I'm baaaaack! So sorry about the long hiatus from my stories, hope someone is still reading!
This was really happening. All of it was real, just like in her nightmares. Hermione sprang to her feet, and was amazed to discover her wand still in her hand. The battle raged around her, just as it had the horrible night. She saw Harry and Ginny, fighting Death Eaters on one side of her, and on the other….
There was Ron. He was battling, wand whirling as he fired curses left and right. He was right by the wall….
"Ron!" Hermione screamed, instinctively running toward him. "Get out of the way, move!" Before she reached him, before he even had time to acknowledge her warning, the blonde Death Eater had aimed his curse at the wall behind Ron, which immediately crumbled and fell. "No!" Hermione screamed as Ron disappeared under it. At the same time, Harry turned and fired a Stunning Spell at the Death Eater, who fell heavily to the floor. Hermione covered her face. She knew what happened, had been here before, did not want to hear the screams of horror and anguish in Harry and Ginny's cries…
All had gone silent. Hermione slowly lowered her hands and looked around her. The corridor had disappeared, along with everyone in it. She was standing alone in a white and gray mist, her wand nowhere to be found.
"Malfoy!" She cried out. "Draco! What's happening? Please…." There was no answer, but as if in response, the mist began swirling around her, faster and faster. As it gradually slowed, she felt her feet hit solid rock and her wand slide back into her hand as though it had been there all along. The scene came into focus, and it was the same one she had just left. The battle...the Death Eaters….Harry and Ginny...Ron….
Bewildered and terrified, Hermione did not have time to react before the same thing happened. Again, Ron met his death as the wall fell. Again, the silence and mist. The third time she found herself in the same battle, she took action immediately. She sprang forward, grabbed Ron's arm, and pulled him away from the wall.
"Hermione, what are you doing?" He cried out as he continued firing curses at the Death Eaters.
"You have to get away from the wall…." she answered breathlessly, still trying to force him to the other side of the corridor. The Death Eater he had been battling aimed his wand at the wall nearest to them, and laughed loudly as it fell. Hermione felt the bricks and stone hit her, crushing her, her wand was flying away….Ron was struck in the head and fell….
Hermione was sobbing as the mist took her away. "Why are you doing this to me?" She screamed into the silence. There was no reply.