An Unpopping: Hermione Granger [Open RP]

[knowledgeofvine.livejournal.com]

((After taking all the significant procedures, and with mod permission, I am unpopcorning Hermione Granger. She'll have no prior knowledge of her time in Hogwarts Hocus. She is taken from the end of Half-Blood Prince.))

Her vision was out of focus, and nothing seemed to stay still. She felt punch-drunk as she stared down at her hands, drenched in a thick golden syrup. Hermione closed her eyes, retreating into her mind so as not to tempt her stomach to upchuck. She breathed through her lips, feeling the bizarreness of the golden liquid. She had the misfortune of tasting it; it had a buttery penchant.

Hermione took a gulp of air to steady her before she opened her eyes. The shell of her popcorn life preserver lay fifty feet away from her, crumbling in on itself, collapsing into the pool of butter seeping from its insides. She heard the magical chain hit the stone floor some distance away as she righted herself. Her head was throbbing, her limbs aching with a soreness she had not remembered. She must have falling roughly when she was freed from the popcorn puff. She looked about her - she was wearing Ravenclaw robes, which only added to her confusion. By her right hand was her wand, seizing the opportunity she reached for it and waved it expertly, casting a Cleansing Charm on her skin, her clothes and her hair. In an instant the buttery solution evaporated from her person, leaving her dry and sweet smelling.

Things felt off. She did not know the place she was in. Everything seemed alien, and yet, she was sure she was still in Hogwarts. She stowed her wand and started up the spiral staircase, passing an ancient house elf snoozing in a rickety chair by the entrance, he looked as if he had torn up cotton balls and plugged them in his large batty ears. She did not want to disturb him, so she lifted the large iron handle, thus shifting the metal slab from the lock, and pushed the door forward, entering into an empty corridor. The door closed with a violent thunk! behind her, leaving her alone and without answers ... for now.