DISCLAIMER: no, not ONE of the characters or songs are mine... my only claim to fame may lie in my songfics...even then, it's all been done....
Only Hope
(Chapter 2 of Everything)
~~There's a song that inside of my soul. It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again. I'm awake in the infinite cold, but you sing to me over and over and over again.~~
Hermione Granger closed her eyes to the tiny snowflakes that were falling outside. Every whisper of movement was like a dagger to her already-bruised heart, and she couldn't find a way to breathe in the underwater world that she seemed to be trapped in.
Slowly, very slowly, Hermione reached out her right hand to rest it on the mahogany window sill in front of her while her other hand pushed open the glass pane, letting a biting wind into her room at Hogwarts. For Hermione, it was a welcome relief to remind herself that she could still feel, and that she wasn't numb, despite what she had felt like for many days before. However, for Chloe, the chillingly cold breeze playing with her mobile above her cot came as an unwelcome, albeit brief, respite from the cozy comfort that had been her mother's Head Girl quarters.
Chloe cried.
Hermione shut the window with a sigh yet did not move from her position at the glass.
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray, to be only yours, I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
*****
I can't cope with this oh god I'm not ready to be a mother why did this have to happen to me why did you have to leave me draco I loved you so so so much you were my world you were my sky you were the living breath inside of me and I know I can't do this without you She's crying always crying and I don't know what to do I don't know how to hold her to make her stop She's our baby and yet why do I still feel so distanced from her?
*****
Hermione moved from her place at the window and walked slowly to where Chloe was crying. She gingerly lifted her up from the cot and began to rock her from side to side, softly humming a Muggles song that she'd heard during her break after her 5th year at Hogwarts. She whispered "Incandius Drowsina" and Chloe's enchanted mobile began to glow a soft blue, casting dancing shadows all around the room. Chloe slowly began to fall asleep and Hermione placed her back in her cradle before moving to her own bed.
Laying back down on her four-poster bed, Hermione sighed gently and closed her eyes to the warm flickering of the amber flames in the fireplace.
Hermione dreamed.
" Draco," she whispered in her sleep.
*****
~~Sing to me the song of the stars. Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again.
When it feels like my dreams are so far, sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again. ~~
She was in her room, except everything was different. Her bed was facing north instead of south, and her door was on the east side instead of the west. Through her door Hermione could her a deep male voice rumbling, familiar and yet strange at the same time. Making sure that Chloe was still sleeping soundly, Hermione warily pushed through the door to discover that there was a field of wildflowers next to her room.
And in the centre of the field was a tall young man, with hair the colour of platinum and eyes the deepest azure blue that she had ever seen.
" Draco," she whispered, and started to run towards him.
Draco opened his arms to her and she ran into them, holding on to him so tightly that she could feel the beat of his heart against his own.
" I missed you," she whispered into his ear.
" I know," he replied, " But we are here now. Do not cry, my love." For Hermione was crying tiny rivulets that were running down her cheeks.
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
They lay in the field in silence, Hermione revelling in the feel of Draco stroking her hair, both of them simply watching the clouds go by.
" Hermione?"
" Hmmmm?"
" I won't be gone for long this time."
Hermione sat up and looked down into her lover's eyes. " You're going away?"
" Yes."
" For how long?"
" Forever."
FLASH
Suddenly Hermione was back in the battle field of Voldemort's last stand, cradling a bruised and bloodied Draco in her arms. " Forever, Hermione," he whispered to her, " Forever."
FLASH
~~I give you my destiny. I'm giving you all of me. I want your symphony. Singing in all that I am. At the top of my lungs, I'm giving it back.~~
"Hermione, are you okay?"
She was on her back in the field, Draco's worried face looking down on her.
" Yes, Draco, I'm fine - I just had a bit of a dizzy spell. What was that you were saying?"
" It's okay, 'Mione, I'll only be gone for forever."
FLASH
She was back in that place again, bodies strewn all over the ground, her heart dying before her.
" NO! Draco! I'm not letting you go this time. Please! Don't leave me... I love you..." Hermione choked out, burying her face in Draco's matted hair.
She felt his final breath leave him again.
FLASH
Draco was looking down at Hermione with a saddened expression in his eyes.
" It's my time, 'Mione," he said to her.
" No, Draco, please let me come with you! I love you!" she cried.
" I'm sorry, Hermione. It has to be this way." Draco slowly stood up and turned to walk away, but not before Hermione pulled him down for one last kiss.
Her tears mingled with their mouths as they joined for one last dance of love. She felt Draco pull away. Cupping her cheek with his hand he said, " Do not worry, my love, for we shall see each other again."
Tears ran freely from Hermione's eyes. " But when? Every morning I wake up to the sound of your voice, and every night it's you that comes to me in my dreams. I wish forever was right here and now. Oh god, Draco, you were always the one that I loved."
" I know, Hermione, I know. I love you. Forever."
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours. I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
Draco walked away, Hermione silently watching his retreating back, knowing in her heart that they would find their forever soon.
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
*****
Hermione slept in her bed, fitfully tossing her blankets around, until she finally stopped, a peaceful expression coming over her face.
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
"Forever," she whispered to the dark.
*****
Somewhere, two azure blue eyes smiled, and one sweet mouth whispered, " Forever."
