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The Man in The Silver mask	By : LovelessHope Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 4896 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Where we left off
- 2-Dreams
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Draco looked at the invitation in his hands. The students would be going to be a part of a masquerade ball in exactly 2 weeks from that very day. He couldn't believe it, he felt like this was all so rushed. He walked back to his bed, crumpled the invitation and threw it at the wall. He couldn't be thinking of things as childish as an invitation to a stupid dance. He wasn't 13. And he had more pressing matters to deal with, like what was Hermione going to think when he screamed himself awake with the nightmare he would most likely have that night.
Hermione sat looking at the invitation in her own room. She herself felt like this was very rushed. She knew that Hogwarts was most likely desperate to remake it's reputation as a safe and professional place for young witches and wizards to study their craft, but you can't build rome in a day. And it seemed McGonagal was attempting to make rome in the equivalent of a few hours. She was not excited to be all dressed up for a dance again as the Yule Ball had ended in such a disaster for her. And she was also not excited to see who Ron would take. Sure it was a masquerade but she would have bet anything that everyone would know who everyone was.
Draco and Hermione sat on opposite sides of the same wall and turned over to sleep, neither one of them able to get their minds to settle down. They were both terrified of the nightmares that would haunt their sleep.
*****
Morning came as a pleasant surprise to Draco as he realized he hadn't screamed himself awake that night. He didn't remember what he dreamt, but it was such a relief to him that the image of Hermione being carved by his aunt didn't make his night a living hell. Little did he know, Hermione felt the exact same way when she was greeted by the sunlight. They had both survived the night, without alerting everyone in the hall that they were sleep screamers and were probably going to be a consistent problem for everyone who witnessed the event.
Hermione quickly got ready, much happier and rejuvenated than she was used to. "Accio robes" she said, watching as the robes flew from her closet and to her. By the time she was done dressing herself, she was so distracted by the relief of the morning that she didn't even notice when she opened her door too hastily and clocked Draco right in the mouth.
"AH! Hermione, what the actual fuck was that for?!" Draco shouted falling to his knees from the pain. He too was having a quite pleasant morning until his mouth had been greet by Hermione's swinging door.
"Draco?!" Hermione said with a shock and instinctively bent down to make sure he was okay. Her confident appearance turned sheepish as she spoke "I am really uhm sorry. I usually aparate everywhere, since i have gotten so good at it. I ahem... forgot that I most likely shouldn't open doors with so much force"
"Are you apologizing to me or bragging about your aparating skills?" Draco asked, annoyed standing up, Hermione standing with him and meeting his gaze. Her face turned pale as she saw the shiner she had given Draco.
"Want me to fix that for you?" Hermione said in a quiet voice
"Fix what, what did you do to me Hermione?" Draco's tone was quickly getting angrier
"Repairo!" Hermione said quickly swaying her wand, then quickly walked away leaving Draco holding his no longer sore face in confusion.
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Hermione quickly got seated in her first class, still blushing from her embarrasing accident with the door and Draco a few moments earlier. She looked at the professors name on the board and she didn't recognize it. "Professor Lucid" the board read.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud voice from the back of the room.
"Dreams" The voice began, Hermione quickly turning to see a tall man, skinny and towering above the rest of the students. She also noticed Draco in the corner "Great" Hermione thought "Of course he's in this class. I just can't seem to escape this little rash of a human being"
Again her thoughts were interrupted by the echoing professor "Dreams are no illusion, dreams are a ticket into your own world.... What does that world hold for you? Is it magic" He leaned toward a wide eyed Luna Lovegood "Or is it fear?" The professor slammed his wand down on Hermione's desk making her jump a little.
"Whatever your dreams hold, wouldn't you like a way to control them? Wouldn't you like your little world completely at your fingertips?"
All of the students had the professors full attention. He walked around the room.
"In this class I will be teaching you spells to help you control your dreams. Now I know what you all must be thinking... Wow, I must be the only one who has nightmares that consume my existence making 12 of my 24 hours hell on earth... Well you all are here for a reason, and that reason is, you are the survivors of a war. A traumatic experience that you have supressed so far that it comes to you in your dreams. I can tell you from experience it is much easier to face your demons in your dreams... That is when you have control of said dreams"
The professor walked over to Draco's desk. "Young man" His voice boomed "What is it that haunts your mind". The entire class fell silent. You could hear a pin drop.
Draco shook his head, but the professor insisted giving Draco a warning look
Before he even spoke, Professor Lucid cut him off "Now I will know if you're lying boy"
Draco swallowed hard then spoke ".... Almost every night I relive seeing Hermione get carved into by my aunt Bellatrix. Last night was the first night in months that I haven't woke up screaming"
The professor nodded and Draco caught a quick glance at Hermione, whose face had gone completely pale.
"Next!" The professor said, and the students went around the room talking about what their nightmares had consisted of. Hermione was terrified. She was having the same dream as Draco and sure as shit didn't want to make that a public fact. She watched as the professor weaved through her fellow students and made his way to her. But right before he got to her he checked his watch. He shook his head
"Well it appears we are almost out of time. Before you go I want you to all take a dream charm from my desk. They will allow you to be conscious in tonights dream. And don't worry there is a spell on all of your dorms, none of you will have uncontrollable nightmares tonight. We will resume where we started next class period. Class dismissed"
Hermione quickly grabbed the charm and made her way out of the classroom. All she could think of was what Draco said. She had been in his dreams everynight since the war. She couldn't help the feeling of what she thought was nerves. It was really butterflies.

That night Hermione headed back to her dorm in a haze. She felt numb and weird after a full day back at hogwarts. When she got there she saw Draco opening his door and without even thinking spoke.
"Hey"
Draco turned around and saw the frizzy headed girl with her hand out motioning him to talk to her.
"Hey" he said cautiously
"I don't know exactly what to say, but you and I have been having very similar dreams." Hermione paused, swallowing the fact that she thought she was going to take the dreams she had of the incident with Bellatrix to her grave "Do you think it's a coincidence that we were put in dorms next to each other"
Draco's ears perked up and felt himself blush knowing that Hermione was dreaming his same dreams. Then class flashed before his eyes and he blurted out "Everyone in class had a someone with a similar dream to their own, but professor Lucid asked students in an order to not cause suspision"
Hermione was taken aback as she combed through her memory. Draco was right.
"Draco..." Hermione said with a hushed tone "Do you think Hogwarts is as safe as McGonagal wants to make us believe"
"I don't know Hermione"
The pair shared a long look
"Hey Hermione"
"Yes, Draco?"
"Can I see your masquerade invitation"
"Um"
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