There's More To You Than You Let On

Chapter 3: The Howler

"Hermione please!" Draco cried as he was held by Harry and Ginny. Hermione, however, didn't have a choice. Ron had just cast the Imperius Curse on her only moments ago. She was pointing her wand at Draco with tears streaming down her face. "I can't," She whimpered.

"Hermione please! Hermione! Hermione!" Draco cried.

"I'm sorry," She mumbled, and on Ron's command. "Avada Kedavra."

Green light shot out of her wand and hit Draco. Hermione fell on the ground sobbing. She hugged him closely knowing she killed him. "Your turn," Ron spoke. "Avada Kedavra."

Hermione shot up from her dream breathing hard and with tears streaming from her eyes. She looked up to see everyone looking at her worriedly. "Are you ok?" Draco asked next to her. She didn't respond and pulled him into a tight hug as she cried. He hugged her back and didn't let go until she did. "Stop dying!" She huffed while playfully hitting his arm and wiping her tears away. Everyone looked at her confused.

"How did I die this time?" He asked holding her hands. She sniffed.

"We were in the middle of some field. Harry and Ginny were holding you in place and Ron.. Ron cased the Imperius Curse on me and made me... and made me kill you." Hermione ran her hands through her hair stressful. "Ughh these dreams.. they feel so real. I thought it was real. I thought you were dead."

"Aww." Astoria and Pansy couldn't help but say.

"That's it," Draco said angry. "Stay with her and get her something to eat." He started to walk out.

"Where are you going?!" Blaise shouted after him.

"To send weasel a howler!" Draco called back.

They all laughed a little.

"Come dear, let's get you some food," Narcissa said sweetly.

"Thank you," She said as they helped her up, "and I'm sorry if I woke you."

"You didn't," Theo said as they began to walk to the living room.

"Yeah, it was Draco who woke us up really," Pansy said. "He was screaming your name trying to wake you up."

"He knew I was having a bad dream?" She asked.

"Yeah, you were whimpering and crying and mumbling things like 'I cant' and 'I'm sorry'," Blaise said.

"Oh."

They sat down on the couch and Astoria went to help Narcissa in the kitchen along with Blaise. The rest of them were all talking when Draco walked in. He plopped on the couch next to Hermione and put his arm around her. She went pink in the cheeks and failed at hiding it causing Pansy to smirk.

"What took you so long?" Theo asked.

"Lets just say the Weasleys won't be having the most peaceful morning," He smirked. Hermione smiled at him and laid her head on his chest. They all continued talking and got on a first name basis with each other until they were called for breakfast.

The Burrow

Harry and the Weasleys got up for breakfast the next morning without Hermione. They all thought it was odd for Hermione to disappear without telling them and break up with Ron over owl. They thought they'd just drop it until they could talk about it face to face with her at school. They were sitting at the table eating breakfast when an owl flew through the window. It had 4 letters attached to its legs. Harry got up and gave the owl a treat after taking the letters. The owl flew off and Harry examined the letters. One was addressed to Harry and Ginny, another to George, one to Mr and Mrs Weasley, and lastly, what Harry recognized to be a Howler, addressed to Ron.