Disclaimer: I don't own HP nor Evanesence's song My Immortal. I wish, but it is just that; wishful thinking.
AN: I hope you guys like this! It is my first attempt at writing a fic myself. I've been a long time reader though!
AN 2 (March 3, 2009): HELLO!! I am slowly editing my story and changing parts...once this is done, I will be updating!! (Crazy, I know!) Sorry it has been so long!!
"We are terribly sorry for your loss. Even though I didn't know them, I'm sure they were great people." Nymphdora Tonks placed her hand on her shoulder. "However, there is one thing I'm confident of knowing. They loved you; they still do." Tonks squeezed her shoulder reassuringly. "I know they would also want you to continue living your life as if they didn't leave you." …As if they didn't leave you…As if they didn't leave you…
That statement seemed to keep bouncing in the inside of her head. No matter what she did, they weren't coming back. That is what scared the almost eighteen-year-old the most. Her parents weren't coming back. They couldn't come gallivanting to help her anymore. They couldn't fix her mistakes. But, most of all, they wouldn't be there for any of the milestones in her life.
I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
Because your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
They wouldn't see her graduate from Hogwarts. They wouldn't see her first heartbreak over a guy. They wouldn't see her get engaged. They wouldn't be there on her wedding day. Her dad wouldn't be there to walk her down the aisle. They wouldn't see their first grandchild. Her eyes started to tear up.
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
She wiped furiously at her eyes. She only imagined at how red and puffy her eyes must have gotten. The know-it-all Gryffindor didn't care. She wasn't a vain girl. Maybe that's why she took up her studies. 'No.' her mind contradicted herself. 'I took up my studies because my parents wanted me to do well in school.' She sat there and mulled over her conversation with her mind.
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away all the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
'My head hurts.' She thought. 'Probably from all the stress I'm under.' She got up from her position and grabbed two medicine tablets. 'Hopefully this will help me. They will take away the pain.'
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I've held your hand through all of these years
But you still have all of me
'It's been a half hour.' She thought. 'Shouldn't the meds have kicked in?' She started to think the pain would never go away; the emotional, psychological, nor the physical. She was alone.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
And though you're still with me
I've been alone all along
The intelligent woman had succumbed to a deep depression. She knew it, and she didn't expect to rise from it anytime soon. Hermione thought she didn't have anything to live for.
* * * * *
"Sirius, my boy! Do come in!" Albus all but shouted. He had that unmistakable twinkle in his eye, and Sirius didn't know whether to run for his life or be excited. "Sit down, lemon drop?" Dumbledore put the dish down when the new Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor just stared at him. "Alright, then, down to business. Miss Granger, under the circumstances, cannot go celebrate the defeat of Tom Riddle with the Weasleys. Molly is ex-"
"I know, I know!" Professor Black interrupted. "The baby-making machine known as Molly Weasley is expecting another loveable redhead over the two week celebration!" Sirius said jovially. Albus just smiled and continued on.
"And Miss Granger cannot go home because of the recent rogue Death Eater attacks on her late parents. This is why I've summoned you Sirius. I want you to spend the celebration period with Miss Granger."
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