The Long Silence

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Everything is quiet. Not a sound can be heard in the stillness of the night. Everyone is lost in the land of dreams, safe from the dangers of the real world. Everyone is enjoying those precious moments of peace, except for one. She sits there, in a chair by the fireplace, and watches how the fire slowly dies. She sits there and ponders about things seventeen year olds shouldn't even know about.

She thinks of war and death and wonders if they are going to live to see the next day. And she also thinks of him. She thinks about their adventures together and all the wondrous experiences they have shared throughout their years together. She is good at this. Deep thinking and analyzing are two things she excels at. Not for nothing she is the brightest witch Hogwarts has had in a long time. But lately, every time she tries to analyze him and his actions, she encounters a dead end. He is closed and reserved. He doesn't laugh as often as he used to and when he does is mostly in the company of her and Ron. She tries to reach to him and protect him against that burden destiny has placed upon his shoulders, but he does not let her. He withdraws more and more from them. Ron says to give him space, to let him be. But she cannot do that, so she persists.

She is always with him and hopes. She hopes that he will be allowed to lead the normal life every 17-year-old wizard should have. She hopes that he'll be able to wake up in the morning and not have the ultimate fate of the wizard world in his hands. She hopes that the day will come when he'll be allowed to be happy.

The fire is long gone now and she sits there, the pale moon and her faithful pet the only companions. Her eyes are half closed now and she knows that it will be soon that she'll be drifting to the land of dreams. She knows that there is still tomorrow. She knows that there is hope for all of them. She knows this because she believes in him. And so, she slips into unconsciousness, a whispered word escaping from her lips:

Harry…..

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