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All You Wanted

A/N: This one-shot fic was created in my mind while on the way back from a camping trip and listening to Michelle Branch. I was listening to the song `All You Wanted' and the plot bunny just started jumping around in my head. So here it is, an angsty but sweet one-shot!!

I wanted to be like you

I wanted everything

So I tried to be like you

And I got swept away

Hermione raced into the building where Harry was despite the calls of everyone, telling her not to. She ran for what seemed like forever when she heard voices in a room and burst in to Harry standing against the wall with someone in a black cloak on the other side of the room.

"Harry, come on! You don't have to fight with him, just come with me!" Harry looked towards the voice and his eyes widened.

"Hermione, no! Leave now, I can't risk you! It comes down to me, don't you see? It's down to me" Hermione shook her head and tears fell down her cheeks. A high-pitched cackle rang out through the room and said,

"Isn't that sweet, Potter? Your mudblood girlfriend is coming to try and save you. She can watch you die. Crucio!" Hermione jumped in front of Harry and was hit with the curse. She cried out as pain racked her body and Voldemort said,

"Well now, that wasn't meant for her. I guess she has to die. AVADA KEDAVRA!" Harry yelled and pushed her out of the path of the curse. The green light hit the wall behind them and pieces of the roof started to fall down.

"Run, Hermione, RUN!" She looked back at him and without thinking ran out the door and into the hallways, running for what seemed like forever with tears falling down her cheeks quietly. She finally collapsed against the wall and was overcome with pain. Pain and then…dark.

I didn't know that it was so cold

And you needed someone

To show you the way

So I took your hand and we figured out

That when the tide comes

I'd take you away

She woke up shivering. Raindrops fell onto her head from a hole in the roof, and she shot up, running again towards where she had left Harry, her legs aching.

She burst into the room and was overcome with a coughing fit with all the dust and rubble. She heard a small voice whisper,

"Hermione?" She rushed over to where the beat up boy was lying on the floor, quiet and broken, and grabbed his hand.

"He's gone, Hermione. Everything will be better now." She bent over his chest and sobbed quietly, saying,

"Yes, Harry. He's gone. I'll get you away from here now. I'll help you."

If you want to

I can save you

I can take you away from here

So lonely inside

So busy out there

And all you wanted

Was somebody who cares

"I don't think you can help me, Mione. I'm too far gone." He said in a strangled voice. She looked into his emerald eyes and caressed his cheek, saying,

"No, Harry. I'll save you. I'll take you away; we can go the country, away from everyone. We can have little Harry's and Hermione's. You'll have everything you ever wanted." Harry breathed out shakily and said,

"I have everything I want right here, in you, Hermione. I love you." Sobs racked her body and she slipped away, saying,

"I love you too, Harry. But you're going to live. I'll get you someone. I'll be back soon and then you'll be okay.

I'm sinking slowly

So hurry hold me

Your hand is all I have to keep me

Hanging on

Please can you tell me

So I can finally see

Where you go when you're gone

"Hermione, no! I don't have much time left, just stay with me." She breathed in and out shakily and took his hand again.

"Just hold on to my hand. Hang on, and you'll be okay." Harry sighed and silently gripped her hand, saying,

"Do you believe in heaven, Hermione? I hope I go there…" Hermione cried and looked at his face, gazing upwards as if he was looking at something.

"What do you see, Harry?" He looked at her crying face and said,

"I…I see you Hermione. Only you.

If you want to

I can save you

I can take you away from here

So lonely inside

So busy out there

And all you wanted

Was somebody who cares

She gently caressed his cheek and kissed his lips tenderly as tears soaked his face.

"It wasn't supposed to be like this, Harry. He was supposed to die and you were supposed to live and every-everything…was going to be okay." He tried to sit up and failed, saying,

"I…I would always think…why me? I never wanted any of this. The only thing I've ever wanted was someone to love me." Fresh sobs racked her body as she said,

"You got someone, Harry. I love you so damn much it hurts. And I-I don't want to lose you."

He reached up his hand and held her chin in his hand, saying,

"I'll always be here, Mione. I'll be with you, forever. If you ever need me, just think of me. I'll be there."

All you wanted was somebody who cares

If you need me you know I'll be there

If you want to

I can save you

I can take you away from here

So lonely inside

So busy out there

And all you wanted was somebody who cares

He gripped her hand harder and gasped silently

"I can't hold on any longer, Mione. It hurts so much." She kissed him again and said,

"Let go, Harry," she burst out sobbing, "You can let go. I'll be here. I'll stay with you, and everything will be okay. Everything will be…okay."

"I love you, Mione. Goodbye." Her body shook and said,

"No, Harry. Not goodbye. Anything but goodbye. I love you so much." She bent over him and their lips touched one last time. It was sweet, calm. She felt his grip loosen and looked at his wide-open eyes. They were empty.

She fell onto his chest and sobbed loudly.

"I love you, Harry."

Please can you tell me

So I can finally see

Where you go when you're gone…

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