Reborn (Harry Potter fanfic)

Limbo

Cassy P.O.V.

Slipping in and out of consciousness. Occasionally I could hear noises. See faces. I was still inside the mirror, holding on to Sirius for dear life.
I wondered in my head where I was. Between worlds? Stuck in a coma? Dead?
I looked again at the entrance to the Mirror. I could hardly move. My eyes darted to a purple shape - moving. It spoke.
"Cassy. My Cassy." He said. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't save you. There were no ashes." It was Dumbledore. My Uncle Albus. A tear ran down my face. Could I ever see him clearