A/N: Hey guys! I'm trying to get a new chapter out either every day or every other day. We'll see if I stick to that.

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Annie walked into her office that morning around 6, and poured herself a cup of coffee. Then she walked over to her desk and sat down. She grabbed her briefcase, and pulled out two vials filled with a purple potion, which was, hopefully, the solution to her problem.

The night before, she had gone to visit Prof. Dumbledore at Hogwarts to get his help. When she appeared in his fireplace, he was so startled he almost hexed her, but at seeing who had popped in, he rushed over and gave her a hug.

"Annie! It's so good to see you, it's been much too long. How is your search going? Here, lets take a seat and catch up." They walked over to his desk and she sat down across from him. He offered her a lemon drop, and she gladly took one.

"Well sir, I believe I've found them." She saw his mouth open wide.

"Really? That's wonderful! Why don't you look excited? We've finally discovered the key to destroying Voldemort, you should be proud."

"Well you see sir, there's a slight problem. They hate each other, and I'm out of ideas. I need your help to bring them together, or there's no hope." He was silent for a few moments, then walked over to the back of the room. He started mumbling to himself, and opening and closing drawers and cabinets. He seemed to find what he was looking for though, and began mixing together some sort of concoction.

He let it simmer in a cauldron, and walked back over to her. "This would be so much easier if I could go down to Prof. Slughorn, but the less people who know about this the better. What I'm brewing is a sort of dream potion. You'll give it to them, and they will immediately be sent into a dream world together. There they will have to make it through many tasks before they will be allowed back."

"Kind of like a muggle video game?" Annie asked, trying to understand.

"Yes Annie, something like that. With one major difference. Everything that happens while they're there will be completely real for them, which makes this a dangerous potion. But desperate times call for desperate measures. In their minds, they'll be sent anywhere in the world, even anytime period."

"How long will they be gone? We can't just make them disappear! They have school, they have friends, they have families, people would get suspicious."``"Hmmm, you have a point. The time it takes varies from person to person. It depends on how long it takes them to finish. But you are the principal. You could tell their families they're on a field trip, and tell the school they're sick."

"Alright, but how do I get them to drink it?"

She saw his eyes twinkle, "You're a smart witch. I'm sure you'll think of something." He looked over at the potion. "Looks like it's just about done. Now, it's important that you give it to them in a place where no one else will see. It only takes a few moments to take effect, and then it will be as if they are in a deep sleep." He walked over and stirred the potion a few times, then poured it into two vials.

"It's imperative that they drink the entire vial. And they must both drink it at the same time to ensure that they are together. Otherwise the whole plan is pointless." He handed her the vial, and Annie walked over to the fireplace. "One more thing, good luck." He waved good bye to her, and she disappeared in a flash of green.

She took two mugs and poured the potions into both of them. Then she filled them up the rest of the way with tea, and put a spell on it to keep it hot. By now it was around 6:30. It would be about an hour before Draco and Hermione showed up at her office. That is if they were planning on showing up at all. She remembered the day before perfectly, and wasn't sure how the meeting would end up. Hopefully they had been able to cool down a bit.

She still couldn't believe what they had said to each other. If it wasn't a life or death situation, she would never make them see each other again. She took a sip of her coffee and began catching up on the work she'd been putting off lately.

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Hermione was almost at school, and she still hadn't decided what she should do. She didn't know if she was still supposed to go to Miss DeBoard's office, considering there was no way she'd ever spend anymore of her precious time in Malfoy's presence. The bus pulled up, and she headed to the library to study for her Spanish test 1st period.

Luck wasn't on her side however. When she entered the library, the librarian Ms. Reynolds told her she was to head to the principal's office immediately. Great, she thought, just perfect. She turned around and began the long trek to her office.

She knocked on the door, and then walked inside. She was annoyed, yet not surprised, to see Malfoy already sitting in front of Miss DeBoard's desk. She reluctantly sat down in the other chair, and looked expectantly at the principal.

"I know this is the last place you two want to be right now. However I need to talk to you about something. First, would either of you like some tea?" They both nodded their heads, and she walked over to the coffee maker, and picked up their cups. She handed them over, then returned to her chair.

She waited for them to take a sip, then continued. "I'm sorry that I've been pushing you guys to get along. Apparently, all I've done is make things worse. However, I cannot tolerate your constant fighting, especially since it always leads to damaging school property. So what I'm going to do is lay off, on one condition. No more fighting, no more arguing. If that means you never see each other again, then that's what needs to happen."

Draco and Hermione looked surprised. Whatever they had been expecting that was not it. Hermione took another sip of her tea. It tasted a little funky, but not bad. For some reason she couldn't stop drinking it. Draco was having the same problem.

Annie watched them chug the tea, and had to remind herself to breath. She had already taken care of everything. Draco's family was easy; all she had to do was leave a note on the kitchen counter. Hermione's family had been a little bit harder. She had shown up right after Hermione left for school, and explained the surprise field trip to the beach for the week.

The students finished off their tea and set down their cups. Hermione felt sort of funny. Her head was getting a little fuzzy, and her stomach was starting to gurgle. She tried to stand up to head to the nurses office, but her legs felt like jello, and the next thing she knew everything went black.

Draco was feeling funny as well. He tried not to think about it, but then everything started getting blurry. He couldn't move, he couldn't speak, and the last thing he saw before everything went black was Hermione starting to fall out of her chair.

