"You aren't dreaming," he tried, "You are not in your nightmare." When all she did was cry, he began to shake her lightly, "Snap out of it!"
Severus was growing more uncomfortable and confused by the moment. Hermione's action did not make sense, nor did her state seem to be normal. Even if she believed she was in her nightmare, this was no way his Hermione would react. Something wasn't right.
He shook her lightly again and pleaded, "Hermione, please!"
She didn't respond. She just looked at him in horror as she cried.
"Hermione, you are not in your nightmare!"