"Freddie!! That is....that is not him." Y/N had ran towards Ron and Percy who stood surrounding a body. But, to her relief she had discovered it was one of the death eaters. "Freddie...." Percy started to frantically search through the debris. Ron, Harry , Hermione and Y/N followed his suit. "Looking for me ladies? I knew it....George was just....an..an excuse." Y/N's blood froze at the voice. All of them turned instantly. Fred was standing holding Frooty's hand a few paces from the collapsed wall. He was injured and bleeding,but, alive. Ron and Percy ran to him and the three gingers hugged . Tears were streaming down Y/N's eyes. She had just almost lost him. George had almost lost his twin. She ran into Fred's arms without a second thought as soon as the siblings parted. Fred was clutching her tightly and sobbing into her hair, while she sobbed into his chest. "You....really thought....that I would....would die.... before you two got.....married....and lose my money to Ron." Y/N laughed, pulling away from him. "You-you bet on us?" "Ah! so much for being alive now. Not very Hufflepuff of you" Fred huffed. "Shut up, Weasel." Y/N pulled him into a hug again. "If not for her....I would be...." Fred's voice broke. Y/N looked at the injured elf . She bent down and pulled her into her chest. "Thank you so much,Frooty. Thank you" she sobbed. "Anythh....anything for Ms. Y/N and....her friends" the tiny elf squeaked.
"Y/N....Y/N!! Fiona....in the Great-" George stopped dead looking at Fred. "Wha-what....happened here?" " Nothing unusual in a war. I almost died." Fred was very non-chalant. George looked from Fred to Y/N and back gaping slightly. George pulled him into a bone-crushing embrace. Fred smiled , relieved to be reunited with his best friend and twin. "GET DOWN!!" Harry screamed as curses flew from the collapsed wall. George pulled Y/N aside as they ducked . "You....have to go. All of them are in the Hall. GO!! I'll be fine" he kissed her . She nodded and made her way carefully ducking past the curses. AVADA KEDAVRA a green flash flew towards Tonks, but Y/N blocked it. "Not .... uh....losing....arghh.... anymore friends...." she duelled Bellatrix who was madly sending killing and cruciatus curses her way.She sent a banishing charm towards Lestrange and seized Tonks's hand. They ran, ducking and confronting jinxes and curses. "Where....where are you....going?" Tonks panted. "Great Hall" they didn't stop until they reached the doors of the hall. Her head reeled at the sight. Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil's bodies lay beside each other. Nigel and Dennis' bodies were next to them. But, her stomach gave a lurch when she spotted her friends. She walked up slowly to them with Tonks beside her. A gasp slipped from her mouth.
"Hi....Y/N" Fiona smiled with great difficulty. Her head now rested on Marc's lap. "Please....please......help her . HELP HER SOMEBODY!!" Val screamed at one of Madam Pomfrey's assitants. But she went away nodding and sobbing. Y/N stood there dumbstruck. Fiona stretched her hand and motioned for Y/N to come towards her. Y/N knelt down slowly and took her hands in her palms. "Hey....don....don't cry. I am going...." she winced "....to be with them all. You....you should be....jealous" "NO!! FI, YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!" Alfea cupped her face and shook her a little. Marc was as speechless as Y/N. He was stroking her hair aimlessly. "I....am tired. I want to....be see the-them again." A small smile stretched painfully on her lip and it never went away. "Fi- FI....NO.....NO!! WAKE UP.....WAKE UP....." Alfea shook the lifeless body violently. "Let-let her....rest now" Marc said surprisingly keeping his calm. Y/N was reminded of that night in the Quidditch pitch all over again. She landed on her hip on the ground as she gaped at her yet another dead best friend, tears flowing down. "Y/N....Y...." George came rushing into the hall and was shocked . Tonks was holding Y/N up. He swooped in pulled her into him, stroking her hair and kissing her temple. "NO....NO....Leave me...." Al struggled as Fred tried to pull her away from Fiona. "She's....she's gone!! You- you cannot bring her bACK!! C'MERE" Alfea was pulled away by Fred and wrapped in his arms.
"Is that-is that....REMUS!!!! NOO!!!!" Tonks sprinted towards the fresh set of bodies that were being led down. "Pen-PENNY!!" Y/N heard Val scream again. Her voice seemed to be getting distant. "PENNY!! PENNY!!NO.....NO!! Not you....not you.... " Y/N couldn't make herself look up from George's chest. The sounds in her ear were messing with her head. It possibly can't be true that she had lost three more friends in one evening. It just can't be true. She pushed George away and ran in the direction to confirm that it could not be true. It felt like someone had punched her hard in the stomach, when her eyes fell on Penny's pale face and Remus's lifeless body. They were really gone. Y/N fell to the ground once again, wailing looking at the three dead bodies. "You have fought," said the high, cold voice, "valiantly. Lord Voldemort knows how to value bravery."
"Yet you have sustained heavy losses. If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. I do not wish this to happen. Every drop of magical blood spilled is a loss and a waste."
"Lord Voldemort is merciful. I command my forces to retreat immediately."
"You have one hour. Dispose of your dead with dignity. Treat your injured."
"I speak now, Harry Potter, directly to you. You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest. If, at the end of that hour, you have not come to me, have not given yourself up, then battle recommences. This time, I shall enter the fray myself, Harry Potter, and I shall find you, and I shall punish every last man, woman, and child who has tried to conceal you from me. One hour."
Everything went eerily silent for a moment, before he spoke again....
"You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest...One hour..."
Hermione and Ron came into the Hall without Harry. George picked Y/N up from the ground and led her to the teacher's dining area and sat down with his arms wrapped around her, on the steps.He was constantly whispering into her hair, but, it felt distant . Y/N wasn't able to process anything. Molly and Ginny were with Tonks, while Fred consoled Alfea. Marc and Val were sobbing into each other's arm. Everyone was bloody, scarred and tired. No one knew what was going to happen next. Y/N didn't have the courage or will to fight anymore.
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In your Dreams (G.W.)
FanfictionY/N is a gifted Hufflepuff witch, the best in her year. She was a hatstall . She is a muggleborn. Cedric and her are chilhood bestfriends and are inseparable. She mostly keeps to herself and her small group of friends that include all pure blood wiz...
