A/N Hi again! How are you all? Good I hope! =) This chapter is a little on the short side but it's a powerful one. Linz, thank you for e-mailing me. To ShockoLatt, I am praying for J.K. to write h/h. Oh well =) bye for now..
Disclamer: Nothings mine its J.K. Rowlings so leave me alone...
Breakfast....still
"Harry, why don't you and Hermione spend the day outside? It's such nice weather and of course it is summer! Hermione, take some money from my purse and show Harry around town or you can have some time alone..."
"Mother! Harry, lets go hit the town! I can finally treat you to a small vacation!"
Outside Harry's thoughts
Do I tell her now? I have to because I need to tell her what happened with Voldemort last year so I can get it off my chest. But how? Why me? Why can't I just love Hermione and be done with the charade of games with the whole world? I just want to be normal with my parents and family alive! I would trade all this fame for just my family and Hermione and Ron! Why me? But would Hermione still love me? Would she still be with me? Would we even have met? Fame is my curse and my good quality. Fame grabs attention to me but...do I want it? Just tell her now you fool..an inner voice said.
Telling Hermione
"Hermione, I saw a shady tree near the woods. Lets head over there so we can relax a little bit before lunch," Harry suggested.
"Good idea, Harry!" she replied cheerfully. Once they sat down, she leaned herself against him.
"Hermione, I need to tell you about what happened with Voldemort last year and it is easier if you don't interrupt until I'm finished. Before I entered the last task I was so scared. I was scared about letting Gryffindor and Hogwarts down. And do you know what I wanted to badly? To beat Cedric and win the tournament along with Cho's heart." The last thing he said had an effect on Hermione and he watched her move her head so she was staring at the ground. He cupped her face in his hand and looked deeply into her eyes.
"Herm, you are the one I love and will love forever." She smiled and leaned against his strong chest.
"Well, things did not go very smoothly. The most I remember is watching Krum attack Cedric and together we stunned Krum. I was horrified by this and I had wondered why would Krum do this? Cedric and I were a team for that but then we split up again. The next time I would see Cedric would be when we were fighting a giant spider. I got hurt from the spider's pincers and it didn't help that I fell nearly 12 feet. The golden cup was right there.. Cedric wouldn't take the cup. Then, I told Cedric to take the cup with me... I was the one...I killed him.. The cup turned out to be a portkey and we were taken to a cemetery. A voice said, `Kill the spare.' A flash of green light sped toward Cedric and he died right there next to me." As soon as he said that, Hermione buried her face in his shirt. He stroked her hair and muttered comforting words to her. He continued.
"I saw Wormtail and he tied me to a headstone, Voldemort's father's headstone. Wormtail carried this bundle, this little bundle of cloth. When he opened it, I saw a horrible, tiny creature. And it was Voldemort or what was left of him. Wormtail dropped the creature inside a bubbling cauldron. I prayed that it would drown. Then, Wormtail took blood from me from my arm and he cut...off his arm. I heard it drop in the water with a sickening splash. Wormtail said words and I saw he had something from Voldemort's father. Once the procedure was complete, Voldemort was reborn.
Now, he could touch me. The pain was excruciating and I thought my scar would burst. Death Eaters came to him when Voldemort touched Wormtail's Death Eater sign. They came. Then, Voldemort performed the Cruciatus Curse on me after I would not duel with him. By this time I was very weak and fascinated at the same time. The reverse spell effect happened when I blocked the Aveda Kedavra Curse with Expelliarmus. Our wands are connected at the core. We were surrounded by a golden light forming a web dome. I didn't know why but the bead of light in the middle was the key. I tried to force it his way and when it got to his wand....Cedric's echo came out. Nothing can bring back the dead but he sounded so far away. Then, Bertha Jorkins, an old man, and then...my parents came out of his wand.
For the first time in my life, I was speaking to my parents! I had a terrible thought in my head. That was to just give up so I could go to them and deal with the life I missed with them in death. But...I thought of you and Ron. I would let you down and I had to protect you from Voldemort. These echoes bought me time to escape but Cedric asked me to take his body home. I did but he was dead... Why Hermione? Why? Why me? Why do I cause everyone such pain and devastation? My existence is a mistake."
Harry had tears streaming down his face and he had a look of utter defeat and sorrow on it. Is being around Hermione safe for her? Was it or ever will be? Can I keep being everyone's hero? I need her..I need to be loved and held...
"Harry Potter, your birth is the reason we are all alive! You have brought Ron and I so much happiness and a sense of family all these years! You are my reason for living Harry. You are the reason.."
She said it with such intensity and emotion that Harry felt it right in his very soul. Her words struck a cord. She loves me just as much as I love her. Harry cried into her hair and felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. He knew he had to go on. For her and Ron, for his mom and dad. He just had to keep fighting. He had to keep fighting for love. And he would fight. Fight till the very end.
