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Chapter Twenty
When they got back to Hogwarts, Harry and Dumbledore placed Demetra's body on a bed in a room in the Hospital Wing that the trio has never seen before. They could tell that it was a room that the Hospital Wing rarely used. It was very small and plain. There was only a bed, chair, and a vase to put flowers in.
Ron imediately sat down in the chair. As much as it hurt him to see Demetra's dead body, he couldn't bring himself to leave her side. He sat there for hours just thinking about her until..."Ron."said a cold voice. Ron reconized it as Professor Snape's voice. The man who had caught him and Demetra kissing and having fun all the time. As he remembered those memories a tear strolled down his face.
"Yeah."He repiled, barely able to speak.
"You can't stay here forever. I know it's hard, but you've got to get some sleep and eat something."said Snape.
"Demetra can't eat anymore."Ron said.
"I know."Snape said."Come on, Ron. GO eat, then get some sleep. Demetra will still be here when you get back."
"No,I don't want to!"Ron said.
"Ron! Please! Just go! I need time with Demetra too!"shouted Snape. Ron relized that Snape did indeed need time with his dead daughter. It was only right. He nodded and with all the strength he could muster he got up, looked at Demetra one more time, and he left.
Severus Snape sat down on the chair that Ron has just been sitting in next to Demetra. He stared at his little girl. she grew up so fast. Snape moved his hand onto her face. Her once glowing face now was pale and white. Snape began to speak to his baby girl.
"Demetra, I told you to be careful around that boy. He was bad news. Why didn't you listen?"Snape broke down again. He cried and cried. "Why did you leave me? You were all I had left. You said you'd never leave me!"he said thinking about Demetra at her mother's funeral.
"Daddy, I know we lost mummy, but you'll always have me. I'll always be Daddy's little girl."she said. Snape snaped back into the present. "Why, Demetra?"
"I'm sorry, Daddy."said a soft voice. Severus looked up from his daughter's dead face to a girl standing in front of him. He was shocked. The girl standing in front of him was none other than Demetra. Snape looked back at Demetra and than back at Demetra.
"Demetra!How? What are you doing here?"Snape asked.
"I'm here to help you."she repiled. "Daddy, your going to have to let go. You and Ron. I'm gone for a reason. Something good will become of my death."
"How can that be? We've lost you. What is Ron going to do without you? What am I going to do without you?"asked Snape.
"You'll see. Daddy, you'll be happy again. Belive me."repiled Demetra.
"Demetra, but..."started Snape.
"I must go now. I have to go say goodbye to Ron now before I run out of time."interuppted Demetra.
"How is it possible that your here?"asked Snape before Demetra left.
"Well, I suppose it's because I've still got open relationships that weren't closed before i died. I'm only permitted a certain amount of time to visit the person I had the relationship with and try to close the relationship or at least try and make the person let go of me. I've been sent here to visit you and Ron. Now, daddy, please promise me, you will be strong."explained Demetra.
"I'll try."said Snape.
"Don't try! Please, promise me!"begged Demetra.
"I promise."said Snape looking at his daughter. She stood there wearing a white dress. Her face was glowing again. She walked towards him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you. I love you, Daddy. I may be gone,but I'll never leave you."she said Then she was gone. Snape was sure he would never speak to her again.
Although Demetra told her father she was going to speak to Ron next she ended up in the room Draco was being held in, which was in Professor Trelawney's office. Draco was sitting down on a chair that he was chained to. He looked up when he heard footsteps.
"Who's there?"he asked trying to get up.
"Hello Draco."said Demetra.
"Demetra, you're dead! I killed you! What are you doing here?"asked Draco thinking he was going mad.
"I've come to speak to you."repiled Demetra.
"Your going to haunt me forever, aren't you? I'm sorry!"said Draco weeping.
"No Draco. I've come to tell you I forgive you. I know you didn't mean to hurt me. I wish you didn't try to hurt Ron, though. He is a good guy. He would have taken good care of me."repiled Demetra.
"But, I wanted to take care of you!"said Draco.
"Well now I'm gone and none of you can have me! Listen Draco! I don't have much time. I just came to say that you've got to move on. You won't be sent to Azkaban for my death. Your father is going to get you out of it. This will give you the chance to start over. To get away from Voldemort and your father. Be the good man I know you can be!"explained Demetra.
"Ok. Demetra, I love you. I always will."said Draco.
"I know. Goodbye, Draco. You'll always be my best friend."said Demetra walking away in the dark.
"Goodbye."said Draco.
