The Softest Light

Harry's Firebolt is confiscated. Scabbers is missing, and maybe dead. And out there still lurks notorious killer Sirius Black, wanting Harry dead. In the winter of her third year, Hermione Granger is alone, besieged by classwork, and afraid her best friends want nothing to do with her. Lost deep in the darkness, she grabs hold of any hope she can. One-Shot.