A/N…this is the alternate ending…it starts with the same dialogue as before so you can figure out where I started!

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"How are we going to get back, we'd look a little strange coming across the grounds with our dress clothes in hand and our hair all mussed."

"There's a passage in the second greenhouse we can go through, leads right up to one of the bottom classrooms. No one uses that class ever, too drafty."

"Alright." She grabbed her dress and followed him out to the greenhouse, then down into the tunnel. It was dank and dusty, and Draco lit his wand to lead the way. Once they reached the trapdoor, they stopped to listen for voices, incase anyone happened to be in the room. It was quiet, so Draco opened the door and looked around, then once he realized it was empty, pulled himself up. Holding his hand down he pulled the brunette up into the darkened classroom.

"Well, I suppose we'll have to explain ourselves to our friends." She smiled.

"Wait, shhhh." He hushed her, pulling her into a darkened corner of the room. "Listen."

Hermione heard voices of older men outside the door of the classroom. "I don't think there's anyone left we haven't found. Most of them died in the initial explosion."

Hermione felt a lump form in her throat. Explosion? "Draco, we should go out there."

"They could be Death Eaters!" He gasped as the door opened and a bright light shown into the room, there were men dressed in suits, so Hermione had to guess they were Ministry officials and not Death Eaters.

"How did you kids get down here?"

"Better question sir, why are you here?" Draco asked, stepping out into the light.

"Y-you don't know?" The official asked, surprised.

"Know what?" Hermione squeaked, her heart racing to her throat.

"Come with us."

The two lovers followed the men out of the dungeons and up into the Great Hall, they saw Ministry officials everywhere, running about frantically. There were a few students talking to them, and a few teachers.

"What happened?" Draco asked, too calmly for the situation.

"There was a death eater attack, they came in toward the end of the ball. Killed almost everyone, Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape, and almost three fourths of the students." A new official said, shaking his head sadly.

"Oh Merlin." Hermione sobbed, falling into Draco's chest, he looked at the official with disbelief.

"Who did survive?" Draco asked.

"The most of them are up in their houses packing their things. They're sending everyone home."

"I'd better go and make sure everyone's alright." Hermione sniffed, running up the stairs and to the 7th floor where the Gryffindor Tower was. Draco watched her sadly as she went before turning to the official.

"Did Harry Potter survive?" He asked.

The man sighed and ran a hand across his pepper gray hair. "No, I'm afraid the Boy Who Lived, is gone forever. Voldemort took and killed him himself is what I've heard. Such a tragedy."

Draco looked at the floor, then back to the door that Hermione had run through.

Hermione went up into the common room, searching frantically around the room for a sign of anyone she knew and there weren't many people there at all. She saw Ginny in the corner gripping onto Ron and sobbing. She ran over to the redheads.

"Oh Merlin, where's Harry?" She cried, looking around wildly for her friend, her question just made Ginny sob harder and Ron shake his head sadly, a tear running down his cheek.

"He's…gone." He whispered.

Hermione fell into Ron's arm and cried along with Ginny. There were a few muffled screams that echoed through the common room and Hermione looked up to see Draco walking toward her. She turned around to face him.

"He's gone…"

"I know, I know." He hugged her, stroking her hair as she sobbed. "Please Hermione, don't cry. Remember, I'll always be with you, no matter how much we go through, we can withstand anything."

"I love you Draco." She whispered, sniffling and drying her tears.

"I love you too. Just remember, forbidden love with withstand the test of time."

"Amour interdit." She whispered. "Forbidden love."

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a/n…not much different, but that is how I wanted to end it! I hope you liked it!