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Unbreak My Heart

chapter 8: Un-break My Heart

Harry had no idea where he was going or what he was going to do, he only knew that he had to get away. The one good thing that come out of the final battle was that Voldemort was dead or so he thought. Now, he's a vampire who finds love and loses it or betrays it constantly. He leaned up against the wall in some unknown corridor as the memories of Cheyan came flooding back again with avengence.

Memories of their first meeting on the train to Hogwarts, the way she smiled at him as they talked about Quidditch, she was truly the most beautiful sight he'd laid eyes since his mother in the Mirror of Erisad. Then he pictured the countless stolen kisses in the Gryffindor common followed by her cute giggles and vibrant smiles. She had loved him so innocently and purely that he never felt such warmth in his life but then he turned his back on her, without a single care or thought. Flashes of his own entourage, swooning after him relentlessly gave a new dimension as he understood the power of a vampire's attraction.

Tearing began to flow effortlessly along with memories and revelations until he believed his head were going to explode. Why him? Why now? What kind of sick and twisted destiny makes it impossible for him to find everlasting happiness? Fear and loating were replacing the memories as he felt the hall grow colder around him but that wasn't all that he took notice of. The hairs on his arms and legs were standing on end and his teeth began to chatter until a rush of warmth came upon his belly. Since the day of the battle, Harry hadn't experienced these sort of feelings and that's what triggered his attention.

Without warning, he felt a warm pair of arms wrap around him in the most comforting of embraces and he knew, she was there with him and he felt himself lean into the hug. His mind and spirit were open to her, he was calling for her and at that moment she was able to solidy the connection for the first time in months. Not to rekindle any love but make him understand the how and why of his next mission in life.

I could feel it when we said goodnight
We both knew it had to and
We couldn't make it right
But we still came back again
Don't be sad 'cause we gave the best we had
We're better off now, better off now
Maybe we just don't know it
Better off now, better off now
Maybe this time
We're better off saying goodbye

Harry, there's no reason to fear or hate this. It's for the best. It's your future and in the end, I found a different kind of love then what we had. I found my fate and my hero, now it's your turn.

Why show me this if I was not meant to be with you?

You accepted your destiny long ago but she changed things and not necessarily for the worst. True love withstands the tests of time and death, the trials of temptation and virtue. The attraction revealed the great flaw of our relationship, if you're love was true then her spell wouldn't have worked.

No, you're wrong. She's just evil and she used our pasts to confuse me.

I know I'll never feel the same
After loving you this way
I'd do it all again
Though I know my heart would break
Once you've loved like this how do you admit

She was never meant to be but we weren't either. The prophecy couldn't take every little detail into account but it doesn't change the way it has to be. She's the problem and the solution.

How?

You have to kill Voldemort but now you're better...you're immortal. She is your greatest strength and weakness but only you can make her see the way.

Why tell me this when I hurt you and drove you to your death?

Listen to my song and I'll show the way...the way to unbreak your heart and live again.

We're better off now, better off now
Maybe we just don't know it
Better off now, better off now
Maybe this time
We're better off saying goodbye

She scared and alone now, she knows what she's done to me and others but she's embracing the wrong path. Only you can lead her back and you must find her first or another will die.

What? Who?

You must use your senses to track her and find her but you can't take anyone else with you.

Why?

She's taken someone and if they find her first, they will kill her or worse, they will push her to join Voldemort's fight to return forever.

Maybe we just don't know it
Better off now, better off now
It's hard to realize
We're better off saying goodbye

I tried to make Katie see but she didn't understand. Tara is the key and be she's not to blame, do you understand?

She's like me...exactly like me.

Yes, children choosen to fulfill an unkind destiny but you weren't originally suppose to ever find each other.

And when we did, we threw off the balance of power?

No, you became powerless.

Close your eyes and I'll be there
If you ever think you need me

Love changes everything, makes us forget all rhyme and reason. We only see what we feel, she changed you and that allowed someone else's heart to take over. Peace will only come when all the lovers are reunited.

All lovers?

Hermione and Draco, Ron and Katie, you and Tara...and...well, the last you have to find on your own.

