Hermione smiled as she remembered the first time Viktor had told her that he had loved her.

Hermione walked beside Viktor by the black lake as the sun began to set. She could see the moutain's slowly start to swallow the sun up and she felt a smile come to her face as she saw the beautiful warm colours mix in with the cool. Viktor had asked Hermione to go for a walk with him and she had accepted without doubt.

"Hermi-own?"

She felt a sudden warmth covering up her right hand and she realised that Viktor had just slipped his hand in hers. "Yes, Viktor?"

"I-"

He suddenly hugged her and Hermione was surprised by his actions as he also took things slowly with her, but she didn't mind. She hugged him back and wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her face against Viktor's.

"Hermi-own?" He said, gently. "I... Thank you for agreeing to going vith me to ball.... I am thinking that you vere very beautiful vhen I first saw you I remember. I loff the vay your hair falling over back. And eyes are like melted chocolate. I am feeling hungry for them..."

Hermione's heart started to beat faster and faster as he continued and she could feel her face literally heat up. She was probably as read a s a tomato by now thanks to her boyfriend.

"I love you Hermio-own. Neffer haf I felt liking this for someone... I vould die for you-"

That did it for Hermione. Before she knew it, she kissed him smack on the lips after bringing his face down to meet hers. She had never would have wanted her first kiss to be like this but she couldn't help it. Nobody had ever spoken to her in such a way before.

Hermione opened her eyes to see that the Bulgarian man that she had just been kissing her had disappeared. She looked down and was suddenly brought back to Earth. Her heart stopped for a second and she felt tears come to her eyes again. Before her lay Viktor, his rag doll like body just lay there with his arms and legs in awkward positions. There were cuts all over his body from the earlier fight as he had tried to protect her. Just as they had almost Apparated away, a spell had targeted Hermione and Viktor had pushed her out of the way and took the shot instead. He had lost his wand so he couldn't have had used a spell to protect her. The sun was starting to set and the warm and cool colours greeted Hermione's skin.

Hermione wiped the dirt off of his face and brought his face to his chest as she searched around to see if the Death Eater(s) had found them. She kissed his head and pleaded him to come back to her.

"Please Viktor... Pleaseee... I love you... Please...."

But Hermione knew that he wasn't coming back. He was never going to come back. Looking back now, she wished that he had never told her that he would die for her.

A sudden snap of a twig caught Hermione's attention and she knew she had to leave the forest as soon as possible. She grabbed Viktor tightly and Apparated the both of them away.

A/N

My first story of 2010!!! XD One chapter only. Flames and reviews accepted.