Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, the most amazing authore in THE WORLD does.

Hello people! This is my first FanFic I hope you like it! It's pretty short, but I just wanted to kinda sum up whats going on, Harry's off to defeat Voldemort, he's dating Hermione, and Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are helping him.

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Chapter 1

Unforgivable

Harry Potter was leaning with his arms crossed, gazing out the window in Ron's bedroom. He stared at the endless hills and clear blue skies, a normally cheery sight to him. Being at the Burrow was second best to being at Hogwarts.

But then why was he so sad?

He himself only partly knew why. Dumbledore's death shook him, and he was still having to endure grim nightmares of the night he was murdered.

Snape.

What Snape did was unforgivable.

But more importantly, what he himself had been doing all these years was unforgivable. How could he…

There was a knock at the door, cutting through Harry's thoughts.

"Can I come in?" said the familiar, soothing and sweet voice of Hermione Granger.

"Yeah." He replied. Perhaps his girlfriend could cheer him up, she always did.

He heard the door knob turn and the creaky old door opened, and then shut again. He heard a few light footsteps.

Harry felt a warm hand rest on his shoulder. He smiled slightly at her touch and closed his eyes, savoring the feeling.

The he opened his eyes and turned his head to face her, still smiling.

"I'm sorry." Hermione said suddenly. Harry's smile faded and he turned his whole body around to face her.

"What are you…"

"Harry I am so." Hermione said before he could finish. Then she stepped forward and hugged him, resting her head on his shoulder. Harry leaned his head against hers, his right hand on her lower back, his left running through her long silky hair.

"Hermione what's wrong?" Harry said after a few moments, still in the warm embraced.

Hermione hesitated, and then they broke apart.

"I'm sorry about Dumbledore, Harry, you must feel awful, we all do, and I wanted you to know that I'm here for you."

"Hermione it's not your fault…It's all my fault."

"Wait, what? You didn't kill Dumbledore, Harry, Snape did! How is it your fault?" She said looking worried.

"I know that Snape killed Dumbledore and I'll never forgive him, but…I've been thinking and, I let too many people die to save me." He answered.

"Harry that's…" Hermione started, but he cut her off.

"Think about it, my parents died to save me, 3rd year Sirius almost died to save you Ron and me from Lupin when he transformed into a werewolf. 4th year Cedric Diggory was murdered because of me. 5th year Sirius was murdered protecting me. Then a couple weeks ago Dumbledore was murdered protecting me." He said.

"Harry, there's no use blaming yourself. It won't do any good."

"Neither will letting people give their lives to help me."

"Harry…"

"That's why I'm going it alone from here on in." he finished.

Hermione just stared at him, her mouth open slightly.

"No." she said after a few moments.

"Hermione…"

"No, Ron, Ginny, and I are helping. We all agreed."

"Hermione"

"Harry you can't do this alone!" Hermione said, her voice raised a little.

"…I won't let you…" she said in a low voice, a single tear streaming down her face.

Harry raised his hand and wiped her cheek with the back of it. Then he pulled her into him, embracing her again.

"Ok." He said after a few moments.