Chapter 14: In Which Hermione Dreams
Hermione's dreaming mind took her back to the town of Godric's Hollow. She and Harry were walking hand in hand through the town, towards the church. Snape's Redhead kept intruding in the corners of her mind. She and Harry searched the graveyard, unable to find his parent's graves. The snow fell faster and thicker. She was becoming lost, unable to see Harry anymore. She stumbled forwards, banging her knees against tombstones invisible until it was too late to avoid them.
The snow vanished. She saw the Redhead standing next to Harry, looking at a grave. Harry was unaware of her. He knelt on the ground, his hands on a stone.
The scene shifted, and they were back at the Potter house. She glimpsed the Redhead through the window of the abandoned living room. Harry clutched her hand and tugged her away from the house.
They walked to the centre of the town, to the soldier's memorial that was also the statue of his family. The Redhead stood at the base of it. She looked at them, put one arm around Harry, the other around her, and then nodded at the memorial, "It's a good likeness isn't it?"
Hermione was awake and in a hurricane of emotions. Confusion, anger, surprise, shock, unease, and a few other emotions she hadn't yet had time to name, all lashed at her. She let the rush of emotions think for her. Less than a moment from awakening, she had grabbed the floo powder and was on her way to Snape.