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Written for: Stratego - Dialogue: "I'll find him/her and bring him/her home, I promise."

"I'll find her and bring her home, I promise," Remus told them, walking out of the house.

How could he have let her go alone? He shook his head. Harry clearly didn't understand girls. Hermione had spent over a year searching for her parents in Australia before returning and hiring people to search for her.

Nothing had come up and she had began to face the fact that it was possible her parents hadn't even made it to Australia in the first place.

That was when Hermione had disappeared and Sirius and Harry had just let her go.

Remus Apparated to her old home. He could feel wards up and stepped through, opening the door and stepping in.

"Hermione?"

He could hear her laboured breaths as he walked into the sitting room to find her curled up on a sofa. He looked around and saw the place still in perfect condition.

"This is my house now, they're never returning, are they?" she whispered, looking up at him hopelessly.

"Never say never," Remus replied. "Hermione, you sent them there to have new lives. There is no guarantee that they even became dentists. They could be anywhere doing anything."

Tears flowed harder.

"What I'm saying is that you sent them somewhere where they are impossible to find. If you can't find them, then what makes you think someone else did?" He continued. "Do not give up hope."

He was surprised when arms wrapped around him, but quickly wrapped his own around Hermione, allowing her to sob against him. His hand gently stroked her hair until the tears finally faded and she pulled away.

"I'm sorry -"

"Don't ever apologise for needing someone to cry on," Remus told her. "I'm always here for you. Now, let's get you home." He put an arm around her and led her outside.

He forced the thought of how perfect she felt in his arms out of his head. She needed someone to help her, she needed a friend.

And that is what he intended on being.

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