Golden Tongue Tales

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...

In the Common Room, the Champions are given a clue to what lies in the First Task....

A boggart reveals herself to Hermione.

Hermione's trial.

Pansy and Astoria hide out from the worst of the trials.

The trials begin. Astoria is subjected to watching torture, the Dark Lord whispering in her ear, and worst of all - grazing hands with Theodore Knott.

The Champions learn that a trial is coming the following day. Hermione looses control.

Ginny watches, as chaos unfolds. Hermione shows signs of her old self. (some brutal stuff at the end here, fam, take care of yourselves xxxxx)

We spend some time on the inside, with the Slytherin Gang.

Voldemort reveals an unsettling secret about Hermione. Draco is surprisingly gentle with a meaningful object of hers.

We're back bitchesssss! Armed with new Wifi, and phrases like "Daddy's lapdog".

Ginny - the new Golden Quad consider their circumstances.

A late-night encounter with Theodore Knott... A suss encounter with Harry Potter.

A Healer, Draco-Mortifier-Malfoy, and old friends.

LET THE DARK TOURNAMENT BEGIN!!!

The Goblet, familiar faces... Vord.

A train ride and a bath. Off to the games we goooo...

A nightmare, a memory, and some new young characters. (deepest apologies to the people of Ireland.)

Three years later... Hermione plays chess with a friend.

Check the TAGS - after this the worst is over fam

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By MKMG (Here on A03 ) (Please mind the tags. This is a very dark fic.) Voldemort has won. The Order has fallen. Harry Potter is dead. Five years after the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione Granger is pulled from Azkaban and forced to compete in the Dark Tournament against fellow Order Members. Assigned to Draco Malfoy, the highest ranking Scion, she may have a chance. There can only be one victor, one survivor and one shot at freedom. Let the games begin. IMPORTANT: Tags include sexual violence, suicide, and self harm.