A/N : I do not own the characters of this story .
Chapter Three
I look at my best friend staring out our dormitory window, without even asking I know what he's thinking. "She'll pull thru this Harry you'll see" I said trying to sound brave and sure of my statement. "I can't lose her too Ron, I just can't." Harry whispered in a broken voice. I don't know how to comfort him, or myself, she's our best friend and without her I don't know how will go on. With a sigh Ron leaves his other best friend to his pain and goes to feed Mione's cat Crookshanks.
Staring out the window praying with my whole soul to save her, I can feel my very soul drowning in the pain. My vision is blurred with the tears I try to hold back. In the distance I can see the fog rolling over the grounds engulfing the school in a mist of its own despair. It seems like hours since the accident" Oh Mione please be ok. I need you." Harry cried as the grief finally over took his soul.
"H...a...r...r...y I can't find the way". He hears a whisper on the wind. Looking again out the window he sees a shadow figure in the fog. Mione, he turns and runs down the stairs to the common room and doesn't stop until he feels the fog caress his legs like the gentle touch of a lover or friend." Mione," he calls" were are you?" He cries.
"Harry , Harry what are you doing out here you should be in your rooms waiting your not helping Hermione out here." Hagrid said." I thought I heard her calling me Hagrid." He whimpers" she needs me, I need her. I can't lose her like my mum and dad." Harry cries." It be alright Harry the headmasters with her and Poppey, she'll be ok. You now Hermione would never leave you". He said as he took the young man in his arms and hugged him.
"Ouch...whys everything fuzzy. "Neville asked groggily." Neville dear you must lay back down "Madam Pomfrey called."How do you feel dear" she asked him?"Alright except this pressure in my head. "Neville sighed. " Poppey how is he?" Albus asked." He'll be alright with sleep headmaster." She said sighing as she gives him a sleeping potion. Poppey looks over to her other patient and is not so sure how she will be. Knowing if this young woman dies the bonds between these two men will die as well. Walking over to Hermione's bed she tries to make the girl as comfortable as possible, for now they wait and hope.
"Albus , I need to know , is she, is she Alizabeth?" Snape ask with uncertain. Albus looks at this man who he trusted with more then his faith, and at one time back when she first die he had thought to hate him for her death but he knows it was not Snape's fault but his own. So worried about making sure Harry was safe he left his own daughter and granddaughter in harms way. He lost them both because of his foolishness."She doesn't remember you or me in the way we were back then my friend. Had I never left her unprotected Alexia would be alive and Alizabeth she would have been .. "Unable to finish Albus breaks down in tears that grip his whole body." How did she end up with the muggle family?" Snape asked." It was the only place I could put her that Voldemort followers wouldn't find her." Albus said.
Weakly Severus walks to Hermione's bed at looks down at the girl tears running his face . Dropping to his knees next to her bed taking her had in his he cries for all the years lost and for the daughter he thought had died in his arms 17 years ago." My little firefly you can't leave me." He whispers . "I need you , your grandfather needs you, Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley need you, who will help Longbottom get his potion's right , who will put Mr. Malfoy in his place. We would all be lost with out you my little firefly, your our strength our courage. Please don't leave us." Severus breaks down in sobs of endless pain for the only daughter he's ever loved ."Madam Pomfrey the students will want to know how there friends are doing, I must go see to them please send for me if there is any change in my granddaughter condition before I return." Albus said as he rose from the chair on the other side of Hermione's bed." Of course Albus , she says". Slowly I walk out unable to see the pain in Severus and unable to watch my granddaughter suffering so. What have I done, will they ever be able to forgive me. Will I ever be able to forgive myself.
"Albus, How are Neville and Hermione," Minerva ask ." Neville will be fine in a few days, but as for Hermione I , we just don't know Minerva, I'm going to loss my granddaughter. "Albus sobbed to the one person who knew the truth about what he did to protect Alexia child." Albus you must not give up hope, on her , she is as strong as her mother and her grandmother." Minerva said with as much courage as she could muster. " Come, my dear I will need you to help me address the students in the great hall." Albus said quietly
They slowly walked to the great hall to face the students and Hermione's best friends. Walking to the head table with Minerva , Albus noticed the students get quiet, waiting for news of their friends. Last years final battle with Voldemort pull the house together more then anything ever could and even thou they were separate house they united in there pain, grief and friendship for the students they had lost then and now fear they may loss.
"As you are all aware today there was an explosion in the dungeons, and two students were hurt. As of right now Mr. Longbottom will recover , we will not know what side effects he will suffer due to the potion, but he will make a full recover." Albus said. Cheers erupted thru out the hall. "Yes , indeed a reason to cheer." He said flatly. "Headmaster., "someone called. "Yes Harry," Albus said already knowing what this young man was going to ask. How do I tell him how do I break the news to any of them but to him, I don't know that he can handle it.
" Hermione , headmaster how is she?" Harry asked and I could hear the great pain in his voice. "Yes well I don't know how to tell you this any of you but Ms. Granger has not shown any signs of improvement." I say unable to stop my own tears from falling in my own anguish. I feel the silence of the hall engulf me and I see the pain etched on that young mans face as he starts to fall and were I could find the strength to go to him and let his and my pain comfort the other, I will never know. Holding the young man in my arms I feel his sobs , or are they mine as our pain meets and mingles in the never ending lose, we both feel for the one woman who death would kill us both.
