"Nice to have you back Miss Granger." The Fat lady said as the portrait swung open and Hermione stepped inside. There was chatter coming from the common room, as she walked in the room went completely silent. She stopped, she stared at all the faces staring at her, there is not one person in the room that didn't have their eyes fixed on her.
"I think you have seen enough!" came a voice she recognized. Harry emerged from the crowd, now this was one person she did remember.
"Yeah, back to what you were doing, nothing to see here." Came another voice and Ron forced his way out of the crowd of people.
"You took your time didn't you!" she scowled jokingly at Harry.
"Herm… you… you remember?" he asked, shocked.
"I remember you, no-one could ever forget you." She flung her arms around his neck and squeezed. Harry placed an arm around her back and hugged her. The look that Ron gave Harry could kill, he was seething. "It is so nice to be out of that ward, the crazy man in the bed opposite, he said he knew me but I can't remember him, he wouldn't leave me alone. He kept saying 'Miss know-it-all doesn't know it all now does she!' and laughing."
"That was Lockhart, he used to teach here, in our second year…. When Ginny… the Basilisk?" Harry said, still attatched to Hermione.
"…The giant snake thing?" she asked.
"YES!" Harry yelled and hugged her tight again. "We'll have you back to normal in no time."
Candles on the stairs, she was walking up them following the yellow flickering lights, she reached a door which was open slightly open, she pushed open the door to be met by red silk, more candles and a blonde boy lying on the bed, he had a red rose between his teeth, then she heard the words, which sounded distant, 'Will you marry me?'
Again Hermione woke in a cold sweat, she had gasped so loud that candles were being lit at the other bed in the room. "Are you ok?" Lavender asked her.
"Hey, fine." She lied and lay back down. The candles were being blown out one by one, once all the candles were out, she swung her legs out of the bed and pulled her cloak around her. As she walked through the corridors, she tried to remember walking though them before, trying to remember where she was going. Hermione reached the top of the grand staircase, she stopped, not walking down. Her head began to spin, she saw herself lying at the bottom of the stairs, her breathing became ragged, she saw faces looking over her. Hermione raised her hand to the back of her head and then it happened again, she felt her balance go and she was falling again.
Draco pulled on his cloak and headed out of the dungeons, he couldn't sleep. He reached the top of the stairs and his heart skipped a beat. Hermione was standing at the top of the grand staircase looking down and holding onto the back of her head. As he walked towards the grand staircase he saw her eyes flutter, she wobbled and then she began to fall. Draco sped up the stairs and she fell into his arms, the force of her nearly knocking him back down the stairs. She was lying in his arms, eyes still closed. "Hermione, wake up." He whispered into her ear. "Come on, please, wake up." His heart was pounding. "Don't do this to me." He whimpered, "I love you, please I love you."
Hermione's eyes fluttered open, she was looking up into the face of the boy who had been lying on the bed in her dream. She struggled to focus on him. When his face came into focus, he was sighing, a sigh of relief. "…Draco?" she muttered.
"Yes, how are you feeling?"
"I need air." She said as he helped her to her feet. Draco walked along side her, letting her lead, he had an arm around her waist keeping her steady. He was looking at her profile as she walked, she was pale, so pale that she made him look somewhat tanned. Her eyes were still flickering, but she seemed to know where she was going. When Draco looked up, he saw where she was headed, for the tree by the lake.
They sat down under the tree and she rested her head against the tree, she closed her eyes. Draco looked at her, somehow the pale colouring of her skin made her look even more beautiful. He lent towards her, not thinking, he pressed his lips against hers. Hermiones eyes shot open, and Draco pulled away, he looked hurt. "I love you too." She sighed.