(To the song Twilight by Vanessa Carlton. I don't own it!)

Chapter 7

-A different sight-



~One Year Later~

"Tell me right now Ronald Weasley! Where are we going!" I demanded as he dragged me by my hand down a dark road in a particularly bad area of town. In the year after we reunited at the astronomy tower we began to date, and I eventually moved into his apartment with him. He recently had gotten a very important job in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and I was still in training to become an Emergency Mediwizard.

I continued to run behind him until he came to a sudden halt and said excitedly, "We're here!" I looked down the dark alley between two buildings then looked at him. All I could do was raise a confused eyebrow.



~I was stained, with a role

~In a day not my own

~but as you walked in to my life

~You showed what needed to be show



He pulled my hand once more and walked me into the alley. "Um...Where are we going?" It was very dark, but I could still see him since he was close. All of a sudden he got down on one knee, and I felt tears come to my eyes. "I..." I started but he cut me off.

"Hermione... We have been through so much together. More than most people go though in a whole lifetime... losing family and friends. I even almost lost you. We've encountered Death Eaters, important school exams, a giant chess board, and countless other things." He let out a short laugh. "You stuck by me every second. Sometimes I think... that I'm the luckiest man in the world."

~I always knew what was right

~I just didn't know that I might

~Peel away and choose to see with such a different sight



He quickly looked at his watch. "I have something for you..."

I was so confused. 'Why are we down here?' my mind kept telling me to ask him. But he seemed so excited. When I focused my mind back on his smile, any doubts I had flew from my mind.

He put his hand into his pocket and gently pulled out a flower. It wasn't just any flower it was a paper flower. He slowly handed it to me and when my hand met the stem of the flower, all of a sudden it felt as if we were being pulled from the ground. We were speeding fast in a swirl of bright color with our feet off the ground. When we stopped we were thrown onto the ground of a place completely new. Breathtakingly beautiful....



~And I will never see the sky the same way

~And I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday

~And I will never cease to fly if held down

~And I will always reach too high

~Cause I've seen, Cause I've seen twilight.



"My paradise..." I said under my breath and he smiled to himself. The flower had been a portkey. The sun was just setting, with a deep purple glow and the clouds were silver lined with a vibrant pink, making them look like cotton candy. The grass was a rich dark green, making the perfect yellow flowers stand out brilliantly.

"How did you... where... I..." I couldn't even find words for what I wanted to say. I stared around, trying to take in what I was seeing. He silenced me,putting his finger to my lips.



"Am I close?" he asked.

"It...Well..." I tried to think of how to say it. "I don't think you could be any closer." It was exactly as I pictured it. I couldn't understand how he found a place like thins. I didn't think it actually existed. "This can't be real." I said staring up at the sky. The warm wind blew against my face softly and I closed my eyes.

"It is all real..." he said, I had almost forgotten he was there. "I found this place to show you that there are really places like the one you dream of. Beauty doesn't only exist in dreams. You just have to look past all the bad things in life to find it..."



~Never cared never wanted

~Never sought to see what flaunted

~So on purpose, so in my face

~Couldn't see beyond my own place



I was thinking about what he said. Realizing how deep his words were, even though they sounded as if he rehearsed them a few times before he brought me here. I had tried to take my life because I thought the world was only filled with greed and deception, when really... there are places all around me like the one I see in my head.



~It was so easy not behold what I could hold

~But you taught me I could change

~Whatever came within these shallow days.



I ran my hand over the grass as I thought. I could feel his eyes on me. Watching me like a was a beautiful fragile rose. It filled my soul with a comfort like no other.





~As the sun shines though it pushes away and pushes ahead

~It fills the warmth of blue

~And leaves a chill instead and



"I really needed to see this," I said looking at him with gratitude. "I looked at everything so negatively, like every person I came to would leave me, every time I went outside it seemed the sky was gray... But I see now, the sky can't be gray all time. And everything has a reason for happening, though we may never understand why."



~I didn't know that I could be

~So blind to all that is so real

~But as illusion dies

~I see there is so much to be revealed.



"There is one more reason that I brought you here..." He said slyly getting onto his knees and taking my hand. "I was going to do this in the alley before we came, but we ran out of time."

I stared at him, my eyes wide, wanting to say something but no words would come.

"Hermione... When I thought I lost you it felt like my life came crashing down around me. I knew then that I couldn't live life without you in it. I would do everything I could to keep you safe and make you happy. I- I know I can't give you many things, and I can't promise you a huge dream house, but I can try... and I can love you... And I think that is the most important thing." He said to me staring deep into my eyes as tears started to well up in them. The atmosphere was so tranquil that every one of his words seemed to soothe me more. "Hermione... I love you so much.... Will you marry me?"





~And I will never see the sky the same way

~And I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday



The tears rolled down my cheeks as he pulled a little emerald velvet box out of his pocket. He opened up the box to reveal the most beautiful ring I had ever seen. White gold with small diamonds around the whole band.

"I care about you more than anything in the world... Yes," I said wiping a tear off my cheek. He slipped the ring on my finger a smiled. We leaned in and kissed softly.





~And I will never cease to fly if held down

~And I will always reach too high



He sat back down on the grass and I sat on his lap. He wrapped his arms around my waist. I sighed as he rested his chin on my shoulder, his so cheek warm against mine. "I love you," I whispered softly as we both stared into the endless purple setting sky.



~Cause I've seen, Cause I've seen twilight.







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Whoaaaa.... That took way to much effort to write. My writers block was like "AHHHH" heheh. I'm going to write an Epilogue and then I am absolutely finished with this story! It was only supposed to have 6 chapters...Oh WELL! So anyway... how did you like it? You have to let me know. And also I really apologize to anyone who started reading this story when it was Harry/Hermione because it changed to Hr/Ron. It really wasn't supposed to, because it was only gonna be one chapter but then it wasn't... Sorry :^( Well review please please!

Check Back for the epilogue really soon!

*Jenna*