She Is Alive ~ V | d.m.

9. Journey Ahead

Granger placed a hand on my shoulder, confused, "Scarlett, what happened?"

"I- nothing. It's just, Riddle, he killed my uncle. So please just, just don't."

Ron closed his eyes regretfully as I walked out of the tent, sitting on a stump just listening to them continue the argument.

"Ron, that doesn't matter, I told you everything Dumbledore told me. And in case you haven't noticed, we have found a Horcrux already."

"Yeah, well, we're about as close to getting rid of it as we are to finding the rest of them. Aren't we?"

There was a silence before I heard Granger's voice, "Ron. Please, take- take the Horcrux off. You wouldn't be saying this if you hadn't been wearing it all day."

However, Ron seemed to ignore her, "Do you want to know why I listen to that radio every night? It's so I don't hear Ginny's name, or Fred, or George, or Mum-"

"Do you think I haven't been listening to?" Harry cut him off and I could hear the stomping against the ground, "You think I don't know how this feels?!"

"NO, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS! Your parents are dead. You have no family."

There was a sound of struggle as Granger pleaded for them to stop.

"Fine, then go! Go, then!"

"Fine."

I grabbed my wand from my boot and walked over to a tree sitting against it. I shot small fireworks above my head as I listen to the rustling from inside the tent.

"Ron."

I looked over to the tent and saw a bit of someone's shadow, "And you? Are you coming or are you staying?"

There was a silence and I stood still leaning against the tree as Ron spoke again, "Fine. I get it. I saw you two the other night."

"Ron, that- that's nothing. Ron-"

I turned my head to the tent once more as Ron had left it followed by Granger, "Ron, where are you going? Please, come back. Ron. Ron!"

I watched as she followed him but he only shook his head before he apparated away.

She fell to her knees and cried in her hands. I sighed as I walked to her and rubbed her back as I slowly brought her back to the tent.

All she managed to do was cry herself to sleep. As for Harry, he kept to himself before he too fell asleep.

I, however, slept during the evening mostly when we had settled so I could stay up and watch over the night.

About a week had gone by and we kept moving, no matter where Ron went, we kept moving.

Granger would leave ribbons around trees, boulders anywhere. The most recent one was around a tree just as we were leaving the forest.

I sighed and placed my hands on Harry and Granger's shoulders before taking us to a rock quarry where we settled down next.

Harry placed the materials for the tent down as I magically put it together. Once I finished, I went inside and quickly fell asleep while Harry and Granger did the protection enchantments.