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The air in the Hog's Head was thick with the smell of sour ale and nervous sweat. Flickering candles threw shaky light over the huddled cluster of students—Gryffindor scarves, Hufflepuff patches, the blue of Ravenclaw—all pressed into the shadows away from the dingy windows. Hermione stood before them, her posture rigid, her bushy hair a chaotic frame for a face set in fierce concentration. She let the anxious whispers die down before she spoke, her voice cutting clean through the silence. "We aren't here to debate Ministry policy or complain about detentions," she began, her brown eyes scanning the group, missing nothing. "We're here because there is a truth being buried, and burying our heads alongside it is a luxury we cannot afford." Harry, beside her, gave a tight nod. A Ravencla…