All they wanted to do was whine and complain while trying to pin their poor behavior on Harry. All the while they'd be begging her to force Harry to undo the spell that he'd cast on them. To punish him for doing it. To expel him or get him arrested for what he'd done to them. They refused to believe he couldn't remove it even when she had forced each of them to read the relevant portion of the booklet that dealt with their rune marks out loud. After that meeting they'd tried forcing her to take them to Professor Dumbledore so he could order Harry to remove the marks for them deciding that the only reason she wouldn't order them removed was because she lacked the authority.
She tried turning their arrogance against them. She'd pointed out over and over again how Ms. Granger at least should have realized they were being skillfully led into a trap since it seemed she had led Mr. Potter into more than one trap herself. Which was as close as Minerva was willing to come right now to admitting she now knew the children were guilty of trying to destroy their classmate. Not only should she have seen the trap and taken a step back herself but she should have taken the other two back with her. Or at least warned them to get away. Something, she reminded them all, Hermione had complained about Harry not doing each and every year when asked why she was part of the end-of-the-year fiascos.
But all three were too immersed in feeling sorry for themselves to hear her or realize the end of their torment was in their own hands. It had been three weeks since their branding and none of them had yet reached the point of being willing to admit they needed to take responsibility for themselves. No matter who told them their release was in those very same hands.
Of course, she did her best to keep both Albus and Molly Weasely from hearing of the Library Incident while she waited for the children to emerge from their self-pity. Because the last thing she wanted was Howler Molly ranting again in the Great Hall or Albus trying to lay a guilt trip on Harry for his actions against the trio. She most definitely didn't want to try and explain to Albus the spell used hadn't been dark magic. That was a nightmare conversation she preferred to delay for as long as possible. Forever if she could. Because she did know Albus well enough to know he'd label it a dark magic spell and try to make everyone believe it had been even if the booklet made it clear it wasn't. And he'd definitely try to punish Mr. Potter for using it against the Triad. Simply because he too favored them.
But the Trio were enjoying their pity party. The Headmaster had left the Castle again on the first of October before the Triad had gotten to see him about the evil Harry had done to them but they were still hopeful he'd handle the situation for them when he returned this time. They were still of the opinion that Harry had done them a grievous wrong and was being allowed to get away with it. Simply because of who he was. But they'd finally come to realize the only person who would make Harry remove his mark was the Headmaster. They knew there was a good chance he wouldn't actually punish the brat for it but he would make him remove it and apologize to them for even thinking he had the right to do it in the first place.
Naturally Hermione had suggested they keep a running tally of all the wrongs Harry did to them until they got to see the Headmaster. That way he'd be more likely to understand why they wanted him punished for what they were being forced to deal with right now. Ron and Ginny agreed and so Hermione had dedicated an entire roll of parchment to keeping a list for them. Because naturally she was better at it than either Ron or Ginny would be.
Hermione really wanted to think of a way to make Harry remove it before they had to explain the marks to the Headmaster. She knew he wouldn't be happy about them or what they'd been doing when Harry had marked them. For the life of her though, Hermione couldn't figure out a method to make him remove it or get anyone to punish him for his transgression. Nor could she harangue on him over it until he got tired of listening to her like she usually did. He no longer sat near her in classes and wasn't housed in the tower with them. And though they knew where his room was, they couldn't get near the place.
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