ext_5706 ([identity profile] unperfectwolf.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2006-03-31 12:25 pm
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Illumination by sionnain (R)

Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Hermione Granger/Voldemort
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sionnain
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] sionnain_fics
Why this must be read: This is a piece that is not only about knowledge, but it is about understanding. Something about this clicked for me - the way Hermione progresses, her reactions to certain things, the way you watch her go from what could have been the end, to a new beginning. Most definitely 'R'.



Sometimes in the dark, she thinks she hears him laugh while she cries. She hates him more in those moments than she has ever hated him before. In the day, she reads his books to forget, but at night she is offered no such escape. At night, she cries for her friends and worries about what will happen to her when the books in his library are finished.

It is this thought he responds to, her dark savior speaking to her out of the darkness. “I have many more books, Hermione, and if you prove worthy, you will have a chance to experiment on what you have learned.”

When he is gone for a long time—as often he is, establishing his Dark Court and holding endless meetings with his senior advisors—she thinks perhaps she can find a way to destroy him in the tomes she reads.Voldemort is clever, and he laughs at her because he knows she does this.

“By all means, Hermione,” he purrs. “Please, do try and find a way. When you learn, then do I, and I can take steps to ensure it does not happen.” His laughter is cold and cruel in the quiet of the room.

He has stopped calling her “Miss Granger,” but she calls him nothing at all.


Illumination