He opened the door and peered inside. The curtains were open and he smiled as he watched her sleep. Like a log. Harry kneeled next to her head. " Hermione," he whispered, shaking her," Hermione, wake up." She rolled over and stuck her leg off the other side of the bed. " Get up," he said, poking her hard in the back. She opened her eyes a little. " Hey," she said thickly," Could I please have my toads back?" " I don't have your toads, Hermione," Harry said, starting to get irritated," Now wake up so I can ask you a question." She sat up and tried to open her eyes. She yawned and began to fall backward. " Oh no, you don't," Harry said, putting his arm around her back and sitting next to her. Her head drooped onto his shoulder. " Hermione," he rolled his shoulder to wake her up," The sooner you answer, the sooner you can go back to sleep." " Hurry, Harry," she yawned. " I need your full attention for you to answer this." " Alright, alright," she muttered, sitting up and facing him, her eyes wide open. " This whole year, you have not said a single thing about you and Viktor. What happened?" " I'm going back to bed," Hermione shook her head as it fell into Harry's lap, finally overcome by her sleepiness. Harry turned her over so that her face was turned up to his. Her face wasn't asleep at all; it was crying. " Aw, Hermione," he whispered as she sat up. He hugged her head to his chest as she sobbed. " It's okay," he ran his fingers through her brown hair," You can tell me." " He.....he..tried to....get me to join him and his father...under..under," she sobbed unable to go on. " Under Voldemort?" Harry asked, quietly. She nodded into his chest. " And when I refused...he threatened to kill you if I didn't...didn't...do something for him." " What thing?" She shook her head and cried harder. " I'm sorry. I just can't bring myself to say it. I didn't want to and he wanted to kill me. I ran. He followed. Then I....I...killed him." Harry's eyes widened with shock. Hermione's sobs were now louder than ever before. " It's going to be alright," Harry rocked back and forth, trying to comfort her. " No, it's not. His father came to see me later. He and Viktor had been under the Imperius Curse for quite some time. I killed him and it wasn't even his fault. No one knew I killed him and if they find out...." " But that was this summer and no one has come to get you. I don't think you can get into too much trouble if you were defending yourself." She nodded, showing her appreciation. Slowly, her sobs began to get softer as she fell asleep. Harry stayed until she did, hugging her the whole time. He lowered her onto her pillow and pulled the blanket over her. He cast one last look at her before he opened the door. He shut it, sighed, smoothed out his shirt, ran his fingers through his hair, and walked down the stairs. A red headed girl watched him all the way, unnoticed by Harry. Ginny walked back into her dormitory, tears pouring down her cheeks.