Chapter Five: The Power Within ~~~~~~~~~~~~`
Hermione woke the next morning with a terrible headache. She opened her eyes to the darkness of her bed with the drapes drawn around her. Hermione rubbed her head trying to recall the events of the pervious night. As she thought her headache increased so she had to stop. She slowly opened one of the drapes but then quickly closed them because of the bright light coming from the window. " Why must it be so bright?" Hermione asked herself as she closed her eyes again and rubbed them trying to get them to adjust quicker to the light around her. Hermione again started to open the drapes once they were fully open she stepped out onto the cold floor. Hermione's feet quickly found her slippers and slipped them on. Once Hermione finally got up she opened a drawer and started to look for the Advil that she had brought with her because she found it pointless to walk all the way to the hospital wing just because she had a headache. Once she found it she turned around and headed to the bathroom. As Hermione started to walk she felt something scrunch beneath her foot. She quickly lifted her foot to see a book open on the floor to a page that said "The power of Wicca Magic: Caller of the east winds- Vision and unlocking the inner person inside others" Hermione picked up the book and stared at for a long time forgetting about her head ache for a moment. Once she started to think about last night she felt a sharp pain in her head that made her drop the book on the floor again. To her surprise the book stayed open to the page like it was glued that way. Hermione felt another sharp pain in her head and immediately gathered some cloths and rushing to the bathroom.
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"Where is she?" Ginny asked impatiently looking at her watch. It was already 7:30 and owl post was going to arrive soon.
" I don't know. But I know that she'll be here." Harry whispered in her ear. His lips lightly touching her ear. "Just be patient." He whispered again turning back to his breakfast. At that moment Hermione walked into the great hall and walked briskly over to them.
"Hi. Sorry I'm late I over slept." She said taking a seat next to Ginny and across from Ron. Ron looked at her in a wondering way thinking about what happened last night between them. Hermione didn't look at him she just started to put things on her plate and then started to eat them. She acted like nothing had happened between them. Like she didn't even kiss him. "Why is she ignoring me? She's acting like nothing happened. When she kissed me. Well I must admit that I did miss not being kissed by her in the morning and any other time during the day." Ron thought as started back on his break fast. There was a swoosh of feathers and the owls started to rush in circling the tables looking for their owners.
"Oh good I'm just in time for owl post." Hermione said cheerfully as she saw her owl Ivy fly to her and land gracefully on her shoulder. Ivy was a black Tawny Owl with a white design going down her back and if you looked at it long enough it looked like ivy. There was a letter tied to her leg that Hermione took gratefully offering her owl some of her toast as thanks. Hermione carefully unrolled the letter and began to read it.
"Dear Hermione,
I am sorry for how I acted before. I should have listened to you when you told me that he kissed you not the other way around. I would like it if you met me tonight after dinner in the trophy room so that I could tell you in person how sorry I really am. Ron"
Hermione read the letter over a few times and examined it closely. It definitely looked like Ron's handwriting so she did think that it was his. Hermione looked at Ron thinking that he was sorry about how he was acting at her. Hermione quickly looked down as Ron looked up. He had also received a letter that was sighed by Hermione. Ron reread the letter. It said:
"Dear Ron, Look I'm sorry about kissing Malfoy. But I have to explain it all to you. I want also apologize for being so hard on you with those mean remakes. Please meet me in the trophy room tonight after dinner. Hermione"
Ron was slightly confused by this even though Hermione did kiss him last night. "What is she up to? Does she mean this? Well she did kiss me last night for no reason. How I did miss her touch. Snap out of it man!! She kissed Malfoy!!!" Ron thought as he looked at the letter. "Oh well I'll go and see what she has to say." Ron thought again as a small smile playing across his lips as he thought about it even more. "What is he getting at? Why would he want to meet me any way? He is just so pissed off at me for kissing Malfoy. Well, Draco is a good kisser. I think maybe even better then Ron? Wait no stop shut-up brain why am I thinking this? Why did I start thinking about this any way? Who knows." Hermione thought to herself. She smiled at her crazy thought; she just shook her head and smiled. "Very well, I'll meet him and see what he has to say. Hopefully it'll be good." Hermione thought again as she continued eating placing the letter in her bag. After breakfast Hermione rushed back up to her dorm. She rushed about looking for where she placed that book that she found. Hermione finally found the book under her bed. She must have kicked it under when she was rushing to breakfast. She picked it up and sat down on her bed and started to read.
"The person who calls the east winds wakes up the power that is within all. The power to make some one a monster and waking up the past life of another for better or for worst. The power of vision is very power and also very dangerous. The visions can result in very serious injury. The visions can be very intense or just an image of something that is happening at that moment that isn't at all dangerous. Any one who has this power should take great care and try to relax and let it go its course. Take care to all who has this power and take care of your self." As soon as Hermione finished the writing it disappeared.
"Strange very strange." Hermione thought out loud as she flipped through the rest of the pages, which where all blank. "It seemed more like a letter." She said again.
"What sounded like a letter." Came a voice from behind her. Hermione whiled around to see Draco leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked confused about him being there.
"You didn't answer my question." Draco said smoothly walking away from the door closing it with his foot as he walked towards her. Hermione stared at him confused. She was deep in thought about whether or not she would tell him when she felt pressure on the bed from Draco's body as he crawled over to her. She felt her hair that lay on her shoulder being pushed away revealing her neck. Hermione felt Draco's soft lips place feather soft kissed on her neck as he moved closer to her so that she could feel him against her. "No!! You have to stop this!!!" Hermione's mind screamed as a wave of pleasure washed over her making her relax into him. "I can't and I wont." Her heart said over powering her brain. Hermione gasped slightly with pleasure, but it was barley audible. Draco's hands found their way around her to her front and started to slowly to unbutton her shirt. Hermione turned around to face him on her bed when he lay her down gently and got on top of her. He kissed her passionately running his tong along her lips as if asking for her to open her mouth. Hermione responded quickly and opened her mouth allowing Draco's tong in. They lay there kissing on her bed with Hermione's shirt open and Draco's on the ground practically across the room. They broke for breath and Hermione was the first to speak.
"No. We can't do this here. Some one can come in and see us. I'm not ready to go that far anyway another time. Ok?" Hermione said placing a hand on his cheek rubbing it softly. Draco tilted his head into her hand loving her touch not wanting her to stop.
"Okay." Draco replied rolling over so that he lay next to her. He rapped his arm around her pulling her close to him so that he could feel her body against his. They lay there for about and hour not speaking just enjoying the silence and each other's company until Hermione finally spoke.
"How did you get here? It's not like you know that password." Hermione asked looking into his stormy gray eyes trying to find the answer.
"I apparated." Was Draco's answer.
"I didn't know you could apparate." Hermione said still looking into his eyes.
"My father taught me." Draco said with slight anger because he hated his father even more for even teaching him something.
"Oh." Hermione replied very softly allowing her figure tips to play along Draco's bare chest causing Goosebumps to form on his chest as if he was cold. At that moment they heard voices coming up the stairs towards them. They quickly sat up and hurried to get their shirts on right and to get Draco out of there before they came in. Draco gave her a quick kiss goodbye and apparated leaving her alone in the room. There was a gust of wind in the room and Hermione's vision started to blur. When her vision cleared she was someplace that she didn't know. She could tell that she was far away from Hogwarts.
