Hermione
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Where once was light

Now darkness falls

Through her tear-ridden eyes, she looked out upon the blurred darkness
of her surroundings. How could she ever have thought that he had
changed? He had seemed so. . . good.

Where once was love

Love is no more

It had been so thoroughly stupid of her. He couldn't ever have cared
for her. He wiped her away with less care than she did the tears
curving into the corner of her mouth.

Don't say goodbye

Don't say I didn't try

She could still see the glimmer of recognition in his eyes when she
showed him how wrong his father was. She had so believed that they
could be together. He never said anything. Simply marched onto the
field of the Last Stand, and took his place as the Malfoy heir.

These tears we cry

Are falling rain

The pure secretions of the clouds mingled with the salty rivers that
cut their pathway along her face, on that mud-begotten courtyard. For
one moment, she had thought she saw regret in his eyes. But it
couldn't have been real.

For all the lies you told us

The hurt, the blame!

And where was the unwavering beauty that had once poured from their
hearts? Where was the one who held her, and told her it would always
be okay?

And we will weep to be so alone

We are lost

We can never go home.

Draco
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He had stood, and he knew he was betraying her. He had fought, yet he
knew right from wrong.

So in the end

I'll be what I will be

This was himself; it was what he had always been.

No loyal friend

Was ever there for me

He never had the notorious "Dream Team" to catch him when he fell. He
never had anyone, until her.

Now we say goodbye

We say you didn't try

She could never understand the depravity of his world. It was never
black and white, just the struggle for survival.

These tears you cry

Have come too late

Maybe, as she looked unto the battlefield, she understood a little.
Perhaps she knew then how much exertion it took.

Take back the lies

The hurt, the blame!

Both
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And you will weep

When you face the end alone

She huddled in the darkest corner of the castle. She longed for the
reassurance of his touch, yet hated him with the might of her being.

He was curled amongst the bed sheets, trying to convince himself that
she did not try hard enough, and that she must be wrong. While, still,
his arms felt empty.

You are lost

You can never go home

Two tears, navigated two cheeks. Two mouths uttered the same truth.

"I loved you".

You are lost

You can never go home.