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The wall had unsealed itself. The death eaters outside had been contained. Everyone was ok except for a few members of the order who had sadly lost their lives. Ginny and Ron were the first ones through after Dumbledore had raced in to see if Harry was ok. Ginny walked through and saw all the bodies littering the floor. She uttered a cry and fainted into Ron's arms who sank to the floor, not believing that all these people could be dead.
Harry opened his eyes. There was a bright light surrounding him. He saw a face in front of him with red. Was it his mother? Was he dead and had finally gone to see his parents? He felt tear drops on his face. This was his mother. He couldn't see properly because he didn't have his glasses. Hang on? If he was dead, surely he wouldn't need glasses. The figure above him bent down and hugged him. This wasn't his mother. He had felt this embrace before and he knew it. He fumbled around for his glasses and put them on. Everything came into sharp focus. His head nearly burst open with the light surrounding him. He looked around. He was in the hospital wing. Ginny was sitting beside him. She smiled at him amidst her tears.
"Hey Gin. How are you?" Harry croaked.
She gasped and flung her arms around him. "I'm so glad your ok Harry! We all thought you might not make it," she said.
"How long have I been here?"
"Not long. Only two days. You beat Voldemort. He's gone forever, and Hilary managed to save her twin, though we don't know if she's going to make it. Hilary couldn't see what was going on so she put the chain on them a couple of seconds before he actually died," Ginny sniffled.
Harry looked to his left. There was a small incredibly thin girl with a very blue tinge to her face lying on the bed a few feet away. Hilary was sitting in the chair holding her hand. Harry couldn't tell the difference because the girl looked so malnourished.
"Well, I hope she makes it. How's Ron?"
"He's good. He's kind of in a trance right now. I think the whole thing really took it out of him. He wants to come and see you but he's with Professor Dumbledore at the moment. I think Dumbledore's going to try and make him get a grip on what happened."
"Well, he'll come by later. Where's Hermione? Is she already better? I heard her getting a hard time from Ernie," Harry said his face going cold at the thought.
Ginny dissolved in a fit of tears. She was crying so much that she couldn't even breathe.
"Oh no. You don't, no. Hermione was fine! I saw Lucius kill Ernie! She's fine goddamit!" Harry yelled sitting up in his bed.
Ginny gulped down some air and then placed a claming charm on herself.
"Hermione got hit by the Cruciatus Curse and was under it for about 15 minutes. She was barely alive when the curse was taken off. I don't think she could hold on any longer. You know that she isn't the strongest person alive. Draco was also killed by his own father. We don't know what happened but Lucius was also dead when we arrived. Someone had placed the Avada Curse on him, and the only one that couldn't have done it was Hermione. I'm really sorry Harry," she said meekly, tears rolling down her face.
Harry's eyes started to mist over. He turned his head sharply into the pillows.
"Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Just leave me alone. I want to be alone for a while. Pull the hangings when you go." His voice was shaky and muffled.
Ginny got up and closed his curtains. She then walked out of the infirmary to go find Ron and see if he could cheer Harry up.
Harry's body was convulsing. He tried not to make a noise but couldn't help himself. He squeaked and the tears ran down his face into the pillow, making it more and more moist with every drop. He felt a hand on his back.
"It's ok Harry, I know how you feel," Hilary's voice said.
"Do you? You haven't lost your best friend, your parents and the closest you've had to family because of Voldemort have you? You don't know what it's like," Harry said coldly.
"I have. He also murdered my parents. Hermione was my best friend too, and I have lost her. I have lost my aunty and uncle who were the only family I had that weren't followers of him, and," she sniffed and gulped, "I've just lost the only direct family I had," she whispered closing her eyes.
Harry looked up at her. His eyes were red and puffy and there were tearstains down his cheeks. Hilary had tears rolling down her face through her closed eyes.
"I'm sorry," Harry said and hugged her. He felt a connection with her because she had been through everything he had. They sat there for a while, thinking of all the loved ones they had lost.
"I really wish I had tortured him to the brink of death before I killed him. It doesn't seem enough that I have just killed him. He deserves harsher punishments," Harry said through gritted teeth.
"This is a monument erected in the memory of the brave students who lost their lives fighting for a most worthy cause," Professor Dumbledore announced.
