In the darkness a women waited. The shadows weaved around her as she
whispered soothing words of comfort to the child in her arms.
Suddenly a hand grasped her elbow. The women stifled a scream and turned quickly. She was relieved to meet the familiar chocolate-colored eyes of her lover.
"Oh, thank goodness its you!" She murmured against his shoulder. Pulling back she asked tearfully, "Do we have to give her away? She's our only child. Our baby girl." Looking down at the child bundled in her arms, she began to sob.
"You know we have to.it's the only chance for her to survive." He stared into her ice blue eyes. "And if she doesn't survive.well, you understand."
"Yes I understand." She weeped. "But, its just to much!" With that she buried her face in his shoulder and cried. "Shh, shh.come on don't cry. They'll be here soon.do you want some strangers to see you cry?" She immediately pulled away and wiped the tears form her face. "There you go.that's the girl I know." He paused for a moment, staring her in the eyes. "The women I know and love."
She smiled up at him. "I love you too." She then stated dryly. "And if you ever make me regret that, if you ever hurt me or this child of ours, I will watch you die smiling." She took a deep breath and grinned bashfully at him. "Empty threats.I love you too much. Sorry, but old habits die hard." He smirked at her words. "Good thing too." He sobered quickly. "You have to go back to him. You have to go back and act as though this never happened." Tilting her chin up he stared down at her. "Can you do that?"
She steeped away quickly and glared at him with as much dignity as she could muster. "If I am able to give my only child away to complete strangers, muggle strangers at that, then I suppose I might be able to go home to an asshole of a husband who wants nothing more form me then my body to give him a heir and pretend that I don't love you and that I didn't give birth to the most breath taking creature that ever lived!" Briskly she walked a couple steps away. "Now come on, Honey! I didn't mean it like that!" He wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear, "Sweethart, this is our last few moments together? Do you really want to waste them on anger and pride?" Calming down she settled back into his arms. "I really love you."
Just then, and timid "Hello?" came from behind them. The couple spun around to face a nervous women and her cautious husband. The baby give a slight scream, then fell silently back to sleep. As her mother pulled her child deeper within the protective circle of her arms, her father steeped forward. "And you might be?" He ask smoothly.
The man reached for his wife's hand and replied. "I'm not quite sure who I might be, but I'm sure I'm not a snake."
The signal given, the two couples came together in a tight circle in the shadows. The mother kissed her baby one last time, murmured a soft, "I love you, baby-girl." And gently pressed her child in the other mans arms. Biting her lip, she turned to walk away.
The father muttered to the other family. "Take care of her. Thank you for this. You have no idea how much this means to us."
Suddenly the mother spun on her heel and in one quick step had her wand pressed sharply at the other mans throat. Moving her face close to his she smirked and said clearly, "If you hurt her once, if you take advantage of her, if she is unhappy.I will kill everything you have ever cared about, ever touched slowly and painfully in front of you.then you will follow them into the afterlife.do you understand me?"
For the first time that night the his wife spoke up. "I beg your pardon, ma'am." She said stepping between this threatening women and her husband. "But you can trust that we will take care of her as if she was our own." She gently lowered the other women's wand away from her husbands throat. "With or without your threats." And smiling that understanding smile she ask the one question that changed everything. "Does she have a name?"
Such a simple question. But in that moment, as the two women stared at each other, they both gained trust and respect for the other.
"Yes.yes she does." She glanced at the bundle. "Her name is.Hermonie." She whispered. And then she disappeared.
The men shook hands. Then one disappeared. The other two, clutching the baby between them, started on their way home.
Then is darkness was just that. darkness with shadows lonely dancing along.
Disclaimer: Ok, I'll make this sweet and simple and to the point.I do not own any of these familiar characters that we all love(if you don't love 'em or at least love to hate 'em, what are you doing reading this??) although I'd love to own at least one of these characters.**suggestive grin** Once again; I do not own any of these characters, they belong to JKR. Please don't sue me.