"Hello?" She called across the emptiness of the place. She could hear the familiar voice of Lavender calling her name but it was to far away for her to hear it clearly. The next thing she knew there was a roar of a fire that was burning about twenty feet away. She could see the figures of people moving about the fire chanting something that she couldn't understand. Hermione tried to move but found that she couldn't. Hermione had to use all the strength she had to move closer to the fire to see what was going on. Suddenly there was a strong pull that came from around her bellybutton jerking her forward so that she almost was so close that she could just reach out and touch the people who were moving about the fire. There was a music that seemed to be coming from nowhere but it didn't sound pleasant to Hermione and it didn't seem like she was in the 21st century anymore. There was a chanting that seemed to came from the people who were what seemed to be dancing a round the fire. There was a big chair that stood just outside the circle of the four people who to Hermione seemed to be female but it was to dark to see. The chair was set up high and there was someone in the chair and from what Hermione could see it looked like a man. He had blond hair and steely gray eyes. The color of the eyes reminded her of Draco except his eyes weren't so cold and harsh looking. The music started to become faster and with the increasing speed the dancers also sped up, but the chanting stayed the same at a normal speed. Suddenly the music stopped and so did the dancers. They stopped all at the same time as if it was practiced they all had their wrists crossing and their arms were up high above their heads. They were breathing heavily as if they had been dancing all night, which they probably were by the looks of the worn out ground. The man sitting in the chair stood and stepped down from his chair. He walked towards the dancers and walked in one circle around them. The dancers did not move or flinch when he would run a strong hand across their shoulders or down their backs. When he was standing back in front of his chair he spoke.
"An how, nan ket mal ot may netiow." He said softly but loud enough so that they could all hear him. As he finished speaking the dancers lowered their arms and sat down on the hard ground. The man turned his head to one of them and walked over kneeling down in front of her looking her straight in the eye.
"Are san malt et may nal. Et may nar ko lan." He whispered reaching a hand up to her face and rubbing his thumb gently on her cheek. He then leaned in a kissed the woman passionately. Hermione now found that she could walk freely about so she took the opportunity to walk closer the man kissing the lady. As he pulled away his face softened and he smiled the woman smiled back.
"May shan et nial." He whispered not breaking eye contact. Hermione didn't have to know the language to know what he was saying. He said 'I love you' It was plain and simple that they were in love.
"May shan et nial yan." She whispered back. The man stood and offered her a hand. The woman took his hand and also stood up. As if on queue the other three women stood and walked over the chair and sat before it. One of the women sat dangerously close to the fire, so close that she could feel the fire lap up against her back. The man led the woman to the other three and sat her down next to one who had very blond hair. It seemed to be like bleach blond but it was lighter then that. The woman looked at the blond haired woman and frowned at her.
"Don't you try anything Antoinette." The woman hissed, but Hermione could hear her as if she was speaking in normal tone.
"Don't worry Hermione I wont." Antoinette hissed back looking up at the man. Who was about to speak.
"We are nearing the beginning of a new time we must try to be patient. WE are going to survive." Said the man looking at all the faces of the women but his gaze lingering on the woman named Hermione. Hermione looked confused at the woman. She did look a lot like her she just couldn't tell because the firelight wasn't that great. Hermione walked closer but trying not to disturb what they were doing.
"Uh excuse me, but I think I'm lost and I need help getting back to my school. Hogwarts have you heard of it?" Hermione asked uncertainly. But the people didn't look at her they just continued with what they were doing.
"Draco! Or Habic! What ever you call your self the Wicca hunters are looking for us and it is now harder for us to hind. We have a bounty of 100 million galions on our head Do you know what will happen if they catch us?!?!?!" The other Hermione said with an anxious tone.
"It will be alright. You have nothing to worry about. Once it reaches midnight tomorrow night we will not need to hind from them anymore. Because once it becomes midnight we just have to do one little ritual and we will be free from the wizrding world at last." Draco or Habic said with a confident tone smiling at them happily. "What is going on? Where am I? How the hell did I get here? I am so lost." Hermione thought as she walked closer. She was very confused at that moment and scared she did not know what was going to happen.
"What do you mean? What type of ritual? Even though tomorrow is the start of the full moon what does that have to do with us being free?" Asked the woman who was called Antoinette. Hermione licked her lips nervously. She didn't know what was going on and how she came here.
"Because tomorrow is when the prophecy will come true. Tomorrow is what we have been waiting for the past thousand years! Don't you understand we will finally be able to rule without having to worry if we will be discovered. Hermione you saw this day in a vision of yours you know what is going to happen! Eve You could feel it in the earth last night when you were doing your earth reading thing for changes. Lexis the electric storm last night you said it was a sign!" Draco/Habic exclaimed throwing his hands in the air. They could tell that he was becoming excited. A big smile played across his lips as he said this. The women also smiled as they thought about the life they would live once tomorrow night came.
"That's really sweet. Really it is but I don't think that you all will live long enough to actually see that day." Came a voice from the other side of the fire. When they heard that voice they all jumped up and turned to see the Wicca hunters standing there crossbows ready to shoot at any sign of movement. Hermione could feel the tension between the people. She could feel the fear in the other Hermione, Antoinette, Lexis, Eve, and Draco. Their breathing quickened and Hermione could feel their minds racing for an idea. Hermione could feel that anger was rising within Lexis and that she was about to make her move. In a blink of an eye she disappeared. The Wicca hunters looked around to see where she could be, but one kept his eyes on the others on the other side of the fire. Lexis then appeared behind them. She moved her hand towards the fire then quickly pulled it back. A Wicca hunter charged at her but in one quick movement she flung her hand out and fire erupted out of it consuming the Wicca hunter. He houlded with pain and dropped to the ground dead. From behind a Wicca hunter shot and arrow from his crossbow straight at her back, but just before it hit it's mark it stopped. Hermione had stopped it. She had her hand out holding the arrow in place; she then turned it and sent it flying at the man who fired it. He quickly dodged it and shot another arrow at, this one however was aimed at Hermione. Like before she stopped it. Eve had then jumped high into the air as she was coming down a arrow was shot at her without Hermione knowing and hit it's mark, right in Eve's stomach. Eve's eyes widened with pain. Her breathing became heavier as she dropped lifeless to the ground in a heap; a small puddle of blood started to form around her slowly. Hermione rushed over to her while the other tried to fight off the hunters. Draco/Habic was also telekinetic so her stopped the arrows from hitting him, Antoinette, and Lexis who were using all their power to fight off the hunters. Hermione crouched down beside Eve and rolled her over so that she could see her face. She gave Eve a weak smile and pulled the arrow out. Eve cried out with pain as she did this.
"Can you heal yourself?" Hermione asked as she lifted up her shirt to see the wound better.
"No." Eve said weekly. "It's poison. Arnexia to be exact. It's not healable for us. It'll just kill us in a matter of minutes. I'm sorry Hermione." Eve continued coughing up blood as she slowly began to die.
"I will avenge your death Eve. My sister, the star in the sky. There is no need to be sorry." Hermione said gently stroking her hair. Eve gave her a weak smile. At that moment her body just totally relaxed and she was dead. A single tear fell down Hermione's cheek as she closed her eyes.
"Rest well my sister." She said and stood up and walked towards the fight again. Lexis was the next to fall from an arrow in the chest. She fell hard but kept trying to fight for she was a fighter and did not like being defied.
"No!" Antoinette screamed as she tried to run to her. Her and Antoinette were actually sisters and loved each other very much. They would have dies for each other if it meant that at least one of them would be safe.
"Antoinette no!" Hermione commanded as Antoinette ran towards her sister to help her, but it was to late Antoinette also took an arrow to the chest and fell a few feet away from her dead sister. Tears ran down her face as her vision started to fade and she slowly and painfully died. Draco/Habic and Hermione were that last two left. They quickly exchanged worried glances as the hunters surrounded them. All at once they shot their arrows, all missing them except one, which hit Draco/Habic right in the stomach. He doubled over in pain. Hermione turned to him with a look of horror on her face. She quickly grabbed him and teleported out of there.
