Harry

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   It's been three days....three fucking days since Roxanne took the journal. Why did I let her walk out? She clearly had something important she wanted to tell me. Why the fuck can't I just have a normal life where things aren't going to shit? I've done so many bad things over the past two days. I almost killed Malfoy, I kicked Ron out of his dorm for good, and I haven't seen Dumbledore for weeks. If only Roxanne could come back to talk to me. Instead I'm just standing looking out at the window when it's almost twelve in the morning. I just want to talk to Rox-.
   "Hi, Harry!" I turned around to see Dumbledore standing in my doorway. "Where have you been?" "I would like to take you to the astronomy tower for a conversation." "Why?" "Just walk with me Harry." I followed him through the hallways. "But sir everyone should be asleep." "You weren't asleep Harry." "I know I wasn't." "So you shouldn't be worried."
We didn't say anything until we got to the top of the tower. He seemed to be peaceful, but also very distant. "What did you want to talk about?" "It's about your sister." "What about her?" "What was your favorite moment with her before things changed." "I-I don't remember." "It's not a trick question Harry. Just think for a minute the last time the two of your were very happy." I could never lie. I actually don't remember the last time I had a happy moment with Roxanne. I think the last time we were happy was a few days before Marlene's death. We were in the attic, and there was a huge thunderstorm.

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"Harry, why don't you like thunder?" "What if it kills us?" "That's why we keep a close eye, but we can still enjoy it from a distance. I can't even see lightning from the attic roof." "That's a good thing." "Oh quit it. Get up and enjoy yourself." "But-." "No buts Harry. Let's go!" She pulled me up, and dragged me out of the attic and into the the garden. It was raining heavily, and she was living in the moment. "We should go inside." "If you can stand ten minutes with me in the rain. I'll let you take whatever you want for dessert." "Really?" "Maybe. I might change my mind." "Very funny."

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   "We danced around in the rain, and threw mud at each other. There was this dumb catchy song we were humming to, I don't even remember how it goes. And then all of a sudden a thing of lightning came down, and I got so scared. She brought me into a hug, and took me inside to get cleaned up." "I would say that is a nice memory." "I just wish things stayed that way for us." "Why didn't they?" "Because our mother's death drove us apart, and she took on all this guilt. I would try to cheer her up, but she became stuck in the world of pain. She still is suffering from that day." "Have you tried to talk to her about it?" "She hates to think about what happened much less talk about it." "I feel like you should make more memories with your sister before it's too late." "She's not leaving anytime soon." "You can't always be sure. You never know how much time you have with a person. So why not make every moment more precious?" "Because she would rather be alone." "You don't know that for sure. She could be so desperate to have that relationship with you again, but she doesn't know how to tell you. She's just waiting for you to walk up to her, and ask her for some walks in the rain. Go talk to her Harry." "You're right. Where is she?" "She will be at the bottom of the astronomy tower soon."
   I quickly stood up, and ran down to the bottom of the stairs. In a few seconds she was walking towards the stairs, and then my attention turned to see someone walking up the stairs; Malfoy. "Harry?" "Shhhh!" "What?" She walked up to see Malfoy pointing his wand at Dumbledore. "What's going on?" "Get your wand out now!" She quickly grabbed her wand, and pointed it the same way I was. We could hear more people coming, and we could hear sobbing from Malfoy. "Harry?" "What?" "We should leave." "I can't leave!" "But Harr-." "Snape is up there." "What?" "He's one of them." "What do you mean?" "He's one of the death eaters, and so is that new kid." "What?" "Thomas." When I looked over to her, she was pale as a ghost. But I couldn't pay attention to her at the moment. Dumbledore was in danger, and he needed to be saved.
   "Severus." Dumbledore said softly. I could see the trust leave his eyes. "Please." Roxanne became more pale. "Avada Kedavra!" Dumbledore fell off the tower, and Roxanne's breathing started to intensify. All of a sudden she ran out, but I couldn't go after her. I saw Bellatrix's face. She was apart of this, and she needed to suffer.

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