Once inside Hogwarts Lilith quickly went to her chamber to change. Deciding
not to stay for dinner she changed into a pair of blue faded jeans and a
blue sweatshirt. Grabbing her bag and looking for a rubber band for her
hair.
"Running away my dear?" Albus called from the doorway.
Not turning and looking at the headmaster she answered shakily "meddling again Albus."
Smiling sadly Albus moved farther in the room closing the door behind him. "If I meddle as you say child I do it because I love you. I only want to see you happy."
Laughing bitterly she turns her head to the side and says, " happy, any chance of happiness I ever had died in that cold dungeon were I spent six months. Everyday I was tormented; they couldn't beat me, Voldemort forbid it. Lucius Malfoy was the worst, he would come in sit with me run his blood covered hands down my face and tell me about the muggles he had just tortured in the other room. Then he would run his hands over my body and tell me once the child was born he would have me tied down and he would ." she broke of in tears.
"Oh child, I am sorry that should not have happened to you or anyone. Albus said sadly moving forward to embrace her.
Moving away from the headmaster and going to the window she said " don't feel sorry for me feel sorry my child, she still is missing, they took her away from me god knows were she is and what they are doing to her. My life is meaningless compared to hers. She was why I was taken; even in his destruction that monster has won. He has taken my baby. Were he failed with the father, he has succeeded with the child."
Turning and leaven her to her grief Albus knew there was only two things in this world that could take away her pain, her daughter and her daughters father. If only her pain and father didn't stand in the way.
Slowly walking down the hall Albus knew he couldn't let two of his children hurt any longer. He would meddle one last time and pray to Merlin in the end things would work out. Walking thru the great hall Albus moved among the students and guest who had come to the dinner to honor the quest. Moving toward the group of red heads Albus had made up his mind this needless pain would end.
"Leave it alone Albus" Severus said as he placed his hand on the headmaster shoulder.
"We have let it go for to lone Severus, they suffer when there is no need." He said looking at the other man sadly.
"I will not let him hurt her again. I would kill the boy first," Severus said looking at the headmaster then walking away and out of the hall.
Sighing sadly Albus went to find Harry. He could not let this go on one moment longer. Neither man aware of the red head standing to the right of them.
Ron couldn't believe what he had just heard, it was Hermione, and Snape had threatened to kill Harry. Hurrying back out side to the garden where Harry was Ron needed to tell his friend.
"Harry" Ron called.
"Over here Ron." Harry said standing and walking to meet his friend.
Ron walked over to the bench were Harry was sitting and looked at his friend how could he tell him he was right that it was Hermione. It wasn't his place it was hers. Hermione his other best friend what had happened to cause her to change her appearance and name and walk away from everyone she loved.
"Dinner, will be ready soon, Harry" Ron said to his friend.
"Thanks Ron, I'm not very hungry." Harry said with out looking at his friend.
Ron knew when Harry was letting him know that he wanted to be alone and this was one of those times. Turning and walking back into the great hall Ron decided he needed to see her face to face.
Finding his sister and getting the password Ron headed to the gryffindor common room. The past crashing into him as he went, upon entering Ron walked to the table were they had played chess moving to the chair were Hermione would sit and do her homework. There last year had been hard with out her, it was as if a black cloud had been cast over them all. Walking over to the steps Ron looked up the girl's side and he could remember all the times he and Harry had run up them to get Hermione. The last time he had done it was after she was gone and he had forgotten and when he got there she wasn't there and that's when it finally hit him she wasn't coming back and it felt like someone had rip a piece of himself out. Harry had found him in tears on the steps. Coming to a stop at the door of her old room, he couldn't help but think he should knock. She had always yelled at him to knock. Lifting his hand to knock he could hear someone singing softly on the other side, gently pushing the door open he walked in and closed it as gentle as he'd open, he couldn't help but listen to her sing.
Scarlet red
drips from my veins
what's wrong with me
that I imagine such things
And if only for a moment
Let there be peace
and how can I
Live with this pain Her sadness touched him in his heart and in that moment he wished he could go back in time and protect her from what happened. He failed her just as much as Harry. In that moment Ron knew no matter what happened he would not lose her friendship again. He would help he get thru the pain somehow.
I don't have the strength
To conquer this shame
And if only for a moment
Let there be peace
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only
Tell me why
I'm left here alone
I search for your voice
But I should've known
That if only for a moment
You'd be with me
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only I could change the way
You were torn away from me
I would never let you go
I'd burn away the plans we made
Pretending to believe
That I am not afraid
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only
" Mione, I'm sorry we failed you. If there was away to change it all I would in a heart beat. I know I don't understand everything, but I would like to try." Ron said softly to his friend thru tears.
