𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕪 𝕔𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖 ✨ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕪 ℙ𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕣 ✨

Chapter 27 ~ nothing will be the same

Year 6

-'I need you to get me into Harry's room' I told Hermione, Running to her from across the corridor. The death eaters were already in the castle and Dumbledore is not coming back.

-'You go with Arya.I'll go to find the others' Ron said.

-'You need to drink this' I told her, holding the potion

-'But it's Harry's'

-'He wants us to be safe, please' I handed her the bottle after I took a sip.

It was like my body was refreshed and my mind was working faster than usual.

-'You take this and go to the others. I'll join you in just a moment.'

-'We have to stick together.'

-'Hermione, I will be ok. I'll find you later.'

I went upstairs to the astronomy tower because that was the best place you could see everything around Hogwarts. I looked to the sky, hopping Harry would come back. But he wasn't anywhere. Where are you, Harry?

I went to the great hall and I saw the Order of the Phoenix, Bill, Fleur and basically all the professors.

I saw Malfoy going to the astronomy tower but I couldn't follow him. In a second the great hall was filled with death eaters.

-'Protego! Stupefy!' I started to cast spells to the death eaters.

I saw Snape and Malfoy rushing to the door. Seconds later, Harry was behind them. He had the same facial expression from last year when Sirius died. He was seeking revenge.

-'Harry!' I shouted. He didn't hear me and walked out.

Bellatrix jumped on one of the tables and casted a spell that shocked the whole room, breaking the windows. She was destroying a part of the place I loved to call it home.

-'Sectumsempra!' I tried to cast the same spell Harry used on Malfoy. But she defended herself.

-'Filthy mudblood, how dare you?! Avada Kedavra!'

I got away from the spell at the last moment. It may have been just my mind making up sensations, but I could feel a cold breeze bypassing me. She disappeared.

I started to search for Harry outside and I found him lying on the ground, nobody was around.

-'Harry, Harry are you alright? What the hell is going on?'

-'I have to see him. Dumbledore.'

-'Where is he?'

He didn't answer me and started to run to the castle. He kneeled down to a silhouette. At that moment I realised. He started to cry and I took his hand.

-'Shh, Harry. It's gonna be ok. Come on.' I tried to make him get up but he didn't want to.

The whole school gathered behind us, raising their wands and I did too. He finally got up, falling into my arm.

-'I'm taking you inside, it's gonna be alright. Stop staring!' I barked at some students.

-'Potter, we need to talk.' McGonnagall called him as soon as we entered the castle.

-'I'll be waiting in your room.' I whispered.

~Harry's room~

-'It was him all along. Snape. Malfoy couldn't do it. He was lowering his wand.' he started to cry when he tried to explain to me what happened.

-'And now he is dead. And I have no idea what I have to do.'

-'You have to calm down now. Come on.' I opened my arms to embrace him. He didn't oppose and let his entire body fall in my embrace. His tears were wetting my shirt. He was warm and tense but slowly he started to relax.

-'Do you want to go to sleep?'

-'I want to get under the covers, yes. Can you hold me please?'

-'Of course I can.'

I felt a glimpse of his smile. He was trouble, chaos really, but his smile, his smile dared me to fall in love with him.

He faced away from me and I wrapped my hand around him, pressing him against my body.

-'I will never let go of you' I told him.

He didn't answer. He just squeezed my hand.

~The astronomy tower~

-'Arya, we have to talk.' Harry told me.

-'Sure, what is it?' I said resting my hand on the railing.

-'I've thought about this a lot. You know I won't be back for the next school year. And, well I think it is best if we would break up.'

I grabbed the railing tighter. My mind was racing inside my head. I tried to hold back my tears like I usually did, but it was impossible.

-'I don't know when I will be back or if I'm coming back. '

-'Are you going with Ron and Hermione?' I managed to say.

-'Perhaps, even if I would rather go by myself'

-'Perhaps. Then why not me? Why don't you consider taking me with you rather than breaking up with me.' I didn't realise I was yelling.

-'I can't put you in such a danger. You have to understand.'

-'To understand what? That you want to leave me here, thinking I would be "safer" to go and hunt horcruxes? To never know if you are even alive anymore. Because that is what you think it's best for me. But guess what, I'm coming with you, whether you like it or not. Besides that, I, unlike you, I can appear, so you will need me.'

-'No, I won't let you come.' he said, shaking his head.

-'You can't stop me' I protested in a thin voice. Tears started to roll down my checks again, but this time I didn't hide or wipe them away. I wanted him to see exactly how he made me feel, and maybe he would change his mind.

-'After 3 years? And we know each other for 6.'

-'It's not easy for me either. Please, don't make things harder than they already are.'

-'I did things with you, thighs I never did with anybody else, nor I can imagine myself doing with anybody else.'

-'Believe me, it kills me thinking that somebody else could touch you. But how can I hold you back? How could I tell you: wait until I come back, I don't know, maybe in one year or five or never, who knows?'

-'I'm coming with you. Harry I love you!' I stepped closer to him.

I grabbed his hand and placed it on my check. He pulled me into his arms.

-'Promise me. Nothing bad will happen to you if I'm taking you with me.' he whispered.

-'You know I don't make promises I can't keep.'