Damn, I'm on chapter FORTY!!!!! Wow, where has tie gone?
Disclaimer: HA! JKR would NEVER write crap like this!! :^P
A/N: OK, I know, I know, I am the world's hugest asshole, I really am
sorry, though. I just think that I'll have lots of time to write, but my
damn work schedule sucks, and class.. Well, I don't have much time, I'm
really sorry. But, if it makes you feel any better, when it comes time for
me to post the Epilogue, you won't have to wait because it's already
written!! I'd say that 41 will be up sooner, but, honestly, I have no clue
when I'll be done. OK, on to the story, sorry again..
Spring came slowly to Hogwarts that year. The frost stayed thick, flowers were reticent to bloom, as if they knew something was coming that they did not want to be present for.
It was difficult for Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Maya to carry on as if they had no idea what was going to happen, especially when rumors began to spread about Slytherin 7th years disappearing for days at a time.
Draco, for his part, had reverted back to certain aspects of his old persona. After Maya's vision, he'd firmly refused to let anyone else know of his and Hermione's involvement, which had, of course, prompted a fight.
"Draco, I refuse to be the girl you won't talk about, I'm not your mistress! If I'm an embarrassment, maybe we shouldn't be together!"
Draco glared sharply at her, "Don't even fucking insinuate that, Hermione. What are you thinking? How can you be SO stupid? Don't you understand? There are Death Eaters at this school, Hermione! DEATH EATERS! Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson, Bulstrode. do you not get it? They want you DEAD, Hermione! They want you dead, they want Harry dead, they want all of the Muggle-borns dead! If you think for a minute that you baiting me with the 'obviously you don't love me' line is going to work, you're sorely mistaken. This is not an issue, I refuse to let anyone besides Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Maya know. It's amazing that Voldemort hasn't told them yet. This issue is closed, however, it's not going to happen until after." Draco paused.
"Until after you DIE?" Hermione shouted.
He eyed daggers at her, but responded calmly, "I'm not discussing this anymore, Hermione.
That was the last time Hermione had brought up the implications of Maya's vision.
The students were not the only ones who had grown wary. Professor Snape looked worse than ever. If not for Dumbledore's intervention on their behalf, all four houses would have been in the negative numbers for points. Their Potions Master looked older than his 39 years and the black circles under his eyes were obvious. As a result, Neville had, unfortunately, been banished from Potions class until April.
"I'm never going to get this, Hermione."
"Oh, Neville, just keep trying, please?"
He sighed, as he looked at the cauldron simmering over the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room, "I'm practically a fucking Squib!"
"Shut up, you great git, you are not," Ginny chided him from an armchair.
Neville sighed, and went back to dicing the mongoose liver on the table Hermione had set up in the Common Room to help him.
"I wish Snape wasn't in such a foul mood, then we could've at least used the Potions classroom. Wonder what's wrong with him. He's, unfathomably, worse than usual," Neville grumbled.
Hermione and Ginny exchanged pensive glances, but said nothing.
Then, they heard a muffled voice behind the portrait that led to Hermione's room, and Draco burst into the Common Room.
"It's got to be graduation."
"Uh, Draco," Neville ventured cautiously, "Graduation's not for another two and a half months."
Draco, ignoring Neville, rose his eyebrows at Hermione who was startled not only by the intrusion, but also by the fact that this was the first time Draco had really brought up the issue under his own volition ("I took a change of position!" Sorry, digressing.)
Hermione looked at Ginny, then at Draco. After a brief pause, she nodded her head in assent.
"Um, Neville, transfigure the cauldron and the liver back, we'll work more tomorrow evening, if that's alright with you?"
"Sure, Hermione. Thanks very much!"
Hermione motioned to Ginny and Draco, and they left the Common Room for Hermione's room.
"Should we go to Dumbledore?" Ginny asked.
"He must know," Draco said, "I think they just want us not to worry."
"Fat lot of good that's doing," Hermione grumbled.
"Well, lets find Ron, Harry, and Maya and go anyway," Ginny said resolutely.
Harry was quickly found up in his room, Maya and Ron were, ahem, found in Maya's room. After the two of them freshened up a bit from the snog session, the group went to Dumbledore's office.
They were in luck, as they approached McGonagall was just exiting, and they were saved the guesswork of figuring out the password. They headed straight up after passing through the Transfiguration professor's critical look.
Professor Dumbledore was feeding his phoenix as the students entered.
"Professor," Draco said breathlessly, "Professor, I think the attack is going to be at graduation."