Chapter Three
I look at my best friend staring out our dormitory window, without even asking I know what he's thinking. "She'll pull thru this Harry you'll see" I said trying to sound brave and sure of my statement. "I can't lose her too Ron, I just can't." Harry whispered in a broken voice. I don't know how to comfort him, or myself, she's our best friend and without her I don't know how will go on. With a sigh Ron leaves his other best friend to his pain and goes to feed Mione's cat Crookshanks.
Staring out the window praying with my whole soul to save her, I can feel my very soul drowning in the pain. My vision is blurred with the tears I try to hold back. In the distance I can see the fog rolling over the grounds engulfing the school in a mist of its own despair. It seems like hours since the accident" Oh Mione please be ok. I need you." Harry cried as the grief finally over took his soul.
"H...a...r...r...y I can't find the way". He hears a whisper on the wind. Looking again out the window he sees a shadow figure in the fog. Mione, he turns and runs down the stairs to the common room and doesn't stop until he feels the fog caress his legs like the gentle touch of a lover or friend." Mione," he calls" were are you?" He cries.
"Harry , Harry what are you doing out here you should be in your rooms waiting your not helping Hermione out here." Hagrid said." I thought I heard her calling me Hagrid." He whimpers" she needs me, I need her. I can't lose her like my mum and dad." Harry cries." It be alright Harry the headmasters with her and Poppey, she'll be ok. You now Hermione would never leave you". He said as he took the young man in his arms and hugged him.
"Ouch...whys everything fuzzy. "Neville asked groggily." Neville dear you must lay back down "Madam Pomfrey called."How do you feel dear" she asked him?"Alright except this pressure in my head. "Neville sighed. " Poppey how is he?" Albus asked." He'll be alright with sleep headmaster." She said sighing as she gives him a sleeping potion. Poppey looks over to her other patient and is not so sure how she will be. Knowing if this young woman dies the bonds between these two men will die as well. Walking over to Hermione's bed she tries to make the girl as comfortable as possible, for now they wait and hope.
"Albus , I need to know , is she, is she Alizabeth?" Snape ask with uncertain. Albus looks at this man who he trusted with more then his faith, and at one time back when she first die he had thought to hate him for her death but he knows it was not Snape's fault but his own. So worried about making sure Harry was safe he left his own daughter and granddaughter in harms way. He lost them both because of his foolishness."She doesn't remember you or me in the way we were back then my friend. Had I never left her unprotected Alexia would be alive and Alizabeth she would have been .. "Unable to finish Albus breaks down in tears that grip his whole body." How did she end up with the muggle family?" Snape asked." It was the only place I could put her that Voldemort followers wouldn't find her." Albus said.
Weakly Severus walks to Hermione's bed at looks down at the girl tears running his face . Dropping to his knees next to her bed taking her had in his he cries for all the years lost and for the daughter he thought had died in his arms 17 years ago." My little firefly you can't leave me." He whispers . "I need you , your grandfather needs you, Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley need you, who will help Longbottom get his potion's right , who will put Mr. Malfoy in his place. We would all be lost with out you my little firefly, your our strength our courage. Please don't leave us." Severus breaks down in sobs of endless pain for the only daughter he's ever loved ."Madam Pomfrey the students will want to know how there friends are doing, I must go see to them please send for me if there is any change in my granddaughter condition before I return." Albus said as he rose from the chair on the other side of Hermione's bed." Of course Albus , she says". Slowly I walk out unable to see the pain in Severus and unable to watch my granddaughter suffering so. What have I done, will they ever be able to forgive me. Will I ever be able to forgive myself.
"Albus, How are Neville and Hermione," Minerva ask ." Neville will be fine in a few days, but as for Hermione I , we just don't know Minerva, I'm going to loss my granddaughter. "Albus sobbed to the one person who knew the truth about what he did to protect Alexia child." Albus you must not give up hope, on her , she is as strong as her mother and her grandmother." Minerva said with as much courage as she could muster. " Come, my dear I will need you to help me address the students in the great hall." Albus said quietly
They slowly walked to the great hall to face the students and Hermione's best friends. Walking to the head table with Minerva , Albus noticed the students get quiet, waiting for news of their friends. Last years final battle with Voldemort pull the house together more then anything ever could and even thou they were separate house they united in there pain, grief and friendship for the students they had lost then and now fear they may loss.
"As you are all aware today there was an explosion in the dungeons, and two students were hurt. As of right now Mr. Longbottom will recover , we will not know what side effects he will suffer due to the potion, but he will make a full recover." Albus said. Cheers erupted thru out the hall. "Yes , indeed a reason to cheer." He said flatly. "Headmaster., "someone called. "Yes Harry," Albus said already knowing what this young man was going to ask. How do I tell him how do I break the news to any of them but to him, I don't know that he can handle it.
" Hermione , headmaster how is she?" Harry asked and I could hear the great pain in his voice. "Yes well I don't know how to tell you this any of you but Ms. Granger has not shown any signs of improvement." I say unable to stop my own tears from falling in my own anguish. I feel the silence of the hall engulf me and I see the pain etched on that young mans face as he starts to fall and were I could find the strength to go to him and let his and my pain comfort the other, I will never know. Holding the young man in my arms I feel his sobs , or are they mine as our pain meets and mingles in the never ending lose, we both feel for the one woman who death would kill us both.