COMPLETE. A journey. A volume of plays. Three people. Hermione tangles herself deeper into literature. Art reflects life, life art.

There is a puzzle left unsolved. Fifteen days after the end of the war and Draco hates Hermione.

His hearing is worse, but George gets used to it.

“On the ethereal plane of fantastic ideas and wonderful relationships, Ron and Hermione were superstars. They were epic. But here in the real world, it just didn’t quite work.” Getting there was never easy.

Hermione has a life plan. But it involves falling in love with Ron, not his older brother...HrF, HG, and a little DHr later on. UPDATED 10/17/09.

A man dies, children grow up, and suddenly, no one knows anything anymore.

They run in the day and Draco thinks in the night.

The final battle, a final conversation, a few truths she didn't want to hear.

Waiting is always the hardest. It allows too much time for thought, too much time to reveal things you never wanted to know. Post HBP

Summary: Tears leave a darker stain than blood. When the sun sets on a splintered heart, no one can pick up the pieces. story much worse than the summary. Please rr.

The world changes constantly. When a new life begins, you have to leave behind the old one, even if it doesn't seem fair.

We aren't all meant to be heroes.

Regulus can't follow him, even though he wants to. He has to stay behind and do everything his brother never did.

Love never ends. New chapters open, but you never forget the first, the second, the third. Hermione has six.

Percy refuses to see the truth, even though he himself knows it. Penelope won't let him.

Pansy smokes to relax. She ignores her memories to survive. She sleeps with Ron because something has to pierce through the pain.

She thinks she must be the only person in the world that doesn’t enjoy kissing. Bellatrix views everything with detatched emotion. So when someone finally makes her feel, she can't bear it.

Luna revels in her memories, but even they can't remove the loneliness or block out the sound of wind in her ears.

Tonks wakes up in St. Mungo's the morning after Sirius' death. RLNT, implied RLSB.

The world is dissolving into sharp lines and black and white images. Hermione protects herself with fantasies, only surviving with the hope of things that could be, should be, must be. Very dark.