Harry replied with a frown, "I don't think he'll recruit her. She's a muggleborn, convict or not, he won't tolerate them in his ranks. Besides she had no skill above 5th year, Ron. I think she might be hiding on her own. Even I thought she might have joined the Death Eaters, but knowing Lestrange and Malfoy, they won't allow her to join them." He had really been thinking back to his birthday gift and the note with it. He knew it was Hermione who sent him that and it hurt him even more that she thought he was a traitor, when it was her who acted like a monster she was. Dumbledore convinced him of her guilt, so she must be guilty. He has never been wrong before, it must be a darkness she hid from the beginning. Ginny, Ron and even Mrs. Weasley had convinced him of her guilt. She has to be guilty, Ginny caught her in the act. It must be true...