Chapter 1: The Dream
Hermione pov
The sun was setting bright gold and red as I sat on the golden sand, staring out across the sapphire blue ocean. There was a gentle breeze whispering through the palm trees above me when He came and put his arms around me and held me close. I sighed deeply and nuzzled into his warm neck. For a moment, I forgot my troubles, but then he moved away and my troubles came rushing back like a hurricane. He came to sit beside me and watched the gentle waves stroke the beach with a soothing sound. As we watched, a tear formed in the corner of my eye and fell into his hand as he leaned in closer to catch it. I turn to face him and was captivated by his stormy but gentle, grey eyes. His facial features were subtle and smooth, which made him look just as intelligent as he really was. I reached out and touched his face, making sure he was there and it wasn't a dream. He smiled at my touch and held my hand to his face. I shuffled closer and put my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arm around my waist. As time drifted by, we ended up lying down with my head on his chest and his arms draped around me. I closed my eyes and listened to his heart thumping against his chest and the sound of him humming my favourite lullaby. The waves sloshed along the shore and I drifted to sleep with him keeping me warm. It was a calm, dreamless sleep that I could enjoy in peace.
I was hurrying, late for my introduction, still shaking from the dream I'd woken up from this morning. I couldn't shake the feeling that I'd seen that man before but couldn't remember when. Just as I ran into the transfiguration classroom, Professor McGonagall was starting to set up for my introduction to becoming an animagus. I grinned when I saw her finish setting up and shift into her animagus form. Blink and you'd miss it. The cat stood on the front desk was grey with tabby markings and had markings round its eyes that looked like the Professors glasses.
'I'm so sorry I'm late professor!' I said as I sat at the front and organised my things onto the desk. The cat rolled its eyes, literally, and flicked its tail to the blackboard to the side of the room. Written on it was a message for me, you are not late considering you are the only one taking this class. I am honoured to be your tutor on becoming an animagus and I will be treating you as a colleague not a student, so if you are late, we will just extend the class a little bit. As I finished reading I turned back round to protest but was cut off by the professor shushing me, she had shifted whilst I was reading the message, and smile at me which is something not many people have seen before.
'Now you have been told. I don't want to hear any protests.' She said smiling still. It was one of those smiles that reaches the eyes and makes the face look young and happy. Not that I'm saying she's old or anything!
'Ok Professor.' I said happily and began taking notes as she described what I will be doing throughout the year. But, although I had been looking forward to this throughout the summer holidays, I couldn't help but daydream about the mysterious man from my dream. Where had I seen him before? And would I be dreaming of him again?
Hey Guys!
This is my new baby so I should be updating fairly regularly, however, I should warn you that I'm on college 4 days a week and I work too so I'm sorry if it takes me a while to update :'(Oh and thanks to JackieJiggle for pointing out a few spelling mistakes, those have now been correct
Much love! ~ Kelly