You have to help me, please don't leave me alone...

Remember the song...never forget the song...

Cheyan? Cheyan...

We're better off now, better off now
Maybe we just don't know it
Better off now, better off now
Maybe this time
We're better off saying goodbye

She was gone but the song remained as a continuously running loop in his head. Tara's taken someone and I have to find her on my own. I have to sense her but first, I have to know who she has. And then it hit him, Hermione. He hit the ground running to the hospital wing and the beginning of his new destiny and if he was right, the path to someone else's death.

(author's note: the song is Better Off Now by Vanessa Williams)

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"Tara, why are you doing this" Hermione asked the questioned while trying to clear her mind knowing that Tara could and probably would read her every thought.

"Ah, come on Hermione, play the game with me" she prodded the confused girl.

Despite her best efforts to control it, thoughts were popping in and out of her head randomly. "I won't call to them."

"You will do anything I tell you in time. Remember what the book said"

"What book"

"Don't be shy, I see it all in your head. The child of darkness conceived of an ill fated love but missing a crucial component. It all sounds so clinical, don't you think? No matter, thy bidding will be done." Tara laughed hollowly.

"But you're an empath, how can you not have one" This was a point that had baffled Hermione since she came across it in the book.

"That I haven't an answer to but, then again, I don't need one. This has nothing to do with you or muggles or purebloods. It has to do with destiny. Isn't that what she told you, I was never meant to be so if I have to go, why not take so of you with me." This was said so callously that Hermione was left wondering what exactly had happened between Harry and her.

"But that's not what it means. You're the X-factor not the dead. It's your choice to make, don't be a pawn in their game."

"What are you talking about? I see what's in your head, you don't mean that anymore than you mean that...oh, wait I get it now."

"I have to believe that what wasn't meant to happen, can and that fate can reform itself."

"Or he dies so that the other may rise. Again."

"I know why he's back and it has everything to do with you."

"Really, is Daddy coming home" Tara's last statement peaked something in Hermione that she hadn't considered...until then.

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Blaise slithered throught the corridors underground until he came to a familiar spot, he hadn't been there in a long time but you couldn't miss this even if you wanted to. He had heard her call and was going to ignore, like so many times before, but this was different. If left to her own devices, he knew that she wouldn't be able to resist telling their secret. It was the biggest secret that he'd ever kept and he did so for good reason. That secret would destroy him if anyone ever knew but now that he looked back, maybe that was the point.

He could hear her voice and the voice of his newly found angel and point of demise with his oldest and dearest friend. She was fast becoming his greatest gift and worst nemesis yet. And that's when he heard the heart of the exchange between the two.

"That I haven't an answer to but, then again, I don't need one. This has nothing to do with you or muggles or purebloods. It has to do with destiny. Isn't that what she told you, I was never meant to be so if I have to go, why not take so of you with me." This was said so callously that Hermione was left wondering what exactly had happened between Harry and her.

"But that's not what it means. You're the X-factor not the dead. It's your choice to make, don't be a pawn in their game."

"What are you talking about? I see what's in your head, you don't mean that anymore than you mean that...oh, wait I get it now."

"I have to believe that what wasn't meant to happen, can and that fate can reform itself."

Careful Trixx, no need to spoil the real surprise...yet. Smartest witch at Hogwarts, yes, but blind to the truth standing before her. The snide comments and instant trust between them and she never once asked the all important question...why?

Let the games begin.

"Anybody up for a little Truth or Dare," Blaise questioned as he broke out of the shadows and embraced Tara, all smiles beaming from the two...

Author's Notes:

Welcome back Lady Serpent, natty123, Harrena Potter and Blood-Red-Pen-Tip...hope you guys are ready for the real fun is about to begin...all you thought you knew will fall to the wayside as certain (coughs) things are revealed and the search begins for Draco and Harry alike. I want to apologize in advance as I will not be updating for the weeks as my writing will be put on hold in lieu of my other passion...college basketball...Go KU Jayhawks...I will be doing alot of traveling and going to games but I will write like crazy and post the chapters when I return...forgive me for the absence but believe me...the best is yet to come...