Chapter 28: a bitter lesson
When I take a closer look at here, I confirm that I wasn't wrong the first time. While she had long earthly curled brown hair, they weren't that much of a mess that Rowling's had made for her, While still looking indomitable. Her eyes Were of a similar shade of her hair and her front teeth, only slightly longer, nothing chocking. In sum, While the girl has the same similarity, one needs to look for them, giving the impression that she was similar if different. The major difference seems her nature, the hounding dog was nowhere to see, what I was facing was a meek young girl that seems cowered by the sudden immersion into another world. I don't know if she maintains still her love for knowledge, but she sure wasn't the headstrong girl that has face countless danger alongside Harry Potter.
'CS, what happens? I can understand that we are in a different version than the book, but first Sirius, then Neville and now Hermione?'
-It just has you say, it's a completely different reality, you can't expect everything happening the same every time, the tiniest change can bring untold consequence. In the book, she takes the support of authority and books. Here, it possible, that the abuse had broken her into this. I think it time to stop referring to the books has of the characters of everyone, and actually observe them and make your judgment if you continue to judge them as you have come to know them, we will face a situation none of us would be ready for and I don' want that, no one bit.-
'Will do, your right, I don't want to be backstabbed because I wasn't looking for someone I would have to think unable to do so. Thank.'
-Mention not, we're linked, you die, I die.-
"So other than the Alley, what your impression of the wizarding world?" Caught off guard by his sudden question after he had stayed quiet for a minute, she raises her head a little, seeing him looking at her.
"I don't know... I mean, the other kids don't seem to much different from the other so..."
"Yeah, their arsehole, the lot of them, snot-nosed little brat that thinks they are entitled because their born in an already magical family and look down on others, all of them. The adults aren't better, they're a bunch of lazy ass that think that every problem has only one solution, magic." While again shocked by his language, she couldn't help to not be of the same opinion.
"I don't... I don't think so." Shyness plenty evident in her soft voice. The moment she says it, she quickly lowers her gaze, as if waiting for him to chastise her for disagreeing.
"How? How so?" She wasn't thinking that his tone would be more intrigued than angry, needing a few seconds to reboot her brain and think of her response.
"Dumbledore, he is one of the most powerful wizards, and actively working for the right of muggle-born!" Hearing him sigh, she tilted her head confusedly.
"I know you would take him as an example. While it true that he is said to do that, but answer me then why noting have changed? With his connection and his position, he could have made pass every law he wanted, his power as supreme Mugwump of ICW he could event reach the international stage, yet, the very term you use, muggle-born is a derogative term that hadn't it place in the state were the MACUSA is. Of this, they aren't part of the ICW, another fact is that they aren't anymore pureblood household in power there, they have been wiped out. Here, Dumbledore has the hearing of the House Potter and its alliance, before last month, he also has the hear of Lord Black, leader of the pureblood. Even if they weren't in a good term, they still would have a united front, and should the law don't touch their privilege, without giving too much to others, they would still allow them to pass. Yet, even after eleven years after the war nothing has changed. Another grieving fact, the curriculum of Hogwarts. In the last fifty years, the standard has dropped to abysmal results so much that a majority of the electives aren't recognized outside Britain.
If you ask the pureblood they would tell you that it due to the rising number of the mundane child entering and degrading that fine institution that Hogwarts. Then why there is a constant augmentation of their number? Simple, inbreeding, the British wizard population is dying, after centuries of inbreeding all the pureblood families are so much linked to the other that there are all cousins at a point. With the inbreeding came two problems. First, the decreasing fertility of wizards, much of the families hadn't more than two children. The second his squib, being the bigot they are, they simply throw them out of the family, for them a child without magical power it useless because of it a pawn that wouldn't be able to further the family agenda.
If I were to guess, the rising number of the mundane child came from the line of squibs. Another fact, the man has three full posts, the burden is too much to correctly assume those posts. Even without that, there is nothing done against the abuse of pureblood against the mundane child. The Hogwarts system his a joke. Docking points? Detention? When you have a professor who abuses the system and a headmaster that allow it while smiling, don't come to tell me that he is doing everything for mundane children."
She had become completely white when he demolishes her argument, seeing her on the verge of crying wasn't his aim but he needs to root out any possible indoctrination of Hogwarts from her. Seeing her state he still wanted to confirm something.
"Who came to fetch you to the Alley and explain what happening to you?"
"Professor McGonagall, she says that she was in charge of every new student."
'Those bastards had clearly set me up.'
"Had she also tell your parents that once they also will lose every authority on you?" Seeing her horrified face he couldn't help the small twinge in his heart.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that as I say earlier, the pureblood rule, not only are they not concerned by the ministry regulation of underage usage of magic, they also control every child fate until they exit Hogwarts or came of age. By letting you go to Hogwarts, they have transferred your schooling matters under a proxy, as the law doesn't recognize the voice of nonmagical parents in the education of their children. Should you want to exit the wizarding world, your memories of it will be stripped, magically bound, and wand snapped. While you would forget them they will not forget you."
The little girl was now completely terrorized.
"I'm sorry Hermione, but you need to understand that this part of the world has stopped to evolve and stay in a dark age. Power is might to them and the commoners will be crushed should they even attempt to rise against the one in control. The ministry is rotted with corruption and death eater run freely around, having a hand deep in the minister pocket. Those that you have encountered before are part of Slytherin's house, they are old pureblood household there, even half-blood aren't out of danger, only family and connection protect you. If I'm not wrong what the three before have attempted his to recruit us. As they are also pureblood but on the 'light side' they must try to take the mundane one under their rule, the older Slytherin doing the same with first-year pureblood, while they surely already part of the circle, they all grow together after all. Each side is constantly at war when the next dark lord will rise they will call on your Hogwarts years as debt and take you down with them in a war that you didn't want nor wish but unable to escape."
While she was trying to absorb all he just say to her, a single question couldn't help but pop.
"Who are you?" Smirking at her, he perfectly knows what she means by that.
-The lass sure sharp.-
'Yes, I think that she maybe not that far from the one I know.'
Before he could respond to her, a commotion was rising outside their door before it was violently open. There came an angry James Potter, showing a swelled, bloodied, broken nose, Behind him was the two from before along another struck up redhead. When he sees Alex, he directly raises is fist, yells, and throws himself at him. Before the other could even enter, a missile exit the compartment and smash on the opposite wall showing a passed out fat ball. Distressed by the violent assault, the first redhead yell.
"Do you know who his father his?!" Stunning completely Alex
'I didn't see it came.'
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