Turning her head away from the window to look at her friend, it all over whelmed her to the breaking point. Sliding to the floor in sobs she looked at him and simple said "Ron".
He didn't need her to say anything else as soon as his name past her trembling lips he was beside her and, in his arms rocking her back and forth.
"I'm here now Mione, I'm here." Ron whispered into her hair.
Even thou he knew sooner or later he would ask why right now it didn't matter his friend was back and in his arms, so the trio would be complete again he didn't know how but he knew they would. He stayed with her until she fell asleep; gentle picking her up he placed her onto her bed.
"Sleep tight Mione," he said kissing her forehead and heading back down to the great hall.
Albus Dumbledore watched the young red head reenter the great hall and couldn't help smile, finally things would begin to work them self's out. Walking outside to the garden were Harry was Albus decided it was time to tell the boy the truth.
Walking up to Harry Albus looked down at the young man sitting on the bench and said, "May I".
Not even glancing up Harry said, " I don't care".
Sitting down Albus looked at the flowers in front of them and began telling Harry the truth. "Harry, a year ago I couldn't stop Hermione from leaving and I look back on that with great sadness. I think of you all as my children and when one of you are hurting, I hurt. In her letter she ask you if you even wonder why Voldemort wanted her, well it wasn't Hermione he wanted my boy. I had thought this would have sorted its self out by know but it hasn't she is just as hurt today as she was when she left, with great reason, but now your both hurting. I wish I could cast a spell to fix it Harry, but I can't. Hermione wasn't beaten until a week before we found her; they weren't aloud to touch her. They would torment her everyday, Lucius was the worst he would come to her everyday after he had tortured muggles and he would run his bloody hands over her body, and she was chained in a dank dirty rat infested hole for six months waiting for the end, thinking you would never come. Voldemort took great joy in telling her how happy you were with out her. A few months ago I found out why you had never received the letters I sent Harry. Cho's father was a death eater Harry, they were working for Voldemort, and they were told to keep you away until it was time Harry. I'm sorry I can't tell you the rest, only Hermione can tell you that my boy. Its time the pain is healed, its time to fix whats been broken my boy." With that Albus stood and walked back into the great hall.
Harry couldn't believe it all this time, she was so close and he hadn't known. Standing Harry started towards the great hall. "Potter" a voice called.
Turning around their stood Severus Snape, glaring at Harry. Harry knew this would happen sooner or later but right now he rather talk to Hermione.
"Don't talk potter just listen and listen well. Voldemort ripped her from me before she was born. It was his way, he figured the more children the more future death eaters. We didn't know who we were with, it was all done in secret. Husbands and wives sent to rivals with the main goal of getting pregnant. Muggles were raped and kept alive long enough to see if they would breed then killed. I don't know who her mother is weather she is alive or not. With the husbands it didn't matter what the child looked like but with the wives if the child wasn't passable to be her husband it was to be killed. Hermione's real mother was able to get her out and to muggles to rise. I didn't find out about her until she was taken, Voldemort thought it would be a fun game to dangle her life in front of me. She's been thru too much by that monsters hands and your own Potter. Hurt my child again and not even that mutt will stop me from killing you." With that Severus swept passed Harry his robes billowing out behind him.
Running into the school and threw the great hall Harry couldn't think of anything but Hermione. At the bottom of the steps he ran into Ron.
"Ron, I was right it is Hermione" Harry said quickly.
" I know Harry I over heard Dumbledore and Snape earlier" Ron said looking at his friend.
" I have to see her," Harry said moving passed Ron to the stairs.
"She's not up their Harry, I went up to check on her she's gone." Ron said sadly.
Grabbing his friend and hugging him quickly he started out the door of Hogwarts yelling back at his friend " Thanks Ron I think I know where she is."
Appreciating to the ruinin's of the riddle house, Harry walk thru the wreckage until he found Hermione kneeling on the ground sobbing.
"Why did you leave me here, Harry? Six months of torment, how could you leave us here? She sobbed.
"Mione I'm sorry, I never would have if I knew, I swear." Harry said thru tears.
Turning her head to look where he had kneeled beside her tears streaming down her face she said "she's gone Harry, I only got to hold her for a moment, then he took her".
"Took who" Harry asked.
Grabbing a hold of Harry's shirt " Its your fault, she's gone, its your fault he took my baby," she sobbed.
It was as if some someone plunged a knife in his heart. Unable to speak, rage slowly started to grip his soul. The woman he had spent a year trying to find sobbing in his arms. Harry Potter finely knew the truth and the pain of the betrayal.