He pulled the sheet covering it down. A magnificent large pyramid made out of never melting ice stood there. There was the name of the classmates that has died. On either side there were two smaller pyramids. The first commemorated all those students that had helped out, with Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hilary getting special mentions, and on the other side the pyramid held the words 'In loving memory of the Head Boy and Head Girl, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. Underneath in a case, there was a heart pendant and a watch with a heart in the centre of the dial. There was a projection of Hermione from the pendant, which was entwined with the watch that had a projection of Draco. They were hugging each other, frozen forever.
The students clapped and many had tears streaming down their faces. Among the other casualties were Parvati Patil, Michael Corner, Pansy Parkinson, Dean Thomas and Lavender Brown. There were quite a few more, but they didn't really know any of the others.
The monument was set in the courtyard of the original Hogwarts.
"I'm really sorry about Hermione. I really liked her. She was always nice to me no matter what," Neville said to the depressed group. He looked really upset. He had been crying as well.
"Well, you know Neville, if you ever need to talk sometime, we will always listen. We know you were good friends with Hermione," Harry said giving a feeble smile. Neville returned it and then his face fell.
"I have to go to the," gulp, "bathroom." He raced off.
"Well, we have to put this behind us. We should be glad that we got to know Hermione and Draco as well as we did. And on the bright side, at least they're together and not apart. Think how horrible it would be then," Ginny said.
They all nodded and then walked back into the castle arm in arm, ready to start a new life, a life without the infamous Golden Trio, or the snake that turned into a lion.
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A/N: Now it's over for real duckies. I didn't know how to make this bit sad and make you all feel like crying (dammit) though I felt a bit teary at one point, but that could be because I'm writing this thing. I was always going to make Draco die, because this is not a happy ending story. But I really didn't want Hermione to be all alone, so I had to kill her off as well. I know Draco isn't mentioned much here, but they all did really feel sorry for his. The pendant and watch thing is from the presents they gave each other in the garden.
April showers 2: Yes, Hermione did kill Lucius, and I have no idea what u mean by does Draco forgive Hermione, but they didn't have any tension between them if that's what u mean.
Well, I really hope you enjoyed this story, and I'm not writing a sequel coz I have nothing to write about, but I definitely will write another story in about 4 weeks time, so look out for it! Thank you so much for your reviews! I got a buzz every time I saw that the number of reviews had increased and actually reading them. Well, take care!
~ Icy Spicey Micey! ~
The wall had unsealed itself. The death eaters outside had been contained. Everyone was ok except for a few members of the order who had sadly lost their lives. Ginny and Ron were the first ones through after Dumbledore had raced in to see if Harry was ok. Ginny walked through and saw all the bodies littering the floor. She uttered a cry and fainted into Ron's arms who sank to the floor, not believing that all these people could be dead.
Harry opened his eyes. There was a bright light surrounding him. He saw a face in front of him with red. Was it his mother? Was he dead and had finally gone to see his parents? He felt tear drops on his face. This was his mother. He couldn't see properly because he didn't have his glasses. Hang on? If he was dead, surely he wouldn't need glasses. The figure above him bent down and hugged him. This wasn't his mother. He had felt this embrace before and he knew it. He fumbled around for his glasses and put them on. Everything came into sharp focus. His head nearly burst open with the light surrounding him. He looked around. He was in the hospital wing. Ginny was sitting beside him. She smiled at him amidst her tears.
"Hey Gin. How are you?" Harry croaked.
She gasped and flung her arms around him. "I'm so glad your ok Harry! We all thought you might not make it," she said.
"How long have I been here?"
"Not long. Only two days. You beat Voldemort. He's gone forever, and Hilary managed to save her twin, though we don't know if she's going to make it. Hilary couldn't see what was going on so she put the chain on them a couple of seconds before he actually died," Ginny sniffled.
Harry looked to his left. There was a small incredibly thin girl with a very blue tinge to her face lying on the bed a few feet away. Hilary was sitting in the chair holding her hand. Harry couldn't tell the difference because the girl looked so malnourished.
"Well, I hope she makes it. How's Ron?"
"He's good. He's kind of in a trance right now. I think the whole thing really took it out of him. He wants to come and see you but he's with Professor Dumbledore at the moment. I think Dumbledore's going to try and make him get a grip on what happened."
"Well, he'll come by later. Where's Hermione? Is she already better? I heard her getting a hard time from Ernie," Harry said his face going cold at the thought.
Ginny dissolved in a fit of tears. She was crying so much that she couldn't even breathe.
"Oh no. You don't, no. Hermione was fine! I saw Lucius kill Ernie! She's fine goddamit!" Harry yelled sitting up in his bed.
