I don't own Harry Potter… this chapter is pretty much just a little family time together. Review if you want, thanks for reading. Special thanks to Dorienn for the reviews…
Chapter 10
Hermione was standing by the lake, staring out across the water. She felt a horrible emptiness inside her and she was crying. There, just under the surface of the water, was her mate. Orion's lifeless body was trapped under the water and Hermione couldn't do anything to save him…
Hermione woke with yet another scream. After the first time it happened she placed a silencing charm on her bed so she wouldn't wake her fellow dorm mates. It was the fifth time she woke up screaming from a nightmare where Orion was dead. She couldn't bear to be this far away from him. She decided not to even try to go back to sleep. After she grabbed her books she headed for the common room to study. When she got to the stairs she saw a shadow at the bottom of them. Orion was standing there waiting for her, fully dressed for the day and carrying his books. She ran down the stairs and dove into his arms.
"It's alright, Love." he stroked her hair. He too was waking from nightmares throughout the night; nightmares where his precious Hermione lay dead. They moved over to one of the tables and began studying. It was only four o'clock in the morning so there was a lot of time before they could go to breakfast. They studied in a comfortable silence for two hours before Harry came stumbling groggily down the stairs.
"I woke up and noticed you were already gone. How long have you two been awake?" He mumbled.
"Couple hours." Orion smiled at his friend. "Couldn't sleep…" Harry nodded in understanding. He remembered when they were in the hospital wing and couldn't sleep while they were apart. "We should be able to go to the Great Hall now." Orion continued. "Do you want to come with us, seeing how you are up now anyway?" Harry nodded and went back up the stairs to get dressed. Hermione and Orion packed their books into their bags and Orion picked up both bags to carry. It took Harry twenty minutes to get dressed in his tiredness, but they still made it down to breakfast before any other students had. They sat together at the empty Gryffindor table. Professor McGonagall noticed the three and stood to go talk to them. She was the only Professor in the Great Hall at the time. Most other professors showed up around seven. She usually spent an hour in the Great Hall by herself every morning. Especially on a day where there were no classes. It wasn't even a Hogsmeade weekend.
"What are you three doing up so early?" She sat on the opposite side of the table than her three cubs.
"Couldn't sleep." Orion muttered.
"Nightmares." Hermione finished the thought. They were like Fred and George in that way now.
"You do remember that it is a Saturday, yes?" She indicated the three bags of books. "No classes today." The three nodded in unison.
"After breakfast…" Hermione began.
"We were…" Orion continued.
"Going to go to…"
"The library to…"
"Study." Orion and Hermione finished the sentence together.
"Well, ten points to Gryffindor for your dedication to your schoolwork." All three smiled at their head of house. Orion, your mother and I were hoping to have lunch with you three today. Would you three like to join us in our private quarters at noon?" Orion smiled kindly at his other mother.
"I would very much like that." Hermione said with a smile. They all turned to Harry who had a mouthful of oatmeal. He swallowed hard and nodded.
"That sounds great, Professor." Orion wrapped up some bread and fruit and placed it in his bag. He took out a large silver flask and filled it with pumpkin juice.
"In case we get hungry later before lunch." He put the flask in his bag and took Hermione's bag again as they walked to the library.