Wow, this is the end of line. The final chapter. I hope you enjoy this.

Epilogue (2)

The sun shone down on them as a group of people stood around a coffin all dressed in black.

One young man, a blonde, looked the worst out of all of them. His hair hung limply and he had huge rings under his eyes. It was the funeral of his girlfriend, Hermione Jane Granger.

The wind whipped around them and Draco shut his eyes sadly. He could almost smell the perfume that Hermione always wore.

Harry got to his feet and stumbled to the podium, his eyes blurred with tears. "Um, hi everyone. Hermione Granger was a wonderful person. She was so compassionate and gave everyone a chance. Since the day we saved her from the Troll and Hermione lied to protect us we were as close as siblings." Harry shut his eyes briefly.

"When she was cursed on the night her parents died, we were so close to destroying Voldemort. She decided to hide the curse from us until after the war, even if she died before then. When she went to tell us the truth, Ginny had turned us from her using some potions. We turned our backs on her, yet Ginny could never truly erase the way Ron and I felt about her. Our love for her."

"Not many people got the chance to truly know Hermione. She wasn't just the brains of the Golden Trio, she was so much more. She was a genius that had a wicked sense of humour and a lovable nature. Not many got to know that side of her until it was too late."
Harry wiped some tears from his eyes and raised his wand to the sky. "So here's to you, Hermione. Goodbye my dear friend." He finished. He sent his Patronus into the sky where it galloped around the mourners a couple of times before disappearing.

After Harry had gotten down from the podium, Draco took to the stand to talk about his love.

"Hermione and I nearly always hated each other until the day she punched me in third year. She allowed me to see more than just an annoying bookworm, but a beautiful, passionate Muggleborn. It changed my life entirely. Then, this year, I had the pleasure of getting to know Hermione better."
Draco choked back his tears. "Hermione became my best friend, lover and confident. We could talk for hours and never get bored. When I asked her to be my girlfriend, I never imagined how little time I had left with her. I'm just glad that I had decided to cherish each moment I had left with her from the start. I will never forget her. Hermione made me the man I am today and I will always love her."
Draco reached into his pocket and pulled out the ring he was going to use to Propose to Hermione. "I know I will never get the chance to see you wear this ring, or see you walking down the aisle, but I want you to have it anyway. Hermione Jane Granger, you were the light of my life and now you are gone it's like I am living in the shadows. I will love until the day I die." He threw the ring onto the casket as it was lowered into the ground. "Goodbye, Hermione."

After the ceremony, the large group began to head back into the castle. Only the seven who had truly known Hermione remained. Pansy stood with her arms wrapped around Harry's neck as she sobbed, provided equal comfort to Harry. "I can't believe she's gone." She whispered to her boyfriend.

"Me too. I never pictured my life without Hermione in it." Harry replied, a tear running down his cheek.

Ron stood awkwardly off to the side, staring blankly at Hermione's name carved onto her marble Head stone. Luna and Blaise were hugging and reminiscing silently about their best friend.

Draco was the worst. He was knelt beside the grave, clutching a rose he had transfigured. He traced the name again and again on the headstone, silently weeping.

"Remember Valentines day? I sent you tons of roses and chocolates. You kissed me for the roses, but hit me for the chocolates. I remember thinking then that I was truly lucky to have found someone so unique." He whispered, chocking on his words.

"I will be with you soon." He added, before getting up and following the others as they headed back into the castle.

The next morning the Headlines were shocked. Ginny Weasley had been caught in the middle of London trying to apperate to another country. She had been sentenced to over ten years in Azkaban.

But the news that really rocked the wizarding world was that Draco Malfoy had been found, hanged, in his Head Boy's room. A note he had left said that he had needed to be with Hermione and couldn't live without her. He had told the others not be sad, but rejoice as now he and Hermione were finally at peace together.

Harry folded up the paper he always brought to the graves on the anniversary of their deaths. "You guys really missed a lot. Pansy and I have married and have twin sons with another on the way, Ron and Lavender have a son and Luna and Blaise have three children. It's hard sometimes to believe you're gone, even if it has been ten years since you left us." He stroked the names. "We will always miss you."

He stared at the inscription underneath the joint headstone. "The only thing in life that is inevitable is death. But love conquers all, even death."

Please Read and Review. I know this ending is tragic and some people won't like it, but I did want to kill her off. But at the same time, I didn't. So alternate endings solved that problem. I hope you enjoyed this story and I thank all of those who have followed me in the almost two days it took to write this. This is fastest I have ever written a fanfiction and I think it's something to be proud of. So Goodbye for now and Happy New Year.

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