chapter one: NIGHTMARES!!!
Hermione Granger lay on her dormitory bed in a deep slumber. She was a fifth year student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hermione was young and brave, her courage placed her in the Gryffindor house. However that same courage abandoned her in her slumber. Through a dream, Hermione was reliving her horrible attempt to break up with Viktor Krum, an international Quidditch star.
***Hermione's dream***
"Viktor, we need to talk."
"About what Hermoninny?"
"I don't think we can go out anymore. You are just too old for me, and you expect too much from me."
Viktor looked at Hermione in shock, then he became angry and slapped her across the face. Hermione was terribly upset, she had never known Viktor to be violent. Ron's words flitted through her mind as she fled from Viktor. "Mione you'd better watch him, that Krum is scum." Hermione failed to escape from Viktor and his increasing wrath. He pulled out his wand and Hermione clutched hers. She opened her mouth to shout "expelliarmus" in order to disarm him, but Viktor was quicker. "Crucio" he shouted, his wand pointed at Hermione. Her last coherent thought was that Viktor was evil, a dark wizard.
***End of Dream***
Hermione awoke screaming shrilly. Her friend Lavendar who had been sleeping peacefully only a moment before, leapt out of bed, and asked Hermione what was wrong.
"I can't tell you Lavie. I'm sorry," Hermione muttered and stifled a sob.
Lavendar sighed in desperation and went to fetch Harry, who was one of Hermione's best friends, and her confidante. Hermione never told her roommates anything about her personal life. She couldn't tell Ron things either because whenever they quarreled, which was often, he might use them against her. Only Harry was left, and Hermione trusted him completely.
Soon Harry appeared. Lavendar gave an exaggerated yawn to show her annoyance for being awoken when she could be of no use, and then flopped down onto her bed, drawing her curtains around her. When Hermione saw Harry she began to cry harder, then he sat down beside her and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"Mione, what's wrong?" he asked, alarmed by her distraught state. Hermione did not get worked up over nothing.
"Nightmare," she gasped. Then she buried her face in his shoulder, and he soothingly rubbed her back.
"Can you tell me what the nightmare was about?" he asked kindly.
"Yes," she hesitated. "But you can not tell anyone. Do you understand me Harry?"
"Well if it is dangerous than I will have to tell Dumbledore, but if it isn't, then it shall be our secret." Harry promised her.
Hermione gulped.
"I dreamed about the day this summer when I broke up with Krum."
"You broke up with Krum?" Harry asked in shock. He knew that the event must have been terrible for Hermione to have avoided mentioning it to him and Ron. Another possibility was that she had wanted to avoid Ron's snide and rude "I told you so's". He could not help but smile.
Hermione didn't understand why he was smiling. She was shocked that he wasn't furious with her for never mentioning it to him, if not Ron. "Yes. I am sorry that I never told you Harry. It was not a smooth break up, for either of us."
"Tell me," he urged her, reassuringly patting her head.
"Well, I told Krum that he was too old for me, and expected to much of me. Then he got angry and hit me. After that I ran away from him, and when he found me he hit me with one of the unforgivable curses. The cruciatus curse," she cringed at the memory of the effects of the curse, and her panicked thought of terror as he chanted the words. "Well he panicked when he heard someone coming, and restored me to my present condition."
Harry's arms tightened around her. Hermione pulled away slightly and gazed beseechingly into his face.
"You won't tell anyone will you?"
"Hermione, I have to. If Krum used an unforgivable curse, then he needs to be sent to Azkaban."
"No!!!" Hermione screamed. "He threatened to kill me if I told anyone, and if he was put on trial for it." Harry realized at that moment how much Krum's threat frightened her. "Mione he can't hurt you here at Hogwarts, he can't. The school is too well guarded , besides he needs to be put behind bars if he truly did that to you," Harry reasoned with her.
Hermione sighed. "I am sure he could find a way into the school if he really needed to."
Harry shook his head, and then took Hermione's hand in his own. "No one will ever get away with hurting you, I promise you that. I will not let that evil boy go free for his crime."
"But Harry," Hermione protested.
"No buts. Ron was right about Krum all along."
Hermione tore herself out of Harry's arms, she was furious.
"Do not begin the "I told you so's" Harry, I do not want to hear them!"
Harry clutched her wrist, and drew her towards him.
"No Mione, it's not that. I feel guilty for defending Krum to Ron, which made it easier for him to inflict pain upon you."
Hermione accepted his explanation, and sat down on her bed. She was not willing to surrender her fight to Harry yet. "Please Harry, I don't want to put you in danger. Just keep quiet about this. Do it for me."
Harry sighed. "But Mione, I wouldn't be doing you a favor if I didn't inform Dumbledore. You will regret it if I don't, and you will feel guilty when Krum finds another victim to the unforgivable curses, because you did not prevent him from doing so."
Hermione fell back onto her bed.
" I thought I could trust you Harry. Why do you always have to be such a hero anyway? It is my problem, not yours. I should have kept it to myself."
Harry grimaced and then he turned away, not willing to face his friend.
"Mione that hurt. I do not play hero, I just don't want any of my friends to be in any unnecessary peril."
Then he walked out of the room. He stopped and turned at the stairs realizing that no matter how cruel Hermione's last comment had been to him, she should not be left completely alone in her terror. He could not however give her the satisfaction of having him back on her side immediately after insulting him.
"Come and get me if you have anymore nightmares." Harry called out to her, before heading back to his own dormitory.
