Slowly Going

Chapter One

Chapter One

"Goodbye.." the smile was still plastered on my twins face. I stared at his wide open blue eyes which couldn't see things anymore. I looked at his face, which was once full of happiness and joy, and now without blood. I gripped his hands and urged him to wake up, "Come on Freddie, wake up!" I whispered, "this is not funny anymore... It wasn't funny in  the first place." Tears started to fall down my cheeks, "See, now my eyes are leaking. You don't want that do you? Please wake up!" I sighed and waited - hoping that my brother would wake up.

"I don't want to be a single twin, I want to be part of a twin! You're my other half Fred, you - you can't leave me without telling me. It's not fair!" I allowed the tears to fall freely... tears that I had been holding onto for hours. The tears were not only for my brother, but for Tonks, Lupin, Dobby, Sirius, Dumbledore and even Snape. Everyone who lost their lives fighting.

"George?" I heard a voice and turned to look behind me to see a crying Ginny. I held my arms out to her and she fell in immediately, and we sat there crying - crying for our brother, for my partner, my second half, the humour of my laugh.

"Ginny, George! Come quickly," I heard my dad say. We quickly got up and ran towards him, tears still streamed down our faces. "Dementor attack." he said when we got there. I looked ahead and saw the thousands of dementors attacking. I ran past my dad to try and help everyone get rid of the dementors.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" I yelled then waited for my patronus, but nothing happened. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Still nothing. I tried tot think of the pranks I played with Fred, but the only thing I could imagine was his pale, dead face. And I remembered, I didn't close his eyes. I ran away from everything and to the Great Hall. I searched and searched for Fred's corpse bit it wasn't where I had left it.

"Fred!" I called out, "where are you?" Just then the Great Hall began to get cold and I knew why. I turned around to see the dementors hooded face. However, before I could say anything the dementor tried sucking the happiness out of me - but all my happiness vanished with Fred...

I woke up to see the rubble of the Great Hall, and a smiling Fred looking down at me.
"Morning Georgie, about time you woke up!"
"YOU'RE ALIVE!" I shouted and pulled him into a bone crushing hug, "you're alive."
"Of course I'm alive! Do you think I would leave without telling you?" Fred asked and I shrugged, he then sighed, "I heard everything you said to me. Just... just know that..." Fred's words got jumbled by a person calling me from the distance.

"George... George-" I felt a shiver down my spine and...
I woke up to find myself in the hospital wing, my family were beside the bed, along with Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna. I looked at all of them and asked "Where's Fred?" and it hit me like a slap on the face! I had dreamt Fred. Just a figment of my imagination. I started crying again, and this time only for Fred... my brother, best friend, the person who knew me more than I knew myself. I look at my mother and as soon as she looked me in the eyes, she broke down and started to cry. Everyone began to cry, one by one; my dad, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Ron, Ginny and even Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna. Five minutes later Madam Pomfrey came in and I could see a glint of tear in her eyes as well.

"George, you shouldn't be crying." She whispered "It isn't good for your health!" I looked up into her eyes and she broke down too. We all sat there far a few minutes, trying to stop crying; everyone stopped - everyone but me.

"You should get some sleep." I heard a dreamy yet saddened voice say and I knew it was Luna's. Everyone agreed with her and started to leave, and I felt grateful towards her.

"Eat this chocolate George." Madam Pomfrey said whilst handing me a chocolate frog. she then left and I was all on my own.

"Just... just know that..." I could still hear Fred's words but couldn't see him.
"What Fred? KNOW WHAT?" I shouted into the darkness, and my words drifted off into the oblivion.

"George- George wake up!"

I woke up and saw Luna sitting by my bed and Neville was behind her. I frowned at them; not knowing what was going on. I saw Neville say something to Luna and then leave the room. I watched him leave, and as he my eyes followed him I saw that most of the beds in the hospital wing were full. Well the beds remaining and what was left of the hospital wing.

"You've been asleep for ages!" I turned my head to see Luna.
"How long have I been out?" I asked.
"Nearly a day and a half."
"What?"
"Oh yes! Your family have been with you for hours - they left an hour ago to get something to eat. They asked Neville and me to watch you" Luna said dreamily.
"Right" was all I could think of to say.
"You started saying something - so I woke you up. Neville's gone to get your family. They're really worried." Luna looked at me and I nodded.

A/N Okay so this is my first story on this but please tell me if something is wrong. Please read it and comment. I'm okay with constructeed criticism.

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