Once Upon A One Shot

Music of the Night Part 2

Chapter Six

Alex's POV

"Rennervate..."

I stood back, watching as Hermione slowly became conscious again and I breathed a sigh of relief. She was okay, safe and hadn't been harmed. I then turned around, watching the city in front of me, the sun showing me that it was afternoon. I hadn't moved us from the spot on the rooftop, as just below me, probably standing in the same rehearsal room we had just been in moments ago, was the man that was destined to be with me. I walked to the edge, placing my hands upon the stone barrier, and saw people below me walking around like ants.

The Royal Albert Hall was of circular shape, almost like an arch. Its grand size was made from red brick and stone, and where Hermione and I were, was just below the glass arch that stood on top of the hall. People wouldn't be able to see us, but I could see them, given that we were high enough and out of sight. Then emerging from the back stage doors below me, was a man dressed in a white shirt, speaking to another man, with a woman following them. I immediately recognised them, as it was only moments ago we had saw them. They seemed to be in heated discussion, and I gasped as the man in the white shirt turned around, and I saw that it was Ramin, and the other man was Hadley. I still had yet to learn of the woman's name, but who knew when that would happen.

Thinking of the events of the day, the woman was more accepting of our tale than my own soulmate was. It was like she had seen strange or weird occurrences before. I then made the assumption that either she knew about magic, or a witch herself. But the woman looked familiar, as if I had seen her before somewhere but couldn't quite place her face. Maybe it was that she reminded me of someone...Yes, maybe that was it.

I could tell that the conversation between Ramin and the woman was heated, as if she was trying to calm him. He seemed anxious, and I felt guilty, leaving him the way I did. But honestly, what was fate thinking, making my soulmate someone from the past? And why now? Why not when I had done trips to the past before? This wasn't my first time time-travelling. I had travelled to the past before, plenty of times, so why did fate decide now was the time for me to meet the person I was apparently meant to be with.

I then frowned, as Hadley was trying to calm Ramin. Realisation then dawned on me that I was not the only one that had found their soulmate. Just before Hermione passed out, I had heard Hadley say the words that were so familiar and I realised that they were the words that were inked upon Hermione's thigh, which could only mean that she too had felt her words come to life.

"So...that man that is talking to your soulmate is supposedly my soulmate..." A voice broke me out of my thoughts and I turned to see Hermione, watching the scene below, her arms crossed over her chest.

"I just realised that...he said your words..." I murmured.

She nodded as she stepped forwards. "Yeah...it's not every day you meet your soulmate in the midst of a duel and in the past of all places! Aren't we just so lucky?"

"How are you feeling?" I placed my hand on her arm, rubbing it. "Stupid question I know, but he, that is Rabastan, could have done something worse. You're feeling okay?"

"It is not the stunning spell I'm shocked over, nor that we have two deatheaters on the loose in the past. If anything, I'm more shocked over the fact that fate has decided that now would be the best time to meet the love of my life. And what's worse, he'll never know..."

She stared at the scene below, and I couldn't help but frown.

"What? What do you mean he doesn't know? You didn't say anything back to him?"

She shook her head. "No...I was kinda hit by a stunning spell. That tends to stop you from saying anything..."

"But, now all you have to do is tell him, because what if he isn't? And what if he is? You at least owe it to yourself to try and find out." I protested.