The characters and the main idea belongs to the queen J.K. Rowling.

First chapter edited!

- One of the hardest things you will ever have to do, my dear, is to grieve the loss of a person who is still alive. -

She looks at him expectantly, her eyebrows raising slowly with each passing second. He shivers and gulps. Lavender winces when he slowly walkes towards the couch, not knowing what to do – or where to disappear to.

"You can sit down, too, Lavender." Hermione says coldly. Sheepishly avoiding eye contact she, too, steps into the room, sitting down on the edge of the couch farthest away from the other witch.

Ron opens his mouth to say something, but before even the slightest noise could leave him his soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend interrupts him:

She deducts coldly. "If I remember correctly you screamed at me yesterday that everything is fine just how it is and that there is nothing at all we should change about it.

But as you just proved right now, it is everything but fine. If we had a real one, this here would not have happened..Or at least it should not have.

Our relationship always felt wrong, Ronald. And are both aware of that. And the only reason we are here is, because the people expect us to be, but not because we really want that. We do not talk, we do not have anything in common and we both know that there are certain things that I will never be able to forgive you, no matter how much time has already passed or will still pass. You think my every thought is pathetic and not worthy to be thought about or relevant at all. You always saw me as a possession, no matter how much you actually dislike me. But I got news for you: I am not a thing you can own. I am a person.

I am Hermione Granger, and my dreams and goals in life do matter.

And I will not give them up for you to sun yourself in this stupid fake fame and superficial attention." Hermione takes a deep breath, but continues before the other wizard can even work through everything he had just heard.

"I will leave, Ron.

I will leave you. I will leave England. I will do everything in my might to find the cure of the obliviate I had to perform on my parents. It was what I had to do, you know that, but you still cannot see what this had cost me. I lost my family this day. And I will fight for them."

Ron listens breathlessly, his face growing more red with every sentence she says.

" And don't come after me. Don't you dare to even try to hold me back any longer. We once were friends, but you stopped being one ages ago. Go on, have fun, but from this day on, I will be gone from your life."

And with this she gets up from the couch and apparatus back to her apartment. It is time to pack.

A few hours later she had sorted through everything: all her papers were ordered, the books and essays she wants or need to keep were packed into her little bag she already had on their search for the horcruxes, together with her clothes and most of her things.

Crookshanks watches her from his favourite shelf spot unmoving.

"Hey boy" she says when she is done "I am really sorry, but I cannot take you with me.. I know that you don't like travels, and I presume it will be a lot of this. But you have two options where you could stay: With Mrs. Weasley at the Burrow or with Ginny and Harry."

When the half-kneazle hears the last names, especially Harrys', he purrs at her and so this matter was also settled.

"We need to go by floo. I know you hate this, but it's just for once, alright?" She talks with him and he lets her pick him up and walks over to the fireplace.

Ginny and Harry are already up and getting ready for the day, when they hear the familiar "swoosh" noise from their living room. Not expecting any visitors, they both reach for their wands before they step closer to the door.

"Ginny? Harry? It's me, Hermione! I need to talk to you, please!" Hermione softly shouts, knowing all too well that the war still sits in their bones.

"Heavens, Hermione.. You had us really worried here, for a second!" Harry grumps out, walking over to her in the living room. Ginny yawns in protest and follows her boyfriend to sit on the couch.

"What is it you need to talk to us about, Hermione? Why did you bring Crookshanks?!" Ginny asks her friend, surprised. "Oh, I hope it's not Ron again... Sorry, Mione, but please, not again.."

"I broke it off, Ginny, just like 5 hours ago. And I wanted to ask you wether you could please take care of Crookshanks for me until I come back."

Ginny and Harry both move in unison, looking alarmed and now more awake at their friend.

"What does that mean, Hermione, until you come back? Are you leaving?" Worry swings in his voice.

"Yes, I am leaving. I want to find a cure for my parents, and I will not find it here, being stuck in a job and a relationship. I already sent my notice to the ministry and I will leave today. I can't stay here any longer, I need to do something. I already wasted two years and I cannot tolerate this behaviour from myself any longer." Her determination swings loud in her voice and her friends immediately know, that they can't talk her out of it.

"Of course he can stay here, Mione." Harry says, knowing that he speaks for both of them "But you need to write us please. I, we, need to know that you are alright, please."

"Okay. Thank you."

And with that Hermione hugs her friends for the last time for a very long time to come.

They smile at each other, a bit sad, and then Hermione Granger is gone.

Authors note:

Hello people! Sorry for the wait.

Thank you so much for the review and follows! And yes, of course there will be a bit of Draco coming!

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Miss Kitty Wonder