"Blast!" Yelled the headhunter kicking the dirt ground. The other Hermione who was having the vision stared in horror on what she just saw. There was a pull on her and she wised past the hunters to a cabin that was deep in the woods. When she finally stopped she could see the other Hermione and Draco/Habic there in a corner. Hermione was kneeling next to him holding his hand. Tears were steaming down her face as she watched him slowly die.
"Please don't leave me. Please." She begged his dieing body rocking back and forth slightly. "Please. I need you. I love you. Please you can't leave." She begged over and over crying even harder. She had pulled the arrow out because Hermione could see it lying on the floor next to her.
"You must be strong. It is my time to die you know that. I love you too. But you have to let me go. There is no way to save me." He said weakly looking up at her his eyes looking like crystal marbles. He reached up a shaky hand and placed on her cheek, She leaned towards it loving his touch and never wanting him to stop. His hand slowly dropped and he closed his eyes for the last time. Hermione looked at his face crying even harder then before.
"No." She whispered over and over again. At that moment there was a blinding white light and she was back in the girls dorms back at Hogwarts. Hermione blinked a few times and looked around to see Lavender looking at her. Her eyes were wide and she looked frightened. Hermione took in a deep shaky breath. She could feel her eyes were wet from crying, she could feel the moistish lines running down her face from where tears once been.
"What just happened?" Lavender asked looking at Hermione with the same wide eyes. Hermione looked back at her night table and saw her wand lying there. Hermione walked over quickly then walked back over to Lavender. "Sorry about this." She said as she walked towards the bathroom door. As she opened the door she said a memory charm. Erasing from Lavender's what had just happened and quickly closed the door. Hermione leaned against the door and took deep breaths to clam her down. She then walked over the mirror and looked at it to see that her eyes were all puffy and red like she had been crying uncontrollably for a long time. She took another deep breath and washed her face and walked out of the bathroom, out of the dorm past a confused Lavender and out into the common room. She sat by the fire her eyes were wide and she was very confused.
"Hi Hermione!" Called a voice behind her making her jump and snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned to see Ginny walking towards her smiling.
"Oh hi Ginny. How's things going?" she asked giving Ginny a smile in return.
"Things are fine. I was just on my way to the library to finish my homework. Want to come?" She asked walking towards the doors.
"Sure I have to finish work anyway." Hermione answered getting up and following her out.
"Ron!" Harry yelled running down the hall to catch up. Ron turned and stopped seeing that it was Harry
"Oh, hey." He said giving him a smile as he walked towards him.
"How's it goin'?" Harry asked as he reached Ron. Harry already knew the answer to that so it was a rather stupid question. He just wanted to find out whether he was right about it or not.
"What do you think?" Ron asked back as he started to walk again. Harry watched him for a few seconds before it hit him that he should go with him. Ron seemed to be very deep in thought about something. "Why is she ignoring me? She seemed to have forgotten that we even had a fight last night. She bloody kissed me!!!" Ron thought frowning when he replayed the events of last night.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked noting Ron's frowning at nothing in particular.
"Just thinking." Ron answered starting down the stairs. Harry followed but stayed a little behind him so as not to disturb him.
"About what?" Harry asked cautiously not knowing whether he would explode on him or answer him. Ron looked up a little confused.
"What? Did you say something?" Ron asked. Ron shook his head free of his thoughts trying to concentrate on what Harry was saying. "I asked what you were thinking about." Harry answered now walking beside him.
"Oh. I was just thinking about what happened last night after you left." Ron answered now picking up his pace some more.
"What happened last night?" Harry asked. He was now a little concerned with what Ron was saying.
"Well, a while after you left Hermione came down stairs and I saw her. She never had looked so beautiful. She had the black gown on and a cape. She even had some black make-up on. She was beautiful, you should have seen her. I was about to say something when she came over and just kissed me! I mean it was so weird, I thought that she was mad at me. It was really weird you know?" Ron said finally spilling out all his thoughts. A wave of relief wash over him. Harry's eye opened wide because first Ron and Hermione couldn't stand being in the same room with each other now he just found out that she kissed him! Things were getting very weirder by the minute.
"She what?" Harry asked in disbelief. Harry stared at him wide eyed for a few minutes so the information could register.
"Yeah, it's strange I know. I was just as stunned. I was going to ask her where she was going when she walked over to me put a finger to my lips and said 'shh'. The strange thing was that she didn't seem herself at the time like someone else was using her body and didn't know about our fight." Ron answered after a few minutes and continued walking.
Ginny and Hermione found a table in the back of the library so that they wouldn't be disturbed. Ginny quickly placed her books on the table and headed towards the potions section to finish off and essay the Snape had assigned her class. Hermione also placed her books down and took out her quill and a few pieces of parchment. As soon as she sat down a wave of emotions hit her hard in her heart as if she had just been hit with a sledgehammer. Glimpses of the vision that she had had earlier came flooding back into her mind as she felt all of the emotions, thoughts, and feelings that the people who seemed to be called Wicca felt as they were attacked. She felt death as it took the lives of practically all the Wicca users as they fought against the arrows that were poisoned so that there was no way of healing them. The last image she saw and felt was of the blonde hair man and the woman that they called Hermione in the cabin thing. She felt the woman's pain as her love had died right in front of her and her not being able to do a thing about it. Hermione took in a deep sharp breath as tears streamed down her face and as she clutched her chest tightly as the emotions over whelmed her tarring her up inside. When the pain in her chest finally stopped she whipped the tears from her eyes and stood up. She forgot about the assignments that she had to finish and walked over to the Old Magic section of the library and looked up practically every book she could find about Wicca and the woman that in her vision was called Hermione. She walked back to the table with an armload of books. Ginny was already back and sitting with a book open and writing things down as she skimmed over the text. Hermione dropped the books on the table making a loud smacking sound as all the books tumbled on the large table. The sudden noise caused Ginny to jump about a foot in the air. She looked up to see Hermione sitting down across from her opening a book up to the index and running her index finger down the columns of words and dates.
"What are you looking for?" Ginny asked as Hermione closed the book and picked up another.
"I'm looking for a Wicca Priestess by the name of Hermione." She replied not looking up from what she was doing. Ginny frowned at Hermione, but she didn't take any notice. "Since when does Hermione take any notice to care about Wicca magic?" Ginny thought to herself.
"It's because I went to a Wicca thing last night and I heard something about a Wicca Priestess named Hermione. I found that interesting." Hermione said as if she knew what Ginny was thinking.
"I didn't say anything." Ginny said her frown deepening as she put down her quill and stared at Hermione.
"You didn't? I could have sworn you asked something about when I took any notice to care about Wicca magic. I guess I must be hearing things." Hermione said now looking up from the index of the book that she had open in front of her.
"I didn't say it I thought it." Ginny said now sounding nervous. "What's going on with me?" Hermione thought as she too frowned at this as well.
The rest of the day passed quickly for Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny. It was now dinner and finally after spending all afternoon in the library Hermione and Ginny left to go up to the common room to drop off their books then head down to the Great Hall. Hermione found that it might be easier if she just took out the Wicca books so that she could finish her homework. Hermione stayed quite on the way down to the Great Hall. She was so lost in thought that she started to walk slower behind the group not answering their questions that they would ask her. When they reached the Great Hall Hermione was snapped out of her thoughts by the noise that greeted her ears. They all sat down in their usual seats but Ginny had to sit next to Ron. Ron watched Hermione as she was eating. She seemed like she was a robot who was programmed to eat and act like this. She just kept her eyes on her plate and only looked up to grab another piece of chicken or something like that. Ron frowned as he watched her. He could tell that she was thinking hard. Ron was so deep into watching her that he wasn't even aware of the conversations that were going on around him. Ron was finally snapped out of his thoughts when Hermione and every one stood up and started to leave. Ron had barley ate his food so he stayed a few minutes to try and eat more. He stopped as the last few people left the Great Hall. When Ron entered the trophy room Hermione was already there. She sat on one of the benches that lined the walls of the room. Her arms were crossed over her stomach and she just stared at the floor like it was the most interesting thing that she had ever seen. A rush of anger filled Ron as he remembered seeing her kissing Malfoy. He walked over to her and stood in front of her with his arms crossed over his chest staring down at her.
