The Subjugation of Hermione Granger

Disclaimer: The Harry Potter universe and all the characters are property of J.K. Rowling and whomever else has a finger in the huge franchise. I do not. I make no money nor do I claim any ownership of the people, places, and things (unless I make them up as we go). It is only to have some fun do I write this story, in hopes of some entertainment.

Hermione walked into the library slowly. Giving Madam Pince a small smile, she moved about the stacks of books looking for Ginny. She hoped the books and all their held wisdom would help her calm down, help her shed some light on her tumultuous feelings. Feelings that were all muddled and raged within her.

Draco Malfoy excited her. There was no denying it. It wasn\'t just the sex. It wasn\'t just the unforgivable curse. It was the tall, dangerous and handsome Draco Malfoy that was making her legs quiver. It was the thought of what he would do to her body next. She never knew what he intended to do to her and that was thrilling. Hermione blushed as she thought about his cock, how long and hard it was.

She frowned at the thought. Harry wasn\'t so bad himself. Warmth rushed through her as she remembered how Harry had touched her and kissed her. His lips were so warm and full. He tasted like vanilla and apples, wholesome and comforting. It was a taste you wanted to have every day when the world seemed threatening and unbalanced. She thought about his body, how strong he was and how she felt safe and comfortable in his arms.

The bad boy or the nice guy. The age old question.

\"Why couldn\'t life be easy?\" she whispered to the leather tomes surrounding her.

\"Hey, Hermione,\" Ginny called from a table near a large window that overlooked the lake. Hermione slowly made her way to her friend and sat down. Gazing out the window, the sun was slowly sinking, the shadows growing longer as the light faded to a dull orange. The trees fluttered in the wind and the surface of the lake rippled as a long tentacle snapped out and slipped back down into the briny depths.

Hermione looked over to the girl beside her and tried to smile. Her lips cracked upwards but her eyes were still sad and confused. Ginny frowned lightly and put her hand on Hermione\'s knee. \"What\'s wrong Hermione? Are Ron and Harry still giving you a hard time?\"

Hermione shook her head. \"No. They actually wanted to talk to me after class today but I didn\'t know what to say. I didn\'t know how to face them.\"

\"You should have just yelled at them,\" Ginny joked, trying to make her friend laugh. She was rewarded with a weak smile. \"Look Hermione, I know how hard it is to face Harry and Ron.\"

Hermione looked at her friend. \"How do you know?\"

\"Well, I\'ve lived with Ron a few years now,\" Ginny said playfully. \"And Harry… well Harry can be stubborn sometimes. He\'s a little too intense if you ask me.\"

Hermione shook her head ruefully. \"No. I meant how do you know that I slept with Harry?\"

Ginny blushed, a large embarrassed smile turning her full lips upwards. “We talked one night. Well, it was more of an argument really, but at the end, he was very upset. He told me how he thought he had ruined things with you.” Ginny wiggled her eyebrows. “He told me you two had sex, but when you asked him to do something, he overreacted, as usual, and stormed out on you. He didn’t tell me what you asked of him though.”

\"Oh,\" Hermione whispered. \"Why would Harry go to you?\" Hermione blanched as the words left her mouth. She slapped her hand over her mouth, but it was too late to stop the question. \"I’m sorry Ginny. I didn\'t mean it that way.\"

Ginny laughed. \"It\'s alright Hermione. I know what you mean.\" The younger girl gazed out the window seeming to collect her thoughts. Finally she turned her dark eyes to Hermione and sighed. \"Well our argument, before we talked about you, it was about what happened this summer.\"

\"What happened?\" Hermione asked, even as the realization dawned on her face.

