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CHAPTER 7 (8)


Ron sat in he infirmary at the bedside of Hermione. He stroked her hair as she shuddered and
twitched. How could this of happened to the brightest witch in the school? She was sleeping
now....Ron hoped it was peaceful.

It wasn't. Hermione was having the oddest dream. A dark figure emerged from the forest. His
eyes were glowing bright green. But they weren't a kind green like Harry's, they were entirely
green, no black, no white, just green, and they glowed, light a muggle light in the dark. He came
out of the forest and swept across the grounds. Behind him, everything fell to darkness. He
broke the doors of the castle down and sent everyone away screaming. Harry and Ron stood up
while she ducked out of the way of something he shot at them. Ron fell to the floor, and then
Harry was attacked by something else. There was another man standing there too, but this one,
Hermione knew. His red eyes burning towards Harry as he came after him. Harry leaped out of
the way and suddenly out of nowhere, a bolt of white light shot across the Great Hall. It ripped
open the sky and suddenly everything was normal again.

Ron looked down at the sleeping girl. He prayed to a God that he never knew that she would be
alright. He thought about going and getting Harry, but he didn't want to leave Hermione's side.
He stroked her hair again and he didn't say a word. Just stared at her for the longest time, by her
side.

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"Lemon Drop!! Damn it why isn't it opening?!?!"

"I don't know!"

"We've got to get someone!"

"I Know!!"

"What is all this commotion?" Said a oily voice behind them. Harry and Draco turned around
only
to come face to face with Snape.

"Hello sir" Draco said sweetly, sucking up, like always

"Potter! What did you do now?"

"Nothing Professor, I was just coming to see Professor Dumbledore. It's rather urgent"

"The Headmaster is busy now."

"With what?" Draco shot in

"Mind you business Malfoy, go back to your common room."

"No sir I'm here with Potter."

"What?" Snape said with a twisted look on his face, he clearly hadn't expected Draco to refuse to
do what he had told him, AND to be here with Harry Potter.

"Please sir, we need to talk to Dumbledore."

"Fine." Snape turned to the little statue saying "Lollipop"

The three of them walked up the stairs to Dumbledores office. When they entered they found
Dumbledore only writing something at his desk. Harry stared daggers at Snape. He only said
that Dumbledore was busy so that Harry couldn't see him. Fawkes sailed over they're heads and
landed on Harry's shoulder just as Dumbledore looked up.

"Hello all. Come in, sit down." He said warmly

The two boys sat, but Snape stood in the corner. "Now, what is it this time?" Dumbledore asked
with a smile on his face.

"You tell him Draco, you found it" Harry said smiling at Draco. He smiled back

"Sir, I was reading the other night, and I found this in the book on Salazar. It says that Dredrolis
was the father of Salazar, but didn't Geray say that, that was the name of her father too? It also
mentions North Castle, and Geray said that it was where she had come from. What is the big
secret behind all of this?

"Well, I would tell you boys, but I don't know myself. I've been trying to figure all of this out
since Geray has arrived here. This is really none of your business though boys. Don't worry
about it. Now, I must return to her. She is going to have another lesson before the day s through.
It amazing though boys, she had already mastered first year everything, in one lesson this
morning. I think she may take Miss Granger out of the running for Head Girl next year. She is
extremely bright, and eager to learn. Now run along boys, don't worry about this, I'll have it all
figured out in no time." He said with a smile on his face. Harry and Draco looked at each other
with looks of disappointment on their faces. They both got up, and Draco took the book off of
Dumbledores desk, and they walked out of the room. Snape stepped towards Dumbledores desk.

"Sir, what is going on, surely you don't mean that you haven't a clue."

"Severus, If I knew, I would have told them. I don't lie to my students. If you asking if I don't
have a clue in the world what is going on, well, I don't have a clue in the world what is going on.
All I know is that something dark is at work here. And I know that Geray is the Key to getting
rid of it. Good day Severus."

"Good day Headmaster" Snape said as he was left all alone in Dumbledores office as he brushed
past him on his way out of the door.

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"I hate him"

"Who Dumbledore?"

"No! I think Dumbledore is great, Snape is a giant git though"

" I know" Draco said quietly

"I thought you liked him?"

"I only like him, because I have to like him. He was friends with Father, and now that Fathers
gone, I can speak freely of him. Do you have any idea what it's like to have everything you do
controlled by your father?"

"I couldn't say, seeing as that I lost mine when I was one"

"Oh, yeah, well, everything I did, everything I said, had to be approved by him. I wasn't free to
be Draco, I was just Lucius' son. He picked out what I wore, who I was friends with, who I could
like...But now that the bastard is gone and dead, I can do what I want. But after so many years of
shelter, it's hard to be me again. It's hard to be my own person, I still feel like he's hovering over
me, like a giant vulture, and I can't escape it. I can't get away from him. I would speak out,
would drop those goons that call themselves my friends, but he's still here, he's still making my
choices after he's dead. I feel like I'll never escape his shadow for as long as I live. Even when
It's been years later, I'll still be controlled by his memory. But, I think I'm getting better, I mean,
being friends with you, trying to help someone, liking Hermio-" Then Draco stopped.

"You like Hermione??" Harry asked

"No"

"Yes you do. He he he....I know or a fact that she likes you back"

"What?" He said with happiness in his eyes, and the start of a smile on his face.

"I'm like her brother, she tells me almost everything, and what she doesn't tell me, I figure out. I
know her better then anyone, and I know she likes you back."

"Really?"

"Yes really"

"Cool"

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Ron stroked her long bushy hair and pushed it behind her quivering ear. If only she'd wake up he
thought to himself. He felt so bad for ignoring her and Harry for the past week or so. It was just
that, He figured out that she liked Draco. Anyone who was close friends with her would have.
She was always staring at him from the table, always looking his way in Potions, trying to sit as
close to him as possible. And what was worse was that he'd noticed that Draco liked her back.
He would glance over at him during potions and see him looking her way seconds after she'd stop
looking his. Always looking up from his food to glance at her for a quick moment. It was the
worst when he walked into the library and found them all sitting together. He wasn't mad at
Harry, just that Harry had let them get so close to each other, when he knew that she like him.
He knew everything. He was good at picking things up that others couldn't. But he just lost his
mind that day seeing everything that he had worked for gone. What they didn't know was that
Ron was going to ask her out that day, but he couldn't after he looked at her looking at Draco. It
was too much.........but now....he had her all to himself, to watch over until she was better. His
poor Hermione.

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Now do you understand why Ron was all funky people? It's called hormones...Yeah.....Alrighty, I
don't want to hear any bitching about this.....Why'd you do that about Ron.....Your questions are
answered, yes I do realize that I can't just drop him out of the story, that isn't right...I mean he's
Ron, I love Ron. But anyway, it was kinda a fun Love shape thing to do (Aislin, I'm not stealing
your words, we did that together) Any-who, There it is. Do not be angry, that's the way it is,
OK? Good. I'm sorry that it's so short, I realized that my stuff keeps getting shorter and shorter.
Sorry, about that, but HEY, i get more stuff up that way, and sooner too, which is good fro my
avid readers. Alright, I shall see you all in the land of La. Good night everybody!!

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~THE MIDNIGHT GREMLIN