Title: There's No Such Thing as a Painless Love
Chapter Sixteen: The New Nightmare
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Hermione looked up into the face of her previous best friend, Ron, walking toward her, Harry following close behind him. The grounds were completely silent; not a student in sight.....except for the former Golden Trio.
Hermione forgetting all that had happened in the past, stood up cheerily to greet them. When they arrived in front of her, she stated,
"Glad to see you've-"
"You're not worthy of being spoken to," Ron interrupted, slapping her across the face.
Touching her cheek in a daze, tears immediately began to well up in Hermione's eyes. What was happening? He had forgiven Harry, why not her?
Harry stepped up to her next. She was hoping to receive a friendly hug of support; instead she got a pure look of disgust before he spat on her. By now, Hermione couldn't control her tears as she starting hysterically sobbing.
He backed away towards Ron, and they started laughing. Ron and Harry's laughter then seemed to fade into the wind as their bodies mingled together to form one body; a different body.
It was the body of Draco Malfoy, a look of sheer fury on his face.
"I can't love you," he said, his voice dripping with malice, "You're just a Mudblood, after all; a filthy, good-for-nothing Mudblood...That's all you are to me."
"You don't mean that," Hermione tried to convince him and herself, "You're just confused-"
However, she couldn't finish convincing him for the image of Draco withered away, and he vanished before her.
"They don't love you."
Alarmed, Hermione quickly turned around. The voice that had spoken belonged to her replica.
"No one loves you."
Calmly Hermione replied, "Excuse me?"
"Don't act stupid! You know they don't."
"Harry does," she stated defiantly, trying to get a better arguing standpoint.
"Does he?...Hmm, I beg to differ."
"He does! Nothing has changed. He told me before! He told me he loves me like a-"
"Like a what? Like a sister? Brothers hate their siblings! And Ron; Ron definitely doesn't love you anymore! He despises you! You have no one!"
"No! NO HE DOESN'T!" Hermione shouted trying to sound sure of herself.
"Oh, but he does!...And Draco; you've left him alone for far too long. He's grown a loathing for you as well."
"NO! H-he couldn't-"
"YOU'VE CHASED THEM ALL AWAY!"
"BUT I DIDN'T DO ANTHI-"
"THAT'S RIGHT! YOU DID NOTHING! YOU ARE NOTHING! AND YOU WILL ALWAYS. BE. NOTHING!" the replica finished raising the dagger in the air and forcefully stabbing it into Hermione's stomach.
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The second the dagger was plunged into her abdomen, Hermione awoke from her nightmare panting heavily, and clutching her front in pain.
It only took a few moments before the pain subsided and Hermione lowered her hands into her lap. Then, looking down she saw something that shocked her.
Right where she had been writhing in pain only seconds before, there was a slice in her nightgown. Just below that, blood started to slowly drip into her opened palms.
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A/N: We know it's so short! However, it's meant to be. That's why we're trying to update 2 chapters for you tonight! Just had to get this one up so you have something! We love you, keep reading, please!
3 FeltonFriends922*
Chapter Sixteen: The New Nightmare
- -
Hermione looked up into the face of her previous best friend, Ron, walking toward her, Harry following close behind him. The grounds were completely silent; not a student in sight.....except for the former Golden Trio.
Hermione forgetting all that had happened in the past, stood up cheerily to greet them. When they arrived in front of her, she stated,
"Glad to see you've-"
"You're not worthy of being spoken to," Ron interrupted, slapping her across the face.
Touching her cheek in a daze, tears immediately began to well up in Hermione's eyes. What was happening? He had forgiven Harry, why not her?
Harry stepped up to her next. She was hoping to receive a friendly hug of support; instead she got a pure look of disgust before he spat on her. By now, Hermione couldn't control her tears as she starting hysterically sobbing.
He backed away towards Ron, and they started laughing. Ron and Harry's laughter then seemed to fade into the wind as their bodies mingled together to form one body; a different body.
It was the body of Draco Malfoy, a look of sheer fury on his face.
"I can't love you," he said, his voice dripping with malice, "You're just a Mudblood, after all; a filthy, good-for-nothing Mudblood...That's all you are to me."
"You don't mean that," Hermione tried to convince him and herself, "You're just confused-"
However, she couldn't finish convincing him for the image of Draco withered away, and he vanished before her.
"They don't love you."
Alarmed, Hermione quickly turned around. The voice that had spoken belonged to her replica.
"No one loves you."
Calmly Hermione replied, "Excuse me?"
"Don't act stupid! You know they don't."
"Harry does," she stated defiantly, trying to get a better arguing standpoint.
"Does he?...Hmm, I beg to differ."
"He does! Nothing has changed. He told me before! He told me he loves me like a-"
"Like a what? Like a sister? Brothers hate their siblings! And Ron; Ron definitely doesn't love you anymore! He despises you! You have no one!"
"No! NO HE DOESN'T!" Hermione shouted trying to sound sure of herself.
"Oh, but he does!...And Draco; you've left him alone for far too long. He's grown a loathing for you as well."
"NO! H-he couldn't-"
"YOU'VE CHASED THEM ALL AWAY!"
"BUT I DIDN'T DO ANTHI-"
"THAT'S RIGHT! YOU DID NOTHING! YOU ARE NOTHING! AND YOU WILL ALWAYS. BE. NOTHING!" the replica finished raising the dagger in the air and forcefully stabbing it into Hermione's stomach.
- -
The second the dagger was plunged into her abdomen, Hermione awoke from her nightmare panting heavily, and clutching her front in pain.
It only took a few moments before the pain subsided and Hermione lowered her hands into her lap. Then, looking down she saw something that shocked her.
Right where she had been writhing in pain only seconds before, there was a slice in her nightgown. Just below that, blood started to slowly drip into her opened palms.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A/N: We know it's so short! However, it's meant to be. That's why we're trying to update 2 chapters for you tonight! Just had to get this one up so you have something! We love you, keep reading, please!
3 FeltonFriends922*