Chapter four- coming soon
"Running away my dear?" Albus called from the doorway.
Not turning and looking at the headmaster she answered shakily "meddling again Albus."
Smiling sadly Albus moved farther in the room closing the door behind him. "If I meddle as you say child I do it because I love you. I only want to see you happy."
Laughing bitterly she turns her head to the side and says, " happy, any chance of happiness I ever had died in that cold dungeon were I spent six months. Everyday I was tormented; they couldn't beat me, Voldemort forbid it. Lucius Malfoy was the worst, he would come in sit with me run his blood covered hands down my face and tell me about the muggles he had just tortured in the other room. Then he would run his hands over my body and tell me once the child was born he would have me tied down and he would ." she broke of in tears.
"Oh child, I am sorry that should not have happened to you or anyone. Albus said sadly moving forward to embrace her.
Moving away from the headmaster and going to the window she said " don't feel sorry for me feel sorry my child, she still is missing, they took her away from me god knows were she is and what they are doing to her. My life is meaningless compared to hers. She was why I was taken; even in his destruction that monster has won. He has taken my baby. Were he failed with the father, he has succeeded with the child."
Turning and leaven her to her grief Albus knew there was only two things in this world that could take away her pain, her daughter and her daughters father. If only her pain and father didn't stand in the way.
Slowly walking down the hall Albus knew he couldn't let two of his children hurt any longer. He would meddle one last time and pray to Merlin in the end things would work out. Walking thru the great hall Albus moved among the students and guest who had come to the dinner to honor the quest. Moving toward the group of red heads Albus had made up his mind this needless pain would end.
"Leave it alone Albus" Severus said as he placed his hand on the headmaster shoulder.
"We have let it go for to lone Severus, they suffer when there is no need." He said looking at the other man sadly.
"I will not let him hurt her again. I would kill the boy first," Severus said looking at the headmaster then walking away and out of the hall.
Sighing sadly Albus went to find Harry. He could not let this go on one moment longer. Neither man aware of the red head standing to the right of them.
Ron couldn't believe what he had just heard, it was Hermione, and Snape had threatened to kill Harry. Hurrying back out side to the garden where Harry was Ron needed to tell his friend.
"Harry" Ron called.
"Over here Ron." Harry said standing and walking to meet his friend.
Ron walked over to the bench were Harry was sitting and looked at his friend how could he tell him he was right that it was Hermione. It wasn't his place it was hers. Hermione his other best friend what had happened to cause her to change her appearance and name and walk away from everyone she loved.
"Dinner, will be ready soon, Harry" Ron said to his friend.
"Thanks Ron, I'm not very hungry." Harry said with out looking at his friend.
Ron knew when Harry was letting him know that he wanted to be alone and this was one of those times. Turning and walking back into the great hall Ron decided he needed to see her face to face.
Finding his sister and getting the password Ron headed to the gryffindor common room. The past crashing into him as he went, upon entering Ron walked to the table were they had played chess moving to the chair were Hermione would sit and do her homework. There last year had been hard with out her, it was as if a black cloud had been cast over them all. Walking over to the steps Ron looked up the girl's side and he could remember all the times he and Harry had run up them to get Hermione. The last time he had done it was after she was gone and he had forgotten and when he got there she wasn't there and that's when it finally hit him she wasn't coming back and it felt like someone had rip a piece of himself out. Harry had found him in tears on the steps. Coming to a stop at the door of her old room, he couldn't help but think he should knock. She had always yelled at him to knock. Lifting his hand to knock he could hear someone singing softly on the other side, gently pushing the door open he walked in and closed it as gentle as he'd open, he couldn't help but listen to her sing.
Scarlet red
drips from my veins
what's wrong with me
that I imagine such things
And if only for a moment
Let there be peace
and how can I
Live with this pain Her sadness touched him in his heart and in that moment he wished he could go back in time and protect her from what happened. He failed her just as much as Harry. In that moment Ron knew no matter what happened he would not lose her friendship again. He would help he get thru the pain somehow.
I don't have the strength
To conquer this shame
And if only for a moment
Let there be peace
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only
Tell me why
I'm left here alone
I search for your voice
But I should've known
That if only for a moment
You'd be with me
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only I could change the way
You were torn away from me
I would never let you go
I'd burn away the plans we made
Pretending to believe
That I am not afraid
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
And tell me did you know
That I still won't let it go
And just maybe you're still flying free
If only
" Mione, I'm sorry we failed you. If there was away to change it all I would in a heart beat. I know I don't understand everything, but I would like to try." Ron said softly to his friend thru tears.
