Hermione knew nothing she could ever do could relay the extent of her gratitude to Pansy. She hugged her so tightly that Pansy had bruises on her back afterward, and held her face and kissed her on the cheeks over and over until they both began to laugh, building into hysterics that refused to go away for several minutes. Their plan had worked against all odds, and Hermione knew without a doubt that regardless of her own great power, she wouldn’t have been able to pull it all off without Pansy’s help.