Chapter 16

"I have to ask: do you like Rafael or Sammy?"

"As friends?" Hermione asked still staring at the fire.

"More than that?" Remus pleaded.

Hermione stared at Remus for a while and wondered why would he ask me that? But, people would ask her that same question sooner or later. Hermione sighed as she stared at the flames burn in the wood.

"Sammy….I don't really see him and me together as a couple. He just reminds me too much of Sirius. Maybe I should stop hanging out with Sirius for a while." Hermione add with smile, still staring at the fire. "Rafael…..he would be someone I would date but sometimes I think he is distance from me and he won't tell me why."

"Do you have any ideas?" he asked.

"No. But, Remus I have a confession to make. Last night, when you found me and Harry in my room….we kissed." Hermione said.

Remus's eyes widen and stare at Hermione trying to show no feeling but inside he wanted to rip Harry to shreds.

"So…Rafael Andrews or Harry Potter?" Remus asked with a cold voice.

"Remus….?" She asked. Remus stared at Hermione's hazel eyes, "Why are you asking me this?" she asked trying to change the subject

"Because Ron wanted to know you like." Remus lied.

Hermione scoffed, "That so Ron."

A few minutes later, Hermione told Remus that she was going to eat something in the kitchen. She left him reading on the coach. Hermione decided to cut some apples to keep her distracted about Sammy, Rafael, Harry, and her dream. As Hermione was cutting, she didn't realize that the knife was coming closer, and then she cut herself. Hermione looked at her cut and realized that she didn't even flinch in pain or anything. Slowly, the cut was healing as the blood disappeared from her skin.

Hermione gasped at this and couldn't believe her eyes. She could heal! After Hermione finished chewing every apple she cut, she re-entered the living room, she found Remus's back facing her; he was reading his book again. And Hermione decided to have some fun. She concentrated onto the fire as her hazel eyes changed to orange and the fire was gone. Remus saw this and murmured a spell and the fire was on again. But Hermione wasn't done just yet. This time the fire was off and before Remus could even raise his wand at the fireplace, the fire burst out making Remus fell off the coach. Hermione smiled and quietly ran away from Remus.

All of a sudden, someone came out of the flames, it was the Order. Apparently, Sirius forgot that there was a meeting today. Most of the Order; Made-Eye Moody, Tonks, and Ablus Dumbledore were sitting down drinking the coffee, Remus gave them. Finally, the Weasley's and Harry came back, but when Harry entered the kitchen he saw Hermione and looked away quickly. Hermione flushed a little remembering the way his lips connect with her's. Finally, Severus Snape came and told them the news about Voldemort.

"There are more and more Death Eaters and the more Death Eaters there is, the less muggles will be alive, right now." Snape said.

"Has any of the muggles been murdered?" asked Tonks.

"No." he answered bluntly.

As Hermione was listening to their conservation, she was wondering about her dream. She saw Tom Riddle turn into Lord Voldemort. Why did he turn in evil? Hermione thought. Hermione was so concentrated onto her dream that she forgot that the meeting was still on.

"Hermione?" asked Sirius as he put his hand on her shoulder.

Hermione flinched at the touch, grabbed Sirius's arm, and twisted it as he screamed in pain.

"Mercy! Hermione, mercy!" Sirius yelled, "I give up!"

Sirius turned his head slowly to face Hermione but saw that Hermione's eyes were turned red with anger. Suddenly, Hermione let go of Sirius as she clutched her head as she closed her eyes.

"Hermione?" questioned Sirius again but this time kept distance from her.

Hermione opened her eyes and they were back to her natural eye color.

"What happened?" she asked as she stared at everyone.

"We were talking about Voldemort for a moment," Snape said, "Then, we noticed how your eye color was changing."

"It was?" she thought, "Just great."

"Hermione." Sirius said, "Since when did you learn how to defend yourself?" he asked touching the pain from his arm.

"I hurt you?" she asked and he nodded, "I learned it from our neighbor, he's about the same age as me but his dad was in the army. So in the summer, he would teach me how to defend myself from a fight." Hermione answered

"Now that we know, that Miss. Granger is wide awake can we please continue on the conservation" complained Mad-Eye Moony. "Severus." He nodded to him.

"Apparently, the Dark Lord is feeling different lately." Severus said that made everyone wondered, "He has been sleeping lately. Pettigrew said that he yells in his sleep."

"What does he yell?" asked Sirius trying to keep his cool and not talk about the rat who betrayed Lily and James.

Severus turned to look at Hermione, his eyes staring at her and Hermione suddenly saw a woman groaning in pain as the arrow was attached to her chest. While a man, a waxy man was over her body smiling evilly. Those visions were coming back to Hermione like a rollercoaster. Abruptly, Hermione vomited onto the floor. Mrs. Weasley went to the young witch and used her wand to clean up the mess. Ginny gave Hermione a bucket as both girls walked upstairs to the bathroom. Everyone turned to face Snape and he scolded at him.

"I didn't make her vomited." He said as his hands were up innocently.

"Then what did?" Remus asked coldly.