A/N: Hey guys. I'm back with a brand new chapter. YAY!

Anyway. This chapter starts off with Hermione and Ginny sitting under the tree chit-chatting and what not. As you all know….if you can think back to "the bet" then you all should know what happened the last time they were trying to talk and a certain someone….who shall remain nameless for the time being…. came up to them and told Hermione a very (well.. sort of) shocking thing.

Well that certain event…..may just happen again. Which means the whole story line to "the bet" is now starting up again and Pansy's plan will now…slowly but surly….start to take effect. So….if that were the case…..Hermione better watch her back and start listening to what her visions tell her. For only more trouble lies within.

Enjoy:

Chapter Nine
Enter the Darkness

"So…let me get this straight, Mione." Ginny was saying. Both Hermione and Ginny had been sitting under the big apple tree in which rested somewhere upon the Hogwarts grounds.
Hermione had told Ginny about everything that had happened throughout the year so far.

"You get visions?" Ginny continued. Hermione nodded in agreement, biting on her lower lip as they both sat cross-legged under the shady tree. "Trelawney, basically told you that you were reborn? Then you find out Draco can read your mind and he also told you that he feels a certain connection toward you and that he loves you?" Ginny stopped to take a breath.

"Yes." Hermione answered.

"Then….you had another vision telling you that Draco is really playing you and that you are only a bet? But instead of listening to your visions, like Trelawney told you, you decided to ignore them and make-out with him under the water in that lake right over there?" Ginny finished, pointing to the lake.

Hermione thought for a second, recapping each event as it happened.

"Yeah! But not to mention that freaky dream I keep having." Hermione reminded her as she popped a strawberry Bertie Bott's every flavor bean in her mouth.

"Oh yeah! I totally forgot about that." Ginny admitted. "I still can't believe I shot you….and over Harry. I mean…you're my best friend." Ginny took a small breath of the cool air and sighed, thinking about Hermione's dream. "Guys will come and go but friends…." She smiled at Hermione. "….Friends will always remain."

"So, Mione." She added. "What do you think it means? Do you think it may be trying to tell you something….like your visions?"

"I really can't say, Gin." Hermione told Ginny, popping another flavored bean in her mouth.

"Well...what about that vision? Do you think Draco really is playing you for a bet?" Ginny asked.

"It sounds like something he would do but….." Hermione thought for a second. "But I can't help but to feel that he is right about that connection between us. I feel it too. Every time he is around."

"I felt a connection between the two of us." he told her honestly. "Like we were meant to be or that we were together at one point of our lives."

Draco's words, from the day they were talking in her room about what had happened on the train, echoed inside Hermione's head. (If any of you don't remember if he said that or not or whatever…its from chapter six. Just incase any of you need reference or anything.)

"Are you saying…..that you're falling for the enemy?" Ginny's words caused Hermione is finally snap back to reality.

"I'm saying…." Hermione thought about Ginny's question. "Am I?" she asked herself. She gave a small laugh. "You are?"

"Yeah….I guess I am." she finally answered Ginny's question, speaking rather softly.
Hermione's head fell down toward the ground as she began to play with a tiny grass blade, ripping pieces off of it until it became shorter and shorted each time.

"Hermione, you look really sad." Ginny replied at the depressing look on her friends face. "What is wrong?"

"I dunno actually. I just….." Hermione's voice trailed off as she glanced back up at Ginny. "I just feel really weird and strange…..like something terrible and tragic is going to happen."

Ginny listened intently.

"How do you mean?"

Hermione quickly took a sip of her butterbeer.

"Well……" she began but was quickly interrupted by someone calling to them from a great distance.

"HEY, MIONE! GINNY!" came a familiar voice from behind Ginny.

Ginny turned around just in time to find Harry approaching them. She suddenly turned her gaze back on Hermione and made a worried face. She instantly became a very bright shade of red.

"What? What is it, Gin?" Hermione asked.

"It is Harry….he is coming." she replied worryingly.

"So."

"So?" Ginny asked" So I like----OH NO!" she suddenly slammed the palms of her hands on her cheeks, feeling the heat against them and now becoming aware of how red she was. "My face….." she panicked. "Its turning red, isn't it?"

Hermione gave a laugh and nodded. "Just relax and remember to breath." she smiled.

"Easy for you to say." she added, covering her face as Harry approached them and now stood along side Ginny.

"Uhhhh…..Hi, Mione." Harry spoke awkwardly. "Can I talk to you for a second?" Hermione nodded. "Alone." he added when Ginny hadn't bothered to move.

Harry turned his gaze toward Ginny, giving her a signal to leave.

"OHHHHHH!" Ginny said, putting a hand on her chest. "You meant me." she smiled and got up to leave, finally getting the hint.

She slowly began to walk away but suddenly turned back around to face Hermione once more.

"Oh. One more thing, Hermione." Ginny started. She made another worrying face. Not because of Harry this time but for the sake of her best friends' feeling's and safety. "Remember to be careful, okay? And……just go with your visti----uhhh…." she stammered. Ginny wasn't sure whether or not Harry knew about Hermione's visions. Best just keep it a secret for now. "…..uhhh...instincts." Ginny quickly covered up her mistake. She quickly turned on her heal and headed off toward the castle.

Harry had a very puzzled and bewildered look upon his face. Shrugging it off, he sat down right where Ginny once sat and smiled awkwardly at Hermione.

Hermione, surprisingly, felt a little awkward all of a sudden herself.

Harry gave a small cough of nervousness.

"Are you okay, Harry?" Hermione asked. She couldn't help but to see that there was something very odd and different about the way Harry was acting.

