MelDog: However, Hermione was not really dead. It was a clerver ploy by Dumbledoor, making everyone think she was dead, but she was really working feverishly nfor the Order of the Phoenix and could not have the luxuries or distractions of her friends. She was relunctant to join the Order, seeing how it meant she would be giving up her one love, Ron, but she agreed after hearing Dumbledoor's plan. It was a plan only she could furfill, and could eventually bring down Voldemort.