GLIMPSE IN THE FUTURE
Chapter one
Hermione POV
It has been months since the end of second war or battle at Hogwarts as wizarding folks have been calling it. To those celebrating the fall of dark lord Voldemort it was celebration of a new life without fear of dark ages but to us who faught to end the war it was far more sinister . Cause we were the ones to see our loved ones fight alongside us and fall to the death.
This war taught me this though, that I was not fighting for the many unknown faces who were expecting For a teenager to win war for them Nor was I fighting because I knew it to be right thing to do. No I was Fighting because I wanted to protect the people fighting alongside me . Only they mattered, because they were doing the same for me . One more thing for I was fighting for was a look of complete peace on face of my best friend harry potter.
Harry has been my rock since I felt like I was drifting apart from my parents because of being a witch. Not that we never have our arguments or differences but we always understood each other and forgave our mistakes. Sometimes it felt like he just takes me for granted and does not appreciate me as much as he does ron and his family but all the fears washed away the night ron abandoned us on our mission. When he asked me to dance with him, he tried everything to make me feel better and at the end of the song when I looked into his eyes all I could see was his need for me ,desperation and tiny bit of hope that I will be there always.
At that moment I understood that even if he does not show it very often Harry potter needs me as much as I need him. In fact he was the one who found my parents and brought them to me . apparently I did not oblivate them but snape modified my memory to make me think that and my parents went into the hiding on their own free will. Snape gave his memories of the incident to harry and after the war ended he brought them to me. For that harry got my famous bone crushing hug and kiss on both cheeks.
Yes ,life is good now. Ron and I became couple but we are still finding ourselves. Harry and ginny never got back together .she said she fell out of love with harry. I wonder how that happens. Harry says he does not mind. He spends most of his time to know other students of Hogwarts so that they know who harry really is and don't believe the rumors about him being next dark lord begin circulating next time
Few nights backs I woke up in middle of the night screaming . Ron was the first to come in my room and hold me trying to soothe me. Harry was standing beside the bed. I told them it was just a nightmare. I was the most affected by these things because of my encounter with bellatrix . they went back to their room after making sure I was ok. In the morning when I went down for breakfast harry was not there. When I asked she told me that he had to go to gringotts for some paperwork and was meeting luna for lunch. That caught my attention, I knew harry was close to luna but how close I was not sure. In the end I stomped my uneasiness and decided to ask harry when he came back.
When harry returned in the evening he told us goblins fined him for breaking into the bang as well as charged for damage done but ministry was going to pay some of it due to his part in war. Harry did not care either way he was well off
At night when I was getting ready for bed there was knock on my door. I thought it was ron for his goodnight kiss but was surprised to find harry.
"sorry to bother you so late Hermione but I wanted to give you something" harry said.
I could see he was nervous so to put him at ease I smiled and said " not to worry harry. It's not as if I am doing something important and I love free gifts".
He laughted a little and gave me a small package. When I opened those were emerald earrings. I looked at him questions in my eyes.
"those belonged to my mother…." He wanted to say more but I cut him off "harry I cant accept this. It belonged to your mother and you should give it to someone you love"
"But I am giving it to someone I love. i mean care about you a lot Hermione and no one can replace you in my life. But that's not the only reason my mum charmed them in her newt year for extra credit and to help her rest. When you put them on and sleep you will have pleasant dreams and don't have to worry about nightmares" harry finished with a smile
" oh harry that's so sweet of you, thank you. I will take good care of them. But where did you find them ?" I asked.
"luna found them. When we were at gringotts" harry replied.
There again luna , I wonder what's going on between those two. But I don't want to foil my good mood so we bid each other good night and went to bed wearing the earrings.
I was sleeping very peacefully. Bed felt very soft and fluffy. Then I heard a woman's voice calling me
" Hermione ,wake up dear " it kept calling.
Finally I woke up and looked for the source of voice. It was very beautiful red haired ,green eyed witch whom I recognized from the tattered photograph harry keeps with him. But she looked very young only seventeen or eighteen
" but you are dead. How can this be? Where am ?" I started firing questions. When I stopped to breath she laughted a little and said
"slow down Hermione. I wll answer everything. Yes I may be dead in your world but here I am not. As for how , tell me Hermione have you seen magical portraits of hedmasters in Hogwarts."
"yes" I answered hesitantly trying to piece everything I knew of portraits together to make sense of current the woman didn't gave me chance she started explaining again
"You see the portraits are nothing but memories of the witch or wizard until the time when portrait is made and these memories get updated until wizard or witch is alive. I was fascinated by them but they were very expensive so I couldn't have my portrait so I found alternative. Cheap things have their limitations. You could only use my wisdom" at this point she stood very proudly with nose in air looking female version of malfoy and I couldn't help but laugh and she soon joined me when the laughter subsided she continued
"you can only use it when you are sleeping. You can share your problems with me and I will help you based on my experiences. Also it's a dream maker like you are teenage girl and us brainy witches are very experimentive so you can choose a guy and I will show you the future you have with him.."
"excuse me Mrs potter but I am not very big fan of divination" I told her.
"Neither am I dear but those wont be true visions those will be movies which are based on your memories and some facts that you are not ready to face ,facts you know to be true but are too stubborn to accept. Those will be possible outcome with permutation combination of every result." She explained . and I could see logic in that.
While I was thinking she started talking again "so are you in for a ride"
After some thinking I replied "oh what the hell it's just dream, better than nightmare at least" and I want to know what future is there for ron and me
"so who is the first contender for heart of beautiful miss granger?"
"Ronald weasely" I answered.
She nodded and said "now you just have to go back to sleep and your dream will start. it will put you in time when you wont have to dig much to find whats happening in your life. If there are any doubts just go to library and read "Hogwarts:A history" there will be answers. Dream will end you want it to."
I closed my eyes and heard a familiar voice say
"goodnight Hermione, sweet dreams"
Before I could try to figure it out I was welcomed in darkness….