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runningquill-art:Requiem and RhapsodyChapter 12: Hymn to the living […] More headstones peeked from behind the trees as they dived into the thick of Poplars Ridge, some of them so ancient the granite had been worn by the weather and the moss and ivy covering it. The fir wand cautiously kept at his side, Draco abandoned all hopes of discretion as their trudging through the dry undergrowth echoed loudly beneath the canopy of branches. The bushes and brownish ferns suddenly parted, and Granger came to a halt a few paces ahead of him, stopping at the edge of a large clearing with a high stone angel rising in its middle. It was little more trimmed than the woods around them but seemed to be the most recent part of the cemetery. The statue and the headstones peppered throughout the sea of tall grass were devoid of moss, and the wreaths of flowers adorning some of them – though frozen and shriveled – must have been brought no more than a couple of weeks before. Granger stood still for a moment, before slowly turning to him, her face oddly frozen.“It’s a bit farther,” she said quietly as though the place suddenly made her keenly aware of her own voice. “The grave is unnamed, but you’ll recognize it…” […] The link to the story is in my bio. Rated M: death, gore, violence, mental disorders, psychological trauma, adult themes. You are warned. Summary: “They had won the war, but everything in the room screamed of defeat.” The Wizarding world is a sinking ship under the rise of a ruthless Ministry. Believing the Horcrux hunt over, Hermione Granger is proven wrong when she agrees to shelter a dead man walking. Draco Malfoy did not live. He existed. (Dramione with a slow burn, post-HP7, EWE.) -- source link

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