Pain, so intense, filled Hermione’s body. At first she thought he had used the Cruciatus Curse on her, until a faint light beamed from the locket around her neck and Voldemort was flung backwards into his chair so harshly, he crashed with it to the floor. A metal-like screech hit her ears and after the shock of the pain had worn off, she found her voice, screeching with the locket. The pain knocked her onto her backside as the stone floor met with it unforgivingly. Her head had begun to spin.