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[alt_hermione]

I just found out I'm to be cruciated as punishment for Harry doing everything that we all did. Draco is too.

I don't think he means anything else by it, but I don't know, and I can't get out of it, and I don't know what to do, except think innocent.

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[alt_sirius]

What?!

That slimy -

When do you go?

Minerva, can we get her anything to dull the pain?

Merlin, what if he uses legilimency?

[alt_poppy]

What in the name of goodness--

Cruciatus.

There is no potion that can lessen the effects of Cruciatus. Like Avada Kedavra, there's no way to protect against it, save dodging. I confess I don't know whether there are ways to train the mind to be able to fight it once it's cast, but if Kingsley and Frank don't know, then I'd say not. I'd guess it would have been central to Auror training if such a thing were possible. I know your texts gave considerable space to discussing ways of improving one's ability to resist (but not to escape) Imperius. These spells are not unforgivable for no reason. Cruciatus, especially.

If I were there, I could give her something afterwards, but you are all quite right that there is not a thing I know that can help her face the trial unless it were something that would make her lose consciousness pre-emptively and enter a stasis state.

Not that he'd be fooled. He'd know immediately she'd been tampered with and not by another child. And all he'd need do is bide his time and deal with her when she awoke. And in the interval, multiply his plans and will to punish her.

What pray tell did Severus Snape suggest to you? Draught of Living Death? Poison she could hide in her mouth and swallow to end her life if she deemed him likely to read her thoughts?

Casting or dosing with one of the Confunding magics could have a paradoxical effect, heightening rather than lessening both her mental vulnerability and her experience of sensation.

To be honest, I think you ought to use your Portkey, Miss Granger. I cannot counsel you to undergo this 'punishment' because, as all have said, your Unbreakable Vow to us puts your life at risk. We have done you a terrible disservice, putting you in this position.