A Rouge Romance

by Phaester Osiris

After the funeral of Fred Weasley, a girl sits alone by his grave. This is the story of how they met and fell in love during the Dark Lords uprising and how they were brutally ripped apart, and everthing in between. As Canon as possible.

Prologue

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I sit here, in front of the newly covered grave, still not quite believing he's gone. I bite back a bitter laugh when I think of how little we'd spoken in the past year because of some stupid drunken snog when we should have been spending time together, I mean, who knew what day would be your last what with this god forsaken war going on?

I glance at the date again

1st April 1978 – 2nd May 1997

That's too young to die, far too young

I feel a hand on my shoulder and glance up to find Lee looking down at me.

"You really should come inside, it's getting dark."

I just shrug his hand off my shoulder and continue to stare aimlessly at the grave.

"Melena…" he sighs, "I'm going back inside, promise me you'll come in before it gets dark, You-Know-Who may be gone but his followers sure as hell aren't."

I don't answer; he sighs again and heads for the exit. After a few steps, however he pauses and I can feel him staring right at me.

"He really did love you, you know." he says as I stiffen slightly, "right up till the end, even though you two weren't speaking, he never stopped loving you." I hear him walk away and this time he doesn't stop or look back.

I bury my head in my arms, tears fogging my vision, "I know…" I murmur, "I know…"

I think back to back to the moment we were first introduced, the first time I'd spoken to him apart from hurling insults to him on the Quidditch pitch. The moment that all this began. The moment I began to fall in love with Fred Weasley.

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A/n: Well that was rather short and rather mushy –shudders- But do not despair! The next chapters shall be much longer, this after all is only the prologue, and the rest shan't be as mushy or serious (Sirius ;D) but much more light-hearted and fun! Also, Melena will not be a Mary-Sue, she's just a rather average girl. To prove it, I will tell you know that she will not be a mastermind prankster, she's not an uber brainbox (she will be a Hufflepuff, not a Ravenclaw), nor will she be some hard ass punk or something. She's a rather fun loving girl who likes charms, hitting bludgers and always leaves her Ancient Runes homework till the last minute.