I Need Somebody and Always

Now that Draco was safely back in his room, he couldn't help but think back to his dream and wonder if that was his fears being displayed or if that was a premonition. He had never had the gift of foresight but he was aware that sometimes if a bond was strong enough between a witch and a wizard that unusual connections in time can occur. No, it cannot be the future because he would never show his feelings for Hermione openly unless the Dark Lord was gone and his father was powerless or it would endanger her. He was going to have to find a way to contact her without his father's knowledge soon to let her know what was going on and that he was alright. He knew she would be wondering and he felt an overwelming need to put her at ease.

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back at Hogwarts....

"Is there anything we can do for you?" Ginny asked Hermione.

"No, I'm alright now, I just wish there was some way to contact him so that we can be sure that he's ok. I can't stop wondering what they're doing to him or making him do." she replied.

"Don't worry, Hermione, if he needed any of us I'm sure he'd find a way to let us know. We just have to be patient and hope for the best. It probably wouldn't hurt to start thinking of alternative plans just in case something does come up." Harry said.

At that point they decided to have Hermione go to the restricted section of the library and get some dark spells so they could work on defenses for them in case there was to be some sort of battle. While she was in the library, Hermione couldn't stop thinking about Draco. How he looked, smelled and felt when she was near him. No matter how much she tried to stop she couldn't. It became as strong as a thirsty man's need for a drink of water, she could feel the burning sensation start in the pit of her stomach and grow faster and faster until she thought she was going crazy. That was when she felt something else..close to a pull in her mind but not really alarming. It was a familiar pull, one she had had before but she couldn't place it. And then just as suddenly as the thoughts began, they left her and that's when the light bulb went off in her head and she knew exactly why that feeling was so familiar to her. Almost out of instinct instead of planned action, she put everything back, grabbed her school robe and ran back to the Head's Common Room to tell the others.

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back to Draco

"She broke the connection, my Lord."

"No matter my faithful. She feels you very strong and from the impulse I was getting she is very open to you. Once you return to school, I suspect she will be yours in a week's time. Remember you must do whatever is necessary to sway the mudblood otherwise all will be lost." hissed the voice from a darkened corner of the room.

"You may return to your room and rest...mind envasion can be very tiring but worth it in the end." Lucius replied.

"Yes father." was Draco only response...for now...

When he returned to his room he began feverishly going through all the music CD's he could find to try to find one that would ease his mind but not send up any red flags to his father or the Dark Lord if they decided to envade his thoughts. Song after song he went through trying to desperately locate something...anything and then it found him...a song that Hermione would understand but no one else would......

everytime we lie awake
after every hit we take
every feeling that i get
but i haven't missed you yet
every room-mate kept awake
by every silent scream we make
all the feelings that i get
but i still don't miss you yet

only when i stop to think about it

i hate everything about you
why do i love you
i hate everything about you
why do i love you

everytime we lie awake
after every hit we take
every feeling that i get
but i haven't missed you yet

only when i stop to think about it

i hate everything about you
why do i love you
i hate everything about you
why do i love you

only when i stop to think about you,
i know
only when you stop to think about me,
do you know

i hate everything about you
why do i love you
you hate everything about me
why do you love me

i hate
you hate
i hate
you love me

i hate everything about you
why do i love you

Over and over he played the song in his mind while thinking intensely of Hermione and trying to establish the connection again so that she may find some understanding of what was happening and not to worry. Every so often a flash back to the night of the ball would find its way into the picture and then he felt something like deja vu. A faint sound in the distance and he knew at once that it was her...humming the tune but she wasn't aware of how or why. He couldn't help himself...he had to do it...he had to say her name.....Hermione, to me Hermione...I need you to hear me....I need you to feel me......don't listen to the words only to me...I'm ok but you have to close your mind....everyone must close their minds until I get back..don't try to find me again...don't listen to the random thoughts...only what's in your heart...I'll always find you there...see you soon.

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back to Hogwarts...once again

It was the song that was plaguing her mind...she knew the song and the more the words played in her head the more she was beginning to understand what she had heard him say...don't listen to the words but her heart. When the song played in her head, she only felt every other line in the song...like a hidden code but noone but her would understand if she played it for them.

everytime we lie awake

every feeling that I get

every room-mate kept awake

all the feelings that I get

only when I stop to think about it

She understood what he was trying to tell her and she had to go tell the others...she knew what they were planning and how they would plant the original seed to stop this before anyone got hurt......

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Hermione ran into the Head's Common Room to find everyone still sitting there waiting for her to return from her trip to the library with some spells for them to learn to defend against. Once everyone had noticed her frazzled state they all jumped up to see what had happened.

"What's wrong Hermione?" Katie asked.

"Did any of you have a strange song running through your head a little while ago?" she asked.

"Yeah, we all noticed that we were humming the same song but didn't know where it was coming from. We decided it must have been from Draco but thought that maybe he was stalling Voldemort and didn't think anymore about it." Harry replied.

"Well he was stalling but there was also a message buried in the song and I think I know what Voldemort's plans maybe and how we can push things along." Hermione puffed.

"What do you mean?" Ron retorted.

"I've the song in my room let me go get it and I'll explain." she said.

After a couple of minutes, Hermione returned and set up her CD player so that everyone could hear the song and write down the words to see if they could solve the message. Everyone crowded around her, she began the song and told them to listen and write down the words then they would talk. All their faces were pulled tight in concentration while feverishly writing the lyrics to the song. Ginny was the first to see the pattern but didn't have a clue to the message.

"We need to look at every other line of the verses and chorus." she exclaimed.

"That's right," said Hermione,"But that's not all. If we look at the first verse and get the message then we have to break it down and find the answer to the riddle essentially."

At that point everyone crossed out every other line and took a long look at what was left...

everytime we lie awake

every feeling that I get

every room-mate kept awake

all the feelings that I get

only when I stop to think about it

"Everytime we lie awake, every feeling that I get...that was his way of telling me that I may get visits from him even while I'm awake but I will know what's happening because of a familiar feeling that comes with envasion into my mind. Every room-mate kept awake...meaning someone has to watch over me at all times, just like we had discussed earlier. He must have seen something in my mind earlier that tipped him off to what we were planning on doing to prevent Voldemort from getting into our minds and telling us that it would be for nothing. All the feelings that I get, only when I stop to think about it...means that when he starts to think about his own feeling towards the person in question, that his feelings will become known to Voldemort so he has to hide those by creating false perceptions to protect them." she finally finished and looked around to the other faces to try to read their reactions to what she came up with.

"Ok, we see where you're going with this but what are we supposed to do about it?" asked Cheyan.

"I know." replied Harry."after every hit we take, but I still haven't missed you yet...means that he's trying to avoid our minds but the power and pull is too strong...we have to cut off the connection or train our minds to set a false set of thoughts in motion to trap him somehow."

"That's exactly what I was thinking Harry." said Hermione. "But which way should we go?"

"We should set Voldemort up on our terms so we can end this our way and not wait around for him to gain the advantage. That would require alot of planning and your agreement Hermione as you will be the bait. Are you game?" asked Harry earnestly.

"If we can protect Draco, then I am." she stated and waited to hear the plan......