A/N: If you haven't read The Bet, I strongly advise that you read it first. If you decide not to, then you may get a little confused as to some of the thinks that happens in Dreaming Reality.
So here it is. The sequel to The Bet and my second Draco/Hermione fic. For those of you who have read The Bet and will now read Dreaming Reality, I would just like to say, much thanks to all of you that review, even if you didn't like it. Without you guys, I probably wouldn't have even finished The Bet.
I'd also like to give another big shout out to Jesse. She is the one that helped me come up with the title for Dreaming Reality. So, much thanks to her and much thanks to all of you.
I'm also sorry to say, that I have to make you recap some of the ending to The Bet. I know it was sad but at least it's not all of it. It is also a little different for the ending. Its not word for word. I did change words around and stuff and it is also in Hermione's point of view.
Dreaming Reality
Chapter One
Just a Dream
Hermione's POV
"If you 'd rather have it this way, Draco. Fine!" I heard Pansy scream as she glared at me and Draco. I then saw her change her gaze over to Ginny. "Shoot her!" I heard Pansy shout.
"NOOOOOOO!" Draco's cries cut through the air like a knife. I saw him try to stop Ginny but Pansy wouldn't let him.
"You had your chance to change, Draco." I saw Pansy push him away from me and Ginny. "But you refused to. So now I'm the one making the changes."
Suddenly, I saw Ginny's finger grow tighter on the trigger of the gun. I froze in horror. I didn't no what to do. I didn't know what to say.
How could my best friend to this? How could she just shoot me over……Harry? I mean we were like sister. We told each other everything.
And now, here we were, stand outside in the pouring rain, a gun held up to me by my own best friend. Before I had a chance to do anything, I heard the gun go off. That's when I felt something puncture me in the stomach.
"HERMIONE!" I heard Draco scream.
I let out a small moan of pain. I was in shock. Everything around me was growing silent. The only thing I could still hear was the echo of the gunshot. I stood there, still frozen in time. I rested my hands on my stomach were Ginny had once shot me. I looked over at Draco. He seemed to be in shock as well.
I quickly looked back down at my hands as I lifted them back up. That's when I saw that my hands were covered in my own blood.
"GINNY WAIT!" I could hear Harry shouting from a distance. "It wasn't really…….." I could hear his voice trail off. For he must have seen the bloody mess that now stood in front of him. Me!
I was growing dizzier by the second. Everything around me seemed to spin. Suddenly I stumbled backward and Draco caught me. It begun to rain harder and harder on us now. Everything, to me, felt ice cold.
"Hermione." I heard Draco sob. I was still in his arms, on the ground. "If I would have known that this was how it was going to end... I would have never taken that bet."
"I know." I whispered to him. "But this is how it was meant to be, Draco and there's nothing we can do to change that." Tears started to roll down my cheeks a well. Draco was starting to fade to black, as did the rest of the world. "I'm dying, Draco." I whispered. My words seemed to echo as they faded with the rest of world.
That's when I awoke.
End of Hermione's POV
Hermione bolted upward in her bed. She was breathing rather hard. Her eyes were wide with fear. She looked around cautiously, only to find herself sitting in her bed. "Whew." Hermione thought, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"This is the third night that I've had this dream." Hermione looked around her room one more time, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming still.
She turned her gaze over to the window where the sunlight was flowing threw. " A beautiful sunny day." Hermione thought.
She could hear the birds singing their warm loving tune and she could hear the cool summer breeze flying threw the air. Hermione quickly jumped out of bed and dressed for the long day ahead. She was so excided to start her seventh year. She couldn't wait to get back to Hogwarts where she would see all her friends again. She just couldn't wait to start her new classes tomorrow.
Hermione thought about all her friend and how much she missed them as she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.
"I miss then so much." she thought. "I haven't seen Harry and Ron in what seems like forever. And Ginny. I haven't seen her in such a long time either." Hermione walked into the dinning room and took a seat at the dinner table as her mother came in with a big heaping plate of bacon, eggs, sausages, ect.
"How did you sleep last night? I heard you tossing and turning all night long." Her mother asked, placing the plate in front of Hermione.
"Fine." Hermione lied. "I slept great." Her mother gave her a big smile and headed back into the kitchen just as her father came out.
"Good morning, Princess." He said, kissing her on the forehead, the newspaper in his hands.
"Good morning, Dad." Hermione replied with a mouthful of egg.
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Hermione was in the bathroom, trying to straighten her hair. It was the day she and all the other students would go back to Hogwarts for a new year.
"Come on, Mione." Her mother shouted from the bottom of the stairs, her hand resting on the railing. "We're going to be late."
"I will be right there, Mum." Hermione hollered from the bathroom. She had the door locked so that no one would disturb her. She raised the straightener to her hair once more and straightened her last few strands of golden-brown hair.
"Finally!" she whispered to herself as she gave a sigh of relief. Still holding the straightener in her right hand, Hermione stared at herself in the huge mirror right above her sink and rather large counter.
She smiled at the sight of herself in the mirror. Hermione loved the way she looked now. Her now straight honey-brown hair made her look very elegant and beautiful. She smiled again but her smile quickly faded this time.
Hermione's eyes grew wide with fear as she stared at herself in the mirror. She dropped the straightener onto the floor, causing it to make a very loud thud sound.
"Hermione! Are you okay?" her mother asked from the bottom of the stairs. There was no answer in return.
Hermione throw her hands on top of her head, pulling back some of her hair slightly. She begun to breath harder and harder now.
"ARRGHHH!" Hermione let out a loud heart-wrenching scream. She slammed both of her hands on the sides on her head, coving her ears. She was trying to stop the piercing pain that was flowing through her head.
"HERMIONE!" her mother screamed, running up the stairs. She pounded on the bathroom door, trying to get in but the door was still locked.
"ARRRGGHHH!" Hermione let out another horrifying scream. She pressed harder on her head. She closed her eyes tight as she pulled on her now straight hair. Her body slowly tumbled to the bathroom floor.
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A/N: So there it is. The first chapter of Dreaming Reality. I hope you guys like it. If you don't like it, then that's okay too. Review and tell me what you think. Remember to be honest. I want to know your true opinions.
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