A/N: Okay, so I've gotten a bit off in the super-romantic chapters… but I promise, they're coming soon. This one's a bit dark, but it has a lot of tension between the couple. Thank you, my lovely reviewers, and don't stop doing what you're doing!
Disclaimer: If I were Jo, I wouldn't be writing on a fanfiction site, I'd be writing more books.
Stars
She looked over the silent maze, where a burst of light would shine here and there from time to time. She leaned against Ron in the cold night, searching for something, anything, that would tell them about Harry.
The silence was stifled by whispered conversations, people being obviously bored that nothing had happened yet. Fleur sat huddled in the font, her face still slightly red from crying. Krum sat a distance away from her, also in the font, glaring at Moody and Karkaroff every once in a while, as if he knew something no one else did.
"Where is he? There's no sign of them anywhere – not even the sound of them casting a spell. Nothing," she whispered.
"He'll be all right, Hermione," Ron whispered in her ear. She nodded, looking out onto the field once more.
"Look, Ron," she said. He glanced up sharply. She shook her head to indicate it wasn't about Harry. They were both worried, yes, and the look on Dumbledore's face was terrifying. But something else had caught her notice.
"Look at the stars, Ron. They're so bright tonight… more than usual." He nodded, tearing his gaze away from the field.
"They look nearly green, some of them," he replied softly. They glanced at each other, their eyes meeting.
"You don't think…?"
"It can't be, Ron. He's disappeared, Harry destroyed him…" Ron's handed shifted towards Hermione for a moment, but then drew away. Their gaze never dropped, and it was so intense that it could out-stare a snake.
"Look, Hermione…" Ron began, but didn't get any further than that.
There was a loud thud before them, and Harry and Cedric appeared out of nowhere in the corner of their vision. Someone began to scream.
"Harry," they said in unison, and started to rush down with the crowd to the see what was going on.