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Chapter Two:The Prophecy Continued…
Hogwarts
The following morning found Hermione waking up earlier than usual. Sitting up in bed, Hermione looked around her room, wondering for a moment how she had got there. It was then she remembered what had happened the previous night. She felt slightly guilty for not telling Dumbledore about the boy who was also there but for some reason she felt that for the time being, she needed to keep him to herself; at least for the time being.
After giving Crookshanks a few pats on the head, Hermione crawled out of bed and went to her bedroom door. She opened it and stepped out onto the landing and looked over the railing and was somewhat shocked and quite happy to see all of her friends spread out across the common room. Draco, instead of sleeping in his bed, was curled up on the couch with Ginny in his arms. Harry and Ron were both sprawled out over the two armchairs and Pansy had her head resting on what looked like a pile of books near the fireplace. Smiling and shaking her head at her friends, Hermione turned and went back into her room. She grabbed a towel from her small linen closet and went in the bathroom to take a shower.
While Hermione was taking a shower, her mind started to wander and stopped on the boy that she dreamed of last night. It was no one Hermione knew, that's for sure. But in some ways…Hermione felt like she did know him. Whenever she dreamed of him, they always seemed drawn to each other in her dreams. She would be in a vast grand castle and would seem to know exactly where to go to find him. Smiling, Hermione thought of the nickname she gave him. "King," she said out loud softly. She gave him this nickname because of the kingly manner in which he always seemed to be in. Hermione had just finished washing her hair when there was a knock at her bathroom door and Ron's head popped in.
"Mione, you done yet? Everyone's downstairs waiting for you."
Since Ron had covered his eyes with his hand, Hermione stepped out of the shower and wrapped her towel around herself and casting a spell on it so it wouldn't fall down. "I'm just about ready Ron." Picking up her hair drying brush, Hermione smiled and said, "Brush my hair?" Ron moved his hand away from his eyes and smiled at Hermione. ""Oh course I will." Taking the brush from her, he started to leave but stopped and turned back to her. "Get dressed and meet me in the common room." Hermione nodded and waited till Ron left the bathroom to complete his request.
About ten minutes later, Hermione was ready enough to go meet everyone in the common room. As she descended the stairs, she suddenly began having flashes of a room that was obviously not the common room. Every step she took, she would see a grand white room with a bunch of people and what seemed like animals in the room. Hermione got so immersed in what she was seeing that she failed to notice the book that was on the stair in front of her. Needless to say, she tripped on the book and started to fall down the remaining five stairs before being caught by Draco.
Giving Hermione the smirk that he knew would drive her nuts; Draco looked at Hermione and said, "Bloody hell Granger. Don't you ever watch where you're going?" Giving Draco one of her evilest glares, Hermione found herself even more enraged when it only made him laugh. "What in Merlin's name are you laughing at," Hermione said as Draco set her back down on her feet. Draco only smirked at Hermione again and said, "Your pathetic attempt to glare at me is what sent me into my fits of laughter." Rolling her eyes at Draco, Hermione turned from him and made her way over to Ron who was waiting patiently for her in his favorite armchair.
Sitting down in front of Ron, Hermione looked over at Harry and wasn't at all surprised to see him looking at her curiously. "What is it Harry?" Hermione turned to nod at Ron to start with her hair and turned to look back at Harry.
"When you were coming down the stairs Hermione, were you having a vision?"
Hermione looked around at everyone sheepishly for a moment before nodding her head yes. Sighing, Harry looked around at everyone and said, "I think we need to go see Professor Dumbledore before breakfast." Hermione looked at Harry curiously and said, "What do you mean?"
Harry came over to sit closer to Hermione and said, "After you went up to bed last night, Dumbledore said that he wanted to see all of us in his office today after breakfast. I think he wanted to explain something to us." Hermione nodded and leaned back against Ron's legs. Ron stopped brushing Hermione's hair and pulled up off the floor and into his lap. Once there, he gave her the hug he knew she needed.
Everyone else in the room thought that this was a cute and loving display between the two supposed love birds but only Hermione and Ron knew the truth. While they gave off the display that they were together, in all actuality weren't. They had tried to be together of course, but after awhile found that they were better friends than they were a couple. The only reason why they pretended to be together was because they didn't want to listen to their friend's constant words of how much they need to be together.
Sighing against Ron's chest, Hermione sat up and looked at Harry. "I guess you're right." Looking around at everyone, Hermione got up from Ron's lap and said, "Well, if we are going to do this, we might as well go now." Hermione headed towards the common room door with everyone behind her looking somewhat afraid and worried about what they were about to be told.
Meanwhile in Dumbledore's Office
"Albus, you can't seriously think that they are not going to be upset over this. They just got done with one war! What in Merlin's name makes you think that they are going to willingly go fight in another one?!?!" To say that Minerva McGonagall was frustrated would be a complete understatement. She was completely exasperated with her college and was beginning to get annoyed with the smirking Potions Master over in the corner. "Wipe that damn smirk off your face Severus. It's too damn infuriating." This off course just made him smirk even more and roll his eyes at McGonagall.
"My dear Minerva, please calm yourself. I have the upmost faith in my students that they will see things in a reasonable and rational way and make the correct decision," Albus said while standing up and going to put his arms around Minerva. Placing soft kisses at her neck, Albus smiled at the sudden outburst from Severus.
