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Standing by the Enemy
Im tired of never sleeping. I laid in the semi lumpy bed, after getting only 5 minutes of sleep at a time for the majority of the night i might as well be up. We've been out in these woods for months now. Harry was currently on watch at the entrance of the tent, and he was looking dreadful. I hadn't thought it to be possible for him to become thinner. "wellim up anyway, he might as well be getting some sleep instead." I was careful not to wake a sleeping Ron as I stealthed to the front of the magical tent. Harry didn't look as if he was aware id come out, he was staring blankly into the thinning darkness 'Almost morning'I thought and hurried back inside the tent. I pulled out two mugs and tapped the brim of each once with my wand, then quickly brought the newly filled mugs out.
"Harry." I said firmly to rouse him from his trance-like state. He jumped slightly but made no move to grab his wand.
"hey 'Mione." He mumbled, half asleep. I handed him his tea and sat with him.
"Im up, cant sleep again, if youd like to sleep im ready to take over watch" Harry didn't reply, just sipped his tea quietly. We sat until it was almost light out. Rons snoring drifted out. I remember I has almost loved Ron Weasley, almost wanted to be his, but he'd left us. He was selfish enough to leave us in danger. I don't know if ill ever be able to look at him the same way again. I guess it never would have worked anyway. He would probably always have it in his mind, buried deep, that harry and I were supposed to be together. The thought was laughable to me. Harry was much too much of a brooder for my tastes. Not that I blame him, he does have the weight of the world on his shoulders after all. Besides he does so love Ginny, who has never stopped loving him. Ginny knew from the moment she laid eyes on him.
I miss Ginny. Im so happy I get to be with my boys through all this, but another female would be nice. Fred and George were ecstatic when they told us how Ginny had been terrorizing Hogwarts, taking after them as only a sister can. Of course the world had changed so much since id attended Hogwarts last year. Hogwarts was run by Snape now, who we learned was a deatheater after he'd killed Dumbledore, Harry is a known 'criminal' now, and many of our classmates have been killed or badly injured. More and more every week.
Poor Ron, Lavender died right after Dumbledore's funeral. Story is she got too haughty with a deatheater. Two of Ginny's friends died trying to escape the fight the night Dumbledore was killed, Cho was tortured to the breaking point for information, much like Neville's parents had been. They still thought she was Harry's girlfriend. Shes still in St. Mungo's. Harry had taken that pretty hard. Then Lee Jordan disappeared after he was caught broadcasting, no one knows what happened to him after that, for that matter, no one has seen or heard from Draco Malfoy since that horrible night at Hogwarts either…
"we cant take much more of this." Harry's words brought me out of my thoughts. "we have to do something and soon."
"I know, were close but not close enough. At least weve gotten all the Horcruxes besides the snake and 'him,' were almost done." I tried to comfort him but Harry was having none of it this morning.
"yea close, but people are still dying. Cho and Lee were the last straw for me. We need to attack, before they get wind that Ginny was my girlfriend, before they find us, before anyone else gets hurt!" He was shaking, but he was right. It was time, soon we'd either be celebrating the death of 'him' and rebuilding or…..the alternative was not an option.
Harry stood. "wake Ron would you? We've got a lot of planning to do." And we did.