Hermione sat on the couch. Shocked and eyes wide, Harry paced in front of her.

"So, you're saying that I was standing on a table, in the kitchen, getting ready to plunge a knife into my own heart?" Hermione made sure she was clear on what happened.

Harry nodded.

"And so you then knocked me off the table and…" Hermione stopped and looked at Harry.

"Slapped you." He said.

"No wonder my face hurts." Hermione reached up and rubbed her cheek.

"Sorry" Harry apologized.

Hermione rolled her eyes and smiled.

"I would rather have my face hurt then be dead."

Harry smiled.

"And then you said I said something but it wasn't in my voice."

"It wasn't your voice. It was dark. It said come in to live or die and it's power couldn't be defeated from out here apparently." Harry explained.

"Like, come in, like, come inside my mind? My thoughts and dreams?"

"Yeah I guess so." Harry answered.

"So, you found a book then?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, yeah." Harry grabbed it and sat next to Hermione. He opened the book to a marked page.

"See. This is what I was reading. Now it is really useful. Not knowing that message before, it's a good thing I found this book." Harry pointed to a paragraph.

Hermione read the first line. Which was all they needed.

Mind Wanderings

To get inside ones mind, one must simply use a Dream Catcher.

"A dream catcher?" Harry asked.

"Not the one you are thinking of Harry. In the this world, there is a machine called a dream catcher. It connects two people together and allows them to walk inside someone's mind. But it can only be used once. After the people wake up, it vanishes." Hermione explained.

"Creepy"

Hermione turned the page.

"Hey, look at this, Fighting in the Mind." Hermione read.

"Whatever happens in a dream also happens outside the mind. Meaning, if one gets wounded, the physical body outside of the mind is wounded. Everything is normal inside the mind. Just as if one was awake. If one gets married…" Hermione stopped reading. She didn't think they were going to get married. But the important thing was that, everything that happens to them inside the dream, happens to them outside.

Harry scrolled down the page.

"Hermione, look. Killing in a dream, one can only be killed by…ew…by being stabbed in the heart with a wand with the Phoenix feather. Wow. Lucky us. Well, kind of. If we have to kill, whatever that is inside you, my wand is perfect." Harry explained.

"Now all we have to do is find a dream catcher and place where we can do this." Hermione said in a kind of disappointment.

"Wait! I've got it! Well, at least I know where we can do it." Harry said. Hermione just stared at him.

"The Come and Go room Hermione. The Room of Requirement." Harry whispered.

Hermione's eyes brightened.

"Yeah, but remember Harry, room of REQUIRMENT. What if this isn't a need that it will show up for?" Hermione asked.

"Well then that's a stupid room of requirement. Someone's life is in danger and it stays hidden." Harry smiled.

"Now we have that out of the way, but we still need a dream catcher." Hermione said.

Hermione thought for a moment and then a little light bulb appeared over her head.

"Harry" Hermione said. Seizing the floating light bulb.

"Sorry, I couldn't resist." Harry laughed.

"Anyway, didn't the dark arts professor just get a new one a few weeks ago?" Hermione continued with her suggestion.

"You know…I don't know. We can go find out?" An evil smile appeared on his face and he picked up the cloak laying next to him.

"Lets take a walk around the castle shall we?" Hermione agreed.

They both got up and wrapped the cloak around them. Harry snatched the map and they headed out the door.

The dark arts room was not what it seemed at night. It looked as if it was redone with a more fearsome taste. The moon shined through the windows and the shadows grew larger as Harry and Hermione walked slowly through the room.

"Where is it, where is it" Harry quietly said to himself.

"Harry, over there." Hermione pointed to two bowls and a wire laying on the top of a shelf next to the desk.

When they got closer the two bowls were actually the two high tech helmets that the people would wear. The wire was still just a wire. It simply connected the two.

Harry reached for them, but instead of getting them, he knocked them to the floor with a loud crash.

They waited to hear the rush of someone coming, but it was silent.

"Harry!" Hermione pointed to the map.

"Snape's coming!"

Harry quickly seized the catcher and they ran for it.

"The path is blocked. We have to go a longer way."

"Whatever Harry, lets just go. He's coming fast."

They stampeded through the common room door. Out of breath both were. They barley escaped Snape.

Thinking that they would be panicked, they just all of a sudden started laughing. They went over and sat down, still laughing.

"So then, tomorrow? Shall we do it then?"

Hermione nodded.

"We'll have to make a sleeping potion during the day to make us fall asleep." Hermione informed him.

"Right, do you think we should tell Ginny or Ron or anyone?" Harry asked.

"I don't think so. It would only worry them. And I don't know what they would do. Only two can go."

Harry gave one nod.