Suddenly a hand grasped her elbow. The women stifled a scream and turned quickly. She was relieved to meet the familiar chocolate-colored eyes of her lover.
"Oh, thank goodness its you!" She murmured against his shoulder. Pulling back she asked tearfully, "Do we have to give her away? She's our only child. Our baby girl." Looking down at the child bundled in her arms, she began to sob.
"You know we have to.it's the only chance for her to survive." He stared into her ice blue eyes. "And if she doesn't survive.well, you understand."
"Yes I understand." She weeped. "But, its just to much!" With that she buried her face in his shoulder and cried. "Shh, shh.come on don't cry. They'll be here soon.do you want some strangers to see you cry?" She immediately pulled away and wiped the tears form her face. "There you go.that's the girl I know." He paused for a moment, staring her in the eyes. "The women I know and love."
She smiled up at him. "I love you too." She then stated dryly. "And if you ever make me regret that, if you ever hurt me or this child of ours, I will watch you die smiling." She took a deep breath and grinned bashfully at him. "Empty threats.I love you too much. Sorry, but old habits die hard." He smirked at her words. "Good thing too." He sobered quickly. "You have to go back to him. You have to go back and act as though this never happened." Tilting her chin up he stared down at her. "Can you do that?"
She steeped away quickly and glared at him with as much dignity as she could muster. "If I am able to give my only child away to complete strangers, muggle strangers at that, then I suppose I might be able to go home to an asshole of a husband who wants nothing more form me then my body to give him a heir and pretend that I don't love you and that I didn't give birth to the most breath taking creature that ever lived!" Briskly she walked a couple steps away. "Now come on, Honey! I didn't mean it like that!" He wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear, "Sweethart, this is our last few moments together? Do you really want to waste them on anger and pride?" Calming down she settled back into his arms. "I really love you."
Just then, and timid "Hello?" came from behind them. The couple spun around to face a nervous women and her cautious husband. The baby give a slight scream, then fell silently back to sleep. As her mother pulled her child deeper within the protective circle of her arms, her father steeped forward. "And you might be?" He ask smoothly.
The man reached for his wife's hand and replied. "I'm not quite sure who I might be, but I'm sure I'm not a snake."
The signal given, the two couples came together in a tight circle in the shadows. The mother kissed her baby one last time, murmured a soft, "I love you, baby-girl." And gently pressed her child in the other mans arms. Biting her lip, she turned to walk away.
The father muttered to the other family. "Take care of her. Thank you for this. You have no idea how much this means to us."
Suddenly the mother spun on her heel and in one quick step had her wand pressed sharply at the other mans throat. Moving her face close to his she smirked and said clearly, "If you hurt her once, if you take advantage of her, if she is unhappy.I will kill everything you have ever cared about, ever touched slowly and painfully in front of you.then you will follow them into the afterlife.do you understand me?"
For the first time that night the his wife spoke up. "I beg your pardon, ma'am." She said stepping between this threatening women and her husband. "But you can trust that we will take care of her as if she was our own." She gently lowered the other women's wand away from her husbands throat. "With or without your threats." And smiling that understanding smile she ask the one question that changed everything. "Does she have a name?"
Such a simple question. But in that moment, as the two women stared at each other, they both gained trust and respect for the other.
"Yes.yes she does." She glanced at the bundle. "Her name is.Hermonie." She whispered. And then she disappeared.
The men shook hands. Then one disappeared. The other two, clutching the baby between them, started on their way home.
Then is darkness was just that. darkness with shadows lonely dancing along.
Disclaimer: Ok, I'll make this sweet and simple and to the point.I do not own any of these familiar characters that we all love(if you don't love 'em or at least love to hate 'em, what are you doing reading this??) although I'd love to own at least one of these characters.**suggestive grin** Once again; I do not own any of these characters, they belong to JKR. Please don't sue me.