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The Angel of Sorrow
"And so it is with a heavy heart, that we say good-bye to one of the few people who could stand up to You -Know- Who, that found 12 uses of dragon blood, and was the greatest headmaster that Hogwarts had ever seen. To this we mourn the loss of Albus Dumbledore and hope that his replacement at Hogwarts will be able to live up to Dumbledore's standards." The minister finished as the flames licked the wizards' cremated corpse.
What now? Dumbledore's dead, the Dark Lord is stronger than ever, I'm training to be an auror, Ron's dead, and Harry is in mourning for the loss of his best friend and his wisest mentor? I thought as Harry and I exited Dumbledore's funeral and into their car. As the driver dove us home, I held his hand as he just stared out the window. Suddenly Harry turned to me and I saw the sadness that they held. "Hermy," he said using my beloved nickname that Ron had given me what seemed like an eternity ago, "that's the second funeral we've been to in the past week, other where losses have been greater. Do you think that it's becoming hopeless to stop Voldemort?" I flinch as he uses the murders name.
" Harry if it was hopeless that why do you think that Dumbledore believed in it so much? Why do think he risked his life everyday for it and died while almost killing You-Know-Who? The same with Ron.he died while trying to take down Malfoy and almost killed him. Are you going to tell me that now you think those death's were in vain?" I whispered softly not breaking eye contact with his emerald orbs.
"Their losses where not in vain but now we've lost our best fighters, and I don't want to lose anyone else, especially you Hermy," He says while stroking my diamond engagement ring, " You mean so much to me Hermione, and it's still a whole month till our wedding and I just don't want to lose you before we can start our life together."
" So you want me to stop my training for a month?" I asked him unsure of where this is going.
" No I want you to give up being an auror, for an extended period," He said in a stronger voice, " We've been gone from Hogwarts for about six years now, there's nowhere where you can be safe so I want you to give it up so there will be no reason for the Death Eaters to come and kill you when you're defenseless."
" So you want me to give up everything I've been working for since fourth year at Hogwarts? I'm not defenseless Harry, I've lasted this long and I can last for a lot longer." I said as the anger edged into my voice.
" Hermy just please give it up for awhile until we get settled and Voldemort calms down for a little while. Please? I don't want you to give it up completely; I just want you to give it up for the time being. I don't want you killed and know that I could have stopped you. I don't want anyone else that I care about to die, especially you Hermy." He said as he hugged me hard.
" Okay Harry, I'll give it up, until things settle down." I say as his face lights up he kisses me. I guess my dreams will have to be forgotten for a time, I don't want to die before my life with Harry even gets off the ground. I say as a tear falls down my cheek. I can put my dreams on hold, I really can.
If I could, then why did the words not hang true in my heart?
The Angel of Sorrow
"And so it is with a heavy heart, that we say good-bye to one of the few people who could stand up to You -Know- Who, that found 12 uses of dragon blood, and was the greatest headmaster that Hogwarts had ever seen. To this we mourn the loss of Albus Dumbledore and hope that his replacement at Hogwarts will be able to live up to Dumbledore's standards." The minister finished as the flames licked the wizards' cremated corpse.
What now? Dumbledore's dead, the Dark Lord is stronger than ever, I'm training to be an auror, Ron's dead, and Harry is in mourning for the loss of his best friend and his wisest mentor? I thought as Harry and I exited Dumbledore's funeral and into their car. As the driver dove us home, I held his hand as he just stared out the window. Suddenly Harry turned to me and I saw the sadness that they held. "Hermy," he said using my beloved nickname that Ron had given me what seemed like an eternity ago, "that's the second funeral we've been to in the past week, other where losses have been greater. Do you think that it's becoming hopeless to stop Voldemort?" I flinch as he uses the murders name.
" Harry if it was hopeless that why do you think that Dumbledore believed in it so much? Why do think he risked his life everyday for it and died while almost killing You-Know-Who? The same with Ron.he died while trying to take down Malfoy and almost killed him. Are you going to tell me that now you think those death's were in vain?" I whispered softly not breaking eye contact with his emerald orbs.
"Their losses where not in vain but now we've lost our best fighters, and I don't want to lose anyone else, especially you Hermy," He says while stroking my diamond engagement ring, " You mean so much to me Hermione, and it's still a whole month till our wedding and I just don't want to lose you before we can start our life together."
" So you want me to stop my training for a month?" I asked him unsure of where this is going.
" No I want you to give up being an auror, for an extended period," He said in a stronger voice, " We've been gone from Hogwarts for about six years now, there's nowhere where you can be safe so I want you to give it up so there will be no reason for the Death Eaters to come and kill you when you're defenseless."
" So you want me to give up everything I've been working for since fourth year at Hogwarts? I'm not defenseless Harry, I've lasted this long and I can last for a lot longer." I said as the anger edged into my voice.
" Hermy just please give it up for awhile until we get settled and Voldemort calms down for a little while. Please? I don't want you to give it up completely; I just want you to give it up for the time being. I don't want you killed and know that I could have stopped you. I don't want anyone else that I care about to die, especially you Hermy." He said as he hugged me hard.
" Okay Harry, I'll give it up, until things settle down." I say as his face lights up he kisses me. I guess my dreams will have to be forgotten for a time, I don't want to die before my life with Harry even gets off the ground. I say as a tear falls down my cheek. I can put my dreams on hold, I really can.
If I could, then why did the words not hang true in my heart?