Dumbledore said nothing, but looked appraisingly at the group.
"Yes, your professors and I have been pondering the implications of Miss Jackman's vision. You haven't been having any more, have you Maya?"
Maya's eyes went to the floor, "Not, erm. exactly."
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows at her, "Do you think you might clarify?"
"I've- I've been having dreams about it," she said softly.
Hermione and Ginny gasped. She hadn't told anyone!
"Maya!" Ron exclaimed, "Why wouldn't you tell us?"
"I didn't want you to send me t-to Saint Mungo's," she said, lip trembling, "And, I don't want to talk about them, they're horrible. I don't want to even think about them more than I have to."
Dumbledore sighed, "Miss Jackman, I wish you would have told us. Please, now I must insist that you tell us what you see, is there more than what you saw in your vision?"
Maya nodded, sniffled, and began to recount her dreams. "It starts off with what I saw in the vision, w-with Draco. and after he. falls to the ground there's all this shouting. Someone yells for all of the students to go into the castle. And Harry motions for the five of us that are left to stay outside. Sirius and Professor Lupin start to battle with some men in black hoods. And then Ginny yells for me to watch out, and I turn around, and P-Pansy Parkinson t-tried to use Avada Kedavra on me, but it misses me. So, I use Stupefy on her, and we all start fighting. Then, a lot more people show up. There's a few men with red hair, like Ron, and a man with a wooden leg, and two women, one who l-looks like she's probably Sirius' age, and one a-a bit younger, and they start fighting. Then, there's screaming from the castle, and I turn to look, and Professor Snape comes out, and then McGongall. And- I don't know, everyone's screaming, and there are people dying all over. there are so many bodies and so much blood, and I just shut my eyes. and that's when I wake up."
The only sound in the office was the sniffling coming from Maya. Hermione dared to look at Dumbledore, who looked almost scared, and that scared Hermione more than anything she'd just heard.
"Can you tell any more about what day it might be, Miss Jackman?" Dumbledore asked softly.
"I- Well. Draco was h-holding some kind of scroll. It might have been a diploma. It's warm, though. And the teachers are all wearing formal robes. if that helps. We're all dressed up, too."
"Can't we just evacuate Hogwarts, sir?" Ron asked.
"No, Mister Weasley. We now know that there are many that are loyal to Voldemort here at Hogwarts. If he were to catch wind of anything, I have no doubt that he'd willingly speed up the attack."
As if summoned by ESP, Professor Snape barged into the office.
"Tell me what's going on, Albus."
Maya's dream was quickly retold, Snape paused in thought for a moment.
"Do you know how many of the Death Eaters are there, Miss Jackman? Can you try to estimate."
Maya thought hard for a moment, "At least twenty five, sir."
Snape's face fell, "His Inner Circle is growing. He'd never take anyone he didn't absolutely trust on a mission to Hogwarts. This attack will be invite-only. Which also means that if I don't get invited. he knows."
"So there's nothing we can do but wait?" Ginny asked.
"I'm afraid so," Dumbledore said. "Maya, if you have any more dreams, please inform me at once."
"Yes sir."
"Thank you all. That will be enough for now, you may return to your Common Room. As usual, I must ask you to keep this to yourselves, we cannot risk anyone finding out. Even Gryffindors can be turned to the service of Voldemort, it's becoming more difficult to know who to trust."
Draco and Hermione parted ways with their friends at the Gryffindor portrait hole. They entered their own common area.
"I'm going to go work on my Herbology, I'll see you in a bit," Draco said, and disappeared in his room.
Hermione went into her room and plunked down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. She heard a knock on her portrait hole, coming from Gryffindor, so she opened it. Maya was standing there with very red eyes.
"Maya, come in, what's wrong?"
"I'm s-so sorry, Hermione. I don't want to tell people these things! I, I never wanted to have to tell anyone that someone they love is g-going to d- die!"
"Oh, Maya. You can't help it. It's better knowing, I think."
"B-but I don't know what I'd do if I saw Ron die. I don't know what I'd do! I wish I'd never gotten these stupid powers at all."
The girls sat in silence for a few minutes, with tears streaming down their cheeks. Hermione spoke first.
"So, he really. DOES get killed? You're sure?"
"The spell. Oh, Hermione. it hits him right in the chest, and he-he falls to the ground. I'm so sorry."