A/N How was that? I liked the powerful intensity of it all! Plz review and spread the word!! Next chapter will be up soon!! Hope you enjoy it!!! Bye for now!
Disclamer: Nothings mine its J.K. Rowlings so leave me alone...
Breakfast....still
"Harry, why don't you and Hermione spend the day outside? It's such nice weather and of course it is summer! Hermione, take some money from my purse and show Harry around town or you can have some time alone..."
"Mother! Harry, lets go hit the town! I can finally treat you to a small vacation!"
Outside Harry's thoughts
Do I tell her now? I have to because I need to tell her what happened with Voldemort last year so I can get it off my chest. But how? Why me? Why can't I just love Hermione and be done with the charade of games with the whole world? I just want to be normal with my parents and family alive! I would trade all this fame for just my family and Hermione and Ron! Why me? But would Hermione still love me? Would she still be with me? Would we even have met? Fame is my curse and my good quality. Fame grabs attention to me but...do I want it? Just tell her now you fool..an inner voice said.
Telling Hermione
"Hermione, I saw a shady tree near the woods. Lets head over there so we can relax a little bit before lunch," Harry suggested.
"Good idea, Harry!" she replied cheerfully. Once they sat down, she leaned herself against him.
"Hermione, I need to tell you about what happened with Voldemort last year and it is easier if you don't interrupt until I'm finished. Before I entered the last task I was so scared. I was scared about letting Gryffindor and Hogwarts down. And do you know what I wanted to badly? To beat Cedric and win the tournament along with Cho's heart." The last thing he said had an effect on Hermione and he watched her move her head so she was staring at the ground. He cupped her face in his hand and looked deeply into her eyes.
"Herm, you are the one I love and will love forever." She smiled and leaned against his strong chest.
"Well, things did not go very smoothly. The most I remember is watching Krum attack Cedric and together we stunned Krum. I was horrified by this and I had wondered why would Krum do this? Cedric and I were a team for that but then we split up again. The next time I would see Cedric would be when we were fighting a giant spider. I got hurt from the spider's pincers and it didn't help that I fell nearly 12 feet. The golden cup was right there.. Cedric wouldn't take the cup. Then, I told Cedric to take the cup with me... I was the one...I killed him.. The cup turned out to be a portkey and we were taken to a cemetery. A voice said, `Kill the spare.' A flash of green light sped toward Cedric and he died right there next to me." As soon as he said that, Hermione buried her face in his shirt. He stroked her hair and muttered comforting words to her. He continued.
"I saw Wormtail and he tied me to a headstone, Voldemort's father's headstone. Wormtail carried this bundle, this little bundle of cloth. When he opened it, I saw a horrible, tiny creature. And it was Voldemort or what was left of him. Wormtail dropped the creature inside a bubbling cauldron. I prayed that it would drown. Then, Wormtail took blood from me from my arm and he cut...off his arm. I heard it drop in the water with a sickening splash. Wormtail said words and I saw he had something from Voldemort's father. Once the procedure was complete, Voldemort was reborn.
Now, he could touch me. The pain was excruciating and I thought my scar would burst. Death Eaters came to him when Voldemort touched Wormtail's Death Eater sign. They came. Then, Voldemort performed the Cruciatus Curse on me after I would not duel with him. By this time I was very weak and fascinated at the same time. The reverse spell effect happened when I blocked the Aveda Kedavra Curse with Expelliarmus. Our wands are connected at the core. We were surrounded by a golden light forming a web dome. I didn't know why but the bead of light in the middle was the key. I tried to force it his way and when it got to his wand....Cedric's echo came out. Nothing can bring back the dead but he sounded so far away. Then, Bertha Jorkins, an old man, and then...my parents came out of his wand.
For the first time in my life, I was speaking to my parents! I had a terrible thought in my head. That was to just give up so I could go to them and deal with the life I missed with them in death. But...I thought of you and Ron. I would let you down and I had to protect you from Voldemort. These echoes bought me time to escape but Cedric asked me to take his body home. I did but he was dead... Why Hermione? Why? Why me? Why do I cause everyone such pain and devastation? My existence is a mistake."
Harry had tears streaming down his face and he had a look of utter defeat and sorrow on it. Is being around Hermione safe for her? Was it or ever will be? Can I keep being everyone's hero? I need her..I need to be loved and held...
"Harry Potter, your birth is the reason we are all alive! You have brought Ron and I so much happiness and a sense of family all these years! You are my reason for living Harry. You are the reason.."
She said it with such intensity and emotion that Harry felt it right in his very soul. Her words struck a cord. She loves me just as much as I love her. Harry cried into her hair and felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. He knew he had to go on. For her and Ron, for his mom and dad. He just had to keep fighting. He had to keep fighting for love. And he would fight. Fight till the very end.
A/N How was that? I liked the powerful intensity of it all! Plz review and spread the word!! Next chapter will be up soon!! Hope you enjoy it!!! Bye for now!
