To bewitch the mind

To dream or not to dream

Next day when Hermione woke up she felt refreshed, and for once he wasn't in her dream! It was strange, it was the first proper sleep she had had since that first night. It felt good to have a peaceful sleep. Why wasn't he there though, but she didn't really care! She was allowed out of the hospital wing finally, and she felt so happy that she skipped all the way to Gryffindor tower. She basically sang the password to the fat lady (lemon drops). Hermione bounded into the common room. Her happiness deflated like a balloon, everyone turned to look at her their expressions morbid.

Harry was first to recover, he ran over to Hermione and quickly dragged her into the side room he quickly closed the door. Once he turned around he too wore the same morbid expression.

"What!?" Hermione asked, but Harry continued to stare at her ass if someone had just died, she noticed that the fire was lit.

"What?" she asked again. This time she got a reaction.

"I'm so sorry, Hermione" Harry began "Dean is in a coma, no one knows why, and he just won't wake up. But for some reason Pomfrey knows that like you he won't suddenly wake" Harry stared at her worriedly, and hastily added "I'm sorry" Before he ran out of the room closing the door behind him.

Hermione stood there dazed and confused. The person she had a crush on for ages was in a coma! Then without warning she broke in tears and wishing that she could go back to her dream world. Without noticing until she was shouting Hermione was screaming "Take me back! Take me back! Take me back! TAKE ME BACK!" With the last roof raising scream Hermione collapsed to the floor. All the people out side the door in the common room heard the word back and assuming she was sad about Dean so they thought that she wanted him back and did not come in but left her by herself. Inside the side room where Hermione was on the floor the window slowly creaked open but not loud enough for anyone to hear, the fire slowly died out and the temperature dropped, like the weather outside the snow started to drift into the window all over Hermione.

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"You wanted to come back?" The soft voice spoke. Hermione who was trying to hold back the tears spoke in a hushed whisper.

"Yes"

"Why?" He asked suddenly suspicious.

"You are the only one I can talk to even though you make me mad at you" Hermione confessed.

Hermione looked aver at him. He was looking at her intently with thoughtful expression on his face, after a minute he spoke.

"To dream or not to dream" Hermione glanced at him quickly and said "This is no time for Shakespeare . . . hold on how do you know about Shakespeare if you are a wizard?"

"I know lots of thing, plus you like Shakespeare so I read some of his works for you even if he is dull"

"Fine state another phase" Hermione challenged.

"Fine I will" He thought for a moment "If music be the food of love play on. There was that good enough for you?"

Hermione smiled. Lots of little thoughts were going round Hermione's head. Hermione liked Shakespeare and he had learnt it for her. That was so romantic. His voice broke into her thoughts.

"So back to the main question do you want to dream or not?" HE walked over to her so that they were close but not touching, so she stepped up to him and her tears that she had been hiding spilt down before she could stop them. He hugged her tight and whispered soothingly into her hair. He suddenly went rigid and pulled away from her sharply and looked over her, she shivered.

"Hermione where are you?" He asked her still looking at her intently.

"I'm here duh. I'm looking right at you" She replied giggling.

"No the physical you, come on this is important" He rushed.

"Why does me being here got to do with me out there? I don't want to go back." She asked and told him.

"Because" He grabbed her hand "Your freezing" He put her hand up to his face and she suddenly felt the warmth coming from him. She then started to shake uncontrollably, teeth chattering she said.

"I'm in the side room in Gryffindor common room, there is a fire lit in there it can't be because of that" She looked anxiously at him and carried on "No one will come in because they think I am crying over Dean"

"Right" He confirmed. "Bloody Baron!" He shouted. Sure enough 20 seconds later he came materializing through the dark surroundings. He flouted next to him. "Go to someone take them to the side room of the Gryffindor common room, go quick! Tell no one how you knew"

The Bloody Baron nodded and went and disappeared. Hermione's breathing was becoming slower and she was shuddering more violently. He turned around and caught her before she fell and cradled her head in his arms.

"No! Hermione, don't go now! Wait the Bloody Baron will get someone stay here!" He whispered urgently. Hermione smiled.

"Tell me your name I don't know it" Hermione asked then added "Please"

"Ok, it's . . ." But Hermione eyes dropped and her body went limp. She was neither sleeping, dreaming nor waking.

"My name is . . ." faded with her mind.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ A/N: Ha thought I would be evil to you! Hope you like the chappie, don't worry there is more coming up but in a different chapter. What will happen to Hermione? Who is the mystery man? Well I know the answers to these questions but you don't so if you wanna find out. Thanks for all you reviews I feel so happy getting 9 reviews in 2 chapters. Will up date soon.