Authors Notes:
Wow, wow...thanks so much for the great reviews. I honestly didn't think anyone would find this story interesting. I would like to thank LadyMystik for always reading my stories and reviewing, your a really good fanfic pal. I'll check yours out in return. Now for those who couldn't wait to read the next chapter. Here it is.
Chapter 2: Dream Initiation
"Do you think he remembers we were there?" Ron asked as he glanced at Draco sitting between his two body guards, Crabbe and Goyle. Hermione gave one look at him, his back to her and back at Ron.
"I don't think so." Hermione replied. From what she could see, Draco didn't seem to remember because he never once brought it up during their train ride. He didn't even notice them as the opening feast began and the first year student's had been placed in their rightful houses. Harry had hardly spoken on the train and now was dead silent watching the Head Master stand in front of everyone to speak.
"Welcome students of Hogwarts Witch Craft and Wizardry, I am proud to announce a new years beginning. I hope that this year will be as delightful as the years before. This year I have three guests who will analyze the Quidditch games, they are Quidditch judges and looking to recruit new players for England..." Professor Dumbledore began. Ron and Harry's face began to brighten up as they listened intensively. Hermione ended up half blocking the Head Master speach because she really wasn't interested in hearing about Quidditch.
"...Now without further a due, let the feast begin!" Professor Dumbledore finished as he stretched his hands out and magically food appeared on the table. Ron was the first to put as much food as possible on his plate. Harry and Hermione rolled their eyes and picked out something to eat as well. Hermione had chicken and rice with salad on the side. Her goblet was full of pumpkin juice and she had a piece of marble cake for desert. She wasn't sure if she'd finish it all but then again she was starving since the train ride to Hogwarts.
After dinner, Hermione and Ron walked over to Professor McGonall to receive their duties as Prefects. Professor Snape stood next to Professor McGonall and beside him was his very own chosen students; Pansy Parkinson and Draco Malfoy. Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw Prefects were having their own meeting on the opposite side of the Great Hall.
"Good evening students! Now this year's Prefects will be different then the years before." Professor McGonall said. "We split all eight students into fours. Granger, Weasley, Malfoy and Parkinson will be sharing a house while the Ravenclaw's and Hufflepuff's will share another..."
Hermione and Ron groaned at the thought of sharing a house with their enemy. Hermione glanced at Pansy, she had her blonde hair tied in a pony tail and she was standing straight pointing her nose up as though to prove she was a snob. Draco, on the other hand, had his hands in his pockets also standing straight but wasn't really paying attention to the professor. Professor McGonall left silently after she had instructed the duties.
"I will show you to your house." Professor Snape hissed. All four student's quietly walked out of the Great Hall behind him. Hermione stood closely next to Ron who seemed to be frowning at something.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked.
"Why couldn't we be teamed up with Hufflepuff or Ravenclaws?" Ron whispered. Hermione hadn't had the chance to answer him because Professor Snape came to a stop near a moving staircase.
"Up this staircase is your house, the password is brave-hearts." Professor Snape sneered and walked down the corridor. Hermione, Ron, Pansy and Draco were left staring at one another. Hermione had the oddest feeling that Draco was watching her more then usual. She looked over at him and for a split second, his grey eyes didn't reflect hate but rather something she couldn't put her finger on.
"Let's go Hermione." Ron said quickly and climbed the stairs. Hermione followed quickly behind and came upon a portrait of a knight cleaning his sword. Draco and Pansy caught up with them just in time to hear the knight speak.
"Good evening! Call me the Knight, now what's the password?" The knight asked.
"Brave-hearts." Hermione said. Automatically the portrait hole opened and the four student's entered.
"This is the shitest place I've ever seen." Draco sneered.
"Slytherin house looks much more better." Pansy added. Ron glared at them while Hermione rolled her eyes. Despite what those two had said, the common room looked marvelous. In the center it had two large black couches and arm chairs circling a glass coffee table. There was a fire place and each side had two stair cases. Above the fireplace was a split image of a snake and a lion. Hermione smiled when she saw a stack of book shelves lining the far end of the common room.
