4th year was difficult. For starters, she had to keep herself within the normal limits of power for a girl her age, and that was hard enough, but it was also the year Hermione started to make plans for when her takeover began. Ron and Harry paid no mind to her sudden interest in the injustices the magic world faced, not as she sat and studied each and every one. None of them questioned her extreme interest in elves; she had a good enough reason for her interest. She claimed it wrong and hateful when in fact she was infatuated with the ritual that made elves obey their wizards every command.