"So you asked me here just so you could apologize eh?" Ron said feeling very superior at the moment. Hermione looked up and frowned at him.
"No, you asked me here to apologize to me. I'm not the one who acted like the worlds biggest prat just because of a little accidental kiss." Hermione said calmly trying not to loose her temper at him. Ron stared at her for a while before speaking.
"You could have tried to stop him." He said disgusted.
"An iol let may non." Hermione mumbled as she looked back down at the floor.
"Excuse me?" Ron asked bending down so he could try to be eye level with her.
"I said could try not to be such a prat? Also you try being kissed out of the blue and not expecting it! You would have done the same thing that I did!" Hermione now yelled loudly in his ear. She then stood up so suddenly that Ron's nose collided with her shoulder.
"Ow!" Ron cried rubbing his nose. Hermione just glared at him not saying a word. She then pushed past him making for the door. "Where are you going? I wasn't done with you!" Ron yelled grabbing her arm.
"Oh I'm sorry. Why don't I just stand here and let you yell at me for something I didn't want to do!" Hermione yelled back Her temper was rising by the minute. Ron had then lost his temper at that moment and gripped her arm tighter. "Ow!! Let go!" Hermione yelled again trying to pull free, but he was too strong for her. Ron glared at her with one of his most powerful death glares he could muster.
"Admit it! You wanted him to do that." He hissed in a deadly whisper. Hermione's eyes grew wide with fear. He had only talked like that once and that was when he got into a very big fight with Draco. Hermione struggled to get free of his grasp again. "Admit it!" Ron bellowed again throwing her against the wall. Hermione hit the wall hard and sank down to the floor rubbing her shoulder as pain rushed through her left side of her body. Tears were forming in her eyes as the pain rushed through her body. Hermione glared at him not saying a word for fear that she would start crying.
"You know," Hermione began choosing her words carefully "If you really did love me you wouldn't over react like that. You would probably listen to my story and then beat the crap out of Draco." She finished her face was calm despite that her whole left side was in great pain. Ron looked at the floor thinking of what to say. The fact that she called by his first name was enough to make him hurl. "And Draco would have done that. He would have believed me unlike you. You just jump off to conclusions and think that I am actually dating him. And I must say he is a very good snogger much better then you I must say." Hermione add after a few seconds of watching him. Ron was filled with anger once again that she would go so low as to kiss the world's biggest prat and then tell him that she enjoyed it! Ron narrowed his eyes at her and walked to her and kneeled in front of her so that they were eye level.
"You might want to be careful what you say Hermione. You know how I feel about Malfoy. You might find yourself in alto of trouble if you keep talking like that." Ron threatened in a deadly whisper that sent chills down Hermione's spine.
"Ooo, I'm so scared." Hermione shot back in a sarcastic whisper her eyes growing wide with a mocking look to them. Ron's eyes narrowed even more. Ron's rage was rising more quickly now. "This is not the Hermione I know he probably has her under some sort of curse." Ron thought as he stood up. He started to walk away from her when he tripped over her leg that she had just stuck out trying of course to trip him. Ron hit the floor hard. It was a good thing he didn't hit his head. Ron's anger at that moment took him over. He stood and turned to Hermione who was just staring at him innocently, he bent down and pulled her up by the wrists and slammed her against the wall pressing his body against hers. Hermione gave a yelp of pain as she hit the wall yet again. Ron had her arms pinned to her sides so that she couldn't get her wand. Hermione looked into his eyes and didn't see the same Ron that she knew over the last seven years. She saw something else and this really did scare her deeply.
While this was going on Draco was in the Slytherin seventh year boy's dorms. He was currently lying on his bed looking up at the dark green drapes that surrounded his bed. He was smiling to himself as he thought about Hermione. "She always looks so beautiful when the sun shines on her hair and how she lets the wind toss it around when it's down." He thought as he closed his eyes the image of her out on the lake the other day by the lake quickly coming to mind. Suddenly he felt a sudden jolt in his heart. He frowned and sat up. Hermione was in trouble he could feel it. But where? Where was she? He then got up and slipped his shoes on and walked out of the dorm and into the common room. He zoned out on all the noise that was around him and focused on Hermione. He felt another jolt in his heart and he knew where she was. She was in the trophy room.
"Ron please." Hermione begged struggling again his weight trying to get free. "Let me go! Please Ron! Let go!" She pleaded again struggling even harder against him. Ron just lifted her off the wall and slammed her against in again. Hermione cried out but it was deaf to his ears.
"You think he's better then me eh?" Ron said now kissing her messily on the lips. Hermione struggled to get away but her just tightened his grip on her wrists. He now started to kiss her down her neck licking it every so often; Hermione squirmed even more trying to get away. Ron was so taken over by rage that he didn't hear her pleading with him to let her go. Ron now moved her arms above her head and held her wrists with one hand now unbuttoning her shirt. Hermione now kicked and squirmed even more trying to prevent the worst from happening. But Ron had successfully unbuttoned her shirt and licked her from the bottom of her sternum to her collarbone. Hermione yelled for help but none came. Tears were pouring down her cheeks as she struggled against him. But there was no way of escape and Hermione was becoming week from fighting.
Draco ran out of the common room and out of the dungeons looking around wildly for the trophy room. He ran to the great hall entrance and looked around. He knew it was around that area, but where! He then heard the faint voice of someone calling for help. He immediately recognized it to be Hermione's. He ran in direction of the voice and soon found the trophy room. He heard another cry and rushed in to find Ron and a terrified Hermione who Ron had pined against the wall. Draco immediately took out his wand and yelled "Stupify!" The jinx hit Ron square in the back. Ron fell to the floor unconscious. Hermione also collapse to the floor covering her face with her hands crying uncontrollably now. Draco ran over to her and kneeled in front of her, he put his hands on her shoulders and looked her over to make sure nothing really bad had happened. Hermione leaned into his chest and cried. Draco wrapped his arms around her rocking her back and forth slowly trying to clam her. When Hermione clamed down a little bit he looked over at the unconscious Ron lying on the floor next to them. He took the jinx off him; Ron looked around groggily. Ron then turned and looked over at the terrified Hermione and Draco who was trying to clam her. The memory about what he had just done came flooding back to his mind.
"Hermione I-" He started but Hermione cut him off.
"No! You stay away from me!" Hermione yelled trying to get up but just fell back down into Draco's arms. She soon busied herself with re buttoning her blouse. Draco gave him a death glare but turned back to Hermione examining the burses that were now forming on her wrists.
"You do this?" Draco asked Ron pointing to her badly bruised wrist. Ron nodded his eyes wide that he would ever hurt Hermione like that. Hermione finished buttoning her blouse and tried to stand but felling into Draco's arms again. Draco picked her up and walked over to the door. Ron stared helplessly at them. Tears were now forming in his eyes as he watched Hermione start to cry again into Draco's chest.
"Way to go Weasel. Go and try to rape your exes. Real smooth." Draco said and left Ron staring after them ashamed of himself forever trying to hurt Hermione.
