falling ; hp

─── Forty

"Better give that to us, Potter!"  Avery yelled like a maniac as Harry clutched the prophecy in his hand.

"How many times should I repeat the same sentence, Lestrange?" He said as if he was done with him "No! I can't give you!"

"Expelliarmus!" Avery shot without any warned as Harry's wand fell on the floor. He crouched down to take his wand, but before he could do that, Avery casted another spell.

"Conjunctivitis! "

"Protego!" Willow entered the scene as she stood in front of Harry, protectively. "Don't you dare get near him, dickface" Willow said, calmly as Harry used smirked and took his wand back before standing beside Willow.

"Awesome, Lowie," he muttered as Willow chuckled.

"Flipendo" another death eater attacked Willow from behind as she fell back on the ground with a thud and a groan escaping from her lips.

"Lowi---"

"I'm go--- wait. . . Is that?" She looked behind Harry to see two figures walking inside the area. Her eyes widened in surprise as she slowly got up with the help of Harry. She tapped on Harry’s shoulder and pointed behind, "Harry, look!"

He looked behind to see. . .

Dumbledore along with Snape Jr.

Leo Snape.

He immediately ran towards them as he held patted Harry's shoulder.

"Are you alright, Potter?" He asked as Harry sighed in relief and nodded his head. His gaze averted to Willow as she too nodded her head.

"Where are the others?" He asked as Willow looked around and saw Sirius dueling with Bellatrix.  And Remus defending himself from other death eaters, on the other side, Hermione and Luna fighting the rest of the Death Eaters, along with her friends.

"There," she pointed as Leo nodded his head curtly and headed towards them.

"Oh, look there. . . Another one," she said tiredly as Harry agreed with her.

"Stu---"

"Petrificus Totalus!" Harry shot the spell as that man froze in spot and fell on the floor. Willow chuckled as she looked behind to see Sirius mocking Bellatrix which looked so satisfying.

“Come on, you can do better than that!” he yelled, his voice
echoing around the cavernous room.

The second jet of light hit him squarely on the chest. The laughter had not quite died from his face, but his eyes widened in shock. The smile on their faces faded slowly.

It seemed to take Sirius an age to fall. His body curved in a graceful arc as he sank backward through the ragged veil hanging from the arch. . . . Slowly his body fell beyond the veil. Willow couldn't comprehend what was happening. One minute, her God father, her uncle, was dueling with Bellatrix and the next second. . . She didn't know when her eyes started tearing up and she didn't know when her legs gave up.

Willow found herself sitting on the floor and sobbing for her God father. She couldn't utter a single word. Her breath started to become uneven as she gasped for air.

"DAD!"

"SIRIUS!" she saw Harry being held behind by Remus as too wailed for his only family. The only thing which he feared has happened.

Willow had felt a special bond with Sirius. She still remembered the first time she met him. It was during their third year, in the whomping willow. And, she still remembered the promise Sirius made.