She's the One



He heard her voice coming through the darkness, calling to him. He followed it gladly, having waited nearly twenty years to hear it again. This was the reason he had not feared death itself, only fearing that eternity would be spent in regions far removed from her, which would be hell enough. But, miraculously, he had earned his reward. Lily...

Another voice speared through the void. Severus! No siren's call, this. A raw shriek, filled with incalculable grief. Something he recognized intimately.

Severus paused. And turned back. Lily might call for him, wait for him, but Hermione...

Hermione needed him.

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AN: This was inspired by "She's the One", a song by World Party.
originally scribed: 9/11/07