A/N: OK, I haven't done thanks in a while, which I feel horrible for, since you guys spend way more time reviewing than I do thanking you for reading and being so awesome. Just a note, for all those of you who haven't been enjoying any portion of the story, please tell me! I don't mind constructive criticism. I DO mind "Your story sucks, I hope you die!" But if you tell me what you don't like, I'd appreciate it. Sorry for those of you who don't like the sadness, it won't last much longer, I promise! So without further ado
THOUSANDS OF THANKS GO TO: Wicked-Willow, Raee, Jamie.Gurath, gracie, lil-miss-devil, Jammar Starlines, missy, Ice Dewinter, Mormonwizard, ann, katina, Mistress Desdemona, f0xyness39, DancinBlondeGurl, Khatt, Hermy-own-ninny, the charmed one, Herbie, draconas, sana, Tweetgurl, Ava-Starling, jj Alan, Am oil Ragazzo, Rosa, EvilFireWitch, kikimachi, Tara, Christine, Googooliebokee, Camilla blue eyes, firey fairy, mad mandy, Dracaena Draco, Multiple Lilys, Veronica, Gooey Gooey Coca Beans, jenn, slytherin_undercover, Jenna Malfoy, Rebecca, Aaren, lilpinkbunny, Alanna Roseguard, Fairy Tale, Arwen, lazy, poopookachoo, Veronica James, MagicalMe, blueberry girl, Ronnie, PunkyPrincesss13, Hermione, cho, Draco'z chick.
DMRox- Hahaha, I was WONDERING where you were with the other reviews!! How many chapters do I have left you ask? Well, god, I honestly don't know. maybe five? Not more than ten, though. I HOPE not! Marlo- No, I know it's going fast. I know this is crappy, but, truthfully, I'm just trying to get it finished. If I'd have had any foresight, I would have made the beginning shorter, but I can't really change that. I'm sorry it's so cursory, I just need to move on to other fics. Angel-eyes- I have no idea what 36 and 27 were about, lol, but I have no doubt that they were boring! Thanks for the reviews! Karrai- I know, it's all too convenient, I'm rushing to get it done truth be told, sorry about that! Fleur- fear not, I was once a faithful updater, and am no longer so. we all relinquish our duties sometimes :^P Willy Chan- I've been taking French for 13 years, just so you know :^P I speak Spanish, too, and I'm currently taking Arabic. Emma- It means "Go f*ck yourself, wanker" bad word! Jasmine- I read the reviews as they come in. I'm practically obsessed with them, I check a few times a day, lol!
And Squinny- Nothing to say, of course. But I love ya! And, well, rhyming is the best way to have a conversation.
Spring came slowly to Hogwarts that year. The frost stayed thick, flowers were reticent to bloom, as if they knew something was coming that they did not want to be present for.
It was difficult for Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Maya to carry on as if they had no idea what was going to happen, especially when rumors began to spread about Slytherin 7th years disappearing for days at a time.
Draco, for his part, had reverted back to certain aspects of his old persona. After Maya's vision, he'd firmly refused to let anyone else know of his and Hermione's involvement, which had, of course, prompted a fight.
"Draco, I refuse to be the girl you won't talk about, I'm not your mistress! If I'm an embarrassment, maybe we shouldn't be together!"
Draco glared sharply at her, "Don't even fucking insinuate that, Hermione. What are you thinking? How can you be SO stupid? Don't you understand? There are Death Eaters at this school, Hermione! DEATH EATERS! Crabbe, Goyle, Parkinson, Bulstrode. do you not get it? They want you DEAD, Hermione! They want you dead, they want Harry dead, they want all of the Muggle-borns dead! If you think for a minute that you baiting me with the 'obviously you don't love me' line is going to work, you're sorely mistaken. This is not an issue, I refuse to let anyone besides Ron, Harry, Ginny, and Maya know. It's amazing that Voldemort hasn't told them yet. This issue is closed, however, it's not going to happen until after." Draco paused.
"Until after you DIE?" Hermione shouted.
He eyed daggers at her, but responded calmly, "I'm not discussing this anymore, Hermione.
That was the last time Hermione had brought up the implications of Maya's vision.
The students were not the only ones who had grown wary. Professor Snape looked worse than ever. If not for Dumbledore's intervention on their behalf, all four houses would have been in the negative numbers for points. Their Potions Master looked older than his 39 years and the black circles under his eyes were obvious. As a result, Neville had, unfortunately, been banished from Potions class until April.
"I'm never going to get this, Hermione."
"Oh, Neville, just keep trying, please?"
He sighed, as he looked at the cauldron simmering over the fire in the Gryffindor Common Room, "I'm practically a fucking Squib!"
