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Chapter 8

Little doubts and big fears

As fast as today, classes haven't passed through for a long time. During Charms, Hermione, Harry and Ron were absolutely sure that someone had used a time-spell. Even if…that didn't protect them from some considerations and homework. And, as they were used to, today they got more homework than the whole week.

Later, Hermione tried to force her friends to start to do them during lunch so that they didn't have to worry about them later. Ron, however, just answered that he and Harry surely won't worry about them and went on with his lunch.

In the evening, however, Ginny could convince them at least to begin to do their homework. She had already done them as she had had two free lessons. While Harry and Ron sat on the floor writing their essays, she was sitting in the couch looking out of the window. Her gaze looked worried. Really worried. And somehow she also had stomach ache…

Meanwhile Hermione was downstairs in a small corridor which ends up in one of the secret passages. She just stood there with her arms crossed. Waiting for the other students to leave. Until no one was here anymore.

It was 9 o'clock pm when this had finally happened. You couldn't hear a single step. But therefore kind of crunching on the left side where the secret passage was. She turned her head there, smiling a bit. As she had expected, he had come. In this moment she looked at him, he reached out for her and transformed into the person she loved.

Upstairs in the common room, Harry was now sitting next to Ginny on the couch. He had his arm around her and she pressed herself a bit against him. She was afraid, everyone could see that. Ron, who was still sitting on the floor in front of them, then and when patted her knee to calm her down.

"You don't have to come with us, Ginny." Said Harry with a calm voice.

She looked up to him with questions in her eyes.

"Everyone understands that you're afraid of going down there. As…you had almost died when you had been in the Chamber for the first time."

"…Sometimes I still have nightmares…that's right. But I…I'm not only afraid of the Chamber itself."

"What do you fear besides it?" asked Ron.

"We know nothing. We have no clue whether and what awaits us beside of Vol…Fred. Maybe there's another Basilisk or something which is even worse. I'm also afraid of the result…if we're able to win. I think that we couldn't bear it one more time…as well as Hermione."

For several minutes, there was an unpleasant silence between them.

"Nonsense…nothing will await us. At least nothing which we can't handle. And we won't end up in THIS result." Said Harry finally and thus tried to cheer her up.

Ginny looked up to him again, nodded a bit and leaned her head against his chest.

Ron and Harry shared a meaningful glance. None of them was really convinced…and all of them were afraid. Even more than they would admit.

In the meantime in the corridor, Hermione had run towards Fred and he had taken her in his arms. They now sat on the floor together, not letting each other go. She cried tears of self-doubt. Of course she didn't need to tell that she had doubts if they could really do it Saturday. And that she wasn't sure if she could handle the final end. He knew without a word.

"You will be successful. The day after tomorrow, everything will end." he said calmly.

"But how will the end look like?" she sniffled looking at him.

"I don't know, 'Mione. But howsoever it may look like…promise me to go on living. Promise me that you won't cry anymore and that you'll be the Hermione I used to know."

"That…That's impossible…I can't keep this promise. When I lose you again I…"

"'Mione…you have and you will never lose me." He assured and gave her a small kiss on the forehead.

She, of course, was still not convinced but somehow she felt a little better.

They went on sitting there for a long time then. No one, not even himself, knew how Fred was able to stay himself for so long.

At 10 o'clock pm he stood up and helped Hermione doing the same. They shared a last, loving look but then he had to leave. He went back to the secret passage as well as she finally went up.

Having arrived at the common room, she saw Ginny and Harry sitting on the couch. They were sleeping peacefully. So she decided not to disturb them and went quietly up to the dormitory.

End note: Yeah, I know, sucks as everytime ^^ It was more or less just a filler in my opinion but I somehow felt like I needed it.

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