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Chapter 10

As Ron got ready for bed, that night he knew that it was going to be a long night. No matter how much he tried he couldn't stop thinking about Hermione. What was she doing? Was she okay? And the question that bothered him the most: was she still alive?

"Ron, you're going to make yourself sick if you keep this up," he heard Harry say.

"I know Harry but I can't help it. I keep thinking about what you asked me earlier."

"You mean about whether you love Hermione."

"Yeah, the more I think about it the more I realize that yes, I do love her."

"You don't need to be telling me this, Ron. You need to be telling Hermione."

"I know and that is what's bothering me. What if she isn't okay? What if she dies? Then I will never get the chance to tell her."

"What about the baby, Ron? How do you feel about that?"

"I don't know. I really haven't given that much thought to the subject."

"If you didn't think about it so much then why did you treat Hermione like crap for the last week and a half?"

"I don't know. At first I didn't believe her but then I got scared."

"Why didn't you just tell her?"

"I don't know, I guess because I didn't know how she would react. I mean she has been more emotional lately so I didn't want to push her too far."

"Promise me one thing, Ron. When we get her back you will talk to her."

"I don't have to promise you, Harry, I already promised myself. I don't want to live like this forever. I know it is beginning to get to her and the silence is driving me crazy."

I know, mate. Trust me, Hermione wants to talk about this just as much as you do, if not more. She had been trying for a while to get you alone but you kept avoiding her."

"I know and I feel like a real git for ignoring her, but I didn't know what else to do."

"I believe you, Ron. Just talk to her after we find her," Harry said climbing into bed.

"I will."

Ron laid awake for what seemed like hours. His talk with Harry hadn't done much but to make him realize just how big a git he had been lately. He now regretted treating Hermione the way he had. Once he finally managed to fall asleep, even his dreams involved Hermione—one dream was so vivid that he woke up in a cold sweat scared to death for Hermione.

"Harry wake up," Ron yelled as he got out of bed and ran over to Harry's bed.

"What is it, Ron? Don't you know what time it is.?"

"I don't care what the bloody time is. I need you to wake up and listen to me."

"Fine, I'm awake. What is so urgent that it can't wait until tomorrow?"

"I had a dream that was about Hermione."

"Yea, so what? It was just a dream."

"I know it was a dream, Harry. But this dream was different. Remember when you kept having those dreams in fifth year? Well I think this is one of those dreams. I mean it felt so real."

"All right, Ron, you have my attention. What was the dream?"

"It's hard to explain. I really couldn't tell you where the dream took place but I could tell by the atmosphere that it was somewhere bad."

"Did you see Hermione?"

"Yes. In the dream she is laying on a cold cement floor the dark. She looks asleep or at least I hope she is only just asleep."

"Calm down, Ron. Getting upset isn't going to help Hermione," Harry said as he got up and begin to get dressed.

"What are you doing, Harry?"

"Going to go talk to Dumbledore and see what he has to say about this dream of yours. If anybody can put meaning to that dream, Ron, it's Dumbledore."

"Why didn't I think about that?"

"Because you are to emotional right now, Ron. You're not looking at everything clearly. You're reacting with your emotions." At this Harry turned and walked out of the boy's dormitory with Ron on his heels.

…

"Harry, where are you going? This isn't the way to Dumbledore's office."

"I know Ron. I'm going to go wake Professor McGonagall up first."

"Why?"

"Think about it, Ron. She is our head of house as well as Hermione's and she has a right to know what is going on."

"Oh, I guess you're right."

Once they had woken Professor McGonagall up and told her what was going on, she ushered them to Dumbledore saying that he needed to now this information as soon as possible.

"Minerva, what is going on?" Dumbledore asked.

"It seems, Albus, that Mr. Weasley here as had a dream about the whereabouts of Miss Granger…"

"Is that so? Tell me Mr. Weasley, what exactly did you see in your dream?"

"I'm not really sure, sir. It's beginning to fade."

"That's okay, Mr. Weasley. Anything that you can remember may be useful. Just tell us what you do remember."

"Well, I really couldn't tell where she was except that she appeared to be in a damp and dark room. I really couldn't see much but I could see Hermione lying lifeless on the floor." This last part was hard for Ron to say and he got a little choked up at the end. "I'm sorry, professor, that is all I remember."

"That is quite alright. That is more than we had five minutes ago. Tell me, Mr. Weasley, did this place seem familiar to you at all?"

"No sir. It was like a dungeon of some kind but one I have never seen before."

"Do you find any meaning to this dream, Albus?" McGonagall questioned.

"Yes actually I do. I believe that Miss Granger is in some way, either consciously or unconsciously, sending Mr. Weasley a message."

"What do you mean, professor?" Ron asked.

"I mean that I have always sensed a kind of connection between yourself and Miss Granger. I believe that this connection is allowing Miss Granger to communicate with you."

"How was this connection formed?" Ron asked.

"We aren't really sure how these things occur but they are rare. At this moment in time there is only one other pair that I know of who have this same kind of connection."

"And who would that be?" Harry asked.

"Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks."

"But sir, they're married—wouldn't that cause them to have a connection with each other?" Ron asked, confusion written across his face.

"It is true that there is a connection between two people who are married but the connection between Lupin and Tonks is different, as is the one between yourself and Miss Granger. You see Mr. Weasley this connection, to the best of our knowledge is formed the second that the younger of the two people involved is born."

"Oh. So you are saying that there has always been a connection between myself and Hermione. But then why is it just now deciding to show itself?"

"Different pairs begin to show it at different times. Some of them never do appear that is why there is only one documented case at the moment. But enough about this rare connection. We need to gather the Order together and have a meeting see if we can start to put the pieces together."

AN: I know I still haven't answered the question of where Hermione is. Next chapter.

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