"Shut up, you great git, you are not," Ginny chided him from an armchair.
Neville sighed, and went back to dicing the mongoose liver on the table Hermione had set up in the Common Room to help him.
"I wish Snape wasn't in such a foul mood, then we could've at least used the Potions classroom. Wonder what's wrong with him. He's, unfathomably, worse than usual," Neville grumbled.
Hermione and Ginny exchanged pensive glances, but said nothing.
Then, they heard a muffled voice behind the portrait that led to Hermione's room, and Draco burst into the Common Room.
"It's got to be graduation."
"Uh, Draco," Neville ventured cautiously, "Graduation's not for another two and a half months."
Draco, ignoring Neville, rose his eyebrows at Hermione who was startled not only by the intrusion, but also by the fact that this was the first time Draco had really brought up the issue under his own volition ("I took a change of position!" Sorry, digressing.)
Hermione looked at Ginny, then at Draco. After a brief pause, she nodded her head in assent.
"Um, Neville, transfigure the cauldron and the liver back, we'll work more tomorrow evening, if that's alright with you?"
"Sure, Hermione. Thanks very much!"
Hermione motioned to Ginny and Draco, and they left the Common Room for Hermione's room.
"Should we go to Dumbledore?" Ginny asked.
"He must know," Draco said, "I think they just want us not to worry."
"Fat lot of good that's doing," Hermione grumbled.
"Well, lets find Ron, Harry, and Maya and go anyway," Ginny said resolutely.
Harry was quickly found up in his room, Maya and Ron were, ahem, found in Maya's room. After the two of them freshened up a bit from the snog session, the group went to Dumbledore's office.
They were in luck, as they approached McGonagall was just exiting, and they were saved the guesswork of figuring out the password. They headed straight up after passing through the Transfiguration professor's critical look.
Professor Dumbledore was feeding his phoenix as the students entered.
"Professor," Draco said breathlessly, "Professor, I think the attack is going to be at graduation."
Dumbledore said nothing, but looked appraisingly at the group.
"Yes, your professors and I have been pondering the implications of Miss Jackman's vision. You haven't been having any more, have you Maya?"
Maya's eyes went to the floor, "Not, erm. exactly."
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows at her, "Do you think you might clarify?"
"I've- I've been having dreams about it," she said softly.
Hermione and Ginny gasped. She hadn't told anyone!
"Maya!" Ron exclaimed, "Why wouldn't you tell us?"
"I didn't want you to send me t-to Saint Mungo's," she said, lip trembling, "And, I don't want to talk about them, they're horrible. I don't want to even think about them more than I have to."
Dumbledore sighed, "Miss Jackman, I wish you would have told us. Please, now I must insist that you tell us what you see, is there more than what you saw in your vision?"
Maya nodded, sniffled, and began to recount her dreams. "It starts off with what I saw in the vision, w-with Draco. and after he. falls to the ground there's all this shouting. Someone yells for all of the students to go into the castle. And Harry motions for the five of us that are left to stay outside. Sirius and Professor Lupin start to battle with some men in black hoods. And then Ginny yells for me to watch out, and I turn around, and P-Pansy Parkinson t-tried to use Avada Kedavra on me, but it misses me. So, I use Stupefy on her, and we all start fighting. Then, a lot more people show up. There's a few men with red hair, like Ron, and a man with a wooden leg, and two women, one who l-looks like she's probably Sirius' age, and one a-a bit younger, and they start fighting. Then, there's screaming from the castle, and I turn to look, and Professor Snape comes out, and then McGongall. And- I don't know, everyone's screaming, and there are people dying all over. there are so many bodies and so much blood, and I just shut my eyes. and that's when I wake up."
The only sound in the office was the sniffling coming from Maya. Hermione dared to look at Dumbledore, who looked almost scared, and that scared Hermione more than anything she'd just heard.
"Can you tell any more about what day it might be, Miss Jackman?" Dumbledore asked softly.
"I- Well. Draco was h-holding some kind of scroll. It might have been a diploma. It's warm, though. And the teachers are all wearing formal robes. if that helps. We're all dressed up, too."
"Can't we just evacuate Hogwarts, sir?" Ron asked.
"No, Mister Weasley. We now know that there are many that are loyal to Voldemort here at Hogwarts. If he were to catch wind of anything, I have no doubt that he'd willingly speed up the attack."
As if summoned by ESP, Professor Snape barged into the office.
"Tell me what's going on, Albus."
