For she had been trying to adjust to her sobering reality for almost a week now, and she was no closer to feeling any less furious about it. Ron had passed her into the power of Tom Riddle, and he in turn had made her into a part of this genius way to protect the last piece of his soul ... to Harry-proof it, as Hermione had come to think of it, to guard it from the biggest threat to Voldemort’s dominion ... the one fated to ultimately vanquish him.