Hermione Granger lay on her dormitory bed in a deep slumber. She was a fifth year student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hermione was young and brave, her courage placed her in the Gryffindor house. However that same courage abandoned her in her slumber. Through a dream, Hermione was reliving her horrible attempt to break up with Viktor Krum, an international Quidditch star.
***Hermione's dream***
"Viktor, we need to talk."
"About what Hermoninny?"
"I don't think we can go out anymore. You are just too old for me, and you expect too much from me."
Viktor looked at Hermione in shock, then he became angry and slapped her across the face. Hermione was terribly upset, she had never known Viktor to be violent. Ron's words flitted through her mind as she fled from Viktor. "Mione you'd better watch him, that Krum is scum." Hermione failed to escape from Viktor and his increasing wrath. He pulled out his wand and Hermione clutched hers. She opened her mouth to shout "expelliarmus" in order to disarm him, but Viktor was quicker. "Crucio" he shouted, his wand pointed at Hermione. Her last coherent thought was that Viktor was evil, a dark wizard.
***End of Dream***
Hermione awoke screaming shrilly. Her friend Lavendar who had been sleeping peacefully only a moment before, leapt out of bed, and asked Hermione what was wrong.
"I can't tell you Lavie. I'm sorry," Hermione muttered and stifled a sob.
Lavendar sighed in desperation and went to fetch Harry, who was one of Hermione's best friends, and her confidante. Hermione never told her roommates anything about her personal life. She couldn't tell Ron things either because whenever they quarreled, which was often, he might use them against her. Only Harry was left, and Hermione trusted him completely.
Soon Harry appeared. Lavendar gave an exaggerated yawn to show her annoyance for being awoken when she could be of no use, and then flopped down onto her bed, drawing her curtains around her. When Hermione saw Harry she began to cry harder, then he sat down beside her and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"Mione, what's wrong?" he asked, alarmed by her distraught state. Hermione did not get worked up over nothing.
"Nightmare," she gasped. Then she buried her face in his shoulder, and he soothingly rubbed her back.
"Can you tell me what the nightmare was about?" he asked kindly.
"Yes," she hesitated. "But you can not tell anyone. Do you understand me Harry?"
"Well if it is dangerous than I will have to tell Dumbledore, but if it isn't, then it shall be our secret." Harry promised her.
Hermione gulped.
"I dreamed about the day this summer when I broke up with Krum."
"You broke up with Krum?" Harry asked in shock. He knew that the event must have been terrible for Hermione to have avoided mentioning it to him and Ron. Another possibility was that she had wanted to avoid Ron's snide and rude "I told you so's". He could not help but smile.
Hermione didn't understand why he was smiling. She was shocked that he wasn't furious with her for never mentioning it to him, if not Ron. "Yes. I am sorry that I never told you Harry. It was not a smooth break up, for either of us."
"Tell me," he urged her, reassuringly patting her head.
"Well, I told Krum that he was too old for me, and expected to much of me. Then he got angry and hit me. After that I ran away from him, and when he found me he hit me with one of the unforgivable curses. The cruciatus curse," she cringed at the memory of the effects of the curse, and her panicked thought of terror as he chanted the words. "Well he panicked when he heard someone coming, and restored me to my present condition."
Harry's arms tightened around her. Hermione pulled away slightly and gazed beseechingly into his face.
"You won't tell anyone will you?"
"Hermione, I have to. If Krum used an unforgivable curse, then he needs to be sent to Azkaban."
"No!!!" Hermione screamed. "He threatened to kill me if I told anyone, and if he was put on trial for it." Harry realized at that moment how much Krum's threat frightened her. "Mione he can't hurt you here at Hogwarts, he can't. The school is too well guarded , besides he needs to be put behind bars if he truly did that to you," Harry reasoned with her.
Hermione sighed. "I am sure he could find a way into the school if he really needed to."
Harry shook his head, and then took Hermione's hand in his own. "No one will ever get away with hurting you, I promise you that. I will not let that evil boy go free for his crime."
"But Harry," Hermione protested.
"No buts. Ron was right about Krum all along."
Hermione tore herself out of Harry's arms, she was furious.
"Do not begin the "I told you so's" Harry, I do not want to hear them!"
Harry clutched her wrist, and drew her towards him.
"No Mione, it's not that. I feel guilty for defending Krum to Ron, which made it easier for him to inflict pain upon you."
Hermione accepted his explanation, and sat down on her bed. She was not willing to surrender her fight to Harry yet. "Please Harry, I don't want to put you in danger. Just keep quiet about this. Do it for me."
Harry sighed. "But Mione, I wouldn't be doing you a favor if I didn't inform Dumbledore. You will regret it if I don't, and you will feel guilty when Krum finds another victim to the unforgivable curses, because you did not prevent him from doing so."
Hermione fell back onto her bed.
" I thought I could trust you Harry. Why do you always have to be such a hero anyway? It is my problem, not yours. I should have kept it to myself."
Harry grimaced and then he turned away, not willing to face his friend.
"Mione that hurt. I do not play hero, I just don't want any of my friends to be in any unnecessary peril."
Then he walked out of the room. He stopped and turned at the stairs realizing that no matter how cruel Hermione's last comment had been to him, she should not be left completely alone in her terror. He could not however give her the satisfaction of having him back on her side immediately after insulting him.
"Come and get me if you have anymore nightmares." Harry called out to her, before heading back to his own dormitory.