Fateful Loss.
Chapter two: Unlike Herself.
..Harry's dream was blank and white; any colour in this space was only his
shadow, dim and grey. Harry looked around and then saw a girl.
'Hermione?'
Hermione paid no attention to him and then paniced as he saw her walking
towards a forming cliff edge. He ran to stop her and seized her by her
shoulders and stood infront of her.
'Hermione, what in hell are you doing?'
Hermione looked up from the ground and stared at harry with golden orange
eyes. Harry hesitated; her eyes were unnaturally lifeless. Cold and
lifeless.
Hermione spoke in a strange tone, the same droney tone through every word,
'Well, Harry dear .. I'm going to kill myself.'
'What?!'
'You heard right Potter, I'm going to commit suicide so I can join my love,
Draco Malfoy.'
Harry blinked hastily and then was pushed out of the way. Hermione took
another step and rocks crumbled over the edge. 'This is where I bid you
farewell, Harry dear. I've had a good life.'
She took another step but was stopped by Harry from behind, locking her in his arms. She struggled and her voice became a bit louder but stayed in the
same tone, 'Let me go! I want to die!'
Harry held her tightly and saw that she broke into tears again as Harry dropped her and she fell to her knees and the cliff ledge disappeared and
the room was white again. Hermione pounded the ground with her fist and left marks of blood in the floor, They were washed by her tears flooding
from her eyes.
'Hermione .. Malfoy's gone. You must accept that.'
'NO!' shouted Hermione standing up, 'I can't give up on my love!'
'B-but..' Harry broke off as Hermione fell to his arms, crying on his
chest. Harry comforted her and the dream ended in a flash of light.
Harry burst awake panting and out of breath, clenching his blankets. He
realised it was morning, he checked his timetable:
9.30 - Breakfast
10am - Charms
11am - Flying
Noon: Lunch
1pm - Transfiguration
2pm - Divination
3pm-8pm - Free time
Special Notices:
8pm - Quidditch: Gryffindor against Ravenclaw
9pm - Dark Arts
9.30pm - Dinner
10pm - Supper
10.10pm - Back to Dormitorys.
Harry sighed as he finished putting on his robe and set off for the Great Hall. Harry walked out of the portrait of the fat lady and notice Hermione
was sitting next to his foot asleep.
He shook her awake, 'Hermione, what are you doing out here?'
Hermione looked up at him with the same blank eyes as in the dream, Harry gasped as she spoke in a droney voice, same as in his dream, 'Forgot the password, so I slept here.' Hermione coughed dryly and wiped her nose on a red hanky. She fainted to the ground with a thud. Harry sighed and picked
her up and took her to Madam Pomfrey.
'How could you leave her outside!'
'I-I didn't, she said that she forgot the password and-'
'Forgot the password, she is extremely sick!'
'I-I didn't know that she was outside, I swear.'
Madam Pomfrey led Harry outside and treated Hermione. Harry looked back in
and then left for breakfast.
- - -
'What took you?'
'Hermione, she was left outside the common room.'
'She is such a weirdo today, first she attacks 1st years and now she forget
the password to the common room-'
'She can't help it!'
'Harry, have you seen her homework? It's huge!'
'She's under a lot of stress-'
'She's UNDER a lot of fallen books!'
Harry sat down and ate quickly, he finished and drank his juice and left
with Ron and Neville in a hurry to the Charms corridor. They opened the
door and joined their fellow Gryffindors.
'Good morning class!'
'Good morning Professor Flitwick.'
Prof. Flitwick climbed up on a small pile of books to be seen, 'Today, we are going to learn the Truth Charm. A very simple spell that only requires
a wand and a mix of Shard Tree bark, Professor Snape has loaned me an
entire cauldron full of it.'
The lesson was normal, Harry had cast the Charm on Ron to tell them his last year exam results. Ron forced Harry to tell him who he liked in the
school.
Ron burst laughing, 'Cho? Cho Chang?! I don't believe you Harry. Bwahaha!' Ron didn't stop laughing and just at that moment, Hermione burst in. She walked past Harry and sat down at an empty seat at the back of the room in
the dark.
'Miss Granger, why so late?'
'Lost track of time.'
'Well, you should have been here, because the Truth Charm is going to be in
your Charms test at the end of the term.'
Hermione played with the dust on her desk and didn't listen to anything in
the rest of the lesson. After Hermione rushed to the Flying grounds.
'Harry? Isn't Ravenclaw still in their lesson.'
Harry nodded, 'We have five minute to be there.'
Ron blinked and grabbed Harry's sleeve and ran past to the castle grounds.
'Ron! What are you doing!'
'Hermione! She's going to attack someone again.'
'What?!'
'It's what happen last time! She ran to a different lesson and put someone
into the Hospital wing!'
Harry stopped as they heard screaming from above. Ron stood at a halt and
yelled, 'HERMIONE, NO!'
Harry gasped as he looked up and saw Hermione standing on a broomstick and
holding a girl by her hair and was about to drop them.
'Tell me where!'
'Where?!'
'Where is it?'
Harry's mouth dropped as he saw the girl. It was Cho.
'Hermione!' Harry belowed as he seized Felix Parret's broom and flew up to
Hermione's height. 'Hermione, STOP!'
Hermione ignored him and held Cho by her robe's collar and flew at least
another fifty metres above the castle, Cho crying hysterically.
Harry chased her but was too late, Hermione dropped Cho and plummeted her to the grass. Cho turned over and fell unconscious on her front side. Harry flew down and checked her pulse, she was breathing. Then Harry saw her get up to her kness and fell to her hands, she had blood dripping from her eye and from her mouth. She coughed up blood and fell down again. Harry felt a wave of rage come across him a directed Ron to take Cho. Harry looked back
up and saw that Hermione was gone.
