Authors Notes: These characters are JK Rowling's, not mine…I'm just giving them a different ending. I would love your reviews and comments but please be kind; this is my very first story.
Blissful Sleep By: Sage Spelling
Prologue
Summer of 1997
It's never been a secret; he hated me and thinks I'm an insufferable know-it-all but it doesn't change the way I feel about him. I am drawn to him, even with that cold angry stare; I desire him.
I have never known a man like him; he sacrificed so much with too little reward.
He thought his reward would have been death but I took that from him.
He didn't deserve to die and I will not apologize for saving him.
He walks around the Castle with anger in his eyes and every time he looks my way, it is as if his eyes are throwing daggers at me but I don't care.
When he is not watching, I observe him work to restore the Castle and I remember what his body looked like underneath his long black cloak. The memory of his naked muscular chest while he slept in the hospital wing burned in to my thoughts and raised the temperature of my own body.
He can hate me for all eternity but I will always admire him.
Chapter 1: Seven Years Later
"How did this happen?" Harry whispered completely shocked to see her looking this way.
Hermione sleeping in a hospital bed looked paler and weaker than he had ever seen her. She had bandages from her right elbow to her finger tips and a small bandage on her cheek to the left of her nose. Ginny's hand tightened around his reminding him to stay calm.
His eyes met Ron's looking for an explanation but Mr. Weasley spoke first, rubbing his hand over the bald spot on his head he said"I received a note from Penny; the nice young lady from the Department of Mystery's. She wrote telling me that she was badly injured and sent here. Apparently, Hermione didn't show up for work…which we all know, is unlike her. So Penny went to Hermione's flat to check on her and found her like this."
"She looks so pale." Ginny said softy.
"I know." Ron answered glancing at Hermione sadly.
The door opened and a tall, thin, balding Wizard wearing glasses entered the room.
"Good Afternoon, I'm Healer James Parks, who should I be speaking to regarding Miss Granger?" he asked.
"Hello Healer Parks… you can speak to all of us; we are her family." Mrs. Weasley answered holding back tears and her voice in a matter of fact tone. Since Hermione doesn't have contact with her family anymore Mr. and Mrs. Weasley have claimed her as a part of their family.
"Please, call me Healer James." the Healer said, "Miss Granger is badly injured do to unusual potion she drank."
"Is she going to be ok?" Ginny asked.
"I cannot say for sure, the potion is not tested". the Healer explained.
"So…what does that mean? You can't heal her?" Harry asked.
"We are going to do everything we can for her." the Healer answered.
"Where did this potion come from?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Miss Granger was working on a potion I have never seen before. According to the young lady that brought her in, this is something she was developing herself and there is no known antidote. The good news is that Miss Granger is very organized in her research and has every step documented in her journal. This will help us determine what the antidote can be." the Healer said.
"Do you recognize anything from her notes?" Mr. Weasley asked.
"We have a Potions Master who has agreed to take Miss Granger's case and thankfully he recognizes and is familiar with the ingredients she used."
"That's good news!" Mr. Weasley said while looking at Ginny, Ron and Harry; trying to reassure them.
"Yes, very good indeed." the Healer said.
"So…what will happen now?" Harry asked almost impatiently.
The Potions Master is going to attempt to create an antidote for her from her notes." he reported to them.
"What can you tell us about her condition now?" Mrs. Weasley asked.
"Her condition is stable but her vitals are weak and she seems to be in a very deep sleep; we had a Legilimens check for brain activity.
"What did he say?" Ron asked.
"Her brain is functioning and according to the Legilimens, she is dreaming of things she has already experienced." Healer James explained.
"How would the Legilimens know she has already experienced what he viewed?" Harry asked the question everyone in the room was thinking.
"The Legilimens recognized the event he viewed and has confirmed that her mind is playing back things that have already happened." the Healer answered.
"Would do you mean? How would he recognize something that happened in her life?" Ron asked.
"The Legilimens says he was at the event he viewed in her mind." the Healer explained.
Before anyone else can process what they had heard, Harry cleared his throat and his voice a little shaken as he asked, "Healer James, who are the Potions Master and Legilimens that are reviewing Hermione's case?"
"Actually, we are very lucky," he said smiling, "our Potions Master is a highly skilled Legilimens. You may remember him; his name is Severus Snape!"