Can this be real?
A/N:Thx to all that follow this story. Please remember I do not own the characters, only this story plot. Thx to JKR for 10 wonderful years, reading and watching the wonderful Harry Potter! Sorry to those who wanted them to go further! LoL, not yet, it would be just to easy! Will not give to much away, but the next chapter will feature more about Hermione and Ron's relatoinship, before... sorry, you just have to wait till the next one!
Chapter 5
"Hello Harry, Hermione"
We both froze immediately. How on earth did Luna know that we were here? I know that the shield still covered us, the faint shimmering indicating that it was still active.
"I see Harry is also teaching you to wrestle, however Hermione, please be careful; the boys are a bit rough."
We both stared at each other, to surprise to even do anything. How did she know where we were? And what about all the wrestling talk?
Can she see us? I mouthed to Harry. He shrugged his shoulders, whispering back, don't know, but it is Luna after all.
Which brought us back to our immediate problem; I was lying under Harry with no clothes on, and if Luna could see though this shield, then she knew what we were doing, which was wrestling, according to her.
"I am sorry; are you invisible? You should then really eat more purple berries; they keep the Puroaches away you see. Daddy always says that Puroaches will show everyone your darkest secrets if you are not careful, but don't worry. Your secret is safe with me. After all, who will I tell?"
"Thank you Luna"
"Yes, thank you Luna"
"Harry Potter, Professor Dumbledore asked to see you immediately, but I can tell him you are just occupied at the moment, should you wish to finish teaching Hermione how to wrestle..."
I could see that Harry also tried to suppress his laughter.
"No Luna, that is alright. I really need to go and see Professor Dumbledore."
"Ok Harry. See you later Hermione" and Luna skipped away happily.
I let out a ragged breath.
"OMG"
Suddenly feeling embarrassed, I tied to get out from under Harry. He leaned in and kissed me, a sweet slow kiss, knocking my breath away again. Just when I was about to lose my head, he pulled away.
"I am really sorry, Hermione. I should never have let this get so out of control. I, however, do not regret anything. Can I see you later tonight? Meet me around midnight by the Astronomy Tower. We can talk then."
He kissed me again, looking deep into my eyes.
"I am sorry to leave you like this, I really am."
"Harry, go. I understand. Go, before somebody else finds us here" I tried to put some humor into it, hoping that Harry would understand.
"See you later, Hermione" and with a quick kiss, Harry left.
I wanted to cry, because I knew that we would not get another chance like today. I dragged myself to the common room, pasting a smile on my face. Only five hours till I will see him again, only five hours to pretend that my world was not busy falling apart.
It was a couple of hours later when Harry came rushing in, calling us to following him. Ron and I quickly followed him out of the portrait hole.
"Listen guys, I really do not have a lot of time. Dumbledore asked me to go with him; he thinks he has found anotherHorcrux. I still don't trust Malfoy, so please take some of this, give Ginny some as well. Watch Malfoy and Snape, but please be careful. I don't know how long we will be away."
He gave us his bottle of Felix Felicis, the good luck potion he won earlier from Professor Slughorn. I could see that a little was gone.
"Emm, yeah, I took a bit earlier today."
He looked at me and I blushed, remembering what happened earlier, all thanks to Felix it seems.
"Harry, should you not take the rest of this as well?"
I tried to keep the worry out of my voice, just showing my normal worried concern to not raise suspicion of my true fear.
"No, I will be fine. I will be with Dumbledore after all."
With a quick hug to both of us, he ran off towards the astronomy towers.
It took Ron and me several minutes staring at each other before we started towards the common room.
"Ron, take the potion and give Ginny and the rest of the gang each a few drops. We should split up and watch Snape andMalfoy in teams. Take the map and try to see where Malfoy is. Then I will go to the dungeon and look out for Snape"
I was in full command mode, getting a "battle plan" ready. Although I still had my doubts about Malfoy trying to kill the Headmaster, Harry believed it and I would do as he asked. How hard could it be to look out for two people in any case?
A few hours later, I swallowed my words. Pandemonium broke out. We could hear people fighting in the hallway's and shortly after that, Professor Snape came running out of his office, saying Professor Flitwick passed out and needed help.
O how silly of us to believe Snape. I really almost kicked myself later when I realized what happened. How did we not see that he was not even surprised to see us there? After helping Professor Flitwick, we ran towards the Towers and stumbled straight into some Death Eaters, coming from the Astronomy Tower, and I could see Snape and Malfoy running across the grounds. I then saw Harry running after them, but before I could follow, soemone shoved to the side, a curse missing me by inches.
Red, blue and green sparks were flying all over the place as curses were flung around. I heard Ron's gasp and saw him kneeling by his brother, Bill. Fenrir, it seems, had attacked him, leaving him bleeding on the floor. We took him to the Hospital Wing when we heard the commotion outside, Hagrid yelling at somebody. We quickly went outside and saw Professor Dumbledore lying on the grass, outside the Astronomy Towers, with a crying Harry holding him. I didn't understand at first, but it soon became very clear that Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, was dead.
Ginny walked up to Harry and wrapped her arms around him. He leaned into her and when she pulled him up, he did not hesitate, following her inside the castle, not even looking at me. I did feel the hurt, but warm, comforting arms went around me. Ron pulled me closer against his chest, and kissed the top on my head.
The gesture was so sweet, almost innocent, but I did realize something then. The emotions of a teenager cannot be understood. I loved Harry, that I knew, but with Ron I felt safe and comfortable. Perhaps Harry was right; perhaps I should give Ron a change after all.
I wrapped my arms tightly around him and I could swear I felt him smile.
We walked together to the hospital wing, to see Bill.
It was defiantly a night that I would not forget easily. The greatest wizard alive, died, Harry and I almost pushed the boundaries beyond our friendship and Ron and I, without saying a word, entered into a relationship of sorts.
My Life, without a doubt, would never be the same again.