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Hermione woke the next morning with a terrible headache. She opened her eyes to the darkness of her bed with the drapes drawn around her. Hermione rubbed her head trying to recall the events of the pervious night. As she thought her headache increased so she had to stop. She slowly opened one of the drapes but then quickly closed them because of the bright light coming from the window. " Why must it be so bright?" Hermione asked herself as she closed her eyes again and rubbed them trying to get them to adjust quicker to the light around her. Hermione again started to open the drapes once they were fully open she stepped out onto the cold floor. Hermione's feet quickly found her slippers and slipped them on. Once Hermione finally got up she opened a drawer and started to look for the Advil that she had brought with her because she found it pointless to walk all the way to the hospital wing just because she had a headache. Once she found it she turned around and headed to the bathroom. As Hermione started to walk she felt something scrunch beneath her foot. She quickly lifted her foot to see a book open on the floor to a page that said "The power of Wicca Magic: Caller of the east winds- Vision and unlocking the inner person inside others" Hermione picked up the book and stared at for a long time forgetting about her head ache for a moment. Once she started to think about last night she felt a sharp pain in her head that made her drop the book on the floor again. To her surprise the book stayed open to the page like it was glued that way. Hermione felt another sharp pain in her head and immediately gathered some cloths and rushing to the bathroom.
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"Where is she?" Ginny asked impatiently looking at her watch. It was already 7:30 and owl post was going to arrive soon.
" I don't know. But I know that she'll be here." Harry whispered in her ear. His lips lightly touching her ear. "Just be patient." He whispered again turning back to his breakfast. At that moment Hermione walked into the great hall and walked briskly over to them.
"Hi. Sorry I'm late I over slept." She said taking a seat next to Ginny and across from Ron. Ron looked at her in a wondering way thinking about what happened last night between them. Hermione didn't look at him she just started to put things on her plate and then started to eat them. She acted like nothing had happened between them. Like she didn't even kiss him. "Why is she ignoring me? She's acting like nothing happened. When she kissed me. Well I must admit that I did miss not being kissed by her in the morning and any other time during the day." Ron thought as started back on his break fast. There was a swoosh of feathers and the owls started to rush in circling the tables looking for their owners.
"Oh good I'm just in time for owl post." Hermione said cheerfully as she saw her owl Ivy fly to her and land gracefully on her shoulder. Ivy was a black Tawny Owl with a white design going down her back and if you looked at it long enough it looked like ivy. There was a letter tied to her leg that Hermione took gratefully offering her owl some of her toast as thanks. Hermione carefully unrolled the letter and began to read it.
"Dear Hermione,
I am sorry for how I acted before. I should have listened to you when you told me that he kissed you not the other way around. I would like it if you met me tonight after dinner in the trophy room so that I could tell you in person how sorry I really am. Ron"
Hermione read the letter over a few times and examined it closely. It definitely looked like Ron's handwriting so she did think that it was his. Hermione looked at Ron thinking that he was sorry about how he was acting at her. Hermione quickly looked down as Ron looked up. He had also received a letter that was sighed by Hermione. Ron reread the letter. It said:
"Dear Ron, Look I'm sorry about kissing Malfoy. But I have to explain it all to you. I want also apologize for being so hard on you with those mean remakes. Please meet me in the trophy room tonight after dinner. Hermione"
Ron was slightly confused by this even though Hermione did kiss him last night. "What is she up to? Does she mean this? Well she did kiss me last night for no reason. How I did miss her touch. Snap out of it man!! She kissed Malfoy!!!" Ron thought as he looked at the letter. "Oh well I'll go and see what she has to say." Ron thought again as a small smile playing across his lips as he thought about it even more. "What is he getting at? Why would he want to meet me any way? He is just so pissed off at me for kissing Malfoy. Well, Draco is a good kisser. I think maybe even better then Ron? Wait no stop shut-up brain why am I thinking this? Why did I start thinking about this any way? Who knows." Hermione thought to herself. She smiled at her crazy thought; she just shook her head and smiled. "Very well, I'll meet him and see what he has to say. Hopefully it'll be good." Hermione thought again as she continued eating placing the letter in her bag. After breakfast Hermione rushed back up to her dorm. She rushed about looking for where she placed that book that she found. Hermione finally found the book under her bed. She must have kicked it under when she was rushing to breakfast. She picked it up and sat down on her bed and started to read.
"The person who calls the east winds wakes up the power that is within all. The power to make some one a monster and waking up the past life of another for better or for worst. The power of vision is very power and also very dangerous. The visions can result in very serious injury. The visions can be very intense or just an image of something that is happening at that moment that isn't at all dangerous. Any one who has this power should take great care and try to relax and let it go its course. Take care to all who has this power and take care of your self." As soon as Hermione finished the writing it disappeared.
"Strange very strange." Hermione thought out loud as she flipped through the rest of the pages, which where all blank. "It seemed more like a letter." She said again.
"What sounded like a letter." Came a voice from behind her. Hermione whiled around to see Draco leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What are you doing here?" Hermione asked confused about him being there.
"You didn't answer my question." Draco said smoothly walking away from the door closing it with his foot as he walked towards her. Hermione stared at him confused. She was deep in thought about whether or not she would tell him when she felt pressure on the bed from Draco's body as he crawled over to her. She felt her hair that lay on her shoulder being pushed away revealing her neck. Hermione felt Draco's soft lips place feather soft kissed on her neck as he moved closer to her so that she could feel him against her. "No!! You have to stop this!!!" Hermione's mind screamed as a wave of pleasure washed over her making her relax into him. "I can't and I wont." Her heart said over powering her brain. Hermione gasped slightly with pleasure, but it was barley audible. Draco's hands found their way around her to her front and started to slowly to unbutton her shirt. Hermione turned around to face him on her bed when he lay her down gently and got on top of her. He kissed her passionately running his tong along her lips as if asking for her to open her mouth. Hermione responded quickly and opened her mouth allowing Draco's tong in. They lay there kissing on her bed with Hermione's shirt open and Draco's on the ground practically across the room. They broke for breath and Hermione was the first to speak.
"No. We can't do this here. Some one can come in and see us. I'm not ready to go that far anyway another time. Ok?" Hermione said placing a hand on his cheek rubbing it softly. Draco tilted his head into her hand loving her touch not wanting her to stop.
"Okay." Draco replied rolling over so that he lay next to her. He rapped his arm around her pulling her close to him so that he could feel her body against his. They lay there for about and hour not speaking just enjoying the silence and each other's company until Hermione finally spoke.
"How did you get here? It's not like you know that password." Hermione asked looking into his stormy gray eyes trying to find the answer.
"I apparated." Was Draco's answer.
"I didn't know you could apparate." Hermione said still looking into his eyes.
"My father taught me." Draco said with slight anger because he hated his father even more for even teaching him something.
"Oh." Hermione replied very softly allowing her figure tips to play along Draco's bare chest causing Goosebumps to form on his chest as if he was cold. At that moment they heard voices coming up the stairs towards them. They quickly sat up and hurried to get their shirts on right and to get Draco out of there before they came in. Draco gave her a quick kiss goodbye and apparated leaving her alone in the room. There was a gust of wind in the room and Hermione's vision started to blur. When her vision cleared she was someplace that she didn't know. She could tell that she was far away from Hogwarts.
