The
rain falls like stones upon her face, burning her cheeks with
stabbing cold. The icy wind washes over her, singing her lullaby s of
sadness and despair. She hears his voice, but knows that its not but
the wind colliding with her loneliness. But she still hears it and
she echoes the voice as loud as she can.
"RON!"
But
it is drowned out by the wind and thunder.
"Ron..."
She
drops to her knees and stares up at the black, starless sky, the
watery stones still slapping against her bare skin. Her cloths were
soaked and her body, freezing. But still she sits there, to loyal to
move.
She pulled the letter from her pocket. Black inc that
once showed his handwriting was now smeared and washed away, but she
knew what it said;
Hermione,
meat
me outside the forbidden forest.
ill take you away from this
hell.
runaway with me.
love,
Ron
Hermione
crumpled up her letter and threw it to the wind. She closed her eyes.
He materialized in her mind. When she saw him smile, the tears rolled
down her face. No one would have seen her pitiful tears against the
millions of rain drops, but in her mind they were just as cold and
painful.
Just as Hermione was about to give up, there he
was. Rain drenched him as it did her. Hermione ran to Ron and through
herself into his arms, smiling. But something was wrong.
He
didn't touch her. His hands hung at his sides. Hermione tilted her
head back to kiss him but he pushed her back so hard, she fell to the
wet grass. A stone hit her chest, but this one was real. Another
large rock was in Ron's hand.
"You whore," he
yelled through the rain, making suer she could here him. "How
could you do this to me, you bitch?!" The rock left his hand and
hit her arm.
"I'm sorry!"
"No
your not!... Not yet!" he through another stone. But it missed
and he yelled out in frustration. "I loved you! How could you do
this to me?! I loved you!"
"Baby, please! I love
you! I'm so sorry!" she crawled on her hands and knees to his
legs and laid her head on his feet. "I'll do anything to make
up for it!"
"Oh, don't worry." Ron kicked
her back. "Your about to!"
"Ron, please!
I'll do anything!"
"Yeah?! Hold
still!"
"Please, don't! I love you!"
"Yeah?!
Did you love him?! Did you think of me wall he had you on your back?!
Or were you saying the same thing to him you were saying to me?! 'Oh,
Harry, please! Oh, baby! I love you!' Except you begged him NOT to
stop!"
"Ron, please! I didn't want to! He made
me, I told you that! I love you! I would never-"
"Harry,
Hermione? My best friend?! Harry Potter?! He didn't force you!"
Ron through another stone and hit Hermione in the stomach. "Did
you like it?! Was he better then me?! Was it worth it?!"
"Baby,
I-"
"Shut up! I'm not your baby! I'm just your
toy, aren't I?!"
"No!"
Ron threw
his next rock as hard as he could and hit her in the head. She
screamed as blood pored out.
"You said you loved me,"
She screamed. "You said you'd merry me! That we would be
together for ever!"
"I don't share, bitch!
Especially with my best friend!"
He through his last
stone and hit her in the head once more. With a sickening crack, her
skull split open. "You want to make it better?! just
wait!"
Hermione became light headed and sleepy. "It
hurts," Hermione said just loud enough for Ron to hear.
"I
know," he said just as loud. "It will stop soon. Just
relax."
She nodded and closed her eyes. She was
gone.
"You know, she was telling the truth," Harry
said, stepping out of the shadows.
"Yeah, I know,"
Ron replied. "now she can't tell anyone."
Harry
smiled and gave him a loving slap on the back. "You're a good
friend."
