BADGERS ○ CEDRIC DIGGORY

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❝ everything will be okay
in the end .
and if it's not okay ,
it's not the end . ❞

(unknown)

❝ there is no real ending .
it's just the place where
you stop the story . ❞

(frank herbert)

"I don't know if she'll survive," I heard the doctor say. That I already knew. I squeezed my eyes shut. "It was the spell that hit her in the battle, taking its effect now."

"Can I hold them?" I managed to say. I was handed two babies. One wrapped in blue, and one in pink.

"Estelle..." Cedric choked at the chair beside my bedside. "Can't they do something? Any spell you know that will save you?" I knew of one. Unfortunately, the only life left to be taken for me, was mine.

"No." I stuttered.

Cedric cried harder. "This can't be happening," He whispered. "I love you, Essie."

"I love you too." I whispered back.

"Do you think you have the energy to name them?" Cedric whispered.

"Mhmm... Marie Echo Williams-Diggory for the girl... and for the boy..." I strained my mind for a name. Cedric took the girl from me, and held my hand.

A memory popped into my mind.

~flashback~

"I'm sorry, Jackson..."

"You're supposed to be dating me."

"I... I thought we broke up..."

"I don't even really know anymore," He laughs. I attempt to smile. "Can you just promise me one thing?" He asks. I nod.

"Sure, anything."

"Hmm, name your first born child after me?"

He laughs. I smile, but cross my arms. "Kidding. Promise me that you will give me one dance."

"Of course."

~flashback ends~

It was only a joke, but it was perfect. He died for Cedric anyways, for me. He loved me.

"Jackson Andrew Williams-Diggory."

"It's perfect." Cedric whispered, tears rolling down his cheeks.

I smiled. "Don't forget me." I squeezed his hand.

It's so odd how we don't remember anything of the last few minutes before we fall asleep. I was sure he said something to me, but because of all this, I can't remember what it was. I won't be able to remember any of this. I wouldn't remember the beginning, the middle, or the end. Sometimes the end is here to tell us something. I just didn't have enough time to figure out what.

the story continues in Ivy