Chapter 3 (Haunted)

Hermione woke up in the middle of the night. She couldn't sleep and so she went to the bathroom to check herself up in the mirror. Instead of seeing her own reflection, she saw Raine with eyes that were really penetrating.

"Hermione… Nice to see you again," Raine said.

Scared, Hermione backed away from the mirror. "What do you want from me? I have nothing to offer you! Please… Leave me alone!" she cried. Hermione was trembling all over.

"But my dear, you do have a lot to offer me and I can help you…" said Raine in a monotonous, haunting voice.

At that same time, Raine got out of the mirror and stood beside Hermione.

"B-but I d-don't want t-to!" Hermione moaned.

This time, Raine was mad. No one can ever resist her. No one has the right.

"YOU WILL LISTEN TO ME! YOU WILL DO WHATEVER I SAY AND WANT! YOU WILL BE THE KEY TO MY REVENGE!" Raine shrieked. She had put her hands on Hermione's shoulder, her sharp nails clawing at her smooth skin. Then, it happened; she went inside and possessed Hermione's body.


"Aaahhh!" Draco woke up from his terrible nightmare. This was the second time he woke up from a strange dream. "It all seemed so vivid…" he thought.

First, he saw a young girl with long black hair, dressed in white. She was clutching her teddy bear so hard. Maybe she was afraid, sitting in the corner of a dark room. Small light had passed through the shutters of an old window, reflecting the pale but beautiful face of the young girl who looked just like… Hermione.

Draco shook his face hard, throwing a few punches here and there. He was trying to find out if it was real or not but then he realized that he must have looked stupid at the same time. "Wait a minute! Was that G-granger?" he shivered. "Uh! And did I just call her beautiful?" He tried not to gag. "I must be getting soft." He shook his head in disgust.

"That mudblood is even haunting me in my dreams…" Draco said in a sickened tone. 'Well, there's no point in going back to sleep. I'd better hurry and get dressed before Pansy wakes up and finds me again.'

Draco went downstairs to the Slytherin common room. He decided to sit down for a while and look over his class schedule before going down. Today, the Slytherins have double period Herbology with the Gryffindors.

"Great… Just great… Now I have to endure two whole hours with the stupid Gryffindors!" he sighed. He was really not in the mood to go over his usual routine. You know, play pranks on every person he sees. So for the first time in his life, Draco decided that he would lie low just for one day.

"After all," he thought, "people already fear me. What more could I ask for?"

That's what he thinks…