Inseparable

CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN

It was dark.

Which way was up?

Was he standing up?

Or lying down.

He thinks he was lying down.

Was the floor damp.

Was water soaking through his clothes.

Was he still breathing?

He could feel his chest move up and down.

So he was breathing.

"Hello," he called.

"How nice of you to wake up," a deep rattling voice said, "master."

What, he thought.

"I believe this setting would appease you better," the deep voice said again.

Immediately the dark was gone, and he was standing by a bench at King's Cross station.

The station was bare apart from himself and a cloaked figure.

It took a minute for him to realise that he wasn't alone, but when he did, his eyes opened wide and he stumbled back away from the figure. He moved so that the bench was in between the two beings.

"Who are you? What am I doing here? Where are we?" He snapped.

The cloaked figure was quiet for a while before answering.

 
"Hello Harry."

 
"Who are you?" Harry demanded.

"I am Death."

"Am I dead?"

"Yes."

There was silence for a while before Harry replied, "sooo, what happens now? Does this happen to everyone once they die?"

"No, only you. Well, it did happen to your father and his father before that and his father before that and his- well, it's a Peverell thing really."

"A Peverell thing?" Harry asked.

"Of course, the Master of Death title doesn't just go to anyone."

"Master of Death?"

"Oh Merlin, you really don't know anything. The Master of Death is always a Peverell and they always get a soulmate. When the Master of Death dies they are gifted the choice of going back to the mortal world or passing on. Most of the time they go to their soulmate. When your parents died, your father decided to pass on with his soulmate and they now both rest in the afterlife."

"You knew my parents," Harry asked, a bit breathless.

"Yes, I did."

"Could you tell me about them?" A small bit of hope lingering in his voice.

"Well, when Grindelwald found out that your father was a Peverell, your parent s went into hiding. They moved to a remote village where there was only one other house. The other house was across the road from your parents, and there lived Merope and Tom Senior. Your parents and them quickly became friends and spent quite a lot of time with each other. Not too long later, Tom was born and then you. Sadly only a few months after you were born, Grindelwald found out where your parents were hiding. He and his acolytes attacked one afternoon while Merope and Tom Senior were over with Tom for lunch. He and you were pushed under the table and silenced with a silencing charm. They never knew you two existed. The whole street was burnt down to a crisp, yet both you and Tom survived. A few days later, the two of you were found by a passing muggle, and you were placed in Wools Orphanage."