Here Kitty Kitty

The Fifth Years Boys Dorm- Midnight

I am standing at the bottom of the stairs in the entrance hall. The Yule Ball is going to start in a few minutes. Harry is next to me and Padma is holding my hand on the other side, but I can hardly feel it. I look up the stairwell and see her. She is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life. Hermione is on Krum's arm, and she is positively shiny. They sweep down the stairs and right past me. She doesn't even look my way. I can't stand it. I won't take it this time. I stride after them and grab Hermione's arm, spinning her around to face me. I say something. I say something that is utterly perfect. Just the one thing that she wants to hear. I don't even know what it is except that it is the right thing to say. By now I have realized that I am dreaming, but I don't want it to stop, so it doesn't. I slip my arm around her waist and pull her close. The room is suddenly empty 'cause I don't need the rest of them watching in my dreams. I bend down to place my lips on hers and whisper another perfect thing. This one I do remember, "You were always my first choice, never ever last." I kiss her and it is perfect too. Ah, the power of dreams.

When we finally pull apart from the kiss she looks just as she did in second year when her poly-juice potion went wrong. Hermione the kitty complete with tail has become a fixture in my dreams recently. Yea, this one was going to be good. Hermione looks up at me with those blazing yellow eyes and says;

"Ron, Ron, wake up." Urg, when did her voice get so deep?

"Harry, what? Gah! What time is it?" Harry's head is floating disembodied, above my bed. Out in the bloody invisibility cloak again! "Harry, don't you ever sleep?"

"Ron, I overheard Snape and Snuffles talking in Snape's office fireplace. Ron, Ron, Snuffles is sure Wormtail is in America. He thinks he may even be able to catch him this week. Of course they have to wait out the full moon, because Lupin is with him, but that's alright, they'll find him. Think about it Ron, I might be able to spend the Christmas Holidays with him." He looks so hopeful I don't have the heart to tell him how long the Ministry is likely to take to clear Sirius. Even if Wormtail were caught and confessed everything it could take months, especially with Fudge still pretending You Know Who is not around.

"That's great Harry, now can I get some ruddy sleep please?!" I roll over knowing full well that Harry won't sleep at all tonight after this kind of news, but I don't care as much as I should at this hour. As I drift off again, I lazily wonder what Hermione is wearing to sleep tonight.