A/N I like this chapter for a few reasons. It has the dream sequence in it. I love the dream and I have no idea why but I just think it is cool so look out for that. This is also the chapter where things start to fall apart (things can be good forever) and it is nice change. So yah go enjoy this chapter cause its one of my favorites!

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Chapter 10- The dream and silver

Everyone stared as though they had no idea what he was talking about. "The ministry has taken a random drawing of names of those eligible to fight against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. I will have to go and fight on behalf of the Ministry." He said with a soft, controlled voice. Hermione stared in shock, hardly able to believe this. The rest of the family finally seemed to understand.

"When are you leaving?" Hermione said with the little voice that she had left.

"In a week. I am to be deported to the ministry's secret head quarters. From there they will train me to fight off the death eaters."

"But…but…" Mrs. Weasley's voice broke out. "Surely they cannot just send innocent men out to go fight someone who can destroy all but the most powerful wizards! It makes no sense."

"Don't you see?" Harry said suddenly. "It is the ministry's last defense. They have no idea what to do and Voldemort (all the Weasley's gave a shudder) is getting stronger every day. The papers have reported that no help has been mustered from the Ministry. People are beginning to turn there backs on them. They feel as though creating this draft will help to make them look as though they are making an effort."

"By taking innocent lives?" Ron said shocked.

"Haven't you read in the papers?" Hermione said softly, her voice quivering. "The ministry is helpless. They have nothing, no leads. They are doing anything to allow them time. Anything to cause a diversion." She quickly looked at Alex tears filling her eyes. No one else spoke. Alex looked back at her, fear plastered on his delicate face. A single tear ran down Hermione's face. The only sound in the room was her chair being pushed back as she got out of it and went up the stairs without a word.

Hermione found herself lying on her bed. The same place that she always went to when upset. Her head rested comfortably on her pillow, her body sprawled out across the tightly made blankets. Tears ran out of her red eyes and splashed silently onto her pillow. The whether outside had turned dark and wet. The sky was now a grey that foretold rain.

Hermione turned her body so that she faced the window. She watched the dark clouds as they fell in. Anything to try and take her mind off of what she had just seen. Alex was going away! Alex was leaving her. The Ministry of Magic was taking him away. Hermione continued to cry though she knew that it wasn't going to help. Eventually she became tired and fell into a troubled sleep.

She was walking. Just walking in a straight line. It was like a desert all around her. Light brown, hard packed earth lay, with only a small loose layer on top. It wisped around her ankles and she continued walking. The sky was grey with clouds and there was no green, no vegetation anywhere. The path in front of her just kept on going.

Finally she came to a cliff. It jutted out from the rest of the earth like a peninsula. It seemed to be bottomless…

Suddenly Hermione was on her knees holding on to two people, each grasping one of her hands, hanging off the endless abyss. She looked down to notice that Ron was hanging on to her left hand and Alex was on her right. The weight of them was dragging her down. Something inside her told her that she would have to drop one of them, that she would have to let one go in order to save the other. Hermione would have to make a choice.

Her time was running out as she tried unsuccessfully to pull both up. Now was the time for her decision. Alex and Ron were slipping from her hands and if she didn't act fast she would loose both forever. Ron slipped a little further down her hand, Hermione knew that the left hand which he grasped was weaker then the right hand which Alex held. Hermione would have a better chance if she tried to save Alex.

Then there were people behind her. People she had never seen. They wore black, hooded cloaks and you couldn't see their faces. Each wore a gold badge that stood out from the back. There must have been thirty of these hooded figures standing in back of her as she held on. One of the men came forward with a scythe, similar to that of the Grim Reaper. He walked up next to Hermione on her right side and with a sudden sweeping motion cut off her right hand, allowing Alex to fall.

Because of the sudden shock and fear Hermione let go of Ron and he too fell to his doom…

Hermione woke with a start and sat upright. The dream she had was so vivid so memorable. It took her a few minutes to calm herself down and to get her breathing back to normal. After a few confused moments of looking around frantically she decided to take a walk. The fresh air outside would be good for her. She carefully walked down the stairs trying not to attract attention as she silently slid out of the house.