"Yeah! I'm okay….. Listen, Hermione." he added seriously. "I can't believe I'm about to tell you this. I have waited so long for the right moment." he suddenly broke off, thinking of how he should tell her his secret he kept in for so long.

Hermione became very confused. She had no idea what Harry was trying to tell her.

"I like you, Mione!" Harry finally blurted out.

"Oh well…I like you too, Harry." Hermione answered, not really getting his drift. She took another sip of her butterbeer as Harry tried to explain himself more clearly.

"No. I mean…I love you." he told her before she even had the chance to swallow her drink. In total shock…she suddenly spit out her butterbeer she had been drinking, causing it allto land in Harry's face.

"OH MY GOD!" Surprise mixed with total confusion and panic rang out through Hermione's voice. For she remembered this…what felt like to her, an unreal event… all too vividly and clear.

Harry had his eyes closed now. He could feel the dripping wetness of Hermione's cold drink all over his entire face.

"I'm s-s-so sorry!" Hermione stuttered, clapping a hand to her mouth. "What is going on?"
Hermione thought to herself. "How can this be? I remember this all to well but…….but why?" Her thoughts were slowly interrupted by Harry once more.

"No. I'm sorry, Mione." he said, wiping Hermione's drink off his face. "I didn't mean to come off like that. I know we have been friends for a very long time now and you probably look at me as a brother type….and.."

"Harry, you really don't have to explain yourself." Hermione cut in. "I do look at you as being only the big brother type." A look of hurt came across Harry's face. "Oh Harry, don't do that. You make me feel really bad." Hermione told him at the sight of the look on his face.

"Listen…I don't mean to hurt you, Harry." Hermione told him.

He listened intently to her.

"I just can't do this." she got up and stood in front of him now. "I'm sorry…I really am but….this is all just so weird."

"What could possibly be weird about it, Mione?" Harry asked standing up as well.

"Harry….honestly…its not you its-----"

"Don't give me--- Its not you. Its me---type a thing, Hermione. I know what you're trying to say." His gaze suddenly fell down to the ground. He stood there, staring at his feet, awkward and uncomfortable. Not to mention hurt and humiliated.

Hermione felt really bad. She had the sudden eagerness to tell him what she had been hiding from him and Ron this whole time.

"Harry…" she started, trying to find the right words to get everything out. "There is something I have to tell you."

He looked back up at her.

"What I meant by…this whole thing being weird. Its not weird that you like me." She made a pause, pulling herself away from her words. "What is weird…about this whole thing..."
She took another pause, not sure if she was really ready to explain everything to him yet. "I can't keep doing this." Hermione thought. "Why can't I just tell him what's going on, that I get visions and about me and Draco?"

Harry looked at her, more confused than ever before.

Hermione turned her gaze up to the brightly lit sky. It was so clear. Nothing but a couple of clouds hung in the sky. It was beautiful. "Just tell him. What is wrong with you?" Hermione's thoughts sprung to life again. "I can't keep keeping secrets from my friends like this." Her gaze fell back on Harry.

He waited for her to continue.

"Harry…..I…I somehow…remember this."

"Huh?" Harry didn't know what to say. He stood there in total confusion, his hands in his pockets.

"I somehow…..foresaw this happening or something…." she took another small pause and then began to continue once more.

"The thing is, Harry….I….I...get…vis-----" Her voice suddenly cut off, not allowing her to finish her sentence.

He made a face, waiting for her to continue but she was unable to.

Hermione turned her gaze back up to the sky. Something was different about it. More clouds started to roll and pour in as the once brightly lit sky became dark with gray.

"W-what's wrong, Hermione?" Harry asked, not sure of what was going on.

Looking back at Harry, Hermione opened her mouth to reply. "I dunno." she tried to reply but no sound came out. She put her hands up to her throat. "M-my v-voice!" Still, no sound.
"Harry!" she panicked but still no sound came out from her mouth.

She suddenly focused her gaze on the sky once more. It grew darker with more eerie grayness.

Harry tried to put a hand on Hermione's shoulder, to comfort her, but it only went right through her.

"Hermione…you're fading." she could hear Harry telling her. Then, in the distance, she hear two familiar voices.

LENNE'S POV (point of view)

"I do love you, Lenne!"

"How can you say that?" I said furiously. I tried to hold back more of my tears. I turned my gaze up to the sky. Raindrops poured down on my face. They felt cold but refreshing. "Why am I so stupid?" I couldn't help but to shout at the dark cloudy sky. "Why didn't I just listen to him? 'He's only using you, Lenne.' He had said."

I looked back over a Liam. " 'He's nothing but an arrogant little PRAT!' He had said. 'Your only going to get yourself hurt, Lenne.' " My last sentence was said in no more than a whisper. I then finally let my tears fall and roll down my cheeks.

END OF LENNE'S POV

Hermione stood there, Harry still by her side, listening to those two familiar voices in the distance. She couldn't see them…but that night….what she thought was only a dream…replayed in her mind, captivating her.

Suddenly the darkness over took Hermione as she began to fade into black. Everything around her disappeared. Included Harry.

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A/N: Well, what did you guys think? Was it good?

Well anyway. So…reading Lenne's point of view…..who do you think Lenne and Liam are? You should remember where that whole point of view came from but if you don't…it was in the last chapter of "the bet." HINT! HINT! WINK! WINK! You all should have some idea but I'm not going to tell you who they really are just yet.

So make sure you review and let me know all of your opinions. And make sure you stay tuned because its only going to get better from here. Lol. Or at least I hope.