Hermione watched as hands moved towards her throat, there was an initial sharp pain followed by a painful itching sensation as she felt an unfamiliar encumbrance being seated into the small void. As her mind mantra continued the usual litany of property of "Property of Slytherin. Property of Voldermort’, a disembodied breathy sigh seemed to come from her throat as if she was experiencing post-coital bliss rather than abject disgust at the punctuation of each blunt sentence. She attempted to wheezed a small cough, but the outcome was a lustier moan still coming from the back of her throat. In hindsight she probably should have known that they would attempt to silence her for good.