For the Big Sis/Lil'Sis Team Prompt Competition (trees and scream); the If You Dare Challenge (436. Heart and Soul) and the Legendary Creatures Competition (Kitsune)

For Empress - I know I promised you the Romione based on White Horse ages back, and this is an apology for making you wait so long. I'll get to it as soon as I can :)


i. friends

And so it starts

You're eleven, and all you can think of her is

teacherspetbookwormstuckupprude

just because everyone else doesn't share your interests

doesn't make them all immature

but then

Wingardium Leviosa

okay, maybe you're not all that bad

ii. best friends

you try

always, you try

to be as perfect as you can be

(because that's what she deserves

perfection)

but - well

sometimes she's just so frustrating

of course that cat ate scabbers

and believing that harry didn't enter the tournament -

well, that's just naive

and yeah, maybe you shouldn't have dated lavender

but really,

it was the only way to know if she cared

because you're bad – so very, very bad – at this

but through it all

you can never stop your feelings

(you're in the middle of a war -

she's nearly died so many times already -

it's a wonder that your nightmares don't number three times what they do)

you don't understand this feeling yet

but you care

and that's enough for you

iii. lovers

you don't want to leave her

it feels like tearing your heart into pieces

and leaving a piece of it behind

(you still do)

and then you realise

you have left a part of your heart in the middle of the trees

she holds that part in her hand

and maybe she hasn't accepted it yet

but unless you return, you know she never will

it's idiotic - but

you genuinely did not expect her anger

relief, yes

maybe even a couple of kisses or a snog

but the screams and the sarcasm?

it seems that you're just the right fuse

to set off hermione's time-bomb

you never claimed not to be a bit slow

after all,

it took you till the actual battle to realise what you felt

but you're also a gryffindor

and if this is the last chance you'll get to tell her,

then there's nothing to stop you fr- MMPH!

so maybe the fact

that hermione's just a bit more of a gryffindor than you are

means you're going to have to change your plans a bit

iv. soul mates

being in a relationship is rather strange

at times, it's the best thing in the world

and others, it feels like an itch that won't go away

odd and too much work

but somehow, you reach a compromise

and then autumn comes.

watching her walk away tears at your soul

you want to follow her, to pull her back, to beg her not to leave

but this isn't like when you left, and she's only returning to hogwarts…

you know she'll be back soon, and you still have letters and hogmeade weekends

but the letters don't ever manage to tell her exactly what you feels

and few hours every few months is really rather unsatisfying

when you've gotten used to having her around

all. the. time.

so even though you know it's selfish

you can't help but wish

that she was here with you

instead of at hogwarts

because, sure you've still got harry

but no matter how much he tries

there's nothing that can distract you

from the gaping hole at your side

where she should be

and then

finally

she walks out of that train

for the very last time

and you struggle to say

the swirlingwhirlingcolourfulmass of emotions you feel

she says she missed you

and there's really only one thing you can

i love you


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