Albus Dumbledore walked up to Snape. He looked at him, then at Hermione who was passed out on the ground.

"Severus." Albus said. Snape looked up.

"What happened?" Snape stood up, he took a deep breath.

"She just went down. That's all I saw." Albus nodded.

"Did she say anything?"

"No, sir. Today when I was talking with her, she was holding her arm like she was in pain. She said it was nothing, but she was holding her arm when she went down just now."

"Hmmmm."

"And there's more…Look at this." Albus's mouth opened when he saw it.

"Oh my."

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She couldn't make out what he was saying. The only thing she knew was to say yes after every break the voice took. She looked to her left and saw the dark figures again. To her right, even more of them. Her feet were very tired, she wanted to sit down, but couldn't, two dark figures were restraining her from moving. She noticed something new, though. The voice was just no longer a voice. The voice had a body. It was tall and thin. She couldn't see any distinctive marks, but she knew the voice. She heard it before, twice. She jumped when the figure reached out and touched her on her arm. It was a cooling pain. She closed her eyes, wondering when it was going to be over, as the pain was slowly beginning to burn.

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Hermione's eyes started to flutter open. Snape and Albus, along with Madame Pomfrey stood over her.

"Hermione? Are you o.k.? Can you hear us?" Madame Pomfrey asked. Hermione reached up to touch her head, she had a small headache. She nodded. Albus went over to Hermione and touched her arm.

"How is your arm?" Hermione was afraid to look.

"It hurts." She squeaked. Albus nodded. A concerned look was on his face and after turning to talk with Madame Pomfrey, he turned to Snape who was looking at Hermione with curiosity.

"Severus, I think it is wise we leave you two to speak alone. I'll be in my office if you need to talk with me." Snape nodded as the two left. He kept his back at Hermione for a while, but slowly turned around.

"Where to start." Snape said. Hermione sat up. Her arm still hurt, but she was afraid to look at it.

"What do you remember before this happened."

"N-nothing, sir."

"Absolutely nothing? You don't have any memories at all? What all did you hear when you had detention?"

"I heard that you had been ordered to kill Harry or Voldermort will kill your relative." Snape nodded.

"What else?"

"There's nothing else."

"Don't lie to me Granger. I know you have visions, I had them too right after."

"Right after what?"

"Look at your arm Granger!" Snape snapped.

"No."

"Look at it!" Snape went up to Hermione and grabbed her arm and held it out. Reluctantly she looked down and saw it…the dark mark.

"NNNNNOOOOO!!!" she screamed and threw herself down on the couch. Snape was stunned. He hesitated before putting a hand out to rub her back.