Still the same night but later at night.

It was now around 10:00, for a change of pace, Harry decided to sit next to the window which overlooked the school grounds. He could see the moon reflect on the lake. The trees rustled in the slight breeze. It was nearly winter. It was crisp outside but not yet freezing cold. He sat there. Thinking. Just thinking. There was no way he could sleep after that day. Just as he reached deep thought, he heard the giggles of two girls.

"Ok, let me get a head start." Someone said at the top of the stairs.

Harry heard the person run down the stairs and all of a sudden Ginny ran past him and out the door.

Seconds later, Hermione ran past him and out the door. Guess she couldn't sleep either. None of them saw Harry sitting there. He stared back out the window, a few minutes later, Harry saw Ginny run out towards the lake and then came Hermione, but she slowed down. Harry watched.

"Ginny? Ginny?" Hermione called as she walked towards the lake.

As she got closer to the lake, the air got colder.

At the edge of the water, Hermione looked around for Ginny. It was so dark, she could barley see.

Ginny suddenly came bursting out behind a tree, grabbed Hermione and threw her in the water.

Hermione quickly tried to get out but when she did Ginny slammed her to the ground and forced her head underwater. Normally Hermione would have been able to overpower Ginny but not this time. Something was wrong. She was abnormally strong.

Hermione thrashed about trying to escape her hands. She tried to fight back but it was no use. She needed air and under water…she was helpless. The fighting soon came less.

Just when Ginny thought she had succeeded, she was thrown into a tree. Knocking her out.

Harry rapidly grabbed Hermione, laid her down on the ground and checked her pulse. It was slow. She wasn't breathing.

Hoping he remembered how, Harry started to breathe into her.

After what it seemed like hours, Hermione started to cough up water. Coughing violently and shivering. Harry was a little bit more stress-free now that she was breathing, coughing and cold but still, she was breathing.

Forgetting to grab his coat when he rushed out, Harry took his long sleeve shirt off and wrapped it around Hermione. Who was breathing heavily now. So was Harry. He was in such a rush.

"Harry?"

He heard a faint voice. He looked up to find Ginny sitting up rubbing her head.

Harry picked up Hermione and motioned Ginny to come with as he walked back to the castle.

Back in the common room.

Hermione sat on the floor, wrapped in several blankets and Harry insisted she sat by the fire.

Ginny was sitting in the chair next to her.

"Have I told you I am SO sorry?" She said to Hermione.

"About 20 times" Hermione said and smiled.

"21...actually" Ginny laughed.

Harry came over and sat down next to Hermione, embraced her and rubbed her arms.

"Are you sure you don't want another blanket Hermione?

"Harry I'm fine. But uh, I think you might need one." Hermione said, pointing out he still didn't have another shirt on.

"Oh, right." He said.

He grabbed his shirt that was drying out by the fire and started to put it on.

For Hermione, it was like a daydream. It seemed to be in slow motion or one of those weird shampoo commercials where they flip they're hair and all. He shook his hair pulled his shirt over his stomach and then turned to Hermione. She could just hear him calling her name. Hermione…Hermione…

"Hermione?" Harry said.

Hermione shook her head.

"Oh…did you say something?" Hermione felt a bit embarrassed.

"I was saying we have to figure out what's causing this." Harry sat down on the couch.

"I really don't know what happened. The last thing I remember doing was going to bed." Ginny said.

"That's all I remembered too" Said Harry

"I do remember my dream though." Ginny looked at the both of them.

"I don't see that this could have any affect but in my dream, all I was doing was sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace." Ginny said.

"Fireplace? Was there fire in it?" Harry asked.

"Um, yeah, it was odd though. A weird black and green color. But what does that have anything to do with it?" Ginny asked.

Harry and Hermione looked at each other.

"You don't suppose?" Hermione said to Harry.

"I don't know, maybe." Harry answered.

Ginny looked at them again questioningly.

"What? You suppose what?" Ginny asked with a confused face.

"Well, when I attacked Hermione that night, I remembered my dream. I was being pulled into a burning fire. A black and green fire. Maybe…maybe it…brainwashes?" Harry explained.

"It's the only clue we have." Hermione said.

"But wait." She continued. They both looked at her.

"Harry you cut me and then you snapped out of it. Ginny, well, when you knocked her out and snapped out of it. Maybe the person who is…possessed…snaps out of it when the job is done or forced out of it."

"But I didn't kill you, so the job apparently wasn't done." Harry pointed out.

"Yes but you cut me, maybe you were thinking that you killed me because the knife came in contact with my skin and you came back to reality." She explained.

"Well, it's all we have. I don't want to go to sleep and I'm sure Ginny doesn't want to either." Harry assumed.

"Hey, I'm the one who is trying to be killed here…I don't want to go to sleep either." Hermione pointed out.

Ginny turned to Hermione.

"I'm so sorry" Ginny pleaded.

"22" Hermione answered.

I didn't think this was one of my best written chapters but there ya go…

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