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Warning: Character death.
"Here Comes Goodbye"
Just as Ron and Hermione had made it back onto the main deck, they each witnessed the most horrifying, stomach-churning thing. It was nearly worse than what had recently happened below decks.
Seconds after the two of them stepped through the second-class entry gates they realized just why all of that water had been flooding the halls so incredibly fast. Titanic was literally beginning to go down by the head.
The ship was tilted ever so slightly, but it was quite easy to tell that it would continue to shift even more so. What was worse was that as Ron and Hermione eyed every inch of the deck before them, they couldn't help but notice that each and every one of the lifeboats had already left. And, to top it all off, there were still at least over seven hundred people aboard.
"What are we going to do?" Hermione asked as she looked around with wide eyes filled with fear. She had never been so terrified in her entire life. Hermione wasn't even this frightened the day Draco had proposed to her.
It wasn't long after Ron had scanned the ship that he began to pull his thoughts together, "We're going to need to make our way up," he told her, gesturing to the opposite end of the ship, "That way, when it starts to go down, we'll have more time to stay out of the water." At this point Hermione had grasped Ron's hand ten times harder than before.
"But when the ship starts to decline we'll only get sucked down with it," Hermione replied. Knowing what she said was true; Ron quickly began to search for any spare lifebelts that might have been abandoned. And, to his luck, he managed to find one lying right outside the door that led into the now water-filled ballroom.
"What about you?" Hermione said, clearly concerned as she put the vest on. Again, Ron looked around. This time, however, he was devastated when he found one. It wasn't exactly 'abandoned' but, Ron had no choice. He needed that lifebelt in order to survive. Before he went for it, he looked towards Hermione as if requesting her approval. And, although it seemed wrong, she reluctantly nodded her head. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
So, wasting as little time as possible, Ron gently reached forward and removed the lifebelt from the now deceased Albus Dumbledore.
Back inside the Captain's quarters, Severus Snape could be found alongside Remus Lupin. The two were standing next to another in silence as they watched the water around them rise higher and higher by the second. Despite the fact that the saltwater was most likely below freezing, it didn't appear to have any affect on either man. I suppose very little else bothers a person when they know they are about to die…
"Remus," said the other man, almost inaudibly.
"Yes, Severus?" he replied, still not turning to face him. His eyes were currently glued to the window before them. Any minute now Lupin knew that it would break open and release all of the water behind it, thus ending their lives.
"Thank you," Severus said, simply. He then looked at the other man and gave him a small smile.
Facing him for the first time since he had entered the room, he merely asked, "For what?"
Severus just shrugged, "For everything." Remus sighed in return and attempted to give the other man a fake smile, but just couldn't bring himself to do so. His heart was racing to the point where he felt like it would explode before the window had the chance to.
And speaking of the window…just moments later the two men heard a small crackling noise coming from ahead.
Looking away from one another for the last time, Severus spoke his final three words, "Here comes goodbye."
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Reviewer Responses:
-CountDoom: Thanks again for your review :) I know, I didn't like the idea of killing Harry off either, but it's kind of important to the overall storyline. You'll see why, haha. Don't worry :) Hope you continue to enjoy the story!
-hernameis-nolie: Again, thanks for reviewing :) And yes, I know, sorry about what happened with Harry. I promise it was for a worthy cause, haha. Hopefully you'll like it :)
-IceBlueCrystal: Thanks for reviewing again :) I can't say if anyone else is going to die just yet, but just know that everything happens for a reason. You'll see soon enough, haha :)
-don't-you-try-to-outwierd-me: Thank you for keeping on with the reviews :) And I know, nobody wanted Harry to die, but it was for a good reason. You'll see! Haha :)
-79AvadaWeasleyKedavra: Thanks for continuing to review the story :) How'd you know that Harry was going to die? Haha, was it that predictable? Anyways, I'm glad you're still enjoying the story so far!
-PawPrintsxoxo: Thanks for reviewing yet again :) I promise you that Harry's death was for a good cause, truly. I wouldn't feel too bad for Ginny, haha. That's all I'm saying :)
-rwhg 4ever: Thank you for the review :) Sorry that last chapter was a bit depressing. Being that the story is coming to its end there's bound to be a few moments like that. Don't worry though, with the good comes the bad and vise versa :)
-wardy29: Thanks again for reviewing :) And don't worry. Not everything is as it seems haha :)
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-tomgirl1219: Thanks for reviewing once more :) But what do you mean by 'what happened to chapter 25'?
-rhmac12: Thank you for reviewing the story again :) And no, I most certainly do not enjoy being evil, haha. Everything happens for a reason. You'll see :)