Hermione woke up with a heavy feeling; she looked at the clock and got out of bed. It was the start of the Christmas holidays, and just behind her window, she saw snow falling slowly from the sky. She placed on warm clothes and carefully went out the Gryffindor common room.

She didn't actually know what to do, she just went around until she could find something that would amuse her, someone to talk to maybe. She went to the Great Hall to have some breakfast, she didn't realize how hungry she was. A few students were there enjoying their time, some were playing Wizard's Chess and Exploding Snap which boomed throughout the Hall.

The post came and parcels and letters were falling all over the place. Owls were dizzy and tired from the snow, yet they still managed to get the post delivered. A big thud was heard at the end of the Gryffindor table, Neville got a pair of massive earmuffs from his grandmother. He placed it on and it almost covered his whole head. Hermione found it quite funny, and continued eating her breakfast.

"Hey Hermione!" Harry, Ron and Ginny said as they sat down.

"Mmm, what's for breakfast?" Ron asked.

"Ron, you oaf, its right in front of you!" Ginny grunted, she poured some pumpkin juice into her goblet and passed it to Harry.

"Since when have you been awake Hermione? You look quite sleepy." Ginny asked, she looked at Hermione, feeling concerned.

"Oh, it's alright, I just woke up a bit early that's all." She answered, a faint smile followed.

"The Ball was just fantastic!" Ginny exclaimed. She looked at Harry, and he gave her a wink.

'Fantastic? Bloody Hell, it was horrifying!" Ron complained.

"What?! It couldn't be that bad, it was better than the other year right?" Harry asked.

"He got stuck with big mouth Lavender, that's why." Ginny said as she looked over to Lavender.

Hermione laughed. She took a look at the Daily Prophet and looked at the headlines. The Chudley Cannons took the lead in the British Quidditch Cup, it said there. There was a picture of the team flying around, shouting because of their victory.

Hermione left the Great Hall after she finished her last glass of pumpkin juice. The cold wind was blowing softly through her hair made her twitch as she wandered through the open corridors. She clutched her arms tight to her body trying to keep warm. Then she suddenly felt a rush of iciness, like a she suddenly apparated to the Arctic. A flow of sad memories were remembered, she felt that all the happiness in the world had disappeared.

"Dementors? In Hogwarts? It can't be." She thought to herself. "But, where are they?" she asked.

Then, she heard a hard breathing. She followed the sound of it and it lead to a scene that made her emotions churn around, she didn't know if she was going to burst in tears, or burst in fury. She had to take evasive action, she couldn't let this happen. Again, Draco's life was in jeopardy. A Dementor was inches away from doing the Kiss. Hermione ran to Draco's helpless body, holding her wand, preparing to fight the Dementor off.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" a bright white light in the form of an otter shot out from her wand right at the Dementor. The Dementor struggled as the the Patronus prevented it from reaching Draco. The Patronus brightened once more and the Dementor vanished.

Hermione looked at Draco's pale face, he breathe deeply and fell unconscious.

Hermione waited hours in the Hospital Wing for Draco to gain consciousness. Not a lot of people knew what happened to him, Hermione wanted it to keep it quiet, she didn't want Draco to struggle no more. A few more minutes passed, Hermione saw Draco opening his eyes.

"Madam Pomfrey, he's awake." She said to her.

"Oh, thank you Hermione." She said as she walked to Draco's bed.

"Here ya go dearie." Madame Pomfrey said as she gave Draco a bar of chocolate.

"Thank you." He said faintly. He turned to Hermione and smiled, Hermione had a hard time smiling, the sight of the Dementor made her shiver.

"Are you ok?" she asked.

"Yeah, I guess so. What happened? I only remember a Dementor coming after me…" he said.

"Oh, I did a Patronus, the Dementor almost took your life there." she said.

"Thank you, Hermione. I owe you my life. I don't know what I'd do if you weren't here."

