Somewhere Over the Rainbow
A/N: Chapter 3. There you go. Last chapter. Yeesh. This was supposed to be a one-shot. Meh. Good practice I suppose. Enjoy!
I do not own Harry Potter or the song Somewhere Over the Rainbow and What A Wonderful World. The song that I have in here is sung by a Hawaiian named Iz. Or something. It's a really good song. It's in 50 First dates and Finding Forrester.
Warnings: None.
Now. On to the Story.
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"He's coming back Ron. I know he is. He promised me."
"I'm not so sure Hermione. He's been gone for a while. Even Dumbledore has his doubts. I mean, look at him. He hardly ever smiles anymore! And the rest of the students, you know what they think. I want him back as much as...well, maybe not as much as you do, but I still want him back."
"He promised me he'd come back. Harry always keeps his promises, you know that!"
"Maybe he couldn't keep this one. I don't like being the bringer of doom, but I think maybe it's..."
"NO! You're WRONG! He's COMING BACK!"
With that Hermione stormed off to her Head Girl rooms, slamming the door after her.
Sobbing, she threw herself on the bed.
'He's coming back. He has to.'
But, for the first time, she wondered if she was just saying that. She wondered if she still believed it. Fumbling for her wand, she sat up. Reaching over to her bedside table, she picked up the picture frame. A Lumos revealed a picture of Harry. This wasn't a moving picture, like everything else in the castle. This was a normal, stationary picture of Harry. One of the few she had. It was a picture that Mr. Weasley had taken last summer at Grimmauld Place. Having found a normal Muggle camera, he had gone wild, taking pictures of everything. It was a picture of Harry, blessedly asleep, sprawled out over the couch. She traced her hand over the picture.
She still believed. He was coming back. To her. For her.
That thought firmly in her mind, and the picture hugged firmly to her chest, Hermione fell asleep.
The next morning, she woke to her wizarding wireless, playing an old song. One she had not heard in a long time. Not since her parents had gone to America for a vacation and brought back a CD. It was a version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow. It had what she understood to be a ukulele playing in the background.
She smiled as she sat up. For once, she had not dreamed of Harry walking away from her. She had not dreamed that he was not coming back, that he was dead. In her dream, he was there. Holding her, talking to her, smiling down at her.
It was Saturday, she realized, no classes. She got out of bed and, sliding into a robe, she opened her door to the common room.
Upon which her jaw promptly dropped.
Harry.
"HARRY!"
With a shout of joy, Hermione launched herself at Harry, bowling him over.
"I knew it! I KNEW IT!" Laughing she pulled him to his feet, wrapped her arms around him and squeezed.
Harry laughed too and grabbed her up and spun her around.
"I told you Hermione. I promised you I'd come back. I always keep my promises."
"You're back! Is he gone? Is it over?"
"It's over. He's gone. I'll tell you all about it later. For now, well...I'm back. And I'm not leaving. Ever."
"I love you Harry. I didn't get to say it before. I waited a month to say it. I LOVE YOU."
Suddenly, everything was alright. Everything was fine.
He was back.
She had waited.
Together. Forever.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh
Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me oh
Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? i iiii
Well I see trees of green and
Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I...I love you
I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more
Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld
Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me
Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I? I hiii ?
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A/N: Well. That's it. End of fic. I hope you enjoyed it. I enjoyed writing it. All the songs in the chapters are part of my favorites list. I strongly suggest you listen to the song that's in the fic. It makes it better. At least I think it does. That's it! Done!