Chapter 1: Sleep and Find
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mayadidiHermione and Snape find a magical object that connects them in an unexpected way.
ReviewedChapter 1: Sleep and Find
Hermione didn’t want to wake up. She tried to hide her head under the pillow and burrow more deeply under the covers, but it was no use. She was awake. She lay still in her bed, trying to recall her dream. Had she dreamed? All she could recall was a feeling of contentment that she wanted to retrieve.
With a sigh she swung her legs out of the bed and stood up, only to land on the hardback of a book. She looked down, her book along with the strange hoop item she had found both laying on the floor. She must have dropped them when she’d fallen asleep.
She smiled; a couple hours of peaceful sleep had left her feeling more refreshed than she had felt in a long time. I fell asleep!
Not only just fell asleep, but she had slept peacefully and felt rested. Her sleep hadn’t been interrupted by the constant nightmares that she had come almost to expect when she closed her eyes each night.
She looked at her old-fashioned wind up alarm clock (the only type of clock that would work within the Hogwarts wards), and her smile grew. She had an hour before her alarm would normally go off. She could use the time to conduct more research on her new… toy. She glanced down at it, sitting in a messy heap of feather on the floor. She picked it up and untangled some of the strings, laying it carefully on her nightstand. She would need to be more careful from now on.
After quickly dressing, she hastily made her way down to the library. She could read for about an hour before she would need to get down to breakfast and then classes. The night before she had skimmed through her copy of Magical Items of the United Kingdom, with no luck. Today she would extend her search and check other regions.
In the end, it only took her an hour to find the information she was looking for. The hoop and feathers was called a dream catcher. It was in fact a magical item, devised by people who practiced magic in the Americas.
The "dream-catcher," devised by the native peoples of the Americas, is meant to be hung
above the bed. It is then used as a charm to protect sleeping children from nightmares.
Good dreams pass through the center hole to the sleeping person. The bad dreams are
trapped in the web, where they perish in the light of dawn.
Hermione looked around at the stone walls of the library. She had needed a dream catcher, and it had appeared for her last night. She wondered if the castle itself had provided it for her. She remembered Dumbledore speaking once of the castle as a being in itself. Perhaps he hadn’t been too far from the truth.
She felt a spark of satisfaction. The dream catcher had worked for her last night. She would remember to hang it above her bed tonight, and she wouldn’t question it further. It had been left for her to use and she would do so.
She remembered that there had been two. I wonder who the other one was for... Shrugging to herself, she returned her books to the shelves; it was time for breakfast.
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Severus woke with a start, looking around in surprise. He had fallen asleep in his favorite leather chair in front of a now cold fireplace. He blinked a few times, trying to orient himself. A book lay on the floor at his feet, and he had an ache on one side of his neck. He had fallen asleep! Apparently, he had drifted off without realizing it. He felt amazingly refreshed, as if he had awakened from a full night’s peaceful sleep. He had no memory of the usual nightmares. In the privacy of his rooms, he allowed himself a brief smile, feeling cheered by the fact that he could experience sleep without nightmares.
Leaning forward, he scooped the book off the floor and flipped to the middle, trying to remember what page it had been on. The book, Magical Innovations of the Western Regions, had a chapter about his new object. His eyes moved back and forth quickly as he read about the dream catcher and what its purpose was.
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he thought about what he had read. He had experienced a night of good sleep. Could it be due to the dream catcher?
He looked over at his desk where he had placed the webbed hoop and feathers. He was tempted to be suspicious of the item, even if it was free of any dark magic. It had appeared just as he had needed it, but that wasn’t uncommon at Hogwarts.
He rose in order to start performing his morning ablutions. He would have to hurry in order to make it to breakfast, and he would need at least one cup of coffee before the long day ahead. He supposed for now he would have to wait and see. He thought about bringing it to some of his colleagues to have it checked out. Flitwick would be the best option for detecting any charms on the device. But, no, he didn’t want to give it up for a number of days while different professors poked and prodded at it. For some reason he trusted that it wouldn’t bring him harm. Perhaps he would start sleeping better if he kept the dream catcher in his rooms.
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AN: I grew up in a state that had a number of Native American reservations. It is hard to say which tribe the dream catcher originated in and I couldn't find out if it was in South or North America.
The Dream Catcher is a common piece of art and decoration and is believed to hold bad dreams in the web, just as Hermione read when she did her research.
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Hello. Like the dreaming of the two main characters. SS throwing a hissy fit at it actually being the real HG lol Hope to read more soon thanks.
I hope you will come back to finish this story. It is sad to see it abandoned before you got to close it.
I am definitely enjoying this story, and I've been out of fanfiction for awhile so I actually haven't seen this idea yet. Very well done, too.
As for this:
"I'm having trouble figuring out how Severus would react in this situation. Please review."
My thought is that the next time, he would likely take the Dreamless Sleep potion himself, and regret it, but not really know how to act at first. After all, Hermione is still a student, and I'm sure that his erotic thoughts about her are going to be difficult for him to deal with. I suspect she's going to have to be the one to initiate that part of the relationship.
As for what he'll do after the dreamless sleep potion . . . one possibility is that he will ignore her until the next night, when he has to see her, and they'll end up in that white place. There won't be anything interesting to look at or do, so his attempts to ignore her there as well will fail. Then, they'll either have an argument and make up afterwards or they'll converse hesitantly but without arguing, and come to some sort of decision about what to do.