"Hello?" She called across the emptiness of the place. She could hear the familiar voice of Lavender calling her name but it was to far away for her to hear it clearly. The next thing she knew there was a roar of a fire that was burning about twenty feet away. She could see the figures of people moving about the fire chanting something that she couldn't understand. Hermione tried to move but found that she couldn't. Hermione had to use all the strength she had to move closer to the fire to see what was going on. Suddenly there was a strong pull that came from around her bellybutton jerking her forward so that she almost was so close that she could just reach out and touch the people who were moving about the fire. There was a music that seemed to be coming from nowhere but it didn't sound pleasant to Hermione and it didn't seem like she was in the 21st century anymore. There was a chanting that seemed to came from the people who were what seemed to be dancing a round the fire. There was a big chair that stood just outside the circle of the four people who to Hermione seemed to be female but it was to dark to see. The chair was set up high and there was someone in the chair and from what Hermione could see it looked like a man. He had blond hair and steely gray eyes. The color of the eyes reminded her of Draco except his eyes weren't so cold and harsh looking. The music started to become faster and with the increasing speed the dancers also sped up, but the chanting stayed the same at a normal speed. Suddenly the music stopped and so did the dancers. They stopped all at the same time as if it was practiced they all had their wrists crossing and their arms were up high above their heads. They were breathing heavily as if they had been dancing all night, which they probably were by the looks of the worn out ground. The man sitting in the chair stood and stepped down from his chair. He walked towards the dancers and walked in one circle around them. The dancers did not move or flinch when he would run a strong hand across their shoulders or down their backs. When he was standing back in front of his chair he spoke.
"An how, nan ket mal ot may netiow." He said softly but loud enough so that they could all hear him. As he finished speaking the dancers lowered their arms and sat down on the hard ground. The man turned his head to one of them and walked over kneeling down in front of her looking her straight in the eye.
"Are san malt et may nal. Et may nar ko lan." He whispered reaching a hand up to her face and rubbing his thumb gently on her cheek. He then leaned in a kissed the woman passionately. Hermione now found that she could walk freely about so she took the opportunity to walk closer the man kissing the lady. As he pulled away his face softened and he smiled the woman smiled back.
"May shan et nial." He whispered not breaking eye contact. Hermione didn't have to know the language to know what he was saying. He said 'I love you' It was plain and simple that they were in love.
"May shan et nial yan." She whispered back. The man stood and offered her a hand. The woman took his hand and also stood up. As if on queue the other three women stood and walked over the chair and sat before it. One of the women sat dangerously close to the fire, so close that she could feel the fire lap up against her back. The man led the woman to the other three and sat her down next to one who had very blond hair. It seemed to be like bleach blond but it was lighter then that. The woman looked at the blond haired woman and frowned at her.
"Don't you try anything Antoinette." The woman hissed, but Hermione could hear her as if she was speaking in normal tone.
"Don't worry Hermione I wont." Antoinette hissed back looking up at the man. Who was about to speak.
"We are nearing the beginning of a new time we must try to be patient. WE are going to survive." Said the man looking at all the faces of the women but his gaze lingering on the woman named Hermione. Hermione looked confused at the woman. She did look a lot like her she just couldn't tell because the firelight wasn't that great. Hermione walked closer but trying not to disturb what they were doing.
"Uh excuse me, but I think I'm lost and I need help getting back to my school. Hogwarts have you heard of it?" Hermione asked uncertainly. But the people didn't look at her they just continued with what they were doing.
"Draco! Or Habic! What ever you call your self the Wicca hunters are looking for us and it is now harder for us to hind. We have a bounty of 100 million galions on our head Do you know what will happen if they catch us?!?!?!" The other Hermione said with an anxious tone.
"It will be alright. You have nothing to worry about. Once it reaches midnight tomorrow night we will not need to hind from them anymore. Because once it becomes midnight we just have to do one little ritual and we will be free from the wizrding world at last." Draco or Habic said with a confident tone smiling at them happily. "What is going on? Where am I? How the hell did I get here? I am so lost." Hermione thought as she walked closer. She was very confused at that moment and scared she did not know what was going to happen.
"What do you mean? What type of ritual? Even though tomorrow is the start of the full moon what does that have to do with us being free?" Asked the woman who was called Antoinette. Hermione licked her lips nervously. She didn't know what was going on and how she came here.
"Because tomorrow is when the prophecy will come true. Tomorrow is what we have been waiting for the past thousand years! Don't you understand we will finally be able to rule without having to worry if we will be discovered. Hermione you saw this day in a vision of yours you know what is going to happen! Eve You could feel it in the earth last night when you were doing your earth reading thing for changes. Lexis the electric storm last night you said it was a sign!" Draco/Habic exclaimed throwing his hands in the air. They could tell that he was becoming excited. A big smile played across his lips as he said this. The women also smiled as they thought about the life they would live once tomorrow night came.
"That's really sweet. Really it is but I don't think that you all will live long enough to actually see that day." Came a voice from the other side of the fire. When they heard that voice they all jumped up and turned to see the Wicca hunters standing there crossbows ready to shoot at any sign of movement. Hermione could feel the tension between the people. She could feel the fear in the other Hermione, Antoinette, Lexis, Eve, and Draco. Their breathing quickened and Hermione could feel their minds racing for an idea. Hermione could feel that anger was rising within Lexis and that she was about to make her move. In a blink of an eye she disappeared. The Wicca hunters looked around to see where she could be, but one kept his eyes on the others on the other side of the fire. Lexis then appeared behind them. She moved her hand towards the fire then quickly pulled it back. A Wicca hunter charged at her but in one quick movement she flung her hand out and fire erupted out of it consuming the Wicca hunter. He houlded with pain and dropped to the ground dead. From behind a Wicca hunter shot and arrow from his crossbow straight at her back, but just before it hit it's mark it stopped. Hermione had stopped it. She had her hand out holding the arrow in place; she then turned it and sent it flying at the man who fired it. He quickly dodged it and shot another arrow at, this one however was aimed at Hermione. Like before she stopped it. Eve had then jumped high into the air as she was coming down a arrow was shot at her without Hermione knowing and hit it's mark, right in Eve's stomach. Eve's eyes widened with pain. Her breathing became heavier as she dropped lifeless to the ground in a heap; a small puddle of blood started to form around her slowly. Hermione rushed over to her while the other tried to fight off the hunters. Draco/Habic was also telekinetic so her stopped the arrows from hitting him, Antoinette, and Lexis who were using all their power to fight off the hunters. Hermione crouched down beside Eve and rolled her over so that she could see her face. She gave Eve a weak smile and pulled the arrow out. Eve cried out with pain as she did this.
"Can you heal yourself?" Hermione asked as she lifted up her shirt to see the wound better.
"No." Eve said weekly. "It's poison. Arnexia to be exact. It's not healable for us. It'll just kill us in a matter of minutes. I'm sorry Hermione." Eve continued coughing up blood as she slowly began to die.
"I will avenge your death Eve. My sister, the star in the sky. There is no need to be sorry." Hermione said gently stroking her hair. Eve gave her a weak smile. At that moment her body just totally relaxed and she was dead. A single tear fell down Hermione's cheek as she closed her eyes.
"Rest well my sister." She said and stood up and walked towards the fight again. Lexis was the next to fall from an arrow in the chest. She fell hard but kept trying to fight for she was a fighter and did not like being defied.
"No!" Antoinette screamed as she tried to run to her. Her and Antoinette were actually sisters and loved each other very much. They would have dies for each other if it meant that at least one of them would be safe.
"Antoinette no!" Hermione commanded as Antoinette ran towards her sister to help her, but it was to late Antoinette also took an arrow to the chest and fell a few feet away from her dead sister. Tears ran down her face as her vision started to fade and she slowly and painfully died. Draco/Habic and Hermione were that last two left. They quickly exchanged worried glances as the hunters surrounded them. All at once they shot their arrows, all missing them except one, which hit Draco/Habic right in the stomach. He doubled over in pain. Hermione turned to him with a look of horror on her face. She quickly grabbed him and teleported out of there.
