"They're really rather frightening, to be perfectly honest. Well, for a while Hogwarts had one teaching Divinations, and he was really nice and not that fearsome, but the leader of the herd in the Forbidden Forest was very intimidating, and had no love for wizards in the least. Actually, the only reason I really made it out alive at one point was because I was still a 'foal' to them, and my giant friend saved us."
Hermione looked mildly disappointed at the mention of backing, "Well, other than the Minister of Magic's belief in me, and the fact that I'm doing all of this through a Ministry position, there's not a lot of actually personal support." She chewed the inside of her lip, remembering Harry and Ron's reactions to S.P.E.W. Not that any of that would discourage her, but he was right, it would be very difficult indeed.