eachdraidh | ( video ; seelie + unseelie )

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THE DREAM;

[ It starts of as nothing more than blackness and screaming, the sounds flickering desperately and the panicked breathing soon taking over. When Hermione remembers this moment it's the pain that surfaces first, then the panic, then the horror of her memories, but it takes so, so long for the memories to crawl out and be more than just echoed sounds.

Then there are visions, flashes of a face bearing into her own, whispering to her and a wand moving in front of her eyes, the sound of a curse echoing around her body as she screams with the pain, twitching. Her vision swims, now, from the agony, even as she lies through her teeth - and she is lying, desperately, not expecting to be believed but relishing the fact that even now, when she's on her back on a cold floor with a witch trying to Crucio her to death, she can protect her best friends.

It doesn't take long for the other woman to come back and take over Hermione's light of sight completely, leaning close and shouting in her face even as she tries to bite back desperate sobs. It's almost impossible, not with the ravaging pain that's taking over her, and it's not until the woman moves to the side and jerks forward, body twitching as she does something out of Hermione's vision but she still screams, body lurching and everything twisting as she tries to get away.

Everything is burning pain and agony and there's nothing she can do but breathe and try to keep going, despite her tears, desperate sobs that overtake the entire nightmare. The one word that echoes, over and over, is Mudblood; mudblood, mudblood, each hiss like a stab to her heart and another cut to her body.

Eventually, finally, the screaming is over, her voice is hoarse, and she's left just... Staring. Her gaze is a little fuzzy and distant, a little lost, and her hands twitch a little, her body readjusting to it's pain threshold being pushed too far, too fast, pulling all her energy out of her and leaving her worse for it. Eventually there are more whispered shouts behind her and a hand lifts, grabbing her, a knife pressed to her throat and her best friends in front of her, their lives on the line again and she'd failed --

and then she wakes up. ]

ADDED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, text;

I don't suppose there's any way to get rid of this, is there? I'm sorry for anyone who had to see that. I'm truly sorry.

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Oh! Well, it's even nicer to meet you, then. Galadriel is wonderful.

She truly is. A wonderful mother and leader. As well as a grandmother, my children have always adored her.

I feel like there's so much to learn about you all - that isn't rude, is it? To want to learn more?

Not rude at all. I would glad to tell you anything you wish to know.

Oh, thank you! [ She hesitates, though - ] Could I contact you in a few days, maybe?

But of course. I have very little to do of late, my mother and I have chosen to remain at the Station so I will be waiting.

I'll apparate over sometime soon, then. I travelled back a little bit ago to see a friend.

Apparate? [Looks like she'll have something to learn about too.] I am glad you have friends with you.

Oh, um - it's a little like magical teleportation? It lets me travel almost anywhere, as long as I've been there before and I can imagine it.

I see. [Sort of.] It sounds a very useful ability.

It is! I can bring people with me, too, and if they're not comfortable with that I have a way of using a magic powder to help them travel through fireplaces.

A fireplace? [HAHAHA- no.] I imagine that would be the more uncomfortable of options.

Oh, well, not really. The flames are green and completely harmless- it's the travelling part that gets a little uncomfortable.

That is a relief. I would not want to suddenly see people walking around with burns.

Oh, no, that'd be awful. Magic protects us from that, at least.

I am glad to hear it.

[Magic is still a strange word for her but here in Drabwurld, she's getting the hang of it.]

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