Annie stood up and walked over to the unconscious teens, and picked up their dropped mugs. Then she walked over and locked her door, then pulled out her wand and lifted them into the air. She walked over to the closet in the corner of her office, and opened the door. She had enlarged the closet to be able to fit two cots, which is where she placed Draco and Hermione. She stood back and took a close look at them. They were surprisingly peaceful looking considering the circumstances. Then she closed the door and went back to her desk.

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Hermione woke up feeling groggy and sore. She looked around and was immediately confused. She was sitting in some sort of clearing surrounded by trees so tall she couldn't see the tops. She had no memory of getting here, and it was scaring the crap out of her. She heard somebody next to her groan, and turned around quickly. She saw Malfoy starting to move, eyes slowly opening, and saw a look of surprise on his face as he looked around him. He must have noticed her staring at him, because two seconds later he had a scowl on his face again. "What are you looking at?"

She glared at him before looking away. "I'm looking at a dumb ass with a spider crawling on his head." She watched him jump up and start swatting at his head. When he heard her laughing he realized there was no spider, and swore under his breath.

"Where are we?" he asked, and the question brought back the fear she had been feeling.

"I have no idea. I was hoping you would know."

Draco glared at her. "Perfect. Of all the times to stop being little miss know-it-all, you just had to pick now."

"Little miss know-it-all? Is that supposed to be an insult?" Before he could answer she said, "The last thing I remember is being in Miss DeBoard's office, and feeling kinda weird. Do you think she had anything to do with this?"

Draco thought for a moment. "It seems like the only logical answer, but why would she drug us and dump us in the middle of a forest? I'm pretty sure that's illegal."

"No duh genius. Now how 'bout we try to find a way out of here. The sooner we're out, the sooner I never have to see you again." She looked around and found a path, and figured might as well. She walked towards it, but didn't hear Malfoy walking. "You coming?" Not that she really cared what he did, and under normal circumstances she would just leave him there. But it would be dark soon, and the last thing she wanted was to be in the middle of nowhere, in the dark, by herself. Not that she'd ever admit it of course.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming." He muttered. He was not happy, not one bit. While Hermione had been looking around, he had pulled out his cell phone to call for help. Unfortunately there was absolutely no service, which was strange and disconcerting. If there was no service, then they had to be pretty far away from civilization. He heard Hermione say something, and realized she was already at the other side of the clearing. Figuring he didn't have any better ideas he followed her.

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They had been walking for about two hours now. Hermione, having much shorter legs than Draco, was struggling to keep up. However, she had her pride, and absolutely refused to tell him to slow down.

Draco was getting more and more impatient. The mosquitoes were starting to come out, and they kept buzzing in his face. Not to mention the sun was starting to set and they still hadn't found anybody. He began to hear something up ahead that sounded a bit like running water. He decided to head towards it. He was starting to get really thirsty, and there would most likely be a clearing nearby, where they could spend the night.

Hermione heard the water too. The thought of nice cold water, and a place to sit gave her a little energy boost, and she managed to make it to a nice stump in front of the river before flopping down. She saw Draco take out his phone. "Damn."

"Still no signal then?" she asked, already knowing the answer. He must have found it a stupid question and didn't reply. He walked over to the river, and drank some of the water. Hermione looked around her. It wasn't much different than what she'd been looking at for the past few hours. Everywhere she looked there were more trees. She looked up and realized the sun would be down in a few minutes, and then they'd be stuck in a pitch black forest.

She got up and began gathering some twigs and leaves, and a few small branches. Then she looked around trying to find something to light a fire with. She was really starting to wish she hadn't quit girl scouts so early. Maybe then she'd have a clue how to start a fire.

Draco looked over at her pile, and walked over. Then he began setting the sticks and twigs up in a ay that would make it burn better. Then he pulled a lighter out of his pocket. "Why do you have a lighter?" Hermione asked. He looked at her as if it was a stupid question. "You know what, I'd rather not know."

Within a few minutes the fire was started and it gave off a nice warm glow. They both looked around, and gathered some bigger branches, so they'd have more fuel before it got too dark to see.

Once that was done, they settled themselves around the fire. "I swear, I'm going to kill whoever did this." Hermione heard Malfoy mutter. She felt the same way. She loved spending time in the woods, but she absolutely hated the dark. Well, not the dark, more like what was lurking around in the dark waiting to jump out and kill her. These fears were not helped any by the fact that she was just a few feet away from Draco Malfoy.

It was silent for about ten minutes before Hermione couldn't take it anymore. As much as she didn't want to talk to him, the quite was killing her. "So….isn't this just awesome?" she said. He looked at her like she was nuts. "I was being sarcastic dummy."

"I knew that."

Another silent spell came over them. Hermione couldn't think of anything else to say, and Draco seemed content just to sulk by himself. Then they heard a loud crunch somewhere in the distance. Immediately Hermione's heart began racing. She looked over at Draco and saw he had tensed up and was listening closely for more noise. They heard it again, and it sounded even closer this time.

Draco picked up the biggest branch he could find, and stood up. Hermione did the same, though she was so terrified she could barely hold it up. The crunch noise was getting closer and closer, when finally they saw a squirrel run into view. It stopped immediately when it saw them, then ran in the opposite direction. Draco and Hermione looked at each other then, and couldn't help laughing at how spooked they had gotten.

Then suddenly an arrow whistled right past his ear and thumped into a tree about two inches from his ear. He was so startled he dropped the branch. He looked up and saw about ten tall men standing in the trees; each with an arrow loaded, and just waiting to fire.

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A/N: Man, that chapter was hard to write, but I did it. Sorry if it was a little boring. I'll try to make the next chap more exciting. As always, if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them! Please review!!