Astoria takes tea with Vord, Ginny tries to play nice, Hermione dreams...
A morning is spent inside the Greengrass Manor...
The Big Blue Sea, The Forbidden Forest, The Bad Place. Ginny conforms, for Teddy's sake. Malfoy presents Hermione with a 3+Up task.
Ginny and Hermione both go for a little stroll with their masters...
Blood and Beauty inside Malfoy Manor - Hermione adjusts to a life of leisure in her new quarters.
End of Act I.
Hermione finds things expected, and unexpected in The Forbidden Forest.
Centaurs. Unicorn Blood. A Prophecy. The First Task Continues.
To quote the Author's Note at the end of this chap: "Shits ramping up"
As the First Task progresses, Hermione is overwhelmed with memories (real? not real?), as Astoria (and the rest of the world) watches....
The First Task is a puzzle Hermione can't help but crack...
Let The Games Begin
Draco, Draco, Draco.... our boy CANNOT stay away from Hermione's mind.
It's Hermione's turn on the stage...
We're back, baby!!!
Don't mind all the birds outside my window.... I figured they can stay for this one. :)
The Interviews continue. Hermione gains respect for Goyle. Ginny admits something painful in front of the world. Theo helps Hermione breathe.
The Interviews begin...
Hermione gets an unwilling make-over, in preparation for... The Interviews...
Bath-time friendship and philosophy; the quiet before The Storm...
The Champions begin to fray under the pressure of the impending First Task. Tensions between Ron and Ginny rise...