Too Long In The Rain
Chapter 16

It was three weeks after the Viktor situation when disaster finally struck. Oliver and Hermione were very much in love but one thing kept them the slightest bit apart, Hermione's nightmares. She had realized that they were not natural and told Oliver and Fidelis this and they both agreed. So now every free moment the couple had was spent pouring over books trying to find something. But it seemed as though the nightmares were getting worse and Oliver could tell even though Hermione didn't tell him, and it killed him. One night her screams reached Oliver, he had insisted that she take down the soundproofing spell she of course argued and they decided that she take it down so only he could hear, and he had ran into her room, barefoot and shirtless (I had to have it in here once) only to see her tossing and turning.

Hermione looked at her watch then back at Oliver who was reading a particularly thick book and said," Oliver…Oliver, we'd better be going to dinner."

He looked up at her and thought then nodded," Right." He stood up and Hermione followed the suit.

About halfway through dinner Hermione had an epiphany she looked over at Oliver and smiled then whispered in his ear," Oliver, I have to go, stay here, I'll meet you in my room after dinner." And with that she stood up and said goodbye to her teacher friends and left the Great Hall. Oliver stood up to follow but felt a hand on his shoulder, he looked over and expected to see Dumbledore but saw the black sleeve that belonged to grease ball Snape.

"You wouldn't be leaving would you Professor Wood? I wanted to talk to you about the five points taken from one of my students." He said a smirk tugging on the corners of his lips. Oliver sighed and sat back down just catching a glimpse of Hermione's robes disappearing around the large Great Hall doors

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After dinner Oliver went straight to Hermione's room and waited for about an hour until Fidelis appeared and said franticly," Oliver, there's something near the library that you need to see."

Oliver looked at Fidelis then got up and ran to the library, when he got there he saw many teachers standing around something, he pushed his way through and saw Dumbledore standing over Hermione who was just laying there with her eyes open mumbling something. He went down on his knees and asked," What happened!"

Dumbledore shook his head," I do not know, all that I know is that she fell asleep in the library and was woken up after she started to scream." He looked at Oliver as he said this and then continued," She collapsed out here after Ms. Pince, the librarian, ushered her out."

Oliver looked back at Hermione who didn't seem very aware of what was going on. He brushed her hair out of her eyes. Finally Madam Pomfrey had two male teachers drag Oliver away. Oliver calmed down until her saw two people pick Hermione up on a muggle-like stretcher and carry her away, then he broke free and yelled to Madam Pomfrey," Where are they taking her!"

She looked extremely sad and said," To St. Mungo's dear I'm-"

Oliver cut her off by running after them and yelling over his should," She's not crazy!" He got his broom and sped off to St. Mungo's where he ran into the waiting room and up to the desk, he looked at the receptionist and said," I'm looking for Hermione Granger."
The receptionist looked at her clipboard and then said," She is ah, the doctor is with her. If you'll just have a seat over there..." She started to say but then Oliver heard Hermione scream and ran towards the sound with the nurse calling after him," Wait! You have to let the doctor handle this!"

Oliver ignored the yells and ran into a room where Hermione was tossing and struggling while the doctors tried to stop her without hurting her, they saw Oliver and said," You can't be in here."

Oliver looked at Hermione and asked," What's wrong with her?"

"Are you family?"

Oliver looked at the doctor then said," Yes! What's wrong!"

The doctor went back to Hermione and asked," Has she had a history of mental illness?"

Oliver shook his head," No."

"Does she do drugs?"

"No!"

The doctor shrugged," Well, she is having a psychotic episode, we've done a spell and nothing seems to be wrong with her brain."

Oliver grabbed Hermione's hand squeezing it while she continued to struggle.

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Two hours later Oliver was in the waiting room running a hand through his hair when he saw Hermione's doctor come out, Oliver instantly pounced on him with questions. The doctor silenced him by saying that he could go in and see her.

He walked in and saw that they had strapped Hermione down, she wasn't tossing and her eyes were open but she was still mumbling something. He got a chair and sat down next to her and tool hold of her left hand and leant on the bed and said to her," Hermione, I'm gonna fix this. Promise. I'm gonna get you back…I need you back." He was trying to hold his tears back when he remembered what happened right before she freaked, she had gone to the library.

He leaned closer to hear what she was mumbling and heard," Nox noctis formidonis." He repeated it to himself and then reluctantly stood up and went back to Hogwarts and straight to the library ignoring all the questions from teachers and students alike. He went to the librarian and asked what book was the last one Hermione looked at, she started to say she was sorry about what happened but he cut her off," Don't, I don't mean to be rude, but please just get me the bloody book." Ms. Pince nodded and went to get the book. She returned with a book from the restricted section on illegal spells, he took it and said thank you then sat down at a table and went through the book looking for 'Nox noctis formidonis.'