Kiss From a Rose
Disclaimer: I do not own anything that contains any of J.K. Rowling's work, she by far is much more experienced in writing then I am at the current moment. This is her universe that I am using to produce works like Kiss from a Rose. I would also like to thank my new beta reader, Mara.
Chapter 16 - A break up
Today was the day when things was never to be the same again, Harry pulled himself out of bed and meandered over to the shower once again, it became a daily thing now. He felt good about himself that now he felt just a bit more human everyday. This morning was like all other mornings, the sun fell down upon the snow covered earth, bring melting snow along with the calling of the birds, though it was not spring it sure felt like it. Also today would be the day where Hermione would be his and he would be Hermione's. Ron would what he called for and Lavender, well Lavender would either stick with the cheater or go single once more for guys would treat her right. This was all thanks to Lily, the one vampire he could count on, but did not return the affection that she had given him ever since he had knew her. Harry after finishing dressing made his way down to the commons where he got his blood and then strolled out into the hallways where then he decided that there wasn't really anything to do around here without the classes. It was dull and boring Harry told himself, maybe he should go outside and practice his animagus that he has been putting off for so long now. 'Yeah, that would be something enjoyable to do at the moment.' Harry said to himself then began to walk down to the snow covered Quidditch field. What ever happened to Quidditch, Harry again asked himself. He had stopped playing Quidditch this year, it never called him back after he had been banned last year, was it because of what he was and that sports would no longer be fair as long as he's playing? He could certainly pass for a human if he had to play, but what if the rush of adrenaline got to him and he hurt someone? That could be a problem, Harry looked at the post of the Quidditch post and laughed before focusing his mind upon the transformation to a Griffin. Up until this point Harry had never transferred to a Griffin and held It to a point where he could transfer automatically. And like past practices Harry was having a difficult time in the basic of the animagus practice. He couldn't even elongate his finger which surely confused him. He felt himself getting mad at the fact this was something he couldn't do at the top of his head like everything else now days.
"DAMMIT!" Harry yelled to the heavens as he had gotten no where in the past half and hour he had been trying. And that's when it happened, right after he cursed the heavens he felt himself at the height of his anger and his body change into a griffin, the transformation was so quickly that he did not have time to comprehend what had happen. He looked around and noticed that he was actually smaller then his human form, he looked to the ground where his feet would be and found to monstrous paws where his hands would be if he was on all fours. He found that he was not as powerful as his vampire form but more powerful then a normal human being, it was a funny feeling like last time. But like last time the change only lasted a second an he changed back in great pain. He curled to himself on top of the cold snow which made him shiver; he had never felt this painful during his last attempt at this. Was he doing this wrong to make it hurt even worse, or was this how McGonagall felt every time she transferred into a cat.
Harry slowly got up from the ground and dusted off the snow flakes that gathered on his black robe. He was now damp, cold, and absolutely furious that he still could not control his change even though he was a vampire. Harry made his way back into Hogwarts where it was slightly warmer but still in the long corridors it was cold enough to make another shiver out of Harry. Finally after a few minutes of walking he made his way to the commons where he entered, upon seeing that no one was in the commons he took off his robe, shirt, and jeans and set them by the fire to dry. Along with his stuff he sat next to the fire warming his cold skin and body up. He sat there watching the flames dance around each other twining gold, orange, white, red, and yellow together like a fabric of magic. It like most things of vibrant colors was extremely beautiful to Harry and made him watch for hours on end. Harry had wonder what life would be like this year if he had never been turned into a vampire, who he and Lily still be friends? What about him and Draco? Would this task of conquering Voldemort be harder because he wouldn't have the power to defeat him at this current stage? How about him and Hermione, where would they be? But the one question that stuck Harry the most would have been, would he have killed himself because of all the things that had been going on; did Romulus truly save him from himself? These were all question Harry thought of but gave no answer back, he couldn't possibly think about what would have the world had been if he had killed himself. Soon as his mind went blank he felt hands wrap around his neck and lips soft and luscious press against his neck. They were warm, they weren't Lily's, no…It had to be Hermione's I couldn't be any others. Harry slowly turned around and looked at Hermione she had a few tears in her eyes, but from what Harry could see they weren't tears of sorrow but in fact tears of joy. Did it happen already, his and Lily's plan? 'But wasn't it post to happen in this room and some sort of fight or big break up or something…' Harry's thoughts raced through his head while looking at Hermione, her brown hair falling down in front of her eyes, her cinnamon eyes soft and spectacular in the alluring fire light, her skin that seemed even more golden and goddess like. Harry felt himself move in and out of consciousness as he try to remain calm while looking at her, it was to perfect, it wasn't something that should be allowed on earth, then again he shouldn't be allowed on earth. Then as he began to move in for something he wouldn't have dared done before her sweet and soft voice broke the moment.