Hermione looked at him and gave an uncertain chuckle. She kept her silence as Madame Pomfrey gave him more chocolate.

'I better go. Bye Draco, feel better ok?" she said, she left the Hospital Wing, searching for her friends.

Hermione found her friends in deep conversation, she either wanted to know what they were talking about and be rude or just be polite and mind her own business. She walked pass by them and went to the common room instead.

"What a day…" she sighed. She still couldn't believe that she made a Patronus that worked. Her head throbbed as she thought about what Draco said. She looked around the abandoned common room for something productive to do. She already did her homework, she didn't want to go around anymore, and she didn't have anyone to talk to.

She went to the girl's dormitory and lay down on her bed. She went on her side, looking at the picture of her parents. She missed them so, she wanted to see them. At that time, she fell asleep.

"Hermione! Hermione!" a familiar voice shouted out.

Hermione didn't know who or what was calling out her name. She looked at the orange sky and smelled the ocean air. Then, out of no where, she found the person who was calling her. It was Draco. They went to each other, Hermione's heart beating faster on her every step. Halfway, Draco pulled out her wand and smirked.

"It's just business Hermione."

Hermione didn't know what to do, she started running the other way, she ran as fast as she could, not turning around. He ran after her, laughing maniacally.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!" a flash of green came rushing towards Hermione, it hit her instantly.

Hermione dropped on the ground, her eye sight getting blurry. The last thing she saw was Draco staring at her, with no guilt whatsoever.

Hermione woke up. Her memory of the nightmare started fading away. It seemed so real, it seemed that it was going to happen. She reminded herself that it was just a nightmare, yet the feeling didn't seem to go away.

The rest of the holidays were a bore after that surreal dream. After a week students came back to Hogwarts, still feeling the Christmas spirit. She didn't talk to Draco after his incident, he was always in his office and Hermione didn't pass by the defense Against the Dark Arts room.

"This Potions work is making my head hurt." Ron complained as he stared into an empty piece of parchment. "Mind helping me 'Mione?"

"Well, it's simple really, what I did is-"

"Hermione! Stop, let my dear brother pass or fail by himself." Ginny said, she laughed. Hermione sat comfy on her chair, laughing along with Ginny and Harry.

Ron looked deviously at Ginny and got his Potions book. "You sound awefully like Snape, Gin. Living up to him now aren't we?'

"It's not my fault you didn't do your work early!" she shouted at him. The two siblings went on quarrelling with each other until Harry and Hermione went in to stop the war.

Classes started the following day. Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione went to the D.A.D.A room for their first period. They all waited eagerly for Draco to introduce their new lesson.

"Good Morning class."

The class stared, absolutely confused. It wasn't the friendly, handsome, smart, Draco Malfoy they knew the past months. It was their strict Potions professor, Severus Snape. They greeted back, and silently sat down. They didn't want to ask where Draco was, they knew it would just be trouble.

The class ended and the class started asking each other where Draco Malfoy could possibly be. Hermione went to her next class and after that she walked to the Great Hall for lunch.

"I wonder if Draco's still in the Hospital Wing." She wondered.

Hermione, out of curiosity, went to the Hospital Wing to see if he was still there. She had to run since there wasn't enough time left. When she got there she didn't see him.

"Madam Pomfrey, do you know where Professor Malfoy is?" she asked.

"Oh, dearie, he left the day before, I'm sorry but I don't know where he went. Now if you excuse me, I still have much to do."

Madam Pomfrey went to her office leaving Hermione near the door. Questions were asked in her head. Was he still in Hogwarts? Did he leave, never to return again? Was she the cause of his departure?

Where could he be?

A/N: That's the end of Lesson Learned… Nah, I'm just kidding! Haha, there's going to be more. I hope you guys liked this chapter, I just made it up as I typed like what I did with Chapter 3. Please review after you read! Again, I ask for your help. What would happen next?

Thanx!

-Ariana