\"I had sex with him.\"

\"No,\" Hermione breathed. \"You didn\'t Ginny. Tell me you didn\'t.\"

Ginny nodded. She squared her shoulders and looked determinedly at Hermione. \"Yes, I did. Harry and I had sex. I think I was his first. It was actually very nice.\"

\"That\'s why he acted so strange on the train ride here,\" Hermione reasoned. \"So I suppose it\'s safe to assume Harry wasn\'t your first.\"

There was a sparkle in Ginny\'s eyes. \"No. My first was Michael Corner.\"

\"You mean Dean wasn\'t…\"

\"No, although I now wish he had been. Michael turned out to be a real bugger. It wasn\'t very good.\" Ginny smiled slyly. \"Was your first time good? Did Harry perform alright?\"

Hermione looked down. She couldn’t very well tell anyone her first wasn\'t Harry. Her first had truly been a learning experience. Hermione wondered if her tryst with Professor Dumbledore was partly responsible for her obsession with the Imperious Curse. Draco Malfoy\'s involvement was without question, but because her first time had been at the hands of the Headmaster, him being so much in control, Hermione wondered if that had anything to do with her desire to be controlled so much. It was easier to think that the men that took her innocence were responsible. It was their fault that she was in this position now. The young witch shook her head. Professor Dumbledore and Draco Malfoy had coerced or forced themselves on her but she had forced herself on Harry. It was her fault that there was a wedge between them. A wedge pushed them apart and threatened to keep them apart forever. Was it possible to go back to the way things were before?

\"Harry was really good Ginny. More than I could ever ask for,\" Hermione felt a tear slide down her cheek. Ginny put her arms around Hermione\'s shoulders and they hugged for a minute. The red haired girl stroked her fingers through Hermione\'s brown tresses and made soothing sounds. Finally, Hermione pulled back and said in a tiny whisper, \"I don\'t think we can be friends again.\"

Ginny smiled at Hermione. \"Don\'t be silly. Of course you can. You said they wanted to talk to you after class right. Well, you know that they miss you too. And anyway, it seems to me that Harry doesn\'t want to be friends anymore. He wants to be something more.\"

Hermione sniffled and pulled a handkerchief from her pocket. She wiped her eyes and then blew her nose. She shook her head softly and looked out at the darkening sky. The sun was almost gone and the sky was now a deep purple. It was a nasty bruise on the world, a quiet pain felt through the heart. \"I don\'t know if I\'m good enough for Harry anymore. I feel so cheap and dirty Ginny. I don\'t know what to do.\"

Ginny looked quizzically at the older witch. \"Oh my goodness!\" Ginny exclaimed excitedly. \"Have you been shagging someone else?\" The younger girl got her answer as Hermione blushed crimson and hung her head in shame. \"Oh no you don\'t Hermione. You have to tell me who it is. You have to!\"

Hermione shook her head quickly. \"No Ginny. I can\'t. It’s not a good thing. I\'m ashamed of myself. What would people think of me if they found out? I would be a marked woman.\"

“A marked woman for what?” Lavender Brown asked as she and Parvati Patil walked over. Neither girl wore their school uniform, having changed into more comfortable clothing. It was strange seeing the other students in different clothes.

Parvati wore a deep blue blouse and black slacks that seemed to shimmer around her legs. As usual, the black haired girl looked beautiful. Hermione tried to quell the jealousy that rose in her throat.

Lavender wore a light pink pullover that was rather snug on her thin frame. A deep purple skirt flowed down her legs almost to the floor and billowed out as she spun around. “You like?” she giggled.

“Just nod your head,” Parvati urged the other girls. She laughed as Lavender scowled at her. “She’s been going on all night about trying to get somebody to notice her.”

Ginny sat up straighter with a broad enthusiastic grin. “Who are you trying to impress?”

Lavender blushed as she looked at Ginny. “I don’t think you want to know Ginny.”

Parvati rolled her eyes. “She wants Ron.”

Lavender gasped loudly. She turned to her friend. Parvati giggled uncontrollably. Lavender couldn’t help but smile at the other girl. “I keep telling her that Ron Weasley is a dirty, dirty dog, but she won’t listen to reason,” Parvati snorted.

“Why would you call him that?” Hermione asked.

“Like you don’t know,” Parvati shot back with a giggle.

Hermione frowned. “I don’t know Parvati. Please be so kind as to enlighten me.”

All three girls turned and looked at Hermione incredulously. Ginny shook her head and stated, “You’ve really been out of touch Hermione. Ron’s, um, having fun this year.”

