The Devil's Daughter | D.M

40 - War Part 3

The hall was full of injured and dead bodies. Many crying in pain as they healed their wounds to the best of their abilities. My eyes scanned the hall looking for any familiar faces. Every face had the same expression, they all looked lifeless. They all looked like they hadn't been laughing a couple of days ago.

" Oh thank Merlin you're okay" Pansy enveloped me into a tight hug. I returned the hug knowing it could be the last.

" Are all of you okay?" I asked letting go of Pansy to the rest.

" I mean we are alive during a war so yeah i think we are fine" Theo's wit still there even during these times was helpful. He surely knew how to lighten up the mood.

" You would be the only one to joke around these times. Not even Seamus the class clown is laughing" Blaise said as he sat next to Luna pulling her into him.

" I'm trying to make the mood less" He looked around the room, " depressing"

We all cracked a laugh earning weird glances from the room. It wasn't necessarily times to laugh mostly when dead bodies surrounded us.

I looked around the hall but stopped at the red headed family hunched over a body, sobbing. My heart dropped when i notice who's body it was, Fred.

The twins and i would do pranks on Percy every summer when i would go to the burrow. They were the life of the house. They always knew how to lighten up the mood and ease the tensions.

My feet guided my body over to them as Ron hunched over his brother's body hugging him. My eyes looked around the family when i saw Harry looking at me. His eyes full of defeat and sadness.

Ginny wasn't crying, she was staring lifeless at the body of her older brother. That family has went through a lot of grief and lost and i couldn't help but feel responsible.

" I'm sorry for your lost, Fred was a good person he didn't deserve this" I finally spoke up earning all of them to look at me at once.

" No one else will die, i'll make sure of it" Harry nodded with me, we would make sure no one else died.

" Harry, it's time" He looked troubled with his own head as i said those words. It was time for his life to come to an end along with mine.

I sent them a quick nod and left back to my friend group. I sat on the benches looking out towards no where. My mind was racing along with my heart. My palms became sweaty and my breath sped up slightly.

I looked out the hall and saw Harry leaving towards the forest where father had told him to go. He wasn't going to come out that forest alive. After today him and i would no longer be here to see the outcome of everything.

Blaise and Draco stared at me waiting for me to leave as well. Draco looked the most pained, the one who looked that was the most hurt.

We waited for a while to see if Harry made it out alive or dead. Everyone seemed on edge, Harry was their last chance to survive. Without Harry everyone knew they were completely lost.

Commotion was heard from the court yard making everyone stand up to see what it was. I knew, i saw it. I saw Harry being killed by my father. I knew everyone was a lost cause.

I grabbed Draco's arm pulling him back as everyone left the hall to go outside. My face full of anxiety and he felt it. My dementor was never this bad.

" He didn't survive, he's dead" His whole face paled. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he was relying on Harry for his freedom. I would be leaving him alone with the people he hated the most.

" I can't do this alone Cassiopeia, please don't leave me please. I'm begging you don't die" His pleads hurt my soul. His vulnerability was hurting me more than him.