What I Learned in 7th Year
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Chapter 12-Last time:
Remus bolted up in his bed, sweat pouring down his face and called out as his dream had. "Hermione!"
XXXXHermione woke up with a start when she heard her name. She grabbed her bathrobe and wand and rushed out into the hallway to see what was happening. When she didn't find anything she turned back to her room. "You're hearing things Hermione, it's not healthy," she said quietly to herself. When she reached out to turn the handle she stopped and decided to go check the rest of the house, just in case.
As she opened Remus' door she found his bed empty and a soft glow coming from his bathroom. She went and peeked in through a crack and saw him looking into the mirror.
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Remus splashed water on his face and looked up into his reflection. 'Hideous,' he thought with a scowl. 'It's obvious that dream meant she's going to leave me just like Sirius, James and Lily did. I don't even know what she saw in me in the first place.' Remus ran a finger over a long scar that ran across the bridge of his nose and under his right eye.
"That was the worst dream ever, first Sirius, and that already happened. Then James and Lily, that already happened to. Then Hermione, Merlin I don't want to know when that's coming." Remus hung his head down and starred determinedly at the sink.
Hermione moved silently from the doorway and up behind him. She ran a hand soothingly across his back receiving a shudder. He turned around and stared at her. "Go away Hermione, there is no reason for you to be here. You can't and shouldn't care for me, it will only end up bad for the both of us. I am a werewolf and am not safe to be around, I am contacting Dumbledore tomorrow to find a replacement for me," he said in a cold voice. Hermione felt tears gather in her eyes at his words. Remus turned back to look at her and sighed, and his voice became softer. "Hermione there are better things for you in this world than being with me, and we never know if I could attack you during a transformation. I could easily break in here, the woods do not always entertain a wolf," he said spitting out the word wolf with disdain.
Hermione bit back her tears and decided talking him out of this would be hard but not impossible. "Remus, you know that I can protect myself and that you won't attack me. If you feel so badly about it than I'm sure that something can be worked out so that you can go a little ways away during the full moon. Someone can stay here with me if they need to. And I do care for you, and I always will. It will not end up bad for either of us. I know you're thinking that what happened to Sirius, James and Lily had something to do but it really didn't. Now forget about trying to get rid of me, it will never happen, and tell me what this is really about. I woke up to someone saying my name and now you're in here acting weird," She said quickly praying that he would just talk to her.
Lupin pushed past her and wen to sit on the edge of his bed with Hermione right behind him. "It's stupid really but it's a dream I had, well it's really more like three consecutive dreams. They were all really sort of bizarre. The first one was during the full moon and it was just Sirius and me. We were running and we reached a ledge and Sirius fell down it. He died, he was just lying there on the ground dead. It was so real to."
Hermione scooted up next to him and laid a hand comfortingly on his arm. "What happened next?" She whispered, urging him to go on.
"I was sitting there talking to James and Lily, except I was as old as I am now and they looked just like they did after I left their house the night they were… killed. It was so real, it was just like it used to be in the Common room back at Hogwarts. Except… except this time you were there. You were just sitting there with us and we were all talking, then they just drifted away, then suddenly we were here in the house. We had just been married and I carried you in. Then I kissed you and you just turned to ash in my fingers."
He drifted off and Hermione could see the sadness in his eyes, and that the dream had really hurt him. "Remus, don't worry. It was just three really bad dreams, nothing more. I'm still here, I'm right here." He didn't answer her, but just turned and looked at her as if trying to make sure she was really there.
"But they aren't," he whispered, his voice hoarse.
Hermione leaned in and tilted his face up to look at her. "No they're not, but it is not your fault. No matter what you think or what anyone tries to make you believe it is not your fault."
"I know," he said before leaning in to kiss her gently, as if to assure him self that this wasn't just some sick dream. When she didn't disappear he pulled back and smiled. "Thank you Hermione. "
The two spent the rest of the night in his bed where the fell asleep, feeling more content than they had in a while.
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A/N: Oh my gosh. I can't believe it has been so long since I've updated! I'm incredibly sorry and promise that the next chapter will be up soon. Thank you to all the people who have reviewed my story so far!