"It's over, Harry, between me and Ron…" Harry felt his heart leap, then again he knew that it had happen already, probably some where else but not here in this commons. "Ron came to me this morning, and told me that he had fallen in love with another woman. Of course, my first question was how could you Ron… But then he said something I thought could never come out of him." Hermione's eyes danced along Harry's face, her smile was more like a grin, but it was a love sick grin. "He said, 'Hermione, I've seen Harry look at you and I've seen you look at him… If I am wrong about this then please tell me so. But you two are in love and always have been in love'." Harry gave faint smile, then waited for Hermione to continue her story. "I told him that it was true, and you know what he did?"
"Try to hurt you?" Harry rashly stated.
"No, in fact I've never seen this side in Ron… He said that I was meant for you…and that he would no longer stand in the way… And that is all he said before turning around and walking towards Hogsmeade." Hermione said with a certain surprise in her voice, but the one most surprise was Harry. Ron, the one that cheated on Hermione, the irrational one, the one who tried to beat him to pieces because of Hermione told her that it was over. Just like that, Hermione was his and he was Hermione's. Harry couldn't stand the angst in Hermione's eyes and just brought her closer into his arms and kisses her as if it had been the last kiss of his immortal life. Never such a kiss had been so spectacular, so special, so sweet and lustful. Never had Harry felt this pleasure of pure love flow through out his body, he had felt both Hermione's and his emotions run at an high and almost non-earth plane level. No one could spoil this moment, no one was going to steal this away from her, no one was ever going to touch Hermione in such a way it would harm her. She was only going to know love, peace, tranquility, and any other word you can pick out for a perfect life. Harry felt Hermione break apart from him and he felt as if some thing was lost at that moment. Harry couldn't stand to be without Hermione, and then his decision changed, he wasn't going to go to Voldemort, no, it couldn't be done now and not ever if they had to run to America just to escape this war so that no one of them would get hurt would. Harry would leave his world just to keep her safe. Harry couldn't believe himself that he could think about all these things, but he did, he just wanted Hermione. That was it.
Hermione looked at him, her tongue danced on her lips as if savoring his deathful taste. She couldn't believe what she had just done, the love for him was even greater then she had anticipated. In fact she thought it was just a child hood crush for the boy who lived. No, this was true, true as mother earth and the stars, true as the very vampire that sat before her. She smiled at Harry who could only return a bigger and more joyful smile. She couldn't believe how this year had been going, in fact she thought that her life would have been with Ron instead of Harry. But now it felt all to right, everything in life was beginning to become perfect except on thing.
"Harry don't go." Hermione looked at Harry and she could already tell the answer he was going to give her.
"Hermione, after today, after this moment, I wouldn't do a thing that would break your heart… I wouldn't do a damn thing that would possible strip this world of your happiness." Harry stated as if those had never been the words he was trying to speak. But they were his and in some way and form he thought that he would never have spoken these words till today.
"Thank you…" Hermione started to cry but they had been quickly wiped away by Harry who pulled her close to him and held her as if the world did not matter any more. They stayed like that for who knows how long, in fact they remained like that until the commons room door opened and the sun had already gone down and the moon had gone up. Lily had walked through and saw that the vampire and the goddess had gotten together. She held back her jealous and her emotions to produce a smile worthy enough to show her god, Harry. Harry returned the smile and then got up with Hermione in his arms. Hermione had fallen asleep during that time, Harry could still feel his damp robes saturated with her tears.
