Chapter 14:

The third challenge was nearing and no one had any idea what it was going to be. The only clue was that it was big. Really big. They knew this from the enormous area that had been marked as out of bounds and had a force field put around it.

Harry, Ron and Hermione spent a lot of time in the library revising spells and learning new ones. Harry kept the pure love with him and had grown accustomed to the vial heating up and making his side feel hot whenever couples were around him. It was two days before the task and Harry hadn't had a wink of sleep for ages.

"Whoa Harry are you ok?"

"I'm fine just didn't get much sleep last night." Harry of course was lying. In fact he hadn't had any sleep at all.

"If you say so." Ron said as he piled eggs on his plate.

"Harry I'm worried about you. Maybe you should skip a few classes and catch up on some sleep, the professors will understand."

"Since when does Hermione Jane Granger propose for someone to skip classes for sleep?" Ron said spraying egg everywhere.

"Don't worry Hermione I'll be fine." Harry's face fell into his bowl of cereal.

"Harry!" Hermione pulled him out by the scruff of the neck. His head flopped down on his chest snoring loudly.

"Harry!" she said again shaking his shoulders.

"Eh?" Harry's eyes snapped open to see Hermione's concerned face peering up at him. Her expression quickly changed to one of disapproval.

"I no… you told me so."

After falling asleep three more times Harry finally agreed to stay in bed for a few hours. Hermione was fussing about him in the boys' dormitory.

"And here's a spare blanket in case you get cold…" she placed a blanket at the foot of his bed.

"And a teddy in case he gets lonely! Hermione come on we're going to be late!" Ron bellowed.

"Hermione I'm fine seriously."

"Oh alright." She took Harry's glasses off his face.

"Meh. She'll catch up." Ron muttered before he left.

"By the time I get back here you'd better be asleep."

"For my sake or yours?"

"Nighty night Harry." She gave him a peck on the lips, picked up her bag and disappeared down the stairs..

"Nighty night." Harry's eyelids became heavy and he didn't fight sleep, he was too tired.

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Harry and Hermione were making out in a strange house. Their tongues waged waras the night raced across the sky.

"I love you Hermione." He whispered.

Hermione stared at him, looking utterly gob smacked, before pouncing off and hiding in the corner. She quickly pulled a blanket over her head.

"Hermione I'm sorry! What did I do!" He went to touch her shoulder but she twisted around, revealing a horrifying face that was not her own.

She was bald, with grey skin and with slits for nostrils. Her eyes burned red through her narrow eyes and flashed dangerously. His scar seared painfully as he reared back onto the couch.

There was a flash of green light, a malicious laugh, a piercing shriek then nothing.

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"Harry? Harry?" Harry awoke, bolt upright, his scar tingling, drenched in a cold sweat.

"You all right mate?" Ron Weasley stared down at him a concerned look on his face.

"What? Um… y-y-yeah. I'm fine." The pale colour of his face suggested otherwise. Hermione threw a look to Ron.

"Er… I've got to go to… meet with Luna! Yeah. See you at dinner." Ron turned and scuttled down the marble staircase. Hermione sat down on the bed next to Harry. She placed her hand softly on his knee and held his gaze.

After a while she finally asked, "Do you want to talk about it?"

"Talk about what?" Harry said, suddenly becoming very interested with a piece of fluff on his blanket.

"Come on Harry you have that I-just-had-a-really-bad-dream-but-I'll-just-pretend-it-never-happened look all over your face… but if you don't want to talk about it I'm fine."

"OK. I guess you know me too well. Ok so you and me were in this house. I've never seen it before but it just seems familiar." Hermione listened intently.

"So we were making out in this house and I said I loved you then you just sort of freaked out or something, ran into the corner and covered yourself with a blanket." Hermione looked confused but then returned to a normal face again.

"I went over to you and you had turned into… Voldemort. But he looked stronger, younger, he had a body. Then it followed as usual green light, laughter, scream the end."

Hermione chewed her lip before saying, "You shouldn't worry about it too much. It was just a dream. Besides if you said you loved me I would do this." She leaned forward and pressed her lips against his.

When they finally pulled away Harry looked much better.

"Are you going to come to class?"

"Yep just let me get my things." Harry jumped out of his scarlet four poster bed and began to pull his robes on while Hermione got his books.

"All set?"

"Yep. Is lunch over yet?" Hermione glanced at her watch.

"Ten minutes left."

"Good. I'm starving." Harry slung his bag over his shoulder and walked down with Hermione to the great hall. They arrived to find it was almost deserted except for a few teachers, some first years, and Ron who was shoveling food into his mouth as usual.

"Hey Harry! Glad you could make it." He said, spraying mashed potato on a nearby first year. She scowled and wiped bits of potato from her hair.

"Sorry!" He called after her, before continuing wolfing down more mash.

"Ugh, honestly Ron how do you keep it all down?"

"That's for me to know and for you to never find out."

"Which is Ron language for I don't know."

"Hey!"

Harry sat down next to Hermione before piling his plate high with mashed potatoes, sausages, peas and carrots. (A/N: This is a typical aussie meal, SCRUMMY D )

"Look Harry knows how to pile it on too."

"Well that's because he hasn't had any breakfast."

"Well you've got a point there." There was a silence filled only by the clinking of cutlery and loud belches coming from Ron. Harry was almost done when a certain petite lady, with enormous glasses and many shawls hanging down around her ran in.

"That's Trelawney. What do you suppose she's doing here?" Harry asked.

"I don't know. She's hardly ever out of the north tower it clouds her 'inner eye'." Hermione said making quote signs with her fingers.

She was rambling like a mad woman.

"The dark lord shall return, stronger than ever before, HE SHALL RETURN!" she cried before collapsing in a dramatic faint.

"Professor!" All the students and teachers ran up to her sprawled figure sprawled on the ground.

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I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry that this took so long. Mostly because my computer's internet wasn't working. To tell you the truth I've kind of gotten sick of this story. Do you mind if I wrap it up quick? I will.

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LAURA!

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