Harry and I were in the middle of the Department of mysteries along with four of our other friends. Harry had come here to save his godfather after receiving a vision from Voldemort that his godfather was being held hostage. I tried to convince Harry that it was a trap, but as usual Harry did not listen so I went along to try to keep Harry safe.
We were separated from the others in our group and were dueling a couple of the Death Eaters. Harry and I could hear the screams of our friend and were trying to get to them, but could not get past the two Death Eaters we were up against. Every time we thought we had the upper hand, one of them would get the better of us. I was dueling Dolohav while Harry was dueling Jugson. I saw Dolohav begin to cast a spell, but the only thing I could cast quickly enough to cut him off was the silencing spell. "Silencio" I yelled, making Dolohav silent but I realized a moment too late that it would not prevent him from being able to finish completing the spell. I tried to dodge but was a moment too slow in moving. I saw the purple light come towards me and looked at Harry just in time to see the look of shock on his face. As I fell unconscious I saw him blast both Death Eaters out of the way with nothing but pure magic in his hurry to get to me, the look on his face one of nothing but concern.
The next thing I knew was waking up in the hospital wing back at Hogwarts late the following evening. The first thing I saw upon looking up was Harry sitting right beside me, watching me with concern. He noticed the moment I opened my eyes and yelled from Madam Pomphrey, telling her that I was awake. He then leaned down next to me as he asked me how I felt and apologized for putting me in danger.
Madam Pomphrey quickly ushered Harry away from the hospital wing so she could check me over. She spent a good while telling me that the spell had caused some damage to my internal organs and that I would be required to take many potions several times a day to reverse the damage. She cautioned me to take it easy over the next few weeks and not over exert myself. After she finished with me, she went to the door of the hospital wing and Harry was curled up beside the door waiting to see me. She said to Harry as he walked towards my bed , "I will allow you to spend ten minutes with Hermione before she has to rest."
Harry walked over to me and stood over my bed. Instead of sitting, he kneeled beside me on both of his knees like he was begging and proceeded to spend a couple of minutes apologizing. "I am so sorry for placing you in danger. I should not have allowed you to come with me. If you had stayed here then you would not have been hit by that spell. I was so scared that you had died and that I would lose you. Please forgive me, please." After reassuring him that I was not mad at him I got him to get up off the floor and sit down in the chair beside my bed. I was so hopeful that his heartfelt apology meant that he had feelings for me, but did not allow myself to dwell on these thoughts. I knew Harry well enough to know that he would tell me once he realized he had feelings for me.
We talked for a good fifteen minutes before Madam Pomphrey came out and told Harry that he needed to go back to dorm for the night. Before he left, he leaned down and gave me a hug and a kiss on the forehead, and squeezed my hand. He told me he would be back in the morning and to get some rest. Once Harry left, Madam Pomphrey gave me my potions for the night and put me to bed.
First thing in the morning, before I was awake again, Harry was back in the hospital wing, so that the first thing I saw upon opening my eyes was again Harry. I do not know whether he waited till the sun was up and curfew was over, or if he snuck in with his invisibility cloak and fell asleep beside my bed. Considering he had fell asleep in the chair beside me, I think he snuck in and fell back to sleep while watching me. Madam Pomphrey came out of her office just a minute later while I was still debating whether or not to wake him up. She did not look at all surprised to see Harry sitting in the chair, and told me that she found him asleep in the exact same spot the previous morning. She gave me my morning potions, asked me how I was feeling then went back to her office.
`Within a few minutes, I woke Harry, and he looked sheepish at being caught sleeping beside my bed in a chair. The first words out of his mouth were, "Hermione, I had to make sure that you were okay. I had a nightmare that you had been killed in the Ministry, so I had to come down and see you to make sure that you were still here." How was I supposed to respond to that? I just reassured him that I was fine and was still here for him. He went to breakfast about an hour later, was gone just long enough to eat and was back within thirty minutes. We spent the morning talking about everything. At one point I asked him about what happened at the ministry after I had been knocked unconscious.
I was shocked at the story he told me. "I was so worried about you, because the look on your face was one of shock, concern and pain. I ran to you as quick as I could once I saw you get hit. I didn't want to be bothered with Jugson and Dolohav anymore , I just waved my hand, and pushed them away from me. Dumbledore told me that it was accidental magic caused because of concern for a loved one. He told me that they were expected to be unconscious for another couple days because of how much force I had put into the magic. He said that he had not seen magic that strong since my mom protected me from Voldemort and allowed herself to be killed. I ran to you and immediately checked you for injuries. You didn't appear to be bleeding and I couldn't find any obvious injuries. I just picked you up and ran. Along the way I found Ron, Neville, Ginny and Luna. Apparently all the Death Eaters present fell down at the same time as I knocked out Jugson and Dolohav. I just made sure they were okay and kept running. I made it to the foyer at the same time the Order was arriving. They wanted to take you from me, but I wouldn't let them. I made them bring both you and me back here to Hogwarts by portkey. We were dropped off here in the hospital wing, and I refused to let anyone touch you besides Madam Pomphrey. I had to be stunned so Madam Pomphrey so she could treat you and they could check me over. When Madam Pomphrey came over to check me out she found some surprising results. She found that my connection with Voldemort had been broken as a result of my magical outburst and because of that a bind on my magical core had been broken. I am not allowed to use magic until school starts back in September to give my magical core time to re-stabilize."
I did not know what to think of this. I knew what magic Harry was referring to, we learned about it in our Arithmancy class. It is called love magic, and can only be performed by someone under great distress out of concern for a loved one. An example of this is what Harry's mom did to save Harry from Voldemort by giving herself as a sacrifice. I am just shocked that Harry would have enough love for me to be able to produce this magic. I also was happy to hear that his connection with Voldemort was broke, because that meant there would not be any more visions and that the bind on his magic was broke.
The next words out of Harry's mouth were even more of a shocker. "Hermione, almost losing you the other night made me realize that I like you a lot. Would you be my girlfriend?"