Hey there! So I decided that I couldn't leave 'New Beginning to Love' to wither away any more. It looked so sad. So I took it down and am in the process of rewriting/ editing it.

Hope you all enjoy!

Ch1 – So it is

Hermione sat alone in the top most room of the Burrow. Her soft brown eyes swept over the vacant room, but saw nothing. She absentmindedly twirled her most prized possession through her skinny fingers. The tiny ring did not fit her anymore. Hermione's family and the doctors at St. Mungo's had become extremely concerned; she had lost an excessive amount of weight since the Battle of Hogwarts. Though it felt like a lifetime ago as she shuffled through her memories, in reality, it had only been five months.

A single small tear escaped down her cheek as scenes from that day came crashing back to her mind.

"No Hermione, you have to stay here. I need you to stay safe..." Ron's eyes were rimmed in red and Hermione knew that she couldn't deny the pleading in his voice. "Please? Please, stay here?"

Hermione hesitantly nodded her head.

Before she could react, Ron grabbed her into a tight embrace and kissed her soundly on the lips. For a few brief moments, the war melted away. He drew back, held her face between his hands and looked her directly into her eyes, "I love you both so much."

Hermione couldn't control the flood of tears that cascaded down her face. "We love you too," her voice was raspy and cracked uncontrollably. "You better come back," she had whispered to his retreating form.

Hermione had reluctantly kept her promise to Ron and had not joined the others in the last push to victory against Voldemort. She had taken refuge in a cave in the mountains that had been the Death Eaters headquarters; which Hermione had cleared out without any assistance.

She moved to the rear of the cave and assembled herself a small cot out of discarded robes and a blanket that she had stored in her ever extending purse. Hermione settled herself into her small nest and began twirling the still foreign ring on her left hand. It was a thin, intricately woven band, with a bright blue sapphire set into the pattern. Ron had mumbled something about Hermione needing something more unique and personal than just a diamond.

Ron had purposed a week before the final battle had commenced. It had not been very romantic, but it was very Ron. Hermione still smiled in spite of herself when she thought about him nervously ringing his hands as he finally articulated how much Hermione meant to him, and how much he couldn't stand the idea of being without her. Hermione chuckled as she remembered that she didn't even answer if she would marry him or not at first; she had simply thrown herself into Ron's arms and kissed him soundly.

Ron and Hermione had spent the remaining days leading up to the final battle together in their own little piece of the world. And the day right before they all had to leave for the final stand against Voldemort, Hermione had discovered that she was pregnant. When she had finally strung the words together to inform Ron, he was more than a little shocked. But as the shock wore off, the grin on Ronald's face grew. He had grabbed a camera and begun taking dozens of pictures of her, "I want to remember everything about this day. Please smile, 'Mione?"

The memories faded away as she examined the pictures on the floor.

These were the three pictures that Hermione cherished above all the others. The first was of Hermione beaming at the camera with Ron coming into the picture occasionally to kiss her on the cheek and smile at the camera. The second was of Hermione giggling uncontrollably because Ron had taken the picture as he tripped over a doorway. The last picture was of both Hermione and Ron; he was standing behind Hermione and holding her to his chest in a protective way, like he would never let her go.

As Hermione picked up this particular picture, a few tears came spilling from her eyes but her smile remained. She gently patted her abdomen as she addressed her stomach, "Your daddy loved us so much, he didn't want to let either of us go."

Hermione was now a little more the five months pregnant; her protruding stomach appeared to be expanding every day. But Ron wasn't there anymore to hold her or share in this new adventure.

Ron had been killed at the Battle of Hogwarts.

Ron had sacrificed himself for Harry. He had leapt in front of The Chosen One as Voldemort had tried to throw the killing curse at Harry's back. Harry watched in disbelief as Ron fell to the ground dead. The anguish and fury that built up inside of the Boy-who-lived at seeing his best mate tumble to the ground like a rag-doll, had been the defining moment in the battle. Harry turned to face Voldemort with vengeful rage pumping through his veins. Harry thought of every loved one that had died because of the Dark Lord and a strange composure had seeped through his body.

When Harry spoke he could feel those he had lost standing directly beside him, lending him the power to finally destroy the distorted, evil man before him.

"AVADA KEDAVRA."

Voldemort collapsed to the ground.

That was the one and old time that Harry ever said those words. It pained him to take a life, but he knew that it was a necessary sacrifice for the safety of their world. Harry was forever known as the Boy who killed He-Who-Must-Not-be-Named.

Hermione peered around the room one last time; it felt so empty without Ron. She wiped her face of the tears that had fallen and she collected her things from the floor. Hermione looped the ring back onto the chain that she now wore around her neck. She silently said goodbye to the room before forcing herself to exit.

As Hermione was descending the stairs, she froze in the middle of the hallway. She put her hand on her stomach and felt a little foot extend into her palm.

"You better be nice to my belly dear, or I will have tattle to Uncle Harry on you."

Hermione beamed a genuine smile as she continued down to the kitchen.

A bit short I know, but I promise that I'm working on it. I am trying to update at least once every week, so this story will definitely be continuing.

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Misha