"It looks larger then the Gryfindor common room." Ron whispered to Hermione.
"Yeah, I know." She replied.
"Come on, Draco. Let's not get touched by these two filthy Gryfindors." Pansy sneered. Draco smirked as he followed Pansy up one of the staircases that was carpeted green with a silver railing.
"I swear I will end up strangling those two one day!" Hermione hissed.
"Don't worry I won't be far behind." Ron said. "Let's find our rooms." Ron grabbed her arm and dragged her up the other staircase that had a gold railing and carpeted red. Once they got up, they found a door on either side of the small hall way.
"Which one is mine?" Hermione asked.
"I dunno, check that one and I'll check this one." Ron said pointing to the door on his right. Hermione nodded and walked over to the door on her left. The room was designed in gold and red with a beautiful portrait of a lion on the head of the bed. Hermione glanced at the foot of the bed and saw her luggage. This was definitely her room, she thought. Hermione found another door located near the side of her bed and she walked over to it. Before she had the chance to open it, Ron already had from the other side.
"Oh, I guess this is your room." Ron said quickly. Hermione moved him aside to look through the door and found that his room was right inside.
"Why is there a door here?" Hermione asked.
"I have no clue. Anyways our rooms look the same." Ron said. Hermione nodded in agreement. His room had the same canopy bed with the same portrait above it as well as identical small shelves, night table and drawer.
"So where's the bathroom?" Hermione asked. Ron shrugged and walked across her room and opened the door. "Where you going?" Hermione asked.
"To find the bathroom." Ron replied. He walked down the hall and descended the staircase. She followed and found that their bathroom was located near their staircase. Draco and Pansy also came over and glared at them.
"Unfortunately we have to share bathrooms." Draco hissed.
"Yeah, Unfortunately." Hermione hissed back. All four entered the bathroom and gasped at the large white marble bathroom. It was absolute gorgeous, it had a white marble counter and two large sinks also a large mirror that covered the wall from one end to the other. There was a toilet at one end and a shower near it. But what made her eyes wide open was the large marble bath tub that looked like it was fit for a hundred students.
"This looks like shit as well." Draco hissed and walked out of the bathroom followed by the stuck up Pansy.
"It looks better then your face." Ron said quickly, making Draco stop at his tracks and glare at him.
"Well YOU couldn't possibly afford this place anyways, so I suggest you keep your mouth shut." Draco said coldly.
"And I suggest YOU keep your opinions to yourself." Ron replied.
"Or what will you do about it, Weasel." Draco hissed stepping closer to him, noses almost touching. Ron and Draco were exactly the same height, six feet and one inch.
"I'll hex you, ferret." Ron sneered. Hermione knew that this was getting out of hand so she grabbed on Ron's arm, pushing him back from Draco.
"Don't bother fighting with him." Hermione said.
"Well, well, well, getting helped by a mudblood?" Draco said. Hermione snapped her head at him and glared.
"Don't call me that." Hermione hissed.
"Or what? You'll run and get Potty to save you." Draco said glaring back. His grey eyes were cold as ice, itching to fight.
"I can save myself, Malfoy. To bad I can't say the same for you!" Hermione said coldly taking her wand out of her school robes. Draco also took out his own wand and was ready to attack her. Pansy watched the two of them with interest while Ron tried to push Hermione away from him.
"Leave her alone." Ron said.
"I don't think so Weasel. I'll fight her, I don't care if she's a girl. She'll always be nothing but a filthy mudblood." Draco sneered. Hermione's blood was boiling, she was getting angry by the second.
"Tarantallegra!" Hermione screamed as her wand pointed outward towards Draco.
"Priori Incantato!" Draco yelled just before the curse hit him and bounced back at her. The blue light hit Hermione's right leg and suddenly began to jerk all over the place. "Fool! You think you're better at dueling then me?" Draco hissed. Hermione glared up at him as she held her right leg, although it was impossible because it kept moving.
"Expelliarmus!" Ron said pointing his own wand at Draco. Before he was prepared to get the blow, Draco's wand flung ten feet away from him. Hermione had now uncursed her leg and stood up straight next to Ron.