Ginny gulped down some air and then placed a claming charm on herself.
"Hermione got hit by the Cruciatus Curse and was under it for about 15 minutes. She was barely alive when the curse was taken off. I don't think she could hold on any longer. You know that she isn't the strongest person alive. Draco was also killed by his own father. We don't know what happened but Lucius was also dead when we arrived. Someone had placed the Avada Curse on him, and the only one that couldn't have done it was Hermione. I'm really sorry Harry," she said meekly, tears rolling down her face.
Harry's eyes started to mist over. He turned his head sharply into the pillows.
"Harry?" Ginny asked.
"Just leave me alone. I want to be alone for a while. Pull the hangings when you go." His voice was shaky and muffled.
Ginny got up and closed his curtains. She then walked out of the infirmary to go find Ron and see if he could cheer Harry up.
Harry's body was convulsing. He tried not to make a noise but couldn't help himself. He squeaked and the tears ran down his face into the pillow, making it more and more moist with every drop. He felt a hand on his back.
"It's ok Harry, I know how you feel," Hilary's voice said.
"Do you? You haven't lost your best friend, your parents and the closest you've had to family because of Voldemort have you? You don't know what it's like," Harry said coldly.
"I have. He also murdered my parents. Hermione was my best friend too, and I have lost her. I have lost my aunty and uncle who were the only family I had that weren't followers of him, and," she sniffed and gulped, "I've just lost the only direct family I had," she whispered closing her eyes.
Harry looked up at her. His eyes were red and puffy and there were tearstains down his cheeks. Hilary had tears rolling down her face through her closed eyes.
"I'm sorry," Harry said and hugged her. He felt a connection with her because she had been through everything he had. They sat there for a while, thinking of all the loved ones they had lost.
"I really wish I had tortured him to the brink of death before I killed him. It doesn't seem enough that I have just killed him. He deserves harsher punishments," Harry said through gritted teeth.
"This is a monument erected in the memory of the brave students who lost their lives fighting for a most worthy cause," Professor Dumbledore announced.
He pulled the sheet covering it down. A magnificent large pyramid made out of never melting ice stood there. There was the name of the classmates that has died. On either side there were two smaller pyramids. The first commemorated all those students that had helped out, with Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hilary getting special mentions, and on the other side the pyramid held the words 'In loving memory of the Head Boy and Head Girl, Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. Underneath in a case, there was a heart pendant and a watch with a heart in the centre of the dial. There was a projection of Hermione from the pendant, which was entwined with the watch that had a projection of Draco. They were hugging each other, frozen forever.
The students clapped and many had tears streaming down their faces. Among the other casualties were Parvati Patil, Michael Corner, Pansy Parkinson, Dean Thomas and Lavender Brown. There were quite a few more, but they didn't really know any of the others.
The monument was set in the courtyard of the original Hogwarts.
"I'm really sorry about Hermione. I really liked her. She was always nice to me no matter what," Neville said to the depressed group. He looked really upset. He had been crying as well.
"Well, you know Neville, if you ever need to talk sometime, we will always listen. We know you were good friends with Hermione," Harry said giving a feeble smile. Neville returned it and then his face fell.
"I have to go to the," gulp, "bathroom." He raced off.
"Well, we have to put this behind us. We should be glad that we got to know Hermione and Draco as well as we did. And on the bright side, at least they're together and not apart. Think how horrible it would be then," Ginny said.
They all nodded and then walked back into the castle arm in arm, ready to start a new life, a life without the infamous Golden Trio, or the snake that turned into a lion.
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A/N: Now it's over for real duckies. I didn't know how to make this bit sad and make you all feel like crying (dammit) though I felt a bit teary at one point, but that could be because I'm writing this thing. I was always going to make Draco die, because this is not a happy ending story. But I really didn't want Hermione to be all alone, so I had to kill her off as well. I know Draco isn't mentioned much here, but they all did really feel sorry for his. The pendant and watch thing is from the presents they gave each other in the garden.
April showers 2: Yes, Hermione did kill Lucius, and I have no idea what u mean by does Draco forgive Hermione, but they didn't have any tension between them if that's what u mean.
Well, I really hope you enjoyed this story, and I'm not writing a sequel coz I have nothing to write about, but I definitely will write another story in about 4 weeks time, so look out for it! Thank you so much for your reviews! I got a buzz every time I saw that the number of reviews had increased and actually reading them. Well, take care!
~ Icy Spicey Micey! ~