"Blast!" Yelled the headhunter kicking the dirt ground. The other Hermione who was having the vision stared in horror on what she just saw. There was a pull on her and she wised past the hunters to a cabin that was deep in the woods. When she finally stopped she could see the other Hermione and Draco/Habic there in a corner. Hermione was kneeling next to him holding his hand. Tears were steaming down her face as she watched him slowly die.
"Please don't leave me. Please." She begged his dieing body rocking back and forth slightly. "Please. I need you. I love you. Please you can't leave." She begged over and over crying even harder. She had pulled the arrow out because Hermione could see it lying on the floor next to her.
"You must be strong. It is my time to die you know that. I love you too. But you have to let me go. There is no way to save me." He said weakly looking up at her his eyes looking like crystal marbles. He reached up a shaky hand and placed on her cheek, She leaned towards it loving his touch and never wanting him to stop. His hand slowly dropped and he closed his eyes for the last time. Hermione looked at his face crying even harder then before.
"No." She whispered over and over again. At that moment there was a blinding white light and she was back in the girls dorms back at Hogwarts. Hermione blinked a few times and looked around to see Lavender looking at her. Her eyes were wide and she looked frightened. Hermione took in a deep shaky breath. She could feel her eyes were wet from crying, she could feel the moistish lines running down her face from where tears once been.
"What just happened?" Lavender asked looking at Hermione with the same wide eyes. Hermione looked back at her night table and saw her wand lying there. Hermione walked over quickly then walked back over to Lavender. "Sorry about this." She said as she walked towards the bathroom door. As she opened the door she said a memory charm. Erasing from Lavender's what had just happened and quickly closed the door. Hermione leaned against the door and took deep breaths to clam her down. She then walked over the mirror and looked at it to see that her eyes were all puffy and red like she had been crying uncontrollably for a long time. She took another deep breath and washed her face and walked out of the bathroom, out of the dorm past a confused Lavender and out into the common room. She sat by the fire her eyes were wide and she was very confused.
"Hi Hermione!" Called a voice behind her making her jump and snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned to see Ginny walking towards her smiling.
"Oh hi Ginny. How's things going?" she asked giving Ginny a smile in return.
"Things are fine. I was just on my way to the library to finish my homework. Want to come?" She asked walking towards the doors.
"Sure I have to finish work anyway." Hermione answered getting up and following her out.
"Ron!" Harry yelled running down the hall to catch up. Ron turned and stopped seeing that it was Harry
"Oh, hey." He said giving him a smile as he walked towards him.
"How's it goin'?" Harry asked as he reached Ron. Harry already knew the answer to that so it was a rather stupid question. He just wanted to find out whether he was right about it or not.
"What do you think?" Ron asked back as he started to walk again. Harry watched him for a few seconds before it hit him that he should go with him. Ron seemed to be very deep in thought about something. "Why is she ignoring me? She seemed to have forgotten that we even had a fight last night. She bloody kissed me!!!" Ron thought frowning when he replayed the events of last night.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked noting Ron's frowning at nothing in particular.
"Just thinking." Ron answered starting down the stairs. Harry followed but stayed a little behind him so as not to disturb him.
"About what?" Harry asked cautiously not knowing whether he would explode on him or answer him. Ron looked up a little confused.
"What? Did you say something?" Ron asked. Ron shook his head free of his thoughts trying to concentrate on what Harry was saying. "I asked what you were thinking about." Harry answered now walking beside him.
"Oh. I was just thinking about what happened last night after you left." Ron answered now picking up his pace some more.
"What happened last night?" Harry asked. He was now a little concerned with what Ron was saying.
"Well, a while after you left Hermione came down stairs and I saw her. She never had looked so beautiful. She had the black gown on and a cape. She even had some black make-up on. She was beautiful, you should have seen her. I was about to say something when she came over and just kissed me! I mean it was so weird, I thought that she was mad at me. It was really weird you know?" Ron said finally spilling out all his thoughts. A wave of relief wash over him. Harry's eye opened wide because first Ron and Hermione couldn't stand being in the same room with each other now he just found out that she kissed him! Things were getting very weirder by the minute.
"She what?" Harry asked in disbelief. Harry stared at him wide eyed for a few minutes so the information could register.
"Yeah, it's strange I know. I was just as stunned. I was going to ask her where she was going when she walked over to me put a finger to my lips and said 'shh'. The strange thing was that she didn't seem herself at the time like someone else was using her body and didn't know about our fight." Ron answered after a few minutes and continued walking.
Ginny and Hermione found a table in the back of the library so that they wouldn't be disturbed. Ginny quickly placed her books on the table and headed towards the potions section to finish off and essay the Snape had assigned her class. Hermione also placed her books down and took out her quill and a few pieces of parchment. As soon as she sat down a wave of emotions hit her hard in her heart as if she had just been hit with a sledgehammer. Glimpses of the vision that she had had earlier came flooding back into her mind as she felt all of the emotions, thoughts, and feelings that the people who seemed to be called Wicca felt as they were attacked. She felt death as it took the lives of practically all the Wicca users as they fought against the arrows that were poisoned so that there was no way of healing them. The last image she saw and felt was of the blonde hair man and the woman that they called Hermione in the cabin thing. She felt the woman's pain as her love had died right in front of her and her not being able to do a thing about it. Hermione took in a deep sharp breath as tears streamed down her face and as she clutched her chest tightly as the emotions over whelmed her tarring her up inside. When the pain in her chest finally stopped she whipped the tears from her eyes and stood up. She forgot about the assignments that she had to finish and walked over to the Old Magic section of the library and looked up practically every book she could find about Wicca and the woman that in her vision was called Hermione. She walked back to the table with an armload of books. Ginny was already back and sitting with a book open and writing things down as she skimmed over the text. Hermione dropped the books on the table making a loud smacking sound as all the books tumbled on the large table. The sudden noise caused Ginny to jump about a foot in the air. She looked up to see Hermione sitting down across from her opening a book up to the index and running her index finger down the columns of words and dates.
"What are you looking for?" Ginny asked as Hermione closed the book and picked up another.
"I'm looking for a Wicca Priestess by the name of Hermione." She replied not looking up from what she was doing. Ginny frowned at Hermione, but she didn't take any notice. "Since when does Hermione take any notice to care about Wicca magic?" Ginny thought to herself.
"It's because I went to a Wicca thing last night and I heard something about a Wicca Priestess named Hermione. I found that interesting." Hermione said as if she knew what Ginny was thinking.
"I didn't say anything." Ginny said her frown deepening as she put down her quill and stared at Hermione.
"You didn't? I could have sworn you asked something about when I took any notice to care about Wicca magic. I guess I must be hearing things." Hermione said now looking up from the index of the book that she had open in front of her.
"I didn't say it I thought it." Ginny said now sounding nervous. "What's going on with me?" Hermione thought as she too frowned at this as well.
The rest of the day passed quickly for Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Ginny. It was now dinner and finally after spending all afternoon in the library Hermione and Ginny left to go up to the common room to drop off their books then head down to the Great Hall. Hermione found that it might be easier if she just took out the Wicca books so that she could finish her homework. Hermione stayed quite on the way down to the Great Hall. She was so lost in thought that she started to walk slower behind the group not answering their questions that they would ask her. When they reached the Great Hall Hermione was snapped out of her thoughts by the noise that greeted her ears. They all sat down in their usual seats but Ginny had to sit next to Ron. Ron watched Hermione as she was eating. She seemed like she was a robot who was programmed to eat and act like this. She just kept her eyes on her plate and only looked up to grab another piece of chicken or something like that. Ron frowned as he watched her. He could tell that she was thinking hard. Ron was so deep into watching her that he wasn't even aware of the conversations that were going on around him. Ron was finally snapped out of his thoughts when Hermione and every one stood up and started to leave. Ron had barley ate his food so he stayed a few minutes to try and eat more. He stopped as the last few people left the Great Hall. When Ron entered the trophy room Hermione was already there. She sat on one of the benches that lined the walls of the room. Her arms were crossed over her stomach and she just stared at the floor like it was the most interesting thing that she had ever seen. A rush of anger filled Ron as he remembered seeing her kissing Malfoy. He walked over to her and stood in front of her with his arms crossed over his chest staring down at her.
