In the Cold, Cold Night

By Cedar1

A/N hey this is it, have finally finished a fic! Yay! This chapter is not the best, but i thought it was a good way to end it.

Ahuge thanx for 48 reviews and ReginicSade87, DracoDraconis, galadriel787, patty, lacekiki, unclear-meaning, animelover8831 for reviewing the last chapter.

Big Star Jewel for sorting out all my grammar mistakes!

Disclaimer: JK Rowling- characters the White Stripes- song lyrics

Epilogue: In the Cold, Cold Night

In the cold, cold night

In the cold, cold night

Epilogue: In the Cold, Cold Night

He watched them from afar and envied them. Him with his proud stance and her with the two bunches of flowers held tightly against her chest. They had been stood there for a while, staring at the grave. From what he could see neither had spoken a word; they grieved silently. She bent down now and carefully placed one set of white lilies on the ground. A second was spent caressing one of the petals before she got up and the couple moved onto another grave, which was located further along. He tracked them from his spot on the hill, the jealously within him preventing him from leaving.

It was now not just one grave, but a pair. They were guarded by a marble statue, the mark of an expensive burial. He guessed they were the Malfoys. He shook his head in disgust. Those people never deserved a burial, but Dumbledore in all his fairness declared that even Death Eaters deserved the right to leave this world in the right way. They were people, too. He had laughed at that statement. Murderers more like, and there they were placing flowers on their grave.

How could she?

And the anger only increased as he saw her grab the man's hand and hold it in her own. The action was quickly followed by a tender kiss, arms wrapped around each other, fingers gently stroking cheeks. He could feel his heart suddenly contract with pain.

How could she?

They were walking away, out of the yard and into a world that was struggling to comprehend that finally Voldemort was merely a story and not reality. For a moment, he thought she was looking at him when she turned round. Her brown eyes trying to seek his emerald ones. But he was mistaken for she soon turned round to face her lover.

He remained in the graveyard for a long time after Hermione and Draco had left. Unlike them, he was unable to part from his ghosts. They were constantly with him, by his side, reminding him of the ones he could not save.

In the cold, cold night

In the cold, cold night

He had felt angry at Hermione for forgetting Ron and all the others who had perished, but as he sat there he realised that she wasn't the one to be pitied.

She had not forgotten… simply moved on, and unlike him, she did not relive the past, but instead enjoyed the future.

The End


A/N Thanx for reading and please review and let me know what u think, about the chapter, the story etc...

Cheers Cedar1

Lyrics: By The White Stripes

I saw you standing in the corner

On the edge of a burning light

I saw you standing in the corner

Come to me again

In the cold cold night

In the cold cold night

You make me feel a little older

Like a full grown woman might

But when you're gone I grow colder

Come to me again

In the cold cold night

In the cold cold night

I see you walking by my front door

I hear the creaking of the kitchen floor

I don't care what other people say

I'm going to love you any way

Come to me again

In the cold cold night

In the cold cold night

I can't stand it any longer

I need the fuel to make my fire bright

So don't fight it any longer

Come to me again

In the cold cold night

In the cold cold night

And I know that you feel it too,

When my skin turns into glue,

You will know that it is warm inside

And you'll come run to me,

In the cold, cold night

In the cold, cold night

In the cold, cold night

In the cold, cold night