Still the trio, led by Hermione who just couldn't get it through her head things had really changed for them, continued to whine and complain about being disfigured and tried to turn the school against Harry in any manner they could. Which wasn't easy because every time they tried to cast blame on Harry their faces would swell telling their listeners not to believe them. But some of the students recognized Hermione as the ring leader egging the other two on and decided to try and get it through her head so they could begin learning better behavior.
The Patil twins went so far as to tell Hermione she should really consider shutting up since she was nothing but a muggleborn. The wizarding world wasn't known to be kind-hearted towards those of her birth rank who'd harmed someone of his stature.
"Of his stature?" Hermione had sneered at them. "As what? A freaky little halfblood raised every bit as muggle as myself? Oh wait. That's right. He wasn't. He was the freak of a servant his relative kept in a cupboard under the stairs. I was at least wanted by my family instead of being foisted upon them simply because there was no place else to put me. And for your information I have a much brighter future than that brain dead loser ever could." Her cheek swelled with her words of defamation.
The two Indian nationals shared a look before turning on her. Engaging in the twin speak the Weasely Twins were so well known for Padma calmly said, "If we were you,"
Parvati took over, "we'd shut up about his upbringing,"
"as continuing to spout off about that,
"can only come back to hurt you,"
"and those you think so highly of."
Parvati nodded before adding, "But by all means, don't listen to us."
"Keep running your mouth. You're good at it," smirked Padma.
"Let's see how long your current backing has your back."
"Just remember, when payment catches up to you…"
"And it will…"
"We warned you," said Padma.
Parvati sneered at the arrogant girl and said, "You think these marks are the only thing this world can do to you? You're a fool if you believe that. He's a bonafide hero, Granger. His status is independent of his birth rank. Those muggle filth he calls kinfolk may not have treated him as they should have. But that's nothing to do with you. Nor does it make you better than he is. Them, being bloodkin to him protects them from almost all forms of retribution. And believe me, there's many a person in this world who'd love to repay them for his upbringing. All they're waiting for is an indication from him that it'd be appreciated. But his surviving their upbringing and not calling for retribution upon them for it, has the people's admiration."
Padma raked Hermione from head to toe before saying, "You don't share that protection which you'd do well to begin remembering. You have this year to begin working at removing that mark from your face but all we've heard you doing is whining about how unfairly your being treated. And how no one will stand up for you and punish him for marking you. Why should we when we know you deserved it?"
"You're of the lowest socially acceptable caste and no one will appreciate what you've been doing. Even those people who oppose him because he is the last of the Potters or because he defeated the Dark Lord whom they followed, or his house is higher, or richer, than theirs will be against you if word of what you knowingly did gets out. And you, they can get to all too easily. Because there's no one protecting you, is there, Granger?"
Parvati nodded adding, "Because he's a Hero to the entire Magical world, it wouldn't surprise me to discover there are headhunters after you once word of what you did and tried to do to him gets out. And no I don't mean those muggle headhunters who go around looking for people they can make famous Faye told me about in the dorm room. These head hunters will cheerfully separate your head from your shoulders if they catch up to you once people hire them. And there are people in this society who won't even think twice about hiring them. You can damn well bet word will get out, too. There's no way something like this will stay confined to the school as your antics did."
Now Padma was nodding. "So do yourself a favor and shut your mouth before you get someone you care about killed."
Parvati nodded and said, "We, Lavender and I that is, tried to warn you not to play games with him and his reputation. We told you he was much more than you knew to our people. But you wouldn't listen to us because we're too old fashioned for you. Not muggle enough to realize how backwards our caste system is. To realize no one honors a betrothal contract any more. Not muggle enough to want to destroy our world for more rights or some such nonsense. But you should realize what you're trying to do now, and have done in the past, to Harry is exactly why the Dark Lord gets so many volunteers when he schedules another raid into the muggle world or the people hear he has targeted another family of a muggleborn. People who'd never actually join him in his crusade never for a minute think those victims didn't deserve it. No one even considers it because, for the most part, all of you try to destroy our society to one degree or another."
Cho Chang, who had stopped to wait for Padma, agreed with the twins. She told the Triad flat-out, "If you had done that to someone like him in my native country, things wouldn't have gone this far. But then in my native country, the first time you betrayed him would've also been the last. Someone in the State Department would've been watching over his funds and the person in charge of them. The first time you stole from him would've been the last time. All three of you'd be fortunate if all that happened was having your hands cut off and your tongues ripped out, the wounds sealed so new appendages couldn't be regrown for you. Of course, even death is better than what my countrymen could do to you for what you, Ginerva, have done to him. Until you three, I always felt my native people were cruel to do those things. But now I understand. You're without even a shred of decency or honor and there is no punishment too great for the likes of you."
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