Maya's dream was quickly retold, Snape paused in thought for a moment.
"Do you know how many of the Death Eaters are there, Miss Jackman? Can you try to estimate."
Maya thought hard for a moment, "At least twenty five, sir."
Snape's face fell, "His Inner Circle is growing. He'd never take anyone he didn't absolutely trust on a mission to Hogwarts. This attack will be invite-only. Which also means that if I don't get invited. he knows."
"So there's nothing we can do but wait?" Ginny asked.
"I'm afraid so," Dumbledore said. "Maya, if you have any more dreams, please inform me at once."
"Yes sir."
"Thank you all. That will be enough for now, you may return to your Common Room. As usual, I must ask you to keep this to yourselves, we cannot risk anyone finding out. Even Gryffindors can be turned to the service of Voldemort, it's becoming more difficult to know who to trust."
Draco and Hermione parted ways with their friends at the Gryffindor portrait hole. They entered their own common area.
"I'm going to go work on my Herbology, I'll see you in a bit," Draco said, and disappeared in his room.
Hermione went into her room and plunked down on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. She heard a knock on her portrait hole, coming from Gryffindor, so she opened it. Maya was standing there with very red eyes.
"Maya, come in, what's wrong?"
"I'm s-so sorry, Hermione. I don't want to tell people these things! I, I never wanted to have to tell anyone that someone they love is g-going to d- die!"
"Oh, Maya. You can't help it. It's better knowing, I think."
"B-but I don't know what I'd do if I saw Ron die. I don't know what I'd do! I wish I'd never gotten these stupid powers at all."
The girls sat in silence for a few minutes, with tears streaming down their cheeks. Hermione spoke first.
"So, he really. DOES get killed? You're sure?"
"The spell. Oh, Hermione. it hits him right in the chest, and he-he falls to the ground. I'm so sorry."
A/N: OK, I haven't done thanks in a while, which I feel horrible for, since you guys spend way more time reviewing than I do thanking you for reading and being so awesome. Just a note, for all those of you who haven't been enjoying any portion of the story, please tell me! I don't mind constructive criticism. I DO mind "Your story sucks, I hope you die!" But if you tell me what you don't like, I'd appreciate it. Sorry for those of you who don't like the sadness, it won't last much longer, I promise! So without further ado
THOUSANDS OF THANKS GO TO: Wicked-Willow, Raee, Jamie.Gurath, gracie, lil-miss-devil, Jammar Starlines, missy, Ice Dewinter, Mormonwizard, ann, katina, Mistress Desdemona, f0xyness39, DancinBlondeGurl, Khatt, Hermy-own-ninny, the charmed one, Herbie, draconas, sana, Tweetgurl, Ava-Starling, jj Alan, Am oil Ragazzo, Rosa, EvilFireWitch, kikimachi, Tara, Christine, Googooliebokee, Camilla blue eyes, firey fairy, mad mandy, Dracaena Draco, Multiple Lilys, Veronica, Gooey Gooey Coca Beans, jenn, slytherin_undercover, Jenna Malfoy, Rebecca, Aaren, lilpinkbunny, Alanna Roseguard, Fairy Tale, Arwen, lazy, poopookachoo, Veronica James, MagicalMe, blueberry girl, Ronnie, PunkyPrincesss13, Hermione, cho, Draco'z chick.
DMRox- Hahaha, I was WONDERING where you were with the other reviews!! How many chapters do I have left you ask? Well, god, I honestly don't know. maybe five? Not more than ten, though. I HOPE not! Marlo- No, I know it's going fast. I know this is crappy, but, truthfully, I'm just trying to get it finished. If I'd have had any foresight, I would have made the beginning shorter, but I can't really change that. I'm sorry it's so cursory, I just need to move on to other fics. Angel-eyes- I have no idea what 36 and 27 were about, lol, but I have no doubt that they were boring! Thanks for the reviews! Karrai- I know, it's all too convenient, I'm rushing to get it done truth be told, sorry about that! Fleur- fear not, I was once a faithful updater, and am no longer so. we all relinquish our duties sometimes :^P Willy Chan- I've been taking French for 13 years, just so you know :^P I speak Spanish, too, and I'm currently taking Arabic. Emma- It means "Go f*ck yourself, wanker" bad word! Jasmine- I read the reviews as they come in. I'm practically obsessed with them, I check a few times a day, lol!
And Squinny- Nothing to say, of course. But I love ya! And, well, rhyming is the best way to have a conversation.
