a rage, their cover was blown, but she and Harry managed to free the
Muggle-born prisoners and encouraged them to flee the country while Voldemort was in power.
Hermione took the locket from Umbridge, replacing it with a copy using the Geminio spell. They met up
with Ron again and fled the Ministry, but Yaxley grabbed onto Hermione's arm while they were
Disapparating. This meant that he was unwittingly brought inside the enchantment making Grimmauld
Place undetectable, and forced Hermione to use a Revulsion Jinx to free herself from him, and then to
take the trio away from Grimmauld Place.[7]

Ron's departure and Godric's Hollow

Ron Weasley : "What are you doing? Are you staying, or what?"

Hermione: "I... Yes — yes, I'm staying. Ron, we said we'd go with Harry, we said we'd help —"

Ron Weasley : "I get it. You choose him."

Hermione: "Ron, no — please — come back, come back!"

— Hermione keeping her promise to Harry shortly before Ron's departure[src]

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Harry and Ron row before Ron abandons the hunt

The locket caused great pain among the three friends due to the negative energy within. They began
arguing over petty issues such as cooking, and growing moodier. The negative energy from the locket
caused Ron to accuse Harry of poor leadership. They fought physically, although Hermione stopped
them before they started casting spells by casting a shield charm between them. Ron also accused
Hermione of choosing Harry over him, causing him to be jealous and feel left out by his two friends'
growing friendship. He declared he was leaving and stormed out of the tent.

By the time she got rid of the shield charm, all Hermione could do was scream for him to come back,
without success. Hermione then cried over Ron for more than a week after his departure, although she
tried to hide it from Harry. Both were deeply saddened and hurt by their friend's departure, although
Hermione more than Harry, as she cried over Ron's departure for weeks. With Ron gone, Hermione and
Harry's evenings were spent in mostly silence, while they contemplated Ron's abandonment and the
places Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes might be hidden.

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Hermione in Bathilda Bagshot's cottage, holding the The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore

Hermione and Harry soon decided to go to Godric's Hollow, to see the graves of Harry's parents and to
speak to historian Bathilda Bagshot. They believed Bathilda might be holding onto Godric Gryffindor's
Sword for Harry, as they thought Dumbledore might have left it with her as an old family friend, knowing
it was the only method the trio knew for destroying a Horcrux. Hermione comforted Harry in the
graveyard when they found the Potters' graves; she nuzzled her head in to the crook between his head
and shoulders and conjured roses for the graves. On their way out of the graveyeard they came into
contact with what appeared to be Bathilda. The pair then went to Bathilda's house; whilst in the house
they were separated. Harry was attacked by Nagini upstairs, who had been waiting for them in the guise
of the old woman, whose corpse had been animated like an Inferius by Voldemort. Hermione rushed to
Harry's aid and proceeded to save his life, and the two of them barely escaped before Lord Voldemort
himself arrived at the cabin in an attempt to capture Harry.
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Harry and Hermione talking about Albus Dumbledore in the forest of Dean

Hermione Apparated to the Forest of Dean, while Harry was overcome with pain and visions of
Voldemort's attack on his parents and him in 1981. She used a Severing Charm to remove the locket
from Harry and healed the bite Nagini had given him with dittany. Harry's wand had also been broken in
the foray, most likely by the Blasting Curse Hermione cast at Nagini. Hermione was very upset a the
thought that it was her curse that broke Harry's wand. Harry was heartbroken, but not angry with her,
knowing that it was an accident and that Hermione had saved his life and therefore could not hold it
against her.[7]

Ron's return and visit to the Lovegood House

Hermione: "Hand over Harry?"

Ron Weasley : "No deal, get out of the way, we're leaving."

— Hermione and Ron refuse to hand Harry over to Voldemort[src]

Harry and Hermione were reunited with Ron in the Forest of Dean, after Ron heard them talking through
the Deluminator Dumbledore had left to him. Ron destroyed the locket Horcrux with Godric Gryffindor's
Sword, which had been left by an unknown assistant in a pool in the Forest, saving Harry's life and thus
receiving forgiveness from Harry for leaving. Before he destroyed it, however, the locket revealed some
of Ron's deepest fears, including that Hermione preferred Harry to him. Hermione, however, was
unaware of this, as she had been in the tent while this occurred. Upon seeing Ron, she screamed at Ron
despite Harry trying to tell her that Ron just saved his life, and punched him until Harry cast a shield
charm between them with Hermione's wand. She was furious with Ron for days for his abandonment,
but gradually warmed up to him again.

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The trio speaking with Xenophilius Lovegood at his home, near the village of Ottery St Catchpole

The trio then travelled together to Xenophilius Lovegood's home to ask him about the strange symbol in
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Xenophilius had worn on a chain around his neck at Bill and Fleur's
wedding. They had thought it to be the sign of the Dark Wizard Gellert Grindelwald after Krum
recognised it at the wedding (Grindelwald being a former Durmstrang student), but Xenophilius
informed them it was the symbol of the Deathly Hallows. Shortly after making this discovery, Harry
realised that Luna wasn't at home, despite it being the Christmas holidays, and had been away for a long
time. Xenophilius revealed to them that Luna had been taken prisoner by Death Eaters and that he
planned to betray them in order to get her back.

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Death Eaters ambush the trio while they're inside the Lovegood home

However, in attempting to capture them, Xenophilius made the Erumpent horn in his living room (which
he had insisted was a Snorkack horn, much to Hermione's annoyance) explode, giving the trio the
chance to hide just as Death Eaters Selwyn and Travers arrived. They threatened to kill Luna if they
found that Xenophilius had lied about Harry Potter's presence in his home. In a remarkable show of
mental and magical dexterity, Hermione concocted the trio's escape while safeguarding Ron's feigned
illness and allowing the Death Eaters to glimpse Harry, so that they would not carry out their threat to
kill Luna.[7]

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor

"You're lying, filthy Mudblood, and I know it! You have been inside my vault at Gringotts!... What else
did you take? Tell me the truth or, I swear, I shall run you through with this knife! What else did you
take, what else? ANSWER ME! CRUCIO! How did you get into my vault? Did that dirty little goblin in the
cellar help you?"

—Overheard parts of Hermione's brutal interrogation[src]