Hermoine frowned. “Why do you all keep talking in riddles? Just tell me for goodness sake.”

Parvati laughed. “Alright Hermione, we’ll tell you. Ron’s been rather active this year.” Hermione still looked confused. Her exasperated look spurred Parvati to continue her story. “He’s been shagging several girls.”

Hermione gasped. “Really? Who?”

“Well at least two,” Ginny stated. “Probably three if I wasn’t his sister. He seems to like the Quidditch players.”

“You mean he’s shagged Katie Bell and the new girl on the team? What’s her name?”

“Risa, something or other, the little tart,” Lavender snarled.

The other girls laughed at Lavender’s outburst. “Touchy much Lavender,” Ginny commented. “You have it bad for my brother huh.”

“I do not!” Lavender wailed. Her pink cheeks belied her words. She giggled lightly. “Well, he is a good kisser, although he has grabby hands.”

“I thought you said you liked his grabby hands,” Parvati challenged. She reached for Lavender’s chest and the girls broke out in squeals of laughter. Lavender batted the other girl’s hands away.
“Girls,” Madam Pince hissed quietly. “This is a library. People are trying to do some work. Have the decency to keep the volume down please.”

“Sorry ma’am,” the girls chorused quietly. As the librarian strode away, the four girls broke out in quiet laughter.

“How are Dean’s hands Ginny?” Parvati asked wistfully.

Ginny blushed. “Wonderful. He’s very soft and gentle.” Her smile grew wider. “But he can be hard and rough when I want him to be also.”

The other three girls gasped. Laughing in shock, Lavender exclaimed, “Ginny Weasley! I can’t believe you.”

Ginny smiled conspiratorially. “Oh come on, you just said you like shagging my brother. You’re as bad as me.”

Lavender blushed and giggled. “I said snog. Never once have I said shag.”

Hermione and Ginny looked at her in surprise. “You’re a virgin?” Hermione asked.

\"Well of course,\" Lavender stated defensively. \"I\'m only sixteen after all. Quite too young for that sort of thing.\" Lavender looked at the girls around her and then leaned forward. \"Maybe next year though.\" The girls broke into another fit of giggles.

\"And you Hermione?\" Parvati inquired. \"Are you to tell us that you are not a virgin?\"

Hermione looked down quickly and pulled a book in front of her. She hoped that the words on the page would protect her from the prying eyes. There was no such safety in the pages today however as Ginny yanked the book away from her. Seeing the determined expressions of the other girls, Hermione sighed. \"No, I\'m not a virgin.\"

\"I knew it!\" Lavender shouted in victory. Several students around the library made angry shushing sounds and Lavender blushed sheepishly. Leaning forward and whispering, she smiled brightly at Hermione. \"So the rumours are true.\"

\"Wh-what rumours?\" Hermione asked nervously.

\"The rumours of you, Harry and Ron of course,\" Parvati sang happily. \"You three spend so much time together after all. There has to be a reason for that.\"

Hermione scowled and crossed her arms over her chest. \"The reason is we\'re best mates.\" The scowl fell from her face as she realized that that statement was no longer true at the moment. \"Well, we were. That is until I went to one over the other.\"

Lavender frowned. \"Who did you sleep with Hermione? Was it Ron? Is that why Harry has been so upset lately?\"

\"No she must have gone to Harry,\" Parvati reasoned. \"Ron\'s trying to show Hermione what she\'s missing by sleeping with the all the other girls.\"

Hermione looked at Parvati uncertainly. \"Do you think that\'s what he\'s doing?\"

\"Well he\'s liked you forever Hermione,\" Ginny stated. \"He talks about you almost as much as he talks about Harry. It was even more over the summer.\"

Hermione groaned. \"Just what I need, more complications. How am I supposed to decide between three…\" Hermione slapped her hand over her mouth, her eyes wide with the horror of what she let slip.

Ginny clapped in excitement. \"I knew it! You are seeing someone else. Tell us who Hermione.\"

\"Yes, tell us then,\" Parvati encouraged.

