Why was Hermione at Grimmauld?

[Cindy]

No: HPFGUIDX 70098

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stormbringer43"
<stormbringer43 at y...> wrote:
> This may be an old question, but I can't find it addressed in the 
> archives, so here goes:  Why, in OOP, was Hermione at Grimmald place 
> with all of the Weasleys during the Summer?
> 
> Was it to keep her safe, since LV and the Death Eaters must know who 
> Harry's closest companions are?  JKR ddoesn't really address this.  
> Same question goes for Ickle Ronnykins; except he may have been along 
> with his parents, in helping to establish the OOP headquarters.
> 
> 
> Stormbringer

Now me (Cindy):
I think that they were trying to keep anybody who is close to Harry
safe, so that the DE's would not be able to use them as bait to lure
Harry out of hiding(out of the Dursley's). Because if Harry thought
that his friends were in danger, his 'hero complex' (as mentioned in
ootp) would kick-in and he'd probably leave the Dursley's and go on
his own battle quest, resulting in negative consequences.
-Cindy