Chapter two: Unlike Herself.
..Harry's dream was blank and white; any colour in this space was only his
shadow, dim and grey. Harry looked around and then saw a girl.
'Hermione?'
Hermione paid no attention to him and then paniced as he saw her walking
towards a forming cliff edge. He ran to stop her and seized her by her
shoulders and stood infront of her.
'Hermione, what in hell are you doing?'
Hermione looked up from the ground and stared at harry with golden orange
eyes. Harry hesitated; her eyes were unnaturally lifeless. Cold and
lifeless.
Hermione spoke in a strange tone, the same droney tone through every word,
'Well, Harry dear .. I'm going to kill myself.'
'What?!'
'You heard right Potter, I'm going to commit suicide so I can join my love,
Draco Malfoy.'
Harry blinked hastily and then was pushed out of the way. Hermione took
another step and rocks crumbled over the edge. 'This is where I bid you
farewell, Harry dear. I've had a good life.'
She took another step but was stopped by Harry from behind, locking her in his arms. She struggled and her voice became a bit louder but stayed in the
same tone, 'Let me go! I want to die!'
Harry held her tightly and saw that she broke into tears again as Harry dropped her and she fell to her knees and the cliff ledge disappeared and
the room was white again. Hermione pounded the ground with her fist and left marks of blood in the floor, They were washed by her tears flooding
from her eyes.
'Hermione .. Malfoy's gone. You must accept that.'
'NO!' shouted Hermione standing up, 'I can't give up on my love!'
'B-but..' Harry broke off as Hermione fell to his arms, crying on his
chest. Harry comforted her and the dream ended in a flash of light.
Harry burst awake panting and out of breath, clenching his blankets. He
realised it was morning, he checked his timetable:
9.30 - Breakfast
10am - Charms
11am - Flying
Noon: Lunch
1pm - Transfiguration
2pm - Divination
3pm-8pm - Free time
Special Notices:
8pm - Quidditch: Gryffindor against Ravenclaw
9pm - Dark Arts
9.30pm - Dinner
10pm - Supper
10.10pm - Back to Dormitorys.
Harry sighed as he finished putting on his robe and set off for the Great Hall. Harry walked out of the portrait of the fat lady and notice Hermione
was sitting next to his foot asleep.
He shook her awake, 'Hermione, what are you doing out here?'
Hermione looked up at him with the same blank eyes as in the dream, Harry gasped as she spoke in a droney voice, same as in his dream, 'Forgot the password, so I slept here.' Hermione coughed dryly and wiped her nose on a red hanky. She fainted to the ground with a thud. Harry sighed and picked
her up and took her to Madam Pomfrey.
'How could you leave her outside!'
'I-I didn't, she said that she forgot the password and-'
'Forgot the password, she is extremely sick!'
'I-I didn't know that she was outside, I swear.'
Madam Pomfrey led Harry outside and treated Hermione. Harry looked back in
and then left for breakfast.
- - -
'What took you?'
'Hermione, she was left outside the common room.'
'She is such a weirdo today, first she attacks 1st years and now she forget
the password to the common room-'
'She can't help it!'
'Harry, have you seen her homework? It's huge!'
'She's under a lot of stress-'
'She's UNDER a lot of fallen books!'
Harry sat down and ate quickly, he finished and drank his juice and left
with Ron and Neville in a hurry to the Charms corridor. They opened the
door and joined their fellow Gryffindors.
'Good morning class!'
'Good morning Professor Flitwick.'
Prof. Flitwick climbed up on a small pile of books to be seen, 'Today, we are going to learn the Truth Charm. A very simple spell that only requires
a wand and a mix of Shard Tree bark, Professor Snape has loaned me an
entire cauldron full of it.'
The lesson was normal, Harry had cast the Charm on Ron to tell them his last year exam results. Ron forced Harry to tell him who he liked in the
school.
Ron burst laughing, 'Cho? Cho Chang?! I don't believe you Harry. Bwahaha!' Ron didn't stop laughing and just at that moment, Hermione burst in. She walked past Harry and sat down at an empty seat at the back of the room in
the dark.
'Miss Granger, why so late?'
'Lost track of time.'
'Well, you should have been here, because the Truth Charm is going to be in
your Charms test at the end of the term.'
Hermione played with the dust on her desk and didn't listen to anything in
the rest of the lesson. After Hermione rushed to the Flying grounds.
'Harry? Isn't Ravenclaw still in their lesson.'
Harry nodded, 'We have five minute to be there.'
Ron blinked and grabbed Harry's sleeve and ran past to the castle grounds.
'Ron! What are you doing!'
'Hermione! She's going to attack someone again.'
'What?!'
'It's what happen last time! She ran to a different lesson and put someone
into the Hospital wing!'
Harry stopped as they heard screaming from above. Ron stood at a halt and
yelled, 'HERMIONE, NO!'
Harry gasped as he looked up and saw Hermione standing on a broomstick and
holding a girl by her hair and was about to drop them.
'Tell me where!'
'Where?!'
'Where is it?'
Harry's mouth dropped as he saw the girl. It was Cho.
'Hermione!' Harry belowed as he seized Felix Parret's broom and flew up to
Hermione's height. 'Hermione, STOP!'
Hermione ignored him and held Cho by her robe's collar and flew at least
another fifty metres above the castle, Cho crying hysterically.
Harry chased her but was too late, Hermione dropped Cho and plummeted her to the grass. Cho turned over and fell unconscious on her front side. Harry flew down and checked her pulse, she was breathing. Then Harry saw her get up to her kness and fell to her hands, she had blood dripping from her eye and from her mouth. She coughed up blood and fell down again. Harry felt a wave of rage come across him a directed Ron to take Cho. Harry looked back
up and saw that Hermione was gone.
