Hermione had to admit, she should have given Potter more credit. He was, truly, an excellent leader. Perhaps, had the past turned out different, they might have been friends. The DA had his back until the bitter end even when they had all been captured and Dumbledore became a fugitive. Marietta Edgecombe had taken the fall (when it was truly Hermione who had orchestrated it all), her memories scrambled but strong enough that it would incriminate her if somebody were to dive into her mind. It had been a particularly difficult memory spell that had taken Blaise and Daphne working together to cast.