"So I guess you're not as good as you think you are." Ron said confidently.
"Guess again!" Pansy hissed stepping in front of Draco holding out her wand. Draco smirked and crossed his arms in amusement.
"I'll let her handle you." Draco said as a matter of factly.
"Locomotor Mortis!" Pansy shouted. Instantly Ron's legs were locked together with invisible chains.
"You bitch!" Ron said angrily.
"Don't call her a bitch, only I can." Draco hissed angrily as he began to walk over to his wand. Hermione was determined to make him pay.
"Stupefy!" Hermione shouted as her wand pointed at him. Draco's body froze instantly and he fell back wards.
"Stupefy!" Ron screamed, pointing his wand at Pansy and made her also fall unconscious. Hermione looked over at Ron who couldn't move his legs and uncursed him as well.
"We couldn't even last an hour together." Hermione sighed as she stared at the two unconscious bodies.
"Tell me about it." Ron said shaking his head. Just then there was a bang on the portrait hole. Hermione and Ron froze in worry, what if it was their professors? "W-who i-is it?" Ron stuttered. The portrait hole banged once more and a voice hardly audible spoke.
"Who?!" Hermione screamed walking closer towards the hole.
"Its Harry!" Harry screamed. Ron gave a sigh and walked over to the hole and opened it. Harry strolled in and stared at the two bodies sprawled on the floor. "What happened?" Harry asked as his eyebrow arched up.
"Long story." Ron said as he shook his head.
"Anyways guys, I told Dumbledore." Harry said looking away from Draco and Pansy. "You won't believe what he said to me."
"What?" Hermione asked anxiously.
"He said I was initiated in my dream! That I shouldn't tell anyone about this mark and he said he will look into it. Then he gave me a long lecture about not snooping around in the middle of the night for death eaters." Harry concluded.
"So this initiation means you're a death eater?" Hermione asked worriedly.
"No! But I somehow got this mark as a sign for something. I don't know what and Dumbledore doesn't either."
"What are you going to do?" Ron asked. Harry shrugged and looked down at his feet.
"We can research about it ourselves!" Hermione suggested and Ron frowned at the idea.
"No! I don't want to." Ron whined.
"Did you tell him about Malfoy?" Hermione asked ignoring Ron's whine.
"Yeah, and he said that for now we shouldn't worry over Malfoy and his father. He also said he will take care of it." Harry answered.
"I think Malfoy doesn't know anything about us being there." Ron said staring over at the bodies.
"What's important now is we find out what the mark is." Hermione said. Harry stared at her for a second and turned his gaze at Ron who seemed a bit disappointed in hearing that he would research.
"I don't want to." Ron said again. "Why can't we let Dumbledore handle this?"
"Because, I want to make sure Harry isn't in a load of trouble." Hermione replied and rolled her eyes and looked back at the two bodies. Maybe she should revive them before her and Ron get in trouble, Hermione thought.
"W-what are you doing?" Ron asked as she walked over to the bodies.
"Bringing them back!" Hermione stated. She took out her wand once more from her pocket and looked down at the two. "Ennervate." Hermione said and a beam of white light hit Draco's body bringing his regular skin color back and his eyes shot open.
"Why you little bitch!" Draco hissed.
"Shut up!" Hermione hissed back and the pointed her wand at Pansy repeating the same spell. She woke up instantly and raised her self off the ground the same time Draco had. "I propose a truce or else we will end up killing each other." Hermione said sternly.
"I will never make a truce with a mudblood." Draco sneered and walked up the stairs to his room. Pansy glared at Hermione before spitting on her shoe and running up the stairs. Hermione was about to jump out and punch Pansy for spitting on her when Harry firmly held her back.
"Don't fight! It will only cause more problems." Harry said as he struggled to hold her back.
"He's right." Ron said coming closer to them.
"Fine, just let me go." Hermione hissed. Harry let her go and she turned around to glare at them. "If they die tonight, it wasn't me!" Hermione stated and walked up her staircase to her room and slammed the door shut.