Now Demetra went to visit Ron. He was in his dormitory in Gryffindor Tower. He was alone in the dormitory. He layed on his bed with his eyes closed. He was remembering the day Demetra and him had been on this very bed so passionately kissing each other. He cried as he remembered this for he knew they would never be together like that again. Demetra opened the door to Ron's dormitory sliently. She walked towards Ron and she wiped away the tears that had been on his face. Ron jumped up at her touch. He pulled out his wand not knowing who was there.
"Demetra!"he said.
"Ron, why are you crying?"asked Demetra.
"Cause your dead! Your not supposed to be here! What are you doing here?"asked Ron.
"Sweet Ron. I've come to say goodbye. I've only got a little while longer before I have to leave this world again."said Demetra.
"I don't understand."said Ron.
"I've been allowed to come back for a while to say goodbye to you and my father since I was unable to do so earlier."explained Demetra.
"You jumped in front of me when Draco cast the spell. Why? You could still be alive right now."said Ron.
"I know,but if I wouldn't have gotten in front of you, you would have died and I couldn't bare to have that happen to you. How would I have been able to live?"said Demetra.
"How do you think I'm going to be able to live?"asked Ron.
"That's kinda why I'm here Ron. I've come to tell you that you've got to move on. You'll be ok without me. You might even love someone else again."said Demetra.
"I could never love anyone else again."said Ron.
"You will."said Demetra looking away from Ron and towards his window."Oh no. It's almost time for me to go."
"Go? Go where?"asked Ron.
"Ron, I've got to go back. I'm dead. I have to go back to being dead. I know it's gonna hurt. It's hurting me now knowing I won't have you in my life anymore, but your still alive and if I see you happy again I'll be happy again too."said Demetra walking towards Ron. She hugged Ron and than she kissed him. "I love you. I always will."
"I will always love you too."said Ron."You look and feel so real. How is that possible?"
"I got my body back just for tonite. Now I've got to go. I don't wanna leave you,but I know I must. Ron i'm gonna ask you to promise me the same thing i asked my father to promise me. Promise me you will try to move on, that you'll be happy again."said Demetra.
"I promise."said Ron kissing Demetra one more time.
"Goodbye."she said.
"Goodbye."said ROn as Demetra walked out of his dormitory. Ron stood there shocked. He had just spoken to Demetra for the last time. He recalled everything they had talked about and than he remembered Demetra saying that she had spoken to her father. Ron snapped out of his memory. He ran out of his dormitory down to the dungeons.
It was late in the night so not many students were out in the hall. Nobody besides Ron, Snape, Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Draco knew about Demetra's death so Demetra could walk the halls of Hogwarts one last time before she left Hogwarts forever.
She walked past the library and sighed because it was one of her favorite places in Hogwarts. ONly Hermione and Ron knew that because Demetra was always in the library with Hermione and because Demetra told Ron everything. As Demetra walked past the entrance to the library she was able to look inside it and then she saw Harry and Hermione. Hermione was crying in Harry's arms. Harry was doing his best to try and comfort Hermione, but it wasn't any use. She continued to repeat all her what if's to Harry about Demetra and everything that had happened that night.
Harry sighed and looked away from Hermione towards the library entrance. He was shocked to see Demetra standing there alive as ever. However he knew this could not be possible because Demetra was currently laying in the Hospital Wing dead. He opened and closed his eyes trying to find an explantion to why Demetra was standing in the entrance smiling at him. Demetra waved goodbye to him. Harry finally beliving she was there smiled back. "Hermione."he whispered."Yeah?"repiled Hermione as Harry saw Demetra smile one more time and than she began to walk away. "Everything's gonna be ok."Harry said kissing Hermione's forhead.
Demetra continued to walk through the halls. She was remembering everything that had happened there including the time Ron and Draco had gotten into a fight over her. It saddened her to remember the only two boys she had ever loved even if the memory wasn't the best one of them. Now Demetra walked through the entrance hall and than she opened the huge castle doors. She took one last look and than she left Hogwarts forever.
Author's Note:Now I know your wondering how on earth Demetra could possibly have come back or why I would bring her back. Now of course I have a perfectly good explantation for her coming back. Your just not going to find out yet because I'm saving that for the next chapter! I bet you can't wait to read the next chapter now huh? Either that or you totally hate me for bringing her back to the story. SO yeah I need to know what you think, so please review! Alright so there's one more chapter!As soon as I get my internet back up I'll post this chapter, but I'm gonna go start the next chapter.Luv ya!
Ruby