A/N: So... Yeah, this is a random little fic set during the war...
Lots of angst... so beware.
Ron/Hermione, of course :)
Hope you enjoy.
FireAtWill52.
(BTW, this is short... I'll warn you now, so please don't review just to complain bout that...)
End of the world:
"Death is more universal that life; everyone dies, but not everyone lives," A.Sachs.
Ron Weasley struggled to draw breath as he hurtled down Hogwart's shadowy hallways. Behind him, the Death Eaters ran too, intent on bringing him down, dead or alive. Well, they would eventually; Hogwart's was deserted as it was Summer Break... but Ron could keep running a little longer, and that meant he could survive for a little longer. That had to count for something.
His lungs felt ready to burst as he sprinted down a flight of stairs, through a tapestry, down a corridor and into an abandoned classroom. He slumped, gasping, against the door. He indulged himself with the thought that perhaps, maybe, he'd managed to lose them...
Footsteps of at least four people approached... and passed. He was safe, for the moment. He waited until they were far enough away, then slipped out the door, and hurried back the way he'd come.
He held his wand ahead of him as he rushed along, desperate to be out of the grounds by the time the Death Eaters chasing him realised he wasn't in the castle...
As he approached the Oak front doors, he froze in terror. They were destroyed, oaken debris piled up... blocking the exit.
Suddenly, he heard a voice calling him. Startled, he turned, in time to see Hermione tearing down the marble staircase towards him.
"Hermione!" Ron hissed, when she reached him. He flung an arm out to her and she grabbed his hand.
"This way, Ron, hurry!"
They raced back up the stairs.
"Hermione!" Ron said, again, shocked.
"What?"
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?"
"There's no time to explain, just hurry up Ronald!"
Behind them, a portrait exploded. The Death Eaters were catching up.
Ron hurtled to the left, shouldered open a door, and slammed it shut behind them. They held their breath, as, just like earlier, the footsteps past...
"Ron," Hermione sobbed, "Oh God, Ron, what are we going to do?"
"I don't know."
Hermione began to cry quietly against his chest.
"Ron?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you."
Ron closed his eyes, and, smiling slightly, rested his cheek against hers.
"Hermione?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you too."
Hermione was crying helplessly now, her tears soaking into his shirt.
Distantly, Ron heard doors slamming.
They were coming.
But...that didn't matter...
This might be the end of it all. The end of my life. The end of the world. But that doesn't matter. None of it matters. Because she's mine. She's mine. She's mine. She's mine...
The door slammed open.
Ron raised his head and stared Draco Malfoy in the eyes.
Malfoy smirked, and without speaking, raised his wand.
She's mine. She's mine. She's mine. She's mine. She's...
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
...mine...
Fin.
Really hope you enjoyed.
F.Y.I Ron's at Hogwart's because he was looking for clues bout the Horcruxes... then the Death Eater's found him... tried to work that in, but it came out v bad, so deleted it.
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Adios, FireAtWill52.