The Start of Everything BOOK 2 {Harry Potter Fanfiction}

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

I'd been through this before. It seemed this would be how I spent the end of each year. Crying over the one that I lost. Cedric's flower was still there, by my side, growing peacefully. It had been almost a year since he'd gone, yet I still didn't feel like I had closure. Then only way I could get it was by getting revenge on Voldemort, and that was easier said then done.

I liked Harry, I liked him more than a friend. But I felt guilty for liking him, as though I was betraying Cedric. I just wasn't ready for a relationship. All that love did was make you care more and the more you care, the more you have to loose. It would just be easier to not like Harry, but I couldn't help it. Instead, I decided to just not act on my feelings. It was better that way.

A red rose now loomed by Cedric's, one that I grew for Sirius. I don't know why I felt the need to do so, but I found it comforting knowing that their was life in his name.

Yet again I sat by the lake, looking out into the forest. I didn't cry, of course, I wasn't supposed to cry. I was strong and I wasn't aloud to crack. It takes just a few seconds to fall apart but it can take a life time to pull yourself back together.

I heard footsteps and I turned, expecting to see Harry sit down like last time. However, this time it was Tora by my side. She rested her head on my shoulder and sat silently for a minute. Her eyes were bloodshot from crying I assumed.

I always admired how Tora could deal with emotion. She was always kind, she didn't want to harm, she wasn't afraid to show her feelings and she could deal with grief a lot better than I did, though lots of the time it may have appeared the other way round.

"What do we do now?" She asked, her voice strained.

"Ron said we can stay with him" I croaked a reply.

"I didn't mean that. I mean what do we do? We don't have any family left, well there's Fleur but it's not like we see eye to eye. And Voldemort will no doubt be after us, because of our powers and our connection to Harry. Everyone's dying around us. For all we know, it could be us next" Tora exploded, speaking rapidly as she appeared to be panicking a bit.

"Then we fight. We can't avoid it anymore. He's knows who we are and what we can do, we can't escape him. I refuse to live the rest of our life, no matter how long or short it may be, in fear. We will fight him, until the end, and if we do die, then it was for a good cause" I explained, keeping a hard, serious face.

---------------------------------

I jumped off the carriage and pulled my trunk down, walking next to Tora, Ron, Hermione and Harry as we made our way to to train. Moods seemed to be better. Even though Voldemort was back, I could see that Harry was relieved that at least people believed him now.

Neville came by Tora's side, taking her hand in his and smiling at her. They looked at each other with such love and I was happy for them, happy that Tora had someone that could be her other half, other than myself of course.

"I've been thinking about something Dumbledore said to me" Harry started, quick long grabbing everyone's attention.

"What's that?" I questioned him.

"That even though we have a fight a head of us, we have something Voldemort doesn't have" Harry stated factually.

"Yeah?" Ron encouraged him to continue.

"Something worth fighting for" Harry smiled, looking over to me quickly.

His words replayed in my head. Maybe it wasn't just about revenge any more, for my dad, for Cedric, for Sirius. It was about protecting the ones I care about. Sure I had lost people, but I still had my Sister, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, all our friends at Hogwarts.

Well, it was just the ending to yet another hectic year at Hogwarts. Boy do I dread finding out what next year holds................

-----------------------------------------

THE END

So we've finished another book! Yay! Thanks to everyone who has been reading, it means so much! Now we can hopefully start Florrie and Tora's 6th year, where there are even more adventures to come!

Thank you so much for reading this series and for all the reads, votes and comments. If you have any ideas for the next book, please message us! And please comment below what you think of all this, I love to read your comments!

~Valerie/Florrie