The Beautifully Tragic Life of Kassandra Snape

chapter 68- the end

Not him too- oh Harry you did not deserve this.

"Who is that? Hagrid's carrying. Nevile who is that?" A voice I recognise to belong to Ginny Weasley asks, but she soon finds out...

"Harry Potter is dead!" Voldemort beams, high on his victory.

"Noo." She screams, my heart truly goes out to her.

"Silence. Stupid girl. Harry Potter is dead
From this day forth you put your faith in me... Harry Potter is dead!" He announces and the deatheaters errupt into laughter.

"And now is the time to declare yourself. Come forward and join us. Or die." He states but no one moves.

"Draco." Lucius shouts to his son who immediately stiffens next to me. I turn to him, and I am adamant that he will not be leaving my side, until Narcissa too addresses him.

"Draco, come." She says softly and I know that she will protect him. Deatheater or not, she is still a mother. I trust her over anyone else.

He looks to me, conflicted- eyes searching mine for an answer.

"Draco go." I whisper and nudge him forward, where he is forced into an uncomfortable embrace from the snake-like man.

"Well done Draco, well done." He says as Draco stands at his mother's side, staring at me from across the courtyard.

Neville limps forward.

"I'm Neville Longbottom and I'd like to say something." He bravely states.

"Well Neville, I'm sure we'd all be fascinated to hear what you have to say." The Dark Lord allows.

"It doesn't matter that Harry's gone." Neville starts.

"Stand down Neville." Seamus warns but he carries on regardless.

"People die everyday! Friends. Family. Yeah. We lost Harry tonight, but he's still with us. In here!" He points to his heart. "So is Fred, Remus, Tonks, Snape. All of them." I smile at the memory of my father, with the knowledge that they now know his sacrifice.
"They didn't die in vain. But you will!." He shouts facing Lord Voldemort who is laughing euphoriclly.

"Because your wrong! Harry's heart did beat for us! For all of us! This is not over!" He exclaims as he pulls the sword of Gryffindor out of a hat, just as Harry rolls himself out of the arms Hagrid.

He's alive! And so is our hope.

"Potter!" Draco shouts as he throws his wand to the very much alive boy and sprints across the courtyard as deatheaters now direct spells at us once again. I rush to his side as I realise he has now left himself completely unarmed.

"Here. Take this..." I say as I pull out my fathers black, elegant wand, which he takes with both shock but appreciation plastered on his face.

"Stupefy!" I towards the first deatheater I see.

There's not as many as before, most are running away. We might actually be able to do this...

The three of us find our way back to the castle, trying with all our might to stop them from making their way back into the castle, but they do.

"Expulso!" I shout as I take out the deatheater that Draco had been dueling. He turns to look at me with a face of pure horror.

"Kass watch out!" He yells but I'm suddenly shoved by something and fall to the floor, just as a large piece of the concrete wall falls onto Lorenzo, who is now in the exact space I was merely a second ago.

It takes me a second to realise that it was Lorenzo who had pushed me out of the way.

I look to the source and see a smirking Fenrir Greyback.

"avada kedavra!" I scream at him, killing him in an instant but I don't even care.

"Wingardium Leviosa." I say, lifting the debrie off of Lorenzo and I sprint to his side.

"You idiot." I cry but he only smiles at me, giving me the same look that my father had as he died in my arms but an hour ago.

"I love you Kassandra. Tell Arabelle how much I love her." He whispers.

"No, you tell her yourself Enz, you aren't doing this, not now. Not ever. Do you understand! Always remember? Stay with me Enzo." I say as more tears come to the surface.

He places his hands on mine.

"Let me go, love." He says as he too closes his eyes and falls limp in my arms.

"No! Come back! Lorenzo come back!" I yell, violently shaking him.

"Come back." I mutter as the realisation dawns on me and I stop.

Words cannot describe the heart break. They will never do it justice.

A piece of me dies alongside the beautiful boy in my arms.

Come back. Come back. Come back.

*END OF DEATHLY HALLOWS*

AN: the following chapters will be called "Without him."