Minerva McGonagall has never known love. That is, until Tom Riddle stepped into her life. She grows close to this troublesome boy, but they are very different. Maybe too different.

In his last year of Hogwarts, Harry goes to Godric's Hollow for Christmas, and makes a shocking discovery about his past. What terrible secret did his parents keep from everyone for a year before they died? And how will Harry ever live it down?

So here I am. It's not like I want to be here, but then again who asked me? I know I deserve it. After all, what I did was unforgivable. The law doesn't care about the ends justifying the means. Harry was my friend. And I still regret what I did that day.

I loved you, you know. Even after you left me. And I don't think I can ever stop. It hurts, because for me it still isn't over. It's been weird going on by myself. And there hasn't been a day I haven't wished I had done something different that night.

Everyone knows that my and Hermione's fights are loud but harmless. But Harry and Hermione's are not. Their words sting like venom and their actions are specially designed to wound. It's really scary.

Hermione would always remember the events leading up to that night. She would always remember the pain, the loss, the sacrifices. But she would also remember the friendship she found along the way. Rated for character death.

What does Hermione really think of Krum? Songfic based on the song "So Close" by Jennette McCurdy.