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Harry Potter was snoring loudly, he slept in what looked like a very uncomfortable position, as though he had fallen asleep sitting up against the wall and had since slid down considerably. His glasses had fallen off at some point during his decent and were now trapped precariously between the rickety camp bed and the wall, his wand was held loosely in his hand.
Harry grunted and slipped down the wall another inch. Just then a noise disturbed the quiet of the room and Harry jolted awake pointing his want at his assailant's face. "Harry stop!" Ginny jumped back shocked, "Harry it's me."
Harry blinked and saw Ginny's anxious and slightly blurry face looking down at him, She was wearing a dressing gown she hugged to herself, her hair was unkempt and there was sleep in her eyes as though she had just woken up. Harry dropped his wand immediately and red sparks flew out the end. He breathed deeply for a moment trying to calm himself down. "What... Ginny? What time is it? What's going on?"
Harry fumbled for his glasses, "Ginny what's going on?" He asked again as he checked his watch, 2:27. The middle of the night. "It's Hermione, I can't calm her down." Ginny whispered, switching on the light as she turned to leave the room. Harry covered his eyes with his hands trying to adjust to the sudden brightness. The room was cluttered with scattered clothes and stacks of books he and Ron were supposed to be studying over the Christmas holidays. As Harry shoved his glasses on and scrambled out of bed, he tripped over various items before stubbing his toe on the corner of a large volume; 'Vigilance: The Importance of Constant Alertness by Warwick Bowyer'.
Harry cursed loudly as he clambered after Ron who seemed remarkably alert. They sped down the stairs their footsteps pounding in Harry's ears and other noises crept into his head with each thud, noises of battle. He pushed them aside firmly running towards Ginny's room, stopping at the door. Hermione was sitting bolt upright in her bed, her back against the corner of the wall behind her. Beads of sweat were running down her face and she was tangled in the duvet rocking slightly, staring with wide frightened eyes at something Harry could not see.
Instead Harry saw Hermione barely conscious, held up by Bellatrix with a knife at her throat. He saw Hermione in the final battle, killing cruses barely missing her. He saw Hermione - No. He blinked hard and brought himself back to reality.
"Hermione, whats wrong? What happened?" Ron asked, walking over to her quickly and crouching down in front of her.
"I told her," said Hermione, "I told her we didn't steal it but she doesn't believe me."
"Who doesn't believe you?" asked Ginny kneeling down beside Ron, but Hermione did not reply.
"What happened this time?" Harry asked Ginny as he crossed the room towards them."I don't know." said Ginny, "I think she was having another nightmare. When I woke up, she was yelling about how she didn't take something? I'm not sure."
"Hermione don't worry. There's no one here to hurt you." said Ginny. Hermione suddenly grabbed her left forearm and screamed. Harry had heard that scream before. From the Malfoy's basement. It was a desperate, tortured scream. Ron recognise it to, he prised Hermione's hand off her arm took both of her hands firmly in his own. "It's ok Hermione. You're safe. She's gone now. It was just a dream." Ron soothed. Hermione closed her eyes and was silent for a moment. "Safe?" she whispered.
"Safe." Ron repeated, sitting next to her on her bed and wrapping his arms around her as she shook, breathing heavily, her head against his chest.
Harry turned around and saw Mr and Mrs Weasley and George at the door in their pyjamas, looking very tired, but not surprised. He shook his head at them slightly then turned back round to face Hermione who had started to cry.
"What's wrong Hermione?" Ginny asked after a few moments.
"I just want to go home." the tears engulfed her.