hi everyone!
firstly i'd like to mention that i don't own Harry Potter although this is my version of the story. (Disclaimer- DRAMIONE fanfic)
this is my first fanfic so i am very excited! i hope you enjoy reading it as much as i enjoyed writing it. please review- i am always up for suggestions, ideas or any positive/negative comments. so i would really appreciate it if you reviewed! Enjoy! :)
I ran through the dark corridors, my heart beating a thousand miles an hour. Once upon a time I would walk through these very halls, loving how carefree life could be. I had never imagined Hogwarts, my Hogwarts, would turn into this hell hole. The walls were caving in on me, making it excruciating to even take a breath. I just wanted to get out, and get out fast- before this castle swallowed me whole and took me to its darkest pits.
It's like that school that I loved ever so much was just merely a memory from a dream; it felt as if it hadn't existed at all. It felt as if it had always been so cold and gloomy as it was now. I guess I took that all for granted. I missed the dim lights, ancient rugs and the sweet smell of yet to be found knowledge lingering around the classrooms (metaphorically speaking). How the hell had my own personal heaven turned into my most dreaded nightmare?
I was there running for my life. The people in the portraits had been long gone, fleeing at the first sight of danger. I guess the word danger was an understatement. This was war.
Every muscle in my body ached; all I wanted was for all this to be over. I wished those muggle stories about genies would have been true. Then I certainly would've wished this all away. But I guess I was getting the sense of the bitter taste of reality, not even magic could help me now. I was on my own.
"Ron!" I screamed. Where in the world was he? We were supposed to stick together. My screams echoed off the walls, I was now making myself quite vulnerable- they could find me at any moment. But what did I care? What was there worth living for?
I nearly tripped over at something on the floor. It was a figure, sprawled on the mahogany timber, lying on his side with a pool of blood surrounding him. I swear I would recognise that red hair anywhere, but I really wished I was wrong. My heart willed it to be a mistake, but as always my mind was far ahead of my heart. Oh God not him, please not him I thought. I fell to my knees and turned the figure so he was now lying on his back. My stomach did a thousand back flips, bile rose in my throat. An unbearable cold wrapped its arms around me. My voice was merely a whisper, as the tears that I had been holding fell freely down my cheeks. I had found who I was looking for, but this was the price I had to pay. "Ron?"
I clutched him against my chest, my tears turning into uncontrollable sobs. This couldn't be happening. Why him? Ronald Weasley had opened his eyes ever so slightly as a single tear trickled down his own cheek. "Run" he uttered. With that he slumped against me and his barely there heartbeat stopped. It couldn't be. No. I had already lost my parents, now not him too. Who did I have now? It was entirely my fault. If only I didn't agree to spilt up…
I hugged him one last time and kissed his now frozen lips. I took the remains of his now shattered wand and placed them in my pocket. And I just ran. I ran as fast as my legs would go, I ran for Ron and all the people who I had lost. I ran for my life.
I didn't want to leave, I wanted to stay there forever, hold him against me and wait for him to wake up with my name on his lips. Leaving Ron was there has pained me ever since, I would live with that moment etched in my brain for as long as I lived.
I didn't exactly know where I was going. But somewhere safe sounded like a good place to start. As I was just near the prefects' bathroom, a hand grabbed my arm. I closed my eyes. "Shit" I muttered. I slowly turned around, getting ready to face my doom. What the hell was I in for?
so this was the first chapter. i hoped you liked it. please, as i said before i would really like it if you reviewed. Thanks for reading!