The thought of Harry's father purposely binding Professor Snape to himself in order to call
in a life debt was almost laughable. From what she had heard about James Potter, he was
not one to be that cruel. Sirius Black on the other hand...
Hermione stopped in her tracks as the colour drained from her face. She darted
back to the stack of books, almost tripping in her haste over a Quaffle at the foot of Ron's
bed. Flipping open to her bookmark, she re-read the passage.
When performed correctly, the life debt ritual, as detailed below,
can extend through time and space. Though it is powerful enough to pass
beyond the veil, death by Killing Curse is the one exception to this ritual."Powerful enough to pass beyond the veil." She stared, eyes wide at the words, her
hands shaking. "Oh my God."
July 21st, 1997After almost two weeks of intense research that involved two trips to the Hogwarts
library, courtesy of the Floo Network in Professor McGonagall's office, Hermione had a
plan in motion. Unfortunately, she was not the only one:
Mrs Weasley had a demanding plan regarding a rather large wedding for Bill and
Fleur. The Order had an intricate plan relating to the removal of Harry from Privet Drive.
Ron had a lazy plan on how to tell his parents that instead of returning to Hogwarts for
their seventh and final year, he, Harry, and Hermione were going to traipse around Great
Britain in the hopes of discovering severed bits of Voldemort's soul wrapped in shiny
packages like rings and lockets.
Everyone had a plan.
Hermione's plan, however, required immediate action before the ability to enact it
became limited by the Ministry, the Order, and the Weasleys. It did not help that she felt
she had to keep both Ron and Harry in the dark. However, she needed to tell someone.
While Mrs Weasley was outside tending to the garden and Ron was upstairs sleeping
in late, Hermione threw Floo powder into the fireplace under the guise of heading out for