She walked down to the familiar place by the river. The one that Alex and her so often went to. She sat down in the grass letting her hair blow in the persistent wind. Something rustled behind her and she turned around quickly to see Alex coming forward. She tried to smile but failed. Hermione really only wanted to be alone. She was not prepared for anything he was going to say.

"Hermione! I had wondered where you had gone too." His voice was not as happy and enthusiastic as usually, it was quite dull and shot down. Alex sat down next to her in the grass. Hermione stared at him but said nothing and slowly turned back to watching the water. They sat in silence for a moment but then Alex began to fidget in his pocket. He pulled out the long box with the bow that he had received at breakfast.

"Hermione?" he said catching her attention. Hermione looked over and then down at the box in his hands with a puzzled look. "The past few weeks that I have known you have been amazing and all too short." She continued to stare at him. She didn't need this now. She didn't need the guilt and the sadness. "You have given me something no one else has. You are special and beautiful and I pray that you know that. When I saw you I knew I had to be with you and hold you and kiss you and make you laugh. There was a connection between us, I hope that you felt it." Hermione smiled weakly and nodded slightly to give him the satisfaction he needed to go on. "I have just felt that I can't show you how much you mean to me. It seems impossible. But I am going to try as hard as I can so that I can make sure that you can see it. Alex led his hands over to the box and untied to bow letting it fall to the ground. He lifted open the box to reveal the most beautiful necklace Hermione had ever seen.

It was a simple solid silver chain that delicately held a blue glass fairy at the end. Its wings shown like ice and blue jewels were set all around it. It seemed to sparkle even though the day was sad and grey.

Alex picked it up out of the box and slowly put it on Hermione, letting her hair fall down around her shoulders when he was done. Hermione put her hand up to touch it.

"It's beautiful." She said, shocked at the present.

"Compared to you, it's nothing." Hermione blushed, his comments still made her blush. "When I go off, when I leave," Hermione stared at him, she knew where he was going with this and could feel the tears forming again. She had been trying so hard to forget this. "I want you to remember me. I don't know how long I am going to be, and I don't want to restrict you in anyway. You are a free person, but I don't want to walk out of your life." Silent tears rolled down Hermione's face. "You're just so amazing and the thought of losing you!" His speech was quickening, his breathing became faster. "I want you Hermione. I want to be around you and be with you. I want you." He paused to take a breath, slowing down, "All of you."

Hermione leaned over and hugged him. She had no words and even if she did how would she say it. She knew what he meant. He didn't want her to be with anyone else while he was gone. She would be happy to tell him that she would be true to him, she would be thrilled to see his face light up again, but something held her back. She was so close to making him happy so close to telling him just what he wanted to hear. But she couldn't.

Alex let go of her gradually and looked into her face. He knew she was smart, he knew that she understood what she had said. He knew that all he had to do was wait for her. Wait for her to promise that he would be the only one for her. Why didn't she say it? He looked down, saddened. Hermione watched him, her mind racing she didn't know what to do, what to say. She closed her eyes and breathed in the air around her, trying to find something, anything that would be reassuring to her.

Alex finally looked up; he had seemingly lost hope on her. She wasn't going to promise him anything "Hermione," He said slowly, bringing her back to him. She opened her eyes, not ready to face him, "I love you." His expression bored into hers, again she tried to say what she thought she should, and again she failed. Alex sat in silence. Hermione knew what would come next. He would kiss her and make it all better.

So she sat and waiting, the two staring at each other through different eyes. Hermione was ripping herself apart trying to figure out why she couldn't say it, why she wouldn't be in love with him. What was stopping her? But she knew perfectly well what was stopping her. And this person was going to stop her and Alex; he was going to tear them apart. But Hermione sat and waited for her kiss. The kiss that would be the band aid and make all the pain go away. The kiss that would show her that he still loved and cared for her.

But no kiss came and soon Alex got up and silently went back towards the house.

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