"So you asked me here just so you could apologize eh?" Ron said feeling very superior at the moment. Hermione looked up and frowned at him.
"No, you asked me here to apologize to me. I'm not the one who acted like the worlds biggest prat just because of a little accidental kiss." Hermione said calmly trying not to loose her temper at him. Ron stared at her for a while before speaking.
"You could have tried to stop him." He said disgusted.
"An iol let may non." Hermione mumbled as she looked back down at the floor.
"Excuse me?" Ron asked bending down so he could try to be eye level with her.
"I said could try not to be such a prat? Also you try being kissed out of the blue and not expecting it! You would have done the same thing that I did!" Hermione now yelled loudly in his ear. She then stood up so suddenly that Ron's nose collided with her shoulder.
"Ow!" Ron cried rubbing his nose. Hermione just glared at him not saying a word. She then pushed past him making for the door. "Where are you going? I wasn't done with you!" Ron yelled grabbing her arm.
"Oh I'm sorry. Why don't I just stand here and let you yell at me for something I didn't want to do!" Hermione yelled back Her temper was rising by the minute. Ron had then lost his temper at that moment and gripped her arm tighter. "Ow!! Let go!" Hermione yelled again trying to pull free, but he was too strong for her. Ron glared at her with one of his most powerful death glares he could muster.
"Admit it! You wanted him to do that." He hissed in a deadly whisper. Hermione's eyes grew wide with fear. He had only talked like that once and that was when he got into a very big fight with Draco. Hermione struggled to get free of his grasp again. "Admit it!" Ron bellowed again throwing her against the wall. Hermione hit the wall hard and sank down to the floor rubbing her shoulder as pain rushed through her left side of her body. Tears were forming in her eyes as the pain rushed through her body. Hermione glared at him not saying a word for fear that she would start crying.
"You know," Hermione began choosing her words carefully "If you really did love me you wouldn't over react like that. You would probably listen to my story and then beat the crap out of Draco." She finished her face was calm despite that her whole left side was in great pain. Ron looked at the floor thinking of what to say. The fact that she called by his first name was enough to make him hurl. "And Draco would have done that. He would have believed me unlike you. You just jump off to conclusions and think that I am actually dating him. And I must say he is a very good snogger much better then you I must say." Hermione add after a few seconds of watching him. Ron was filled with anger once again that she would go so low as to kiss the world's biggest prat and then tell him that she enjoyed it! Ron narrowed his eyes at her and walked to her and kneeled in front of her so that they were eye level.
"You might want to be careful what you say Hermione. You know how I feel about Malfoy. You might find yourself in alto of trouble if you keep talking like that." Ron threatened in a deadly whisper that sent chills down Hermione's spine.
"Ooo, I'm so scared." Hermione shot back in a sarcastic whisper her eyes growing wide with a mocking look to them. Ron's eyes narrowed even more. Ron's rage was rising more quickly now. "This is not the Hermione I know he probably has her under some sort of curse." Ron thought as he stood up. He started to walk away from her when he tripped over her leg that she had just stuck out trying of course to trip him. Ron hit the floor hard. It was a good thing he didn't hit his head. Ron's anger at that moment took him over. He stood and turned to Hermione who was just staring at him innocently, he bent down and pulled her up by the wrists and slammed her against the wall pressing his body against hers. Hermione gave a yelp of pain as she hit the wall yet again. Ron had her arms pinned to her sides so that she couldn't get her wand. Hermione looked into his eyes and didn't see the same Ron that she knew over the last seven years. She saw something else and this really did scare her deeply.
While this was going on Draco was in the Slytherin seventh year boy's dorms. He was currently lying on his bed looking up at the dark green drapes that surrounded his bed. He was smiling to himself as he thought about Hermione. "She always looks so beautiful when the sun shines on her hair and how she lets the wind toss it around when it's down." He thought as he closed his eyes the image of her out on the lake the other day by the lake quickly coming to mind. Suddenly he felt a sudden jolt in his heart. He frowned and sat up. Hermione was in trouble he could feel it. But where? Where was she? He then got up and slipped his shoes on and walked out of the dorm and into the common room. He zoned out on all the noise that was around him and focused on Hermione. He felt another jolt in his heart and he knew where she was. She was in the trophy room.
"Ron please." Hermione begged struggling again his weight trying to get free. "Let me go! Please Ron! Let go!" She pleaded again struggling even harder against him. Ron just lifted her off the wall and slammed her against in again. Hermione cried out but it was deaf to his ears.
"You think he's better then me eh?" Ron said now kissing her messily on the lips. Hermione struggled to get away but her just tightened his grip on her wrists. He now started to kiss her down her neck licking it every so often; Hermione squirmed even more trying to get away. Ron was so taken over by rage that he didn't hear her pleading with him to let her go. Ron now moved her arms above her head and held her wrists with one hand now unbuttoning her shirt. Hermione now kicked and squirmed even more trying to prevent the worst from happening. But Ron had successfully unbuttoned her shirt and licked her from the bottom of her sternum to her collarbone. Hermione yelled for help but none came. Tears were pouring down her cheeks as she struggled against him. But there was no way of escape and Hermione was becoming week from fighting.
Draco ran out of the common room and out of the dungeons looking around wildly for the trophy room. He ran to the great hall entrance and looked around. He knew it was around that area, but where! He then heard the faint voice of someone calling for help. He immediately recognized it to be Hermione's. He ran in direction of the voice and soon found the trophy room. He heard another cry and rushed in to find Ron and a terrified Hermione who Ron had pined against the wall. Draco immediately took out his wand and yelled "Stupify!" The jinx hit Ron square in the back. Ron fell to the floor unconscious. Hermione also collapse to the floor covering her face with her hands crying uncontrollably now. Draco ran over to her and kneeled in front of her, he put his hands on her shoulders and looked her over to make sure nothing really bad had happened. Hermione leaned into his chest and cried. Draco wrapped his arms around her rocking her back and forth slowly trying to clam her. When Hermione clamed down a little bit he looked over at the unconscious Ron lying on the floor next to them. He took the jinx off him; Ron looked around groggily. Ron then turned and looked over at the terrified Hermione and Draco who was trying to clam her. The memory about what he had just done came flooding back to his mind.
"Hermione I-" He started but Hermione cut him off.
"No! You stay away from me!" Hermione yelled trying to get up but just fell back down into Draco's arms. She soon busied herself with re buttoning her blouse. Draco gave him a death glare but turned back to Hermione examining the burses that were now forming on her wrists.
"You do this?" Draco asked Ron pointing to her badly bruised wrist. Ron nodded his eyes wide that he would ever hurt Hermione like that. Hermione finished buttoning her blouse and tried to stand but felling into Draco's arms again. Draco picked her up and walked over to the door. Ron stared helplessly at them. Tears were now forming in his eyes as he watched Hermione start to cry again into Draco's chest.
"Way to go Weasel. Go and try to rape your exes. Real smooth." Draco said and left Ron staring after them ashamed of himself forever trying to hurt Hermione.
~~~~~~~~~~~`` Author's notes!!! Yes I have realized that the end is well very very evil. So do you hate it? Do you think that it's ok? Well let me know. Review it please!!!!
