Chapter 2. The dream
I sat by the window in the library seeing the fall sun set making the sky turn shades of yellows, oranges, and reds. I was finished with mine and Harry's homework. I sighed as I looked thru the window watching the sky had turned from red to violet and black.
When I headed back to the common room, my path crossed with Professor Snape. "Hurry along Miss. Granger you're very close to the curfew hours," Snape said. I continued walking never meeting his eyes once, I felt his eyes on my until I turned to the corner and headed for Gryffindor common room. Ever since that summer I avoid Snape as much as I could for I was not yet ready to face him and confront him the way I wanted to for that night.
When I got to the common room it was filled with people and laughter, Harry was still at practice and Ron was on the armchair doing his homework. I decided to call it a night. I closed the door behind me and climbed into my warm bed. Sleep came and went, until it settled with me.
The gentle cool breeze hit my face tingling my skin, I opened my eyes to see the oceans waves hitting softly against the cliff I stood on. " Hermione," a voice behind me called. I knew that voice it was belonged to Remus, and sure enough; there he stood. "Remus!" I cried running into his arms. He felt so warm, his breath slowed and his heart beat faster. He felt so alive. "Remus I've missed you so much," my voice trembled. I knew I was only dreaming but even then I could not help but be weak. He broke our hug and took my hand, " Lets sit Hermione," he said as a soft breeze passed us.
We sat at the edge of the cliff over looking the ocean that was deep blue but when it hit the rocks below it turned clear. "Hermione, there's something I want to give you." Remus turned his gaze on me smiling. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small red velvet box. My eyes widened, I had seen that box once before in real life, only it was by by accident when I had came into his room and ask him to ask him down to dinner.
"I've been holding onto this for you for a while now," he handed me the box. I held it in my hands and opened it. It was a simple necklace with a opal moon pendent with three dark blue stars hanging by it. It was simply beautiful, "It belonged to my mother you know, she said it was the first gift my father had ever bought her," he said taking it out of the box. "It's very beautiful Remus," I told him watching his hazel eyes looking into my brown ones. "I have kept it for someone very special and I think it was meant for you," he said still keeping our eye contact as he put it around my neck.I hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
He held me close to him, our hearts beat fast and our hand intertwined together, waves hitting rocks was the only sound that filled the air. The wind blew more rapidly now, no longer a soft breeze. Remus held my face close to his and when our lips made contact it felt like fireworks had gone off inside. Our soft kiss became more passionate, my arms around his shoulders as my hands felt his soft hair.
The wind blew harder making us part from our kiss, the clear blue sky was not filling with dark clouds. It got colder and colder, until my hands were cold. I looked at Remus. " Remus what's happening," I asked but he was pale his eyes in a fixed stare beyond the ocean, "Remus," I shook his arm but it was cold. I was afraid now, "Remus answer me," I shouted at him.
The dark clouds stared to pour rain and thunder, the waves crashed violently below us. Remus began to twitch violently and screamed. I gasped 'no,' I thought to myself . Remus was still screaming in the pain, the cliff disappeared and the rain stopped. we were in the dimly lit room as Voldemort tortured him again in front of my eyes. I tried to move, to scream, to do anything but I was paralyzed only tears streamed from my eyes freely. Voldemort had killed him again in my dream, and all I could do was watch.
When I was able to move everything went dark, I heard faint whispers all around me becoming louder "do you think she'll be alright," Ron's voice echoed. "You must understand that Severus had no choice but to let the events fold as they did for he could have blown his cover and in doing so he has saved many of us." Dumbledore voiced echoed. I was on my knees now my eyes still overflowing with tears "I suppose they are going to bury him, Sirius is devastated too Remus was the only friend he had left after my dad," Harry's voice filled the air and then everything went quiet. Then came a soft silky voice "I'm sorry ,"Snapes' voice sent chills to my body.
I woke up. Unlike my dream my tears had been real, my pillow was wet but tonight I had managed to not scream out from my dreams, all the girls slept in a peaceful slumber, Ginny snored lightly. I envied them, they would never suffer the kind of heartbreak I've been put through. Sitting up in my bed, I looked at the stars shine brightly and I wondered if Remus was shining among them. And that necklace, was it just a keepsake I wished I had or did it really exist for me. I knew that perhaps it was time I went to Dumbledore like Ginny had been suggested after the first few nights of my nightmares. I laid back down into bed hoping to get some sleep without the dreams that haunted me, but no sleep came. And so I laid in my bed tossing and turning, thinking about what could have been if he was still around.