The Snake :complete! Alternate Ending added: | By : ForgetfulLove Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 35130 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 4 |
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Chapter Twenty-One: ….
Several weeks had passed since Hermione's death. She had been given the funeral of a fallen warrior, all of Hogwarts and the Ministry had been in attendance.
Severus Snape had been moved to St. Mungos and placed under a long term dreamless sleep until the healers could figure out how to fix his broken mind, which was making him relive Lily Evans death over and over again, this was the only way they could make him stop screaming.
Harry and Ron disappeared shortly after their best friend's death, no one has yet to find them. There were rumors that the two had gone to the muggle world States and that Potter had given up on the wizarding world. It was not long after that the Dark Lord rose to power and took over the Ministry only a handful of the Order survived or stayed in the wizarding world fight.
Maverick Silverthorne was given the kiss, for conspiracy to kill the Minister and killing Hermione Granger. Occasionally, the soulless vessel, which sits in its cell, will mutter about how he is her only master, left over memories from when his mind was alive with a soul.
Finally, Draco had returned to the Malfoy Manor in Italy being unable to care at all about his school work after her death. He had not spoken since the day she had died. He could not sleep without her next to him, and because of the lack of sleep, he had started to hallucinate. He would see her everywhere in the house and the fact that he could stil smell her scent in his bed made him think at times that she was still alive and just playing hide and seek with him. His appearance had grown ragged over the weeks.
His hair was long, unclean, and not brushed; he had a beard growing and dark bags under his eyes. In every sense of the saying, he looked like the living dead.
One night however was particularly bad for the man who had now lost his final grip on reality. He had seen her out on her favorite balcony (the one that over looks most of the small town the manor was a part of) and he had followed her out there. She wore the gown he had bought her for he Yule Ball and the Snake necklace sparkled above her breast, even though the real necklace was inside his pocket at that very moment. She was laughing and smiling, she seemed to almost dance towards the railing. He followed her, filled with happiness because she was happy. She beckoned with her finger to follow her.
She sat on the railing and he followed her action. She began to swing her body back and forth over the railing until she leaned so far back that she could not hold on. She dropped off the railing and floated in the air on her back. To Draco, in his broken mind, this seemed like the appropriate action and when she beckoned him to follow her again; he did, without a second thought. He dropped off the railing and instead of floating he fell.
His mind became clear at this point, he could see the setting sun from where he was and he remembered the way the sun had hit Hermione's face that day in the parlor room, the day he realized he truly loved her. His body hit the cold stone ground, his limbs were broken as was his back, blood seeped from his skull and his eyes no longer held a soul, but despite all that, there was a peaceful smile on his face. His mind was finally at rest and their souls were once again able to be one.
Last Author Note:
So this is the end my Friends. I hope you enjoyed. This took me a year and a half to write and by the end of it I was on a sort of deadline, so the last two chapters are rushed. There is actually an alternate ending to this in my head, but I don't know if I want to add it. I like this ending. The other ending would make it seem like an open ending and most of you would want a sequel.
I need a beta for this story so that I can post it to Granger Enchanted.
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