Chapter 2

"Welcome to Heaven Miss Granger. You shouldn't be in here you know, committing suicide and all, but your good deeds outweighed your bad." A silky voice awakened her from what seemed like a never-ending sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to find no other than Severus Snape standing above her.
"Oh Professor I'm so sorry I didn't get help for you, please forgive me. I really didn't know it was you." Hermione jumped up and hugged the former potions master around his waist.
"MISS GRANGER! Would you please get off me! If you never do that again I will gladly forgive you, now onto business."
"Wait on, aren't the dead meant to be greeted by St Paul or something? Why are you here?" Hermione was confused; she wasn't really dead, was she. Then her last seconds of her life flashed in her mind.
" No Miss Granger, I am here to show you what happened after your leap from the Tower. I'm just your escort, stuck with you forever and a day." He took her hand and led her towards a pensieve.
"Miss Granger this here allows you to see your nearest and dearest after your sad demise. Just dip your head in and it will allow you to see Harry and Ron." Hermione slowly dipped her head in the silvery substance and felt as if she was sucked in by the force of the liquid.
"THUD!" Hermione stood next to the body of her old self, looking around to see if anyone was coming.
"Oi Ron, what was that?" Hermione heard a familiar voice coming from the quidditch pitch. Two boys raced towards her limp body on their broomsticks, looking for signs of life.
"Oh my god…Harry, is that who I think it is? It can't be, its not…" Ron looked stunned as he landed close to her now lifeless body.
"Ron she must have been pushed, it's the only explanation. I bet it was Malfoy. I'll go get Dumbledore and Madam Pomfrey" Hermione sniggered to herself as Harry raced off to get Madam Pomfrey. Ron stepped toward Hermiones limp body and began to cry. She never expected this, she didn't know he liked her that much. Harry quickly returned with Madam Pomfrey and Dumbledore.
""Come on Ron, let's go get you some calming draught. Sir, is she, I mean, was she pushed?" Harry asked Dumbledore sadly.
"No Mr Potter she was not pushed and she did not slip. She did this herself. Now go off and get that calming draught." Dumbledore turned away from them and slowly began to whisper to Madam Pomfrey. But he quickly turned around and calmly whispered to the two distraught boys.
"Oh and boys don't tell anyone yet, I don't think they will be ready for this."
Hermione was nearly in tears when Severus pulled her out of the pensieve.
"Sir, don't make me go in there anymore. Its too hard, I can't go back in there. Please, professor, don't make me go in there again." Hermione pleaded with the professor.
"I'm sorry Miss Granger, but you must go back in there or be forced to wander the halls of Hogwarts as a ghost. I had to go through this too, now it's not too bad. Let's go on to your funeral Miss Granger, and see what people have to see about you.