"Thank you again Lily." Harry said, while moving up to the girl's dormitory to lay down Hermione. At first she did not want to leave Harry's arms, but after Harry had kissed her on the lips and the forehead she finally let go of Harry and curled herself up into the satin blankets that covered her bed. Harry smiled and just stood there, watching Hermione sleep, her brown hair spread across the pillow, her arms lay across her chest, even a small smile crept upon her face while she slept.
"Must be a good dream.." Harry whispered to himself before turning around and walking out the door and down to the commons where Lily was there sipping up some blood from his cup, which he presumed that she had gotten from Dobby. Harry took a seat across from Lily and just watched her with his hands folded in his lap, she was beautiful but he had never felt that feeling from what he got with Hermione.
"I guess your happy now?" Lily said while her head was down in her book. Harry could see a few blood tears were falling from eyes and down into the book.
"Yes…" Harry spoke softly, as if he did not want make Lily cry some more.
"Then I'm happy." She was choking though her words, she had used all her strength to say those words.
They both sat there. Harry watched the fire while Lily read. Neither one could say anything for there was nothing to say any more. In fact, all words were lost and Harry's world got a few shades brighter while Lily's world became a few shades darker.
I know this chapter was extremely short, but I felt that it was necessary to add no more to this section of the story. This part I felt it was good enough to be short and sweet, don't worry the rest of the story will be as long as the regular chapters.
Please review - I will respond to all reviews in my next chapter of Kiss from a Rose.
Review Responses -
Irish Pixie – Did this work? Or did it not work? Hope it did, I didn't' see Ron being so dumb that he would fall for something like this. Arianne ches, she's a cool new character that will play a more important role later on in the story.
TimGold – I'm updating as soon as I can, between school and video games (which happen to suck in all my time) I'm getting writing finished, either be it this story or another story. I'm currently working on three projects so it's taking more time then needed. The girl is Arianne, just a new character I don't think she related to anyone, then again things change.
Ryusuken – Yeh if J.K. Rowling did that I think I would stop reading the books, I couldn't handle an entire book worth of Ron and Hermione being together. Harry doing pranks with his new projection powers? Nah, I couldn't see him doing that, I think he's getting past that point in life. Well Harry is hella powerful, but he doesn't use it, then again he doesn't know how to use it. Plus I think he's afraid of his own power that's why he doesn't use it. I wouldn't use it if I knew I had that much power.
SirDarlon – Thank you, I hope this suits your taste, I know it wasn't Ron's death or anything closely relevant to it but I couldn't see Hermione going off at Ron like that. If it doesn't suit you taste please tell me so I can do it again.
Hermione2567 – Always Harry and Hermione pairing, it's the best I wouldn't have it any other way.
The Vampire Story Hunter – You can make a fan fiction of my fan fiction if you want, that's what I'm currently working on as one of my side projects, one of my readers gave me the suggestion to write a story of 'if Harry went with Romulus instead of staying at Hogwarts.' I need some suggestion on what the plot line should be for this one so if anyone has any please tell me.
L.I.T Wanderer – Thank you for that great suggestion, I'm currently writing it, though I'm not liking it. I need some suggestions on what Harry and Romulus should do. I have a basic plot stamped out but it's going through massive revisions. You should write a story I'd be up to reading it, never say it would suck cause ten bucks it wouldn't.
Rhysel Ash – I hope this is good enough J thank you for reading.
BAD BOY HARRY – Did you see this coming? Or did you want a big fight between Ron and Hermione?
TheUnknown4 – Hope you liked this chapter, glad to know that your reading this fan fiction.
Taka ichijouji – Yeh i felt sorry for Lily during that chapter and still feel story during this chapter. Arianne like i said before will play a bigger role in later chapters, so watch for that.
Robaatsu – Thank you.