"Oh for bloody Merlin's sake! I just got done eating breakfast. I don't want to have to throw it up!" before McGonagall could throw a jinx at Snape, there was a knocking sound heard at the door. Stepping away from Minerva and waving his wand, Albus was surprised to see the six students he was talking about a moment ago. "Well, I didn't expect to see you all until after breakfast. What can I help you with?"
Being the leader that he is, Harry stepped forward and said, "Hermione had another vision this morning, Professor."
Dumbledore's eyes widened and after conjuring up chairs and food for the children, turned to Hermione and said, "Please explain what you saw, m'dear."
Hermione launched into the situation on the stairs and watched Dumbledore closely when she was done. Noticing the looks he exchanged with McGonagall and Snape, Hermione started to get the feeling that Dumbledore knew more than he was telling. Looking up at him, Hermione said, "Do you have any idea what it could mean Professor?"
Sighing, Dumbledore pinched the bridge of his nose and looked to his colleagues. They both nodded and Dumbledore turned back to the children. Looking at Hermione over the rim of his glasses, he asked her with a straight face, "Have you ever heard of the land of Narnia my dear?"
Back in Narnia
To say that Caspian had not slept well was a complete understatement. It seemed like every hour he was waking up in a cold sweat, feeling terrified for some reason. When he finally had gotten more than an hour's worth of sleep, he had been awoken by a terrifying and horrific dream. In it, the girl that Caspian usually dreamed about was in it but she was being hurt by Jadis and Miraz. After waking up from that dream, Caspian couldn't sleep anymore and decided to head over to the Grand Hall to wait for everyone else to wake up.
Due to the early hour of the morning, Caspian was very surprised to see Susan in the Grand Hall. She was standing at the window across from the door, with her back to him. Crossing the hall, Caspian came to a stop a few feet away from Susan and just watched her. Susan was what one would call truly beautiful. Her long, wavy, dark brown hair shined in the moonlight and looked positively radiant in the sunlight. Her eyes could make the strongest men completely fall under her spell and her mouth…oh her mouth. Caspian remembered clearly all the times he had kissed her mouth and felt her mouth on his body. Smiling to himself, Caspian stepped a bit closer and touched Susan on her shoulder softly.
Understandably Susan jumped but when she saw it was Caspian, she relaxed. Turning so she completely faced him, she leaned against the window sill and looked up into the eyes of the man who had been her first lover. Caspian was the epitome of tall, dark, and handsome. His eyes were a magnificent onyx color and made Susan practically weak at the knees each time she saw them. His hair was soft and gentle to the touch and was a dark chocolate color. He was amazingly tanned on every part of his body and had muscles to die for. Susan sometimes wished that they were still an actual item but settled for what she got from him.
Knowing the look that Susan was giving him, Caspian stepped even closer. They were so close now that their bodies were touching. "Susan," Caspian said. That was all it took for Susan to wrap her arms around Caspian's neck and kiss him. Caspian started to kiss back when suddenly it all felt wrong to him. He kept picturing the girl from his dreams while kissing Susan and couldn't explain why. Pulling away from Susan, Caspian turned from her and went to the table and sat down.
Susan, who was looking at the back of Caspian with a look of bewilderment, began walking slowly toward Caspian. Upon reaching him, she placed a hand on his shoulder and kneeled down so she could look at him. "Caspian, what is it? I mean, what did I do wrong," Susan said. Caspian cupped Susan's face in his hands and said, "Nothing Su. I just…I don't think we should do this anymore. We've been taking a big risk being together the way we have and to be perfectly honest, I'm starting to view you as more of a sister."
Susan, though shocked, nodded her head. "I understand what you're saying Caspian and you're right. We've been taking too much of a risk. I do appreciate your honesty though," Susan said while standing up. "Remember that I will always love you though and just want to see you happy." Susan kissed Caspian's forehead and sat down in the chair across from him.
Caspian smiled at Susan and said, "Well…now that we've gotten that out of the way, I have to ask you something." Susan nodded for Caspian to continue waited. "What are you doing up so early Su? I mean, everyone knows that you aren't exactly a morning person." Caspian ducked as a grape came flying at his head and smiled at Susan. Susan just shook her head and said, "I had a dream last night. Actually, it seemed more like a…vision. I think we are going to be receiving visitors here in Narnia."
Caspian sat up and said, "Visitors? What kind of visitors?"
"The kind that come from my world."
Caspian rose his eyebrows at this and said, "Do you want me to go wake the others?" Susan thought for a moment and nodded her head. Caspian rose at once to go wake everyone and when he was gone, Susan went back to her spot at the window. Looking out at the horizon, Susan saw a faint pink light; indicating the beginning of the sunrise. Sighing, Susan ran a hand through her hair and waited for everyone to get to the Hall. As she waited, Susan couldn't help but get the feeling that these visitors would be coming very soon.
A/N: Well here's the next chapter. I was going to have Ron be gay but now I'm not so sure. What do you guys think? I hope you all enjoy the chapter. Constructive critisism is welcome as are plain old good reviews. Next chapter, the Hogwarts gang will be going to Narnia and we will finally see some Hermione/Caspian!