Turning her head away from the window to look at her friend, it all over whelmed her to the breaking point. Sliding to the floor in sobs she looked at him and simple said "Ron".
He didn't need her to say anything else as soon as his name past her trembling lips he was beside her and, in his arms rocking her back and forth.
"I'm here now Mione, I'm here." Ron whispered into her hair.
Even thou he knew sooner or later he would ask why right now it didn't matter his friend was back and in his arms, so the trio would be complete again he didn't know how but he knew they would. He stayed with her until she fell asleep; gentle picking her up he placed her onto her bed.
"Sleep tight Mione," he said kissing her forehead and heading back down to the great hall.
Albus Dumbledore watched the young red head reenter the great hall and couldn't help smile, finally things would begin to work them self's out. Walking outside to the garden were Harry was Albus decided it was time to tell the boy the truth.
Walking up to Harry Albus looked down at the young man sitting on the bench and said, "May I".
Not even glancing up Harry said, " I don't care".
Sitting down Albus looked at the flowers in front of them and began telling Harry the truth. "Harry, a year ago I couldn't stop Hermione from leaving and I look back on that with great sadness. I think of you all as my children and when one of you are hurting, I hurt. In her letter she ask you if you even wonder why Voldemort wanted her, well it wasn't Hermione he wanted my boy. I had thought this would have sorted its self out by know but it hasn't she is just as hurt today as she was when she left, with great reason, but now your both hurting. I wish I could cast a spell to fix it Harry, but I can't. Hermione wasn't beaten until a week before we found her; they weren't aloud to touch her. They would torment her everyday, Lucius was the worst he would come to her everyday after he had tortured muggles and he would run his bloody hands over her body, and she was chained in a dank dirty rat infested hole for six months waiting for the end, thinking you would never come. Voldemort took great joy in telling her how happy you were with out her. A few months ago I found out why you had never received the letters I sent Harry. Cho's father was a death eater Harry, they were working for Voldemort, and they were told to keep you away until it was time Harry. I'm sorry I can't tell you the rest, only Hermione can tell you that my boy. Its time the pain is healed, its time to fix whats been broken my boy." With that Albus stood and walked back into the great hall.
Harry couldn't believe it all this time, she was so close and he hadn't known. Standing Harry started towards the great hall. "Potter" a voice called.
Turning around their stood Severus Snape, glaring at Harry. Harry knew this would happen sooner or later but right now he rather talk to Hermione.
"Don't talk potter just listen and listen well. Voldemort ripped her from me before she was born. It was his way, he figured the more children the more future death eaters. We didn't know who we were with, it was all done in secret. Husbands and wives sent to rivals with the main goal of getting pregnant. Muggles were raped and kept alive long enough to see if they would breed then killed. I don't know who her mother is weather she is alive or not. With the husbands it didn't matter what the child looked like but with the wives if the child wasn't passable to be her husband it was to be killed. Hermione's real mother was able to get her out and to muggles to rise. I didn't find out about her until she was taken, Voldemort thought it would be a fun game to dangle her life in front of me. She's been thru too much by that monsters hands and your own Potter. Hurt my child again and not even that mutt will stop me from killing you." With that Severus swept passed Harry his robes billowing out behind him.
Running into the school and threw the great hall Harry couldn't think of anything but Hermione. At the bottom of the steps he ran into Ron.
"Ron, I was right it is Hermione" Harry said quickly.
" I know Harry I over heard Dumbledore and Snape earlier" Ron said looking at his friend.
" I have to see her," Harry said moving passed Ron to the stairs.
"She's not up their Harry, I went up to check on her she's gone." Ron said sadly.
Grabbing his friend and hugging him quickly he started out the door of Hogwarts yelling back at his friend " Thanks Ron I think I know where she is."
Appreciating to the ruinin's of the riddle house, Harry walk thru the wreckage until he found Hermione kneeling on the ground sobbing.
"Why did you leave me here, Harry? Six months of torment, how could you leave us here? She sobbed.
"Mione I'm sorry, I never would have if I knew, I swear." Harry said thru tears.
Turning her head to look where he had kneeled beside her tears streaming down her face she said "she's gone Harry, I only got to hold her for a moment, then he took her".
"Took who" Harry asked.
Grabbing a hold of Harry's shirt " Its your fault, she's gone, its your fault he took my baby," she sobbed.
It was as if some someone plunged a knife in his heart. Unable to speak, rage slowly started to grip his soul. The woman he had spent a year trying to find sobbing in his arms. Harry Potter finely knew the truth and the pain of the betrayal.
Chapter four- coming soon