okay: This is a short one-shot. ooc 'cause of HBP! hg/ss ss pov

I remember that day as if it was yesterday. But, it has been seven years since I've seen her. That last day, I knew, she was gone, truly gone. I've searched high and low, but she's no where. I don't know if she's alive, or if the pain of lost ones ended her. but, I don't know where to look, so I give up, but in a week my search will be reborn. I wish I could go back...

Flash back...

"Severus, I can't." she whispered.

"But, you can stay here, with me. I'm still here. I won't go anywhere."

"No, but, the memories are to much. Failing hasn't made me better Severus. It's broken me down."

Her milky skin was shining with tears. Her chocolate eyes were blurred and red. She felt nothing but grief, and she couldn't be blamed. I took her shaking form into my arms, but she was still stiff. SHe didn't except love anymore, not like she used to. Not how she used to force it into me. No, she had changed.

"Hermione, love, look at me." I whispered, took her chin and turning her head up to meet my eyes.

"No.." she muttered, shaking her head away,"you don't want me anymore."

"Hermione..."

"NO.. NO... NO!"

She turned to look at me, grabbed my face and gently kissed my lips, and was gone. Running off into the cold raining night. Never to be seen again, at least not in the broken world I still live in.

End flashback.

Voldemort, now dead, has left the Dark ruling the wizarding world. He, thankfully, left the muggles out of everything, her parents though, were not. The were killed durning her seventh year. Weasley died duringthe final battle, and Harry died at the wand of Voldemort, fighting for everything he knew and loved. And, Hermione, well, she died the night also. when she found the bodies of her friends, eyes opened, shock etched into their cold, white faces. Her heart broke, and she left the world she had once loved, to pursue something else...whatever that might be.

well that's that. Hope you liked it. R&R

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Hannah