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
Only Hope
(Chapter 2 of Everything)
~~There's a song that inside of my soul. It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again. I'm awake in the infinite cold, but you sing to me over and over and over again.~~
Hermione Granger closed her eyes to the tiny snowflakes that were falling outside. Every whisper of movement was like a dagger to her already-bruised heart, and she couldn't find a way to breathe in the underwater world that she seemed to be trapped in.
Slowly, very slowly, Hermione reached out her right hand to rest it on the mahogany window sill in front of her while her other hand pushed open the glass pane, letting a biting wind into her room at Hogwarts. For Hermione, it was a welcome relief to remind herself that she could still feel, and that she wasn't numb, despite what she had felt like for many days before. However, for Chloe, the chillingly cold breeze playing with her mobile above her cot came as an unwelcome, albeit brief, respite from the cozy comfort that had been her mother's Head Girl quarters.
Chloe cried.
Hermione shut the window with a sigh yet did not move from her position at the glass.
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray, to be only yours, I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
*****
I can't cope with this oh god I'm not ready to be a mother why did this have to happen to me why did you have to leave me draco I loved you so so so much you were my world you were my sky you were the living breath inside of me and I know I can't do this without you She's crying always crying and I don't know what to do I don't know how to hold her to make her stop She's our baby and yet why do I still feel so distanced from her?
*****
Hermione moved from her place at the window and walked slowly to where Chloe was crying. She gingerly lifted her up from the cot and began to rock her from side to side, softly humming a Muggles song that she'd heard during her break after her 5th year at Hogwarts. She whispered "Incandius Drowsina" and Chloe's enchanted mobile began to glow a soft blue, casting dancing shadows all around the room. Chloe slowly began to fall asleep and Hermione placed her back in her cradle before moving to her own bed.
Laying back down on her four-poster bed, Hermione sighed gently and closed her eyes to the warm flickering of the amber flames in the fireplace.
Hermione dreamed.
" Draco," she whispered in her sleep.
*****
~~Sing to me the song of the stars. Of your galaxy dancing and laughing and laughing again.
When it feels like my dreams are so far, sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again. ~~
She was in her room, except everything was different. Her bed was facing north instead of south, and her door was on the east side instead of the west. Through her door Hermione could her a deep male voice rumbling, familiar and yet strange at the same time. Making sure that Chloe was still sleeping soundly, Hermione warily pushed through the door to discover that there was a field of wildflowers next to her room.
And in the centre of the field was a tall young man, with hair the colour of platinum and eyes the deepest azure blue that she had ever seen.
" Draco," she whispered, and started to run towards him.
Draco opened his arms to her and she ran into them, holding on to him so tightly that she could feel the beat of his heart against his own.
" I missed you," she whispered into his ear.
" I know," he replied, " But we are here now. Do not cry, my love." For Hermione was crying tiny rivulets that were running down her cheeks.
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
They lay in the field in silence, Hermione revelling in the feel of Draco stroking her hair, both of them simply watching the clouds go by.
" Hermione?"
" Hmmmm?"
" I won't be gone for long this time."
Hermione sat up and looked down into her lover's eyes. " You're going away?"
" Yes."
" For how long?"
" Forever."
FLASH
Suddenly Hermione was back in the battle field of Voldemort's last stand, cradling a bruised and bloodied Draco in her arms. " Forever, Hermione," he whispered to her, " Forever."
FLASH
~~I give you my destiny. I'm giving you all of me. I want your symphony. Singing in all that I am. At the top of my lungs, I'm giving it back.~~
"Hermione, are you okay?"
She was on her back in the field, Draco's worried face looking down on her.
" Yes, Draco, I'm fine - I just had a bit of a dizzy spell. What was that you were saying?"
" It's okay, 'Mione, I'll only be gone for forever."
FLASH
She was back in that place again, bodies strewn all over the ground, her heart dying before her.
" NO! Draco! I'm not letting you go this time. Please! Don't leave me... I love you..." Hermione choked out, burying her face in Draco's matted hair.
She felt his final breath leave him again.
FLASH
Draco was looking down at Hermione with a saddened expression in his eyes.
" It's my time, 'Mione," he said to her.
" No, Draco, please let me come with you! I love you!" she cried.
" I'm sorry, Hermione. It has to be this way." Draco slowly stood up and turned to walk away, but not before Hermione pulled him down for one last kiss.
Her tears mingled with their mouths as they joined for one last dance of love. She felt Draco pull away. Cupping her cheek with his hand he said, " Do not worry, my love, for we shall see each other again."
Tears ran freely from Hermione's eyes. " But when? Every morning I wake up to the sound of your voice, and every night it's you that comes to me in my dreams. I wish forever was right here and now. Oh god, Draco, you were always the one that I loved."
" I know, Hermione, I know. I love you. Forever."
~~So I lay my head back down, and I lift my hands and pray to be only yours I pray to be only yours. I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
Draco walked away, Hermione silently watching his retreating back, knowing in her heart that they would find their forever soon.
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
*****
Hermione slept in her bed, fitfully tossing her blankets around, until she finally stopped, a peaceful expression coming over her face.
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~
"Forever," she whispered to the dark.
*****
Somewhere, two azure blue eyes smiled, and one sweet mouth whispered, " Forever."
~~I pray to be only yours. I know now you're my only hope.~~