Hi! i'm finally aloud to update. i only registered a few days ago. this is my first shot so please be nice!i love Harry Potter and i have written quite a few stories that i havn't put on the web yet hope you like it. oh yeah i absoulutely hate romance it's reallly hard to write. so there's no romance in any of my stories.hope you like it. please review i need the motiveation.
Chapter 1-The Dream
"Mudblood and Seer is what you are." Said a man's voice harshly from the chair he had his back turned towards her his servant was kneeling by him shivering and shaking so much he almost fell on his back "You must do one thing for us." He paused Hermione looked at the floor. "Either surrender your life or Die." Hermione just stood there she was so scared she daren't move. She woke up screaming and shivering it was the same dream she'd been having all summer. What made it so frightening now? She wondered
"Are you alright Hermione?" asked Ginny softly.
Hermione collected her wits and said "Yes I'm fine. Just had a bad dream that's all. What time is it?"
"Oh it's 7:00. We should be getting up. My mum's cooked breakfast."
Hermione got up and dressed as fast as she could. Surrender your life or die he had said. Wasn't that the same thing? And who knew she was a Seer she'd kept that a secret. That was why she had quit Divination. She thought on the way down to breakfast. No surrendering your life was giving it to someone willingly and dieing wasn't. But then if you surrendered you would die anyway.
At breakfast she didn't eat much and went back to her room. Getting out one of her dictionaries from her trunk she looked up surrender. It said
Surrender - to give your life willing to someone else or to be killed in
The place of someone else.
"Just as I thought" she muttered flicking through the dictionary to die.
Die-to die is to pass out of this world. The usual way is natural but
Sometimes people are killed.
"That's an understatement!" Exclaimed Hermione."Are you alright Hermione?" said Ron and Harry from the door.
"No not really." she said "I had a dream. It seemed so real." she stopped.
"Go on Hermione we believe you. Remember last year when I had those weird dreams?" said Harry.
"NO it was nothing like that apart from the fact that I've been having the same dream now for the whole summer and it's getting rather tiresome."
"What's in it?" asked Ron.
"There's a man in a tall chair. His back is always turned to me. And someone like a servant is kneeling by him. I can't remember any specific details apart from what he always says at the end."
"So what's that?" asked Ron straight away
"He always says surrender your life or die."
"Isn't that the same thing?" said Harry.
"Sort of but I looked it up in my dictionary anyway and surrendering is giving your life freely. But dieing is natural or being killed."
"It seems to me that there's a subtle but vital difference." said Ron "And what you just said sounds like something straight from a dictionary."
"That's because it is from a dictionary. I looked it up."
"What was an understatement?" asked Harry.
"Read that and you'll understand." Replied Hermione handing him the dictionary. Harry read it with Ron reading it over his shoulder.
"I don't get what you're going on about." said Ron puzzled
"It says sometimes people are killed but we know that their killed all the time. I hate it here." she said quickly changing the subject.
"Why Hermione? You stayed here all last summer." asked Ron.
Harry looked at her and understood. Harry hadn't noticed before. When Hermione didn't answer Harry said "Is it the same reason that I don't want to be here?"
"I don't know. This place gives me the creeps." she replied.
"Is it because it reminds both of you of Padfoot?" asked Ron.
"Yes it is." said Harry.
"No it isn't the same as you Harry. It's hard to explain."
"Go on anyway."
"Well when I came back to this place after the holidays. That was when the dream started. But at first I thought it was nothing to worry about. Then I had it again the next night and it's carried on through out the whole summer. I'm hoping it will stop when we get to Hogwarts."
"Well if it doesn't you could always do oculemancy with me." said Harry jokily.
"Well if it stops I wont but if it carries on I might consider it."
"Hermione you must be out of your mind." said Harry.
"Your letters have arrived." Fred shouted up the stairs.
Hermione looked at her letter in the living room. Opening it she pulled out two bits of paper and a shiny read and gold prefect badge.
"Hermione I'm prefect again this year too!" said Ron.
Harry showed them his Captain badge.
"And I'm the Quiditch Captain which should be fun."
Hermione looked at her letter. It read:
Dear Miss GrangerEnclosed is your school supplies list. I hope I can entrust you with the honour of being Prefect again this year. Your supplies list has been reduced due to the career path you have chosen to pursue. Good luck in the New Year.
Professor McGonagall Supplies list Uniform3 sets of plain work robes (black)
1 dress robe (any colour you like)
1 pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
1 winter cloak (black or silver fastenings)
I know that you probably have all these things already but I just wanted to check.
1 standard size pewter caldron
1 set of glass or crystal phials
1 telescope
1 set of brass set of scales
Books The Standard Book of Spells Grade Six by Miranda Goshawk Advanced History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot Advanced Transfigration by Emeric SwitchMagical Herbs and Fungi all you need to know by Phyllida Spore
The most difficult the draughts of all time by Arsenius Jigger
Fanatical about beasts by Newt Scamder
Protection you always need against the dark forces by Quentin Trimble
Arithmancy at the Tops by Kenworthy Wisp
(As you are the only person taking Ancient Runes instead of a lesson as you would have to be with 3rd, 4th or 5th years Professor Parburgy wants you to translate the following books. Throughout the hole year. Using the first two books and dictionaries to help you.)
Ancient Runes advanced by Applebury FinnAncient Runes by Angus Finigun
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