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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Hermione Granger on a promotional poster for Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix.In the beginning of the fifth book,[HP5] Hermione is staying at
Grimmauld Place, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, with the Weasleys.
When she and Ron are reunited with Harry, moody and temperamental after being
confined to the Dursleys nearly all summer, he loses his temper, pushing
Hermione to tears. Hermione tries to tutor Harry on how to interact with girls
when Harry tries his hand at a relationship with his longtime crush Cho Chang -
which ultimately falls apart due to Harry's inability to handle Cho's grief over
Cedric Diggory's death and Cho's misplaced jealousy towards Hermione.
Hermione and Ron become prefects for Gryffindor. Hermione also continues S.P.E.W.
She attempts to befriend Kreacher, the surly and malicious old house-elf who
lives in Grimmauld Place, despite the elf's obvious hatred of Hermione, whom he
calls a "Mudblood". She devotes her time and energy to making clothes for the
house-elves and putting them in strategic locations, in the hopes of freeing the
elves. The house-elves refuse to clean Gryffindor Tower because of this, and the
task is left to Dobby.
Also, in Order of the Phoenix, Luna Lovegood is introduced. She is Hermione's
complete opposite; according to Rowling, she's "the anti-Hermione"; "Hermione’s
so logical and inflexible in so many ways and Luna is likely to believe ten
impossible things before breakfast". Still, though the two girls do not share
the same belief system, they become friends and comrades-in-arms when Luna is
one of the few to support Harry by joining Dumbledore's Army (the DA) and aiding
them during the climax of the book.
Hermione's capture and subsequent blackmail of Rita Skeeter proves useful when
she persuades Harry to give an interview confirming the return of Lord Voldemort.
While Hermione is trying to convince Harry to start the DA, she finally
identifies Harry's enemy by his feared name, "Voldemort", making her one of the
few students besides Harry to use the name. During the DA, Hermione conjures a
corporeal Patronus in the shape of an otter (Rowling's favourite animal). She
also protects the DA from total betrayal (by Marietta Edgecombe, a member) by
hexing its sign-up sheet; as a result of this, Marietta is (apparently)
permanently disfigured by a cluster of pustules on her face spelling 'Sneak':
since this is still the case at the beginning of the sixth year, it is clear
that Hermione has not as yet repealed her hex, and that presumably nobody else
can.
Hagrid introduces Hermione and Harry to his giant half-brother, Grawp, and since
Hagrid is being targeted by Umbridge because of his loyalty to Dumbledore, he
asks them to take care of Grawp in case Umbridge somehow were to succeed in
getting rid of Hagrid himself. Hermione is initially very upset and angry with
Hagrid over his request, feeling that Grawp is too much for the three of them to
handle, but Grawp proves unexpectedly useful later on when Hermione and Harry
lead Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest, unknowingly on the same path leading to
the Acromantulas, giant talking spiders. After Umbridge is carried away by the
Centaurs, the Centaurs turn their attention to Hermione and Harry, and prepare
to kill them, until Grawp unexpectedly blunders his way in and distracts the
centaurs long enough for the two to escape.
She is involved in the battle in the Department of Mysteries, in which she is
seriously injured by an unknown curse from the Death Eater Antonin Dolohov, but
after taking ten types of potions a day, she makes a full recovery.
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