Chapter 11. The Sad Truth. Hermione,. I can see blood on your head… you need to wake up soon…… You must wake up Hermione… It is not you time to be here, You need to wake up… NOW!"

Chapter 14. Happy Goodbyes

I feel it washing over me, the slow poisonous tide.
Pins and needles dance on me.
Sickness undefined.

Hermione froze. "Cappi , I can't feel my arms. I want to wake up, but Cappi I fear that I am awake." "No Hermione you're not awake." Cappi answered tiredly. "What do you mean Cappi?" " You're not awake Hermione, you're far from it. But it is critical that you wake up." Hermione nodded her head in acceptance. "Oh Cappi, please help me" I will do everything in my power Hermione, I promise. Are you in any pain right now Hermione?" "Yes, there's an unbearable pain in the back of my head." Sensing something was wrong once she spoke she asked, "Cappi, am I in danger?" "Very much so my dear Hermione. Very much so… I need you to try to imagine something familiar, like Hogwarts, or that Draco boy you mention earlier. Imagine that picture clearly in your mind. Do it now Hermione…Now!" "I'm trying Cappi, I'm trying!"

Suddenly Hermione started screaming, she had screamed here before, but this was far worse. The screams ran through out her body making her drop to her knees in pain.

Now I'm afraid to face the sky.
Please someone hear my haunted cries.

Gasping, trying to control herself, she asked "What's happening to me Cappi?" Slowly and carefully he answered, "I believe it's what they call seizures my dear, I hear they're quite painful." Glaring into the darkness Hermione uttered, "Seizures? Oh Cappi please help me!" "Wake up Hermione, that's the only thing I can tell you to do, just wake up!" "I'm trying to wake up, but all of the sudden I'm really tired." Since Hermione was already on her knees she laid down on what she believed was grass. "Hermione Ann Granger get up this instant!" Cappi yelled, panic apparent in his voice. "Cappi, don't yell at me." Hermione yawned softly. "I'm sorry Hermione, but you must not lay on the ground. It is not safe for you , since you aren't dead yet. You must wake up Hermione," "I'm so tired," Hermione breathed as her head touched the ground.

Please them waken me.
Please them waken me.
Please let them waken me.

"Please don't let me die Cappi," Hermione whispered as she noticed the darkness was becoming clearer"I won't Hermione, but you need to wake up. There is only one way I know how to help you. You have to visualize your world, to leave this one. You must clearly visualize someone or something then try to touch that object. You will feel tired, as you get closer to leaving this world." Hermione nodded her head, signaling that she would do as he had said. For a few minutes Hermione laid there, but slowly she pulled herself off the ground and waited for Cappi to continue instructing her.

With eyes sewn shut I still can see (I end up somewhere)
All that is surrounding me (Somewhere between)
Between a dream (I end up nowhere)
And motionless reality, will I forever lie?

"Picture Draco in your mind, picture him nice and clear." Hermione closed her eyes and remembered Draco's cold blue eyes lighting up when she told him a joke, his face braking out into a grin when she tripped over his foot at the prom"That's a good girl, just a little more…" Cappi urged as she continued to remember . The way he smelled of vanilla and cinnamon, the way his mouth would inch up as he smirked, the way he had looked when she stood up for him.

Suddenly a picture of Draco was hovering in front of her. "Now try to go back to him. Hermione run towards Draco. Run towards him as fast as you can." Slowly at first , Hermione ran, gaining speed as she went. She was surprised when she wasn't out of breathTrying as hard as she could, she just wasn't able to keep up with Draco's Picture hovering just inches from her face.

I feel binding so smoothly.
I see myself below.
I feel it gnawing, eating me.
Poisonous and slow.

"Faster Hermione." she heard Cappi say somewhere in the distance. Surprisingly , Hermione picked up more speed. Just when she was about to touch Draco's picture , she found she couldn't move. Her legs wouldn't allow it. "What's going on?" she shrieked. An echo of Cappi's voice met her ears moments later"They're trying to wake you up themselves. Don't worry, it will help you, once you can move touch Draco, you will then wake up at, what was it?… oh yes, you will wake up at Hogwarts."

God let me make the faintest cry.
Please let them waken me...
With eyes sewn shut…

What's on the other side behind the mirror?
To try (I try) to break the static keeping me here in between.

A few seconds later Hermione felt the grip on herself loosen, then she felt herself lunge forward, face first into Draco's picture. As she was falling she saw Cappi smiling at her, his blonde hair shining in the sun and his cold blue eyes smiling at her. "Good girl Hermione, return to your Draco."

The vibrant heart so quickly growing old,
the warmest eyes so quickly growing cold.
Just a glance for they don't care to see what becomes of me.
What becomes of me
What becomes of me
What becomes of me

Hermione didn't feel any different at first, then, slowly she felt a throbbing pain throughout her body. Blinking a few times, trying to remember where she was, she was shocked fully awake with the realization that someone was holding her hand. Slowing she opened her eyes and meet those brilliant blue eyes of Draco.

What if I could go to sleep for days,
would you count the hours,
or would your restlessness consume fading memories of me?

A startled gasp he uttered must have alerted the other occupants of the room because Hermione found herself looking into two pairs of extremely worried yet happy eyes of Professor Dumbledore and Madame Pomfrey. With a sign of relief, Professor Dumbledore divulged, "It's a pleasure to see you awake Mrs. Granger, welcome back."

End Chapter 14

Author's Note: I loved this chapter! Can you guess who my new favorite character is? You can't? Well, oh course i won't tell you, i love how i describe him! If anyone has any questions about Cappi, please feel free to e mail me about it. Please Read and Review! Chapter 15 will be up sometime ... i hope.. :) HermyDraco11243