I love you, brother! (The seasons)

Chapter 11

Early Spring. The Franciscan Garden, Prague, 1995.

Hermione was sitting alone on a bench and crying. As it was spring she wasn't alone in the Franciscan Garden. Hermione could see people walking through the park and she noticed that they all were happy or at least their faces looked happy. At that moment Hermione thought she was the most unhappy person in the world. It seemed to her that she wanted better to be an orphan than to have parents like hers. She felt much more lonely than some years before. She started to believe that the Lestranges weren't her parents and that her place wasn't in their family. A passer-by observed Hermione's sorrow and sat near her on the bench. It was a muggle boy.

"Why are you crying? Can I help you?", he asked.

Hermione looked at him and remembered about Draco, the boy seemed to be his contemporary.

"Can you give me a sheet of parchment?", she asked.

The boy laughed:"Parchment? All I can give you is a sheet of paper. I don't think someone uses parchment nowadays!".

Hermione found in her soul a kind of mercy for that boy thinking:"You're so unlucky you don't know that parchment is used nowadays.". Then she looked into his eyes which looked so shiny and her thoughts changed:"But maybe you're luckier and happier than me, probably having two lovely parents.".

"Well, then a sheet of paper will be OK, it's the only way you can help me.", she said.

The boy gave her a sheet of paper and after Hermione thanked him he left saying:"Don't worry, everything will be alright!".

Hermione wanted to believe him, but she was still feeling lost. She took out from a pocket Draco's photo and began writing on the sheet of paper given by the boy:

"Dear Draco,

Sorry for writing you on paper, but I haven't parchment at the moment!

I feel so unhappy and lonely right now and I'm also afraid to go home. After a big conflict with Bellatrix she intended to kill me. I can't survive here anymore! I don't tell you to save me, please don't tell this to your parents, because they will try to help me and Bellatrix can get angry to know that I told someone about this! It seems like we are a happy family for the public. I remember that before going to Hogwarts I was told to avoid talking about my family with the professors and students and if asked to tell that I've two loving parents.

I know you will feel sad about me, but I want you to focus on your study and, oh, Merlin, how can I tell you to focus on learning when I am the one who reads poems instead of learning!!! I have to recognise, lately my head wasn't able to receive some other information than poems. You were always amazed about my knowledge, wisdom and perseverence and now I think I dissapoint you! Sorry!

I have to tell you that when I'm sad I look at your photo and I feel better, but today it didn't help! I think today I just want to have you in front of me, You, real, not on a photo!

Wish you all the best and, please, don't think too much about me, 'cause I'm thinking much about you and you see, this didn't fetch me to something good!

Yours, Hermione!"

She looked at his photo once again and smiled through tears. She really wanted to see him and maybe to hug, but he was only smiling indifferently on the photo...