Hiya, sorry bout this mix up of stuff. Chapter 4 didn't show the whole thing so I'm replacing it with the entire thing and hopefully it will work. Much Luv, Sara

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Ron hit his head against the trunk of the tree. It was all he could do to keep himself from screaming. He saw the little shadow that was Hermione run up the stairs to the castle and shut the doors slowly as to not make a sound. He let out a rather loud sigh he hadn't realized he'd been holding in. The rain had stopped, but the could was still darker than it had ever been so he made his way back up to the castle.

Before he knew it, he was at the portrait of the fat lady. He gave the password and walked inside, ready for a hot shower and his warm welcoming bed. But just as he was about to walk upstairs, something caught his eye. There was Hermione lying down on the couch. She was curled up in a little ball, her arms and legs pulled up to her chest. Her shoes and socks were off, and her hair was still a bit damp from the rain.

Squatting down next to her, he took in her true beauty. He couldn't help himself as his hand traveled across her flushed face, and into her mess of captivating curls. Her face was flushed a crimson color, the after affect of crying. Her eyes fluttered a little in her sleep, and she moaned out something in her sleep that sounded remarkably like. mummy? He felt his heart tearing in half. He couldn't have felt sorrier for her. He wanted to hug and kiss her and tell her everything was going to be okay. and the moment he was about to get up to bring her to bed, she let out a pitiful yelp.

She rolled onto her back, her hands in her hair, one covering Ron's hand. Crying out again, Ron could only assume she was having a nightmare. He'd seen enough of Harry's to know what a nightmare looked like. She was kicking her legs now and rolling around, dangerously close to rolling off the couch entirely, and right as she was about to, he caught her in his arms before she hit the ground. and she didn't wake up. She snuggled against Ron and said quietly, "daddy." He brought her back up to her dorm as quietly as he could, struggling a bit under her weight. Lavender and Parvarti shrieked as Ron stumbled into the dorm. They were sitting there looking out the window, quietly talking in worried voices.

"Ron!! What happened?" Lavender said in a horrified whisper.

He shook his head and laid Hermione down on her bed pulling the covers over her body. Looking down at the sleeping girl, he turned to the other to teenage girls.

"Just lay off her for a bit okay?" He said politely.

They both nodded and Parvarti rushed over to Hermione's bed and stroked her hair. Ron looked back and headed off to bed. When he was safe under the covers, he pressed his face hard into his pillow and let a few tears fall.

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Hermione woke up, and saw her surroundings. *This isn't where I fell asleep.* Was her very first thought. She had sat down on the couch in the common room with the full intent on yelling at Ron when he eventually came back up. A half hour had passed though, and he still hadn't come up. Now with every intention of hexing him until he didn't know which end his ass was on, she must've fallen asleep from the pure exhaustion of everything that had happened to her in the past day.

Rubbing her eyes she saw it was 10:30 in the morning. SHIT! She had missed some of her classes. Running downstairs at top speed, she stopped when she saw Harry sitting there with Seamus, Dean, and Neville.

"What's going on?!?" She practically screamed.

They all looked really confused, and it was Seamus who said, "Hermione, whats going on?"

"URRRRRGHHH!!! Why is everyone asking me that?!?!" Taken aback, all 3 boys backed away slowly. "Why aren't you in class? We're so late. Ah shit we're so late. Latelatelatelatelate." She was mumbling to herself over and over.

Harry stood up and grabbed her arm and said softly, "Hermione, it's Saturday."

She looked around and let out a soft laugh before hitting Harry lightly on the shoulder, looking as if she was trying to keep herself from falling over.

Dean, Seamus, and Neville looked quite frightened of Hermione right then, and very quietly she said, "Where's Ron?"

Harry shook his head and shrugged his shoulders looking very much like he was lying and holding something back. Now very confused, Hermione took Harry's shoulders and looked straight into his bright green eyes that had a glint of fire behind them, he looked very pitiful, and this worried Hermione even more so. Feeling her own tears well up in her eyes, (although she didn't know why) she asked him again in a slightly harsher voice, "Where the hell is Ron?"

This time Harry took her shoulders and sat her down on the floor so they wouldn't be heard by the other people in the common room and Harry quietly said, "Ron and I will never leave you okay? We'll always be there for you. No matter what."

Then it hit Hermione, Harry must have dreamt about her parents attack, and he knew from the beginning...

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okay, so this chapter didn't turn out exactly how I expected it to, but that's ok. They'll be getting longer soon and have more detail about everything. Just gotta be patient ;) PLEASE R/R! and thanks to everyone who did! U guys rock. Much Luv,Sara