Burning Desire
Prolouge
Hermione P.O.V.
My mind was on overdrive.
I can't believe this! The audacity of the ministry! Why would they blindly cover their ears and turn to look the other way? You simply can't trust anybody anymore, what worries me is Harry, what is he going to do now that Sirius is dead? He already had plans about moving in to the black manor with the rest of the order. I still can't get over how I actually saw Voldemort for the first time even if it was from a distance.
"Hermione?" I turned my head in the direction of what I assumed to be where Ginny was standing. "How are you holding up?" she said as she walked a little closer. Having just arrived a little over an hour ago from the ministry we were a little shooken up.
"I don't think you should be asking me that Ginny. You should be asking Ronald he looks like he has seen headless nick for the first time again." I said with a forced smile. I think she understood that I wanted some alone time with harry, who was asleep snuggled into my side. Shaking him a little he awoke with a sigh.
"Hey Hermione." He said with a fake smile on his stoic face.
"Look, Harry I know that these recent events have caused a drastic change in our plans but I want you to know that I will be here for you always, you're my best friend. We have to stay strong and now we will fight even stronger when the time comes." I lifted my arms and wrapped them around his sagged form.
"I thought that maybe for once in my short life if I got lucky, I wouldn't have to lose someone I love again or at least not until the actual war starts." As he whispered this I felt my heart clench painfully. He looked up at me and I stifled a sob, his forest green eyes were covered by a thick layer of tears. What hurt the most was that I knew that it takes a lot to make him cry or even get close to.
"Harry, we will never abandon you we will all fight next to you in this unavoidable war. It will not be easy for all the others including me. All of us are going to sacrifice something at some point, but please keep in mind that we all love you Harry maybe some more than others, but we all do love you." In the last part of my 'pep talk' I threw a pointing glance at Ginny. He followed my gaze and blushed.
"Harry were not gonna be young forever. Even though we are in the middle of an ongoing war we need to let loose. You know it too. I promise you I will try this year to spend less time in the library and spend more time having what you guys called fun. Remember I will help you through this." As I spoke I slowly started getting up. "Well I'm off to bed, night Harry. Oh yeah don't let Malfoy get to you this year, please." He nodded his head yes. With a tense smile I made my way towards the stairs. Walking up the stairs and down the hallway I stopped at my door and thought about what adventures well have this year. It couldn't be as unnerving as fourth year could it? Well we still have at least maybe one last happy year at our home, Hogwarts. With my last thought I pushed open the door to the room I shared with Ginny. Closing the door behind me I stripped from my street clothes and slipped on my sleep wear that consisted of shorts and a tank top.
After having freshened up in the bathroom I walked over towards the bed and slipped under the covers. I can't help but feel that something is off about the room. I shrugged it off as me just being paranoid. I turned over so I was now lying on my stomach and got comfortable. I felt the hairs on my neck stand up I couldn't explain why so I felt myself drift slowly. Before I passed out I noticed that my bed smelled strongly of musk and citrus but not so overpowering that it gave me nausea. I never thought that those two scents would make a good combination but they did. Then I finally processed that my bed smelled. Why did my bed sme-? Oh I remember! It probably must've been Ginny that rubbed her scent on my bed, most likely when we were having one of our famous nightly talks. Satisfied with my logic I slowly drifted off to sleep, unaware of a fancy quill lying at my bedside.
Well? What do you guys think? I know you guys are probably upset that I started yet ANOTHER story. It's just I've been dying to do a story with Fleur and Hermione for a long time and I got the push from one of my fabulous readers. Yes this will of course be a Fleur/Hermione pairing but I got to build up a plot right?
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