Self Conclusion

A/N: of course the characters and the song aren't mine. The song lyrics are in italics and underlined.. Enjoy!

Hermione has lost everything in the war against Voldermort, including her will to live. But an old forgotten friend will show her she's not alone.

"Fade in, start the scene

Enter beautiful girl

But things are not what they seem

As we stand at the edge of the world"

Hermione Granger started making her way towards the edge of the cliff,tears streaming down her cheeks. She'd never thought it would of come to this, but then she'd thought a lot of things would never happen. Just then a hooded stranger stepped in front of her.

'Excuse me, sir,

But I have plans to die tonight

Oh, and you are directly in my way

And I bet you're gonna say it's not right'

The hooded stranger offered up a sad smile. He could easily relate to what Hermione was going through.

My reply:

'Excuse me, miss

But do you have the slightest clue

Of exactly what you just said to me

And exactly who you're talking to?'

He knew she couldn't possibly know who he was, or how similar their stories were.

She said, 'I don't care, you don't even know me'

I said, 'I know but I'd like to change that soon, hopefully'

Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion

Of self conclusion in one simplified motion

You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it

No matter how unbearable this misery gets

'You make it sound so easy to be alive

But tell me, how am I supposed to seize this day

When everything inside me has died?'

This war had just been too much, and now all Hermione wanted to do was die in peace. Was that too much to ask?

My reply:

'Trust me, girl

I know your legs are pleading to leap

But I offer you this easy choice-

Instead of dying, living with me'

He'd known it was a long shot. But maybe, just maybe, he could make all his painful experiences worthwhile by helping her.

She said, 'Are you crazy? You don't even know me.'

Who was this guy? Even with the war over, you didn't just invite strangers to live with you

I said, 'I know, but I'd like to change that soon hopefully'

He replied going along with the act.

Yeah, we all flirt with the tiniest notion

Of self conclusion in one simplified motion

You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it

No matter how unbearable this misery gets

I would be lying if I said that things would never get rough

And all this cliche motivation, it could never be enough

I could stand here all night trying to convince you

But what good would that do?

My offer stands, and you must choose

He stood there eyeing her. 5 years ago Hermione would of been too rational to even consider such an outrageous offer, but now he wasn't so sure.

Hermione looked at the hooded stranger, and wondered how someone who didn't even know her could be so kind. What did she have to lose.

'All right, you win, but I only give you one night

To prove yourself to be better than my atttempt at flight

I swear to god if you hurt me I will leap

I will toss myself from these very cliffs

And you'll never see it coming'

'Settle, precious, I know what you're going through

Just ten minutes before you got here I was going to jump too'

The stranger smiled and removed his hood. Hermione gasped.

"Lupin..."

Yeah we all flirt with the tiniest notion

Of self conclusion in one simplified motion

You see the trick is that you're never supposed act on it

No matter how unbearable this misery gets

THE END