Everlasting Memories
Chapter 2
A Leap of Faith
Word spread fast of the death of Hermione's parents, the whole school knew by lunch time and so did all of her friends. Hermione never left the Prefects Common Room, she laid on her bed mostly crying and the other times just stared into open space. She didn't feel like facing the people, let alone her friends. So all morning she stayed locked up in her room but that all changed when a certain someone came knocking on the door.
"Hermione, are you in there???"
Silence.
"Its me Cho. Open the door you can't stay in there all day, and definitly not all year. Open the door Hermione we need to talk."
Still silence. "Alohamora!!!!" she heard Cho say and the door sprang open revealing Cho standing there with a girl with flaming red hair and brown eyes. They came in and sat on either side of her and were silent, neither knew what to say to her until Cho finally spoke up.
"Hermione are you okay???"
Silence.
"Hermione..."
Silence.
"Talk to us....we know what you ar-"
"YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW, NEITHER OF YOU HAVE LOST ANYONE CLOSE TO YOU THAT YOU LOVED AND CARED FOR. SO DON'T YOU TELL ME YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL!!!!" she snapped.
"Hermione, that's not fair I lost Cedric two years ago here in Hogwarts and your telling me I dunno who you feel!?! I know exactly how you feel. There's a hole in my heart and wondering if I ever can get over the fact that he's really gone and there's nothing I can do about it. I feel like everyday I'm drowning because I know that I will never see him again, and I know that I will never here him he loved me again," tears were rolling down her cheeks now. "Its like when he died apart of my felt like I died with him....but I know that he is still with me by spirit and will never leave my side. Do you know why Hermione??? If you don't then let me tell you.....as long as there's love there's still hope and with that you know that they'll always be there with you........."
Now Cho was crying now and Hermione was crying to because what Cho said was true. She sat up and embraced Cho in a hug and they cried on each others shoulder and stayed like that for a while, and Ginny was crying also. She wasn't crying for herself, she was crying because her friends had to go through so much heart ache in so little time. They slowly stopped crying and Hermione let go of Cho and faced her with red puffy eyes. "That's exactly how I feel Cho....I feel like they left me all alon-"
"They never really left you Mione," Ginny spoke up pulling back the hair out of Hermione's face, "they'll always be with you no matter what. As long as you have them in your heart, they'll never leave you....never."
Hermione reached over and embraced Ginny in a hug, then she hugged Cho again. Cho wiped her tears from her face and said, "Come on Professor Dumbledore wanted to see you, you should go."
"Do you want us to come with you???" asked Ginny.
Hermione smiled but shook her head, "I'll be okay....thanks." She got up and left them in her room on her way to see Professor Dumbledore, on her way she met up with a few Ravenclaw's.
"Hermione!!!!," exclaimed a second year with strawberry blond hair and green eyes, "Its good to see you, ever since....we heard about what happen. You didn't come down to Herbology today and everybody wanted to see you."
"Thanks Dina, that means a lot to me."
"Your welcome." she said and ran off so she wouldn't be lat for her next class. Finally Hermione came across the gargoyle stone and said the password, "Lemon Sherbert Drop." And it sprang to motion carrying her to his office.
"Ah, Miss Granger I see that you have finally decided to join us this afternoon. Rest assure your work will be given to you, to which you have missed this morning. And I am terribly sorry of what happened to your parents, they were very fine people."
"Yes they were."
"But on to a more issue, your cousins owled you earlier today but with your condition earlier today the owl delivered it to me. And from me I give this to you." he said handing the parchment to Hermione who took it with shaking hands.
Hermione,
I am sorry to hear about your parents death, I haven't been the same because they were good people and didn't deserve to did an early age. To leave their daughter alone was not there fault, because you are not alone not anymore. You have us. You see your parents left you in custody with us incase something happened to them, they wouldn't want you to be an orphan with no where to go. So you now will live with us in America and go to school here, but if you still want to go to your school that your are going to right now then I'm sure we can arrange something. We will arrive on October 31st, during the ball you are having in school. So until we meet keep your head up high and don't let anyone try to put you down.
Love Always,
Piper
Hermione put down the parchment and gazed into Dumbledore's blue eyes, asking a silent question. As if answering Dumbledore said, "They will be here on Halloween Feast so I do believe you and Mister Malfoy must start on what you want the decorations to be, and the teachers will excuse you for any absence, for they know what is going on. Do not be sad Miss Granger, everything will turn around eventually. Till then...."
"I understand...may I please go???" Dumbledore nodded and she left without another word.