Hermione felt a strong arm encircle her shoulder, pulling her back against the hard chest of the owner. And than she was being dragged; and all of her struggle was gone. Lost along with the life of those blue eyes. The ones that had sparkled with laughter and confusion so many times.

It wasn't until they were out of the hall and into the court yard that a voice spoke into her ear, "Scream, Hermione. Scream it all out." Remus Lupin whispered in her ear, his other arm snaking around her waist, holding her tight to him.

She didn't know what came over her, but she screamed. Her body tried to rip from the strong arms that had bound her; momentarily forgetting who it was. She screamed at the sky, cursing it for taking the one man she loved away from her. Just after she had finally gotten him for the first time. All she saw was his red hair, even redder from the blood; and his bright blue eyes silenced and lifeless.

"Ron!" The cry tore from her body, and she ceased her screaming. All that remained in her, was an emptiness that couldn't be filled. She bent her body forward, and the body behind her followed suit; until bother where hunched over. Hermione let her body become boneless, the only thing supporting her where the arms of a werewolf.

For the first time Hermione noticed the sobs that were irrupting from the man behind her. That the side of her neck was wet from where he had laid his head. And suddenly she irrupted in sobs along with him, crying out an anguish that was her own but also the man standing behind her. Her hands clutched at his arms, hoping to make him even closer. She basked in the warmth of him; in the comfort he was offering her. Something no one else could even think to offer her.

After awhile Hermione found the courage to get Remus' attention, "Who did you lose?" she wasn't sure where the question had come from, or what relevance it had to him. But she had searched her mind when the sobs subsided into hiccups and found no names that would make him cry as he did.

"Dora.."

And suddenly the anguish was back, and they both cried in each others arms again. Both had lost the one they loved.


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