Chapter 11
No Need for Nightmares
"Hermoine… Hermoine…" The voice was horrible; indescribably ridden with evil. It wouldn't stop calling her name, over and over again. "Hermoine…" It droned on. She tried to cover her ears, but no matter how she tried to hide from the voice it just wouldn't stop. She screamed as loud as she could but she still couldn't cover up the evil voice calling out to her. It was so evil and she couldn't get away from it.
Hermoine suddenly jolted up in bed, soaked to the bone in chilled sweat. It was just another awful dream.
"Hermoine, are you okay!?" Harry said in fright. "Nobody could wake you up! Are you alright, you were screaming like mad!?"
Hermoine looked up at him in surprise. "What are you doing here?" Her eyes widened in confusion and thought. "What are you doing in the girls dorms?"
"You wouldn't stop screaming so Ginny finally came and got me." Harry reached to touch her shoulder but she shifted away from him. "Are you okay? You must have had a pretty terrible nightmare to be screaming so much."
"It… just wouldn't shut up…" Hermoine said dazedly. "I mean…" She didn't know what to say next. Harry didn't know what the dream was like, there was no way he would understand what she was talking about.
"It's okay…" He hugged her tightly, Hermoine's body froze. Harry felt different… he didn't feel like the warm, loving best friend he really was. He felt cold, and full of hate. "You're awake now."
He released his hold on her, ruffled her hair a bit and left. Hermoine just sat there in bed, frozen. Someone turned off the lights and she heard the rest of the girls climbing slowly back into bed.
She couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she heard that voice calling her name, "Hermoine…" over and over again. She decided to take a walk.
Hermoine slowly crawled out of bed and crept across the room toward the door. The steps creaked damply as she made her way down them toward the corridor leading to the great hall.
She stopped. Was that footsteps she was hearing? She couldn't tell; it was too dark to see. She looked around blindly anyway trying to find where the sound was coming from. Behind her, Hermoine suddenly realized. She groped at the wall in search of a support beam or door way to hide in. She really wasn't in the mood to get caught wondering the halls after dark.
"Is someone there?" A voice said from down the corridor. Hermoine couldn't tell whose it was; it was too faint.
She slowly peeked around the corner of where she was hiding. She could see far down the corridor a dark figure with their wand lit. It was a child or at least someone about her age, she could tell. They were much too short to be an adult.
Before she could call back they turned, whispered something that sounded somewhat like "Red Jay" and stepped through what looked like the wall. Hermoine couldn't tell for certain, but she heard a clicking noise after they said their magic words.
Finally she stepped out from her hiding place and bumped right into something. She looked up to find Professor Blue standing before her.
"Um…" She was almost speechless.
"Good… evening Hermoine." He felt just a speechless, but being a professor he had to take authority and say something. "I'm not even going to ask as to why you're wondering the halls so late at night seeing that it's probably the same reason I am."
"I…" Hermoine still couldn't seem to choke out a reply.
"Really… no need to explain. I had the same dream." He motioned for her to follow him, "Here lets go talk in the Libra… um my quarters."
A.N. This chapter is really short… I say that about every chapter… and it seems kind of abstract, you can tell that I was really pulling this shit out of my ass. I wonder what "Red Jay" could mean… any guesses? And can you tell from the chapter's title that I watch way too much Tenchi?
No Need for Nightmares
"Hermoine… Hermoine…" The voice was horrible; indescribably ridden with evil. It wouldn't stop calling her name, over and over again. "Hermoine…" It droned on. She tried to cover her ears, but no matter how she tried to hide from the voice it just wouldn't stop. She screamed as loud as she could but she still couldn't cover up the evil voice calling out to her. It was so evil and she couldn't get away from it.
Hermoine suddenly jolted up in bed, soaked to the bone in chilled sweat. It was just another awful dream.
"Hermoine, are you okay!?" Harry said in fright. "Nobody could wake you up! Are you alright, you were screaming like mad!?"
Hermoine looked up at him in surprise. "What are you doing here?" Her eyes widened in confusion and thought. "What are you doing in the girls dorms?"
"You wouldn't stop screaming so Ginny finally came and got me." Harry reached to touch her shoulder but she shifted away from him. "Are you okay? You must have had a pretty terrible nightmare to be screaming so much."
"It… just wouldn't shut up…" Hermoine said dazedly. "I mean…" She didn't know what to say next. Harry didn't know what the dream was like, there was no way he would understand what she was talking about.
"It's okay…" He hugged her tightly, Hermoine's body froze. Harry felt different… he didn't feel like the warm, loving best friend he really was. He felt cold, and full of hate. "You're awake now."
He released his hold on her, ruffled her hair a bit and left. Hermoine just sat there in bed, frozen. Someone turned off the lights and she heard the rest of the girls climbing slowly back into bed.
She couldn't sleep. Every time she closed her eyes she heard that voice calling her name, "Hermoine…" over and over again. She decided to take a walk.
Hermoine slowly crawled out of bed and crept across the room toward the door. The steps creaked damply as she made her way down them toward the corridor leading to the great hall.
She stopped. Was that footsteps she was hearing? She couldn't tell; it was too dark to see. She looked around blindly anyway trying to find where the sound was coming from. Behind her, Hermoine suddenly realized. She groped at the wall in search of a support beam or door way to hide in. She really wasn't in the mood to get caught wondering the halls after dark.
"Is someone there?" A voice said from down the corridor. Hermoine couldn't tell whose it was; it was too faint.
She slowly peeked around the corner of where she was hiding. She could see far down the corridor a dark figure with their wand lit. It was a child or at least someone about her age, she could tell. They were much too short to be an adult.
Before she could call back they turned, whispered something that sounded somewhat like "Red Jay" and stepped through what looked like the wall. Hermoine couldn't tell for certain, but she heard a clicking noise after they said their magic words.
Finally she stepped out from her hiding place and bumped right into something. She looked up to find Professor Blue standing before her.
"Um…" She was almost speechless.
"Good… evening Hermoine." He felt just a speechless, but being a professor he had to take authority and say something. "I'm not even going to ask as to why you're wondering the halls so late at night seeing that it's probably the same reason I am."
"I…" Hermoine still couldn't seem to choke out a reply.
"Really… no need to explain. I had the same dream." He motioned for her to follow him, "Here lets go talk in the Libra… um my quarters."
A.N. This chapter is really short… I say that about every chapter… and it seems kind of abstract, you can tell that I was really pulling this shit out of my ass. I wonder what "Red Jay" could mean… any guesses? And can you tell from the chapter's title that I watch way too much Tenchi?