Love and Betrayal

Hermione stared at the flames dancing in the fireplace. She didn't know how long she lay there staring into the flames but she did. Sleep evaded her. Perhaps if she hadn't of fallen asleep earlier maybe she could have slept now. Julianna kept talking to her and her nerves were reaching their end. She finally stood up and retreated to the bathroom.

She ran the water and slipped in. She loved the feeling of the warm water and there wasn't a portrait talking and nagging her. She stayed in the water, thinking of everything Voldemort had said. He was just saying that to get her temper up right? Hermione finally pulled herself out of the warmth of the water and put a robe about herself. She wandered into the clothing room and found a nightgown. It was floor length and it was midnight blue and it laced up the front. She slipped it on and laced it up. She smiled and then went back into her bedroom. She took the book about Ancient Runes and sat down on the settee to read.

A Few Hours Later…

Hermione looked up as someone opened her door. Voldemort came through the door. He wore midnight blue robes and he looked angry. He looked at her.

"What are you wearing?" he asked.

"I'm wearing a nightgown, what do you think?" Hermione replied.

"You need to be dressed for dinner," Voldemort said as he came closer.

"I refuse to go into that snake pit," Hermione hissed, her temper rising.

"You will do as I say," Voldemort said. He grabbed Hermione's arm and pulled her to her feet.

Hermione glared as Voldermort began to drag her. Hermione struggled against him, trying to wrench herself free.

"Let go of me!" she yelled.

Voldemort said nothing but opened the door to the clothing room and pushed her inside before coming inside himself and closing the door behind him.

"Find a pair of dress robes," Voldemort said.

"No. You…" Hermione began but Voldemort pushed her aside and began to look through the dress robes on the rack.

He found a pair of midnight blue ones and tossed them to Hermione. "Put them on," he said.

"No," Hermione replied.

"Do you want me to do it for you?" Voldemort asked in a deathly calm voice.

Hermione gasped but went behind another rack of clothes and pulled off her nightgown and slipped into the robes.

Voldemort went to another shelf and waved his wand. He picked up a diamond clip and waved his wand. Hermione's hair went up and the diamond clip held it there. He then picked up a sapphire and diamond necklace. He walked behind Hermione and put it around her neck. The large sapphire at the bottom hung right above the swell of Hermione's breasts.

Voldemort smiled in approval and took Hermione's hand. He pulled her along as he left the room.

"I don't want to go," Hermione tried again.

Voldemort turned to her. "You will cooperate," he said.

"Why is it important for me to come to dinner? I hate those people. They tried to kill me once," she said.

Voldemort stopped and turned to her. "They all hate me. If I, wait why are they being nice? They always hated me for being a muggle-born. Did you have something to do with this?" Hermione asked.

Voldemort took her arm again and pulled her up the stairs to the third floor and down a corridor. He opened a door and pushed her inside. Hermione saw that she was in a small room with a table. "Sit. I will be back," Voldemort said before he left.

Hermione looked around, curious. She opened a door to the right and went inside. She was in a bedroom. The wood beneath her feet was cool. There was a raised dais with a large canopied bed in green. A roaring fire lit up the room. Hermione backed out of the room and into the previous one.

Hermione shrugged and opened the door to the left. She gasped at the sight before her. She was in a library/study. There were rows and rows of books and they were sectioned off. She ran her hand over some of the older more ancient books. She loved the smell and feel of books. She heard someone laugh and turned to see Voldemort in the doorway.

"What?" she asked puzzled.

"I thought that you wouldn't stay seated. And I knew you would find the library. I'm assuming this was the first room you entered," he said, a smile alighting his face.

"No, actually I entered your bedroom first. It's very beautiful," she said.

"Thank you. But we are dining in the next room," he said.

Hermione sighed. Voldemort sure had mood swings. Maybe he was a girl who changed to be a guy and decided to take over the world. Or maybe was strange in the fact that he had pms problems while being a guy. That seemed reasonable enough.

Hermione smiled as she sat down.

"Now are you going to tell me why we are eating here?" Hermione asked hopefully.

Voldemort looked at her. "Absolutely not," he said.

"Oh and you just say what you want and the food appears on the plate," he said.

Hermione scowled but complied. She wished he would tell her why they were eating here. They had a really strange relationship. Since when was it a relationship, she asked herself. They were usually at each other's throats but yet Voldemort had not cursed her or tortured her. And then there were those times when they got along.

Voldemort opened his mouth and Hermione held up a hand. "If you're going to say something mean then don't say it because this is rather nice."

Voldemort scowled. "I wasn't. I was going to ask if you would like to look more at my library."

Hermione's eyes lit up and she jumped to her feet. "I take that as a yes." he said as Hermione bounded towards the library.

Hermione ran her hands over the spines of the books. She found Hogwarts A History and took it off the shelf. She heard Voldemort laugh.

"What is so funny?" she asked.

"You found the most read book in the entire library," he replied.

"You mean that you like this book too. I've read it so many times that I've lost count."

"Yes, I've read it. I also read Salazar Slytherin's autobiography," he said.

Hermione rolled her eyes and settled down to read the book…

The Burrow

Dumbledore sat at the kitchen table watching Harry Potter pace.

"Hermione is missing?" Harry asked as he ran a hand through his hair.

"Yes." Dumbledore replied.

"What about Ginny?" Ron asked.

Dumbledore ignored him. "What about the tracking charm you placed on Hermione?" Harry asked.

Lupin spoke. "We checked it. Either someone took it off or she came into contact with something that counteracted it. There are some spells placed about an area that can counteract a charm such as that," he said.

"But what would Voldemort want with Hermione?" Harry asked.

Lupin and Tonks looked to Dumbledore. He sighed. "Harry, Hermione has been having dreams for over a year, has she told you?" he asked.

"No." he said.

"She told me," Luna Lovegood spoke up.

"What did these dreams have to do with?" Harry asked.

"They were intimate dreams. Hermione felt something for the man in her dreams. She didn't understand why. She also didn't understand why she had the dreams," Luna said.

Harry frowned. It seemed strange to think of Hermione having dreams like that. She was like a sister to him and he had known her for a long time.

"But who did she have them about?" Harry persisted.

Everyone in the room with the exception of the Weasley family (the ones present) and Harry, became uneasy.

Lupin exhaled. "Voldemort," was the only word he said.

Harry's jaw dropped. "WHAT!"

Lupin held up his hand. "There's more. Snape spoke to his niece, Ebony. She lives at the headquarters and he discovered that Voldemort was having the same dreams."

Harry's eyes became like saucers. "Are you suggesting that perhaps Voldemort is having the dreams but Hermione is only getting them through him? But why?"

"We have no clue Harry. And if she is having the dreams only through him then how is that possible. They don't share a connection like you do with him Harry," Dumbledore said.

"I can't believe Hermione was captured," Harry muttered…

A/N: okay I had to put in the scence of the people at the Burrow. And I explained a little of the dreams. And Ebony is related to Snape! Hehe. Oh and I had fun writing Voldemort going mad, angry, nice. He seems like the type to have really strange mood swings. Hermione and Voldemort will still fight a lot. But I was thinking about moving up the important scene to the sixth chapter. Orignally it was meant to be the seventh but someone please tell me what you think!