Epilogue
He apparated straight to the order's headquarters, I gathered later. Remus and Arthur welcomed him back warily. He had one simple request: make sure that I was safe. He couldn't bear he thought of me dying while trying to fight by his side.
No one's sure how exactly he did it. Whatever the power was, it vanquished the dark lord. People have told me it was love, and wonder what incredible love could cause such power. I just smile to myself when I hear that.
He never came back, though. Something in his body gave up as he used his last shred of life to send Voldemort to the grave. He fell softly and slowly, and he was dead before he hit the floor. They found another letter on him, on his body, after he…fell.
Hermione, love,
Don't cry. I know you probably are right now. You always seem to cry right after I fight Voldemort. Haha. Wipe your tears away. I don't want you to ruin the parchment. It was expensive. Hahaha.
It funny how I'm laughing from the grave. Because, if you're reading this, I did die. I beat him though, I'm sure I did. I had something that he didn't think was worth a penny. Love, Hermione. It was love that killed him, in the end. You're love, to be exact. 'Twas beauty killed the beast, not Harry. Beauty's love for her coward knight.
Have I proved myself to you now? Am I worthy of loving you? You were my everything, Mione. There were no could-have-beens. Thank you for loving me in the two weeks we had. I didn't deserve it, you. I hope I do now.
But don't dwell on the absence of me. Don't exist. LIVE! Taste a raindrop. Touch the sky. Fly. Do things you've never tried. Love again. Promise me you'll do that. I love you.
Harry
I found out I was pregnant 3 weeks later. There was no doubt as to who the father was. Little Harry's three now. Raven hair, and the brightest mind you'll ever see in a toddler. Today he asked me why he doesn't have a daddy. I can't wait to tell him about my hero.
It's stopped raining now. the sun is out. And I can still feel Harry here with me. I still love him, and I always will. But I'm living now, just as he told me to. And life is a beautiful thing…