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The Fight
I am swimming in the darkness. It is so quiet, peaceful. I tried to remember how I got here. The last thing I could remember was the shouts of the intruders and my little girl's screams. Where were they? What had happened? It is so quiet, peaceful. Where am I? All I can see is darkness; all I can feel is the warmth around me and I can only hear the soft breeze through the air. It is so quiet and peaceful here. I am thinking back over my life, the happy moments and the sad ones, the laughter and the tears, the ambitions I had that will never be fulfilled but I seem distanced from these memories. I cannot feel the emotions I once had.
Suddenly the warmth becomes too hot, unbearable. The darkness becomes light, too bright. I can hear tense voices and somebody crying. What is this place? Then someone's voice calls out to me, "Hermione, Hermione, can you hear me? Can you open your eyes for me?" No. There are too many questions; too much light and too much heat. I want to go back to the cool, dark place, the place where it is easy; the place where I can think. But then I hear my husband's voice calling out "Please Mia, honey, I need you. We need you, Serena and I. We can't go on without you." This is what I need to help me fight. I now know what I was fighting for: my family's future.
I can feel myself slipping back into the darkness. 'No, come on, fight it' I say to myself. But it is so easy to just succumb to the darkness. I am begging Severus to keep speaking, 'Help me, Sev; please help me.' But his soft, silky voice could be heard no longer. I slipped back into the serene environment that I was once in but now I can feel the happiness I felt at our wedding day surrounded by our family ; the pain of our miscarriage and the absolute joy at the birth of our little girl, Serena. I wanted to burst into tears. I may never see my wonderful family again.
'Don't think that way.' I think to myself, 'Don't give up hope. You will see them again if you just keep fighting.' And I do. I finally start feeling the heat raise and I try to bear the pain. It is all coming into place now, the Healers' voices and the intense lights of the hospital. 'Open them. Open your eyes.' The fight that is now taking place in my mind is the hardest I have ever faced in my life. I can hear Sev's voice again, saying soft, soothing words in my ear. I am not sure what he is saying but it calms me.
Suddenly, there is a loud beeping noise and the voices of the Healers. What? What has happened? After this comes silence. Then I hear the worst words I can imagine: "I am so sorry Mr Snape we cannot revive your daughter. She is dead." Severus' cries of anguish broke my heart. That was it. I decided that I would join my little girl. I could not go on without her. The last thing I heard before I slipped into the darkness for the last time was the loud beep of a machine next to me and the panicked cry of my husband. 'I love you Sev.' I thought and went quietly to join my little girl for all eternity.