On the other hand, he would know that the dreamless sleep potion would only be for one night, so he might come up with some sort of plan as to what he's going to do when she shows up again.
Either way, I'm guessing there will be some sort of interaction.
Just my thoughts, and I look forward to the next chapter!
YES!!! I am very interested in how he reacts also!!! OF course he would retreat, however he needs her too much to just let her go!! And try as he might....he needs her too too much!!!!! Looking forward - very forward to the next chapter/dream!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like this story. In the end of the chapter, SS try to hide his feelings. I 'm looking forward to read the next chapter!
She has told him all along the dreams were real. Perhaps he might finally listen to her words?
I just love it so far! Of course Severus can't handle the situation right away, but I hope he comes around. :)
I'm excited to see an update to this story :D
oh pleaseee write the next chapter quickly! its an absolutely addictive story! youve got me hooked and i think im already suffering withdrawels!
That was a cruel place to leave us.
typically Snape ! I love this story !
I'm sure they'll have many heated discussions in dreams/real life. Maybe he'll sulk for a while, but he can not not dream forever.
So glad to see an update. I'm actually quite looking forward to them talking in reality, to see how they are with each other. Maybe you could move it on to the next potions class. Severus thinking he was to hard on Hermione and ask's her to stop after class? Just a suggestion.
Look forward to how you move on.
Just like Hermione, I feared he would react like that. I can just hope that after he's cooled off he might realize that it's exactly what he wants. Someone is actually caring, loving him even and not just in his dreams. That was a lovely update.
Hi mayadidi,
I was so glad to see this fic continued! It's a great opener for... well, it seems that the expectations are putting quite some pressure on you. Why not make their next meeting a dream?
I'll review if you give me the next part! *stomps foot* No, I am really loving this, and am so disappointed I have to go to bed without reading what happens next. Hope you figure it out....
I just found this story and it's really excellent too! Hermione has more or less accepted that dream Severus and Professor Snape are one and the same, but Snape's poor reaction makes sense as I think he was feeling safe and content with his dream girl, but confronted with real Hermione I think he would initially panic and hide behind his old "greasy bastard" persona for awhile. Now he has to deal with the fact that he has gotten to know and develop feelings for a real woman and has a chance for the kind of life he's longed for, but it's got to be incredibly frightening at the same time. And then there's the fact that while Hermione is an adult, she's still his student and it'll probably take a while for him to adjust.
Classic Severus! -- the current reaction, I mean. Defensive mode, check. Hiding it behind unpleasant snarkiness, check. Retreating from the situation, check.
But---he has to SLEEP, sometime...and THEN...
Well, as he himself said, no one can take Dreamless Sleep too long--it's dangerous and addictive...(smirk)...
He is the consummante spy, so he can hide his feelings totally, in almost all situations (only twice in the canon do I recall him coming undone--once in the Shrieking Shack and the other when Harry called him "coward"). Yes, he can hide his feelings--from everyone ON THE OUTSIDE.
But---in his dreams, Hermione's already breached that barrier, as he has for her--they are both already INSIDE one another's subconscious, so NEITHER can long keep up any pretense of hiding their true selves and feelings from one another.
So---what I envision is a LONG, probably heated, at times funny and at other times heartbreakingly angsty, "discussion" between them at their next "dream-meeting".
They both know now, irrevocably, that these "dream-meetings" have been real.
What they'll decide to do?
Hmm----well, they have a great many meandering side issues to discuss ("I'm a teacher, you're a student!"; "What will Harry and Ron and my other friends think?" "McGonnagall will have my nads for this if she finds out!" "But HOW did those dream-catchers get there, for us to find, anyway?"), but I think finally they'll get down to the two core issues:
1. What do THEY really want? Do THEY really want to continue meeting in their dreams?
2. Will they take things beyond just dreams--into waking life--and if so, how?
And I'd imagine that line from Lavender will come into play again: "for two people to dream-share, they have to have an extremely strong connection or bond".
So, I imaine you're planning on having them discover (or stop denying, in Severus' case) that they do indeed already have an "extremely strong bond" between them.
What I'm very curious about is how the dreamcatchers got into this room that Severus mentions was usually "completely" empty, how they came to apparaently be charmed for Hemione and Severus specifically to find and be imprinted on, and how the magic of the dreamcatches is working in this VERY unusual way for them.
I think, in finding the answers to those questions, Severus and Hermione will fill us in on lots of details about what they plan to do about the situation they find themselves in.
Eagerly waiting for more...
update soon, please. i can't wait to read the rest of it.
I love this story. I'm so glad you finally updated. I cannot tell you how long I've been waiting for this chapter and you did not disappoint me. I hope you figure out the next chapter soon. I think Severus, at first would end up rejecting her, trying the dreamless potion for a bit and getting himself distanced from her. But whatever you do I know it will be smashing. Please update soon!!!
Grr. He'll stew, just like he's doing. Maybe he needs a nap.
I hope you figure it out soon! (How Severus will react). I really enjoy this story and look forward to reading more.
I think you got his reaction down perfectly. Now how are they going to get past it?
Glad to see the update. He responded as I expected: he can't believe the dream-sharing is real and he wants to push her away because he thinks he's unworthy of love. Can't wait to read more.
Oh my what an ending!. I knew he would react like that when he found out she was right. I think he needs some time.
I absolutely love this story. I hope you continue it.