Hermione shook her head quickly. \"No! I can\'t.\" She glanced at her watch and gasped. \"It\'s so late,\" she muttered inanely as she hurriedly gathered her belongings. \"I need to go. I need to be somewhere…\" She whimpered in frustration at the girl\'s laughing at her. Why couldn\'t she keep her mouth shut?

\"You\'re meeting him now aren\'t you? If you don\'t tell me, I\'ll just follow you.\"

Hermione looked at her friend in horror. Lavender and Parvati were giggling and listening intently. She slowly pulled her wand from her pocket and pointed it at Ginny. \"No Ginny,\" she pleaded with a small smile. \"Don\'t follow me. I don\'t want to have to curse you.\"

Ginny looked at Hermione aghast. She narrowed her eyes slightly, but sat back down slowly. Her eyes sparkled in calculation. \"Alright Hermione. I won\'t follow you this time. But I\'m going to find out who you\'ve been seeing, one way or another.\"

Backing away, her wand still pointing at the girls, Hermione sighed. \"It\'s really not that exciting Ginny,\" she reasoned. Ginny gave a disbelieving snort as Hermione turned. Walking briskly out of the library, Hermione risked one last look back at the other girls. They were huddled together, scheming. A tear fell from her eye and slid down her cheek.

\"How did this year become so out of control?\" she murmured shakily. \"More importantly, how am I going to set things right? Especially before anyone finds out.\"

Author\'s Note: i feel like i owe an apology for all the time it has taken to get this next chapter out. i have a good excuse, really i do. you see, for the past two weeks my computer has been in \'the shop\'. the poor thing was plagued by viruses and spyware crap, er i mean programs (we\'re talking over five hundred of the pesky things). it also had so many windows registry errors. so you see it was hurting bad. after the first attempt to clean it up didn\'t work, i had to take it back in. i thought to hell with this and just get the whole hard drive reformatted. let\'s just start over. it\'s a good thing i put my stories on disk or i would be very upset. especially since i now have some chapters for harry and ron floating around. just so you know, harry will be starring in his own story soon. i just need to write a chapter and do some editing and i\'ll be able to thrust about a dozen chapters at you. sadly, the chapters will be basically what you\'ve seen before with some alterations. ron\'s story will be longer in coming though. his is a whole different thing. ron\'s story needs a whole beginning, middle and end still. for the time being, i hope hermione and Theodore (in To Be Or To Be Nott) will have to do.

now for the few reviews that this story has received since it\'s been back...

tabitoo - i\'m glad you like the story. thanks for the review. as to your question, the only spell draco has used on hermione would be the big one. i\'m sure you noticed that. hehe.

Hermione Cosplayer - you approve! great. thanks for the vote of confidence. i need that. it\'ll keep me motivated to continue. that\'s a hint to keep reviewing, even if you have something negative (but constructive) to say. i couldn\'t get rid of the dumbledore scene. although it written more for a later revelation regarding harry and his story, it was such a big catalyst for hermione that it had to stay. i haven\'t decided if it\'s still going to be a factor in harry\'s story. only time will tell.

anon - a lemon to me seems so wrong a term. aren\'t lemons sour? shouldn\'t we be thinking of something more sweet for all the sex scenes? anyway, thanks so much for the review. i hope you continue to follow along hermione\'s sour little descent into sexual depravity. will she find redemption or will she become just another lost little ho, a sex junkie on the road of life?

Ashes - dumbledore has had that affect on people. i didn\'t think it would sicken people quite so much but i did expect a little backlash. oh well. i\'m glad you liked the harry and hermione scene, but i don\'t know how long it will hold out for you. i have some nasty things planned for our heroine.

Riri - me thanks muchly

traydr vic - for someone who really hated the story at first you certainly have come around. that makes me very happy. if you reread the whole story you may have noticed a few changes here and there. like you said, it had to read a bit tighter and a new chapter here, the reworking of a couple chapters there, and now on with the story... and just remember, if you don\'t like something, feel free to tell me, just try to be a bit constructive so i can improve. can\'t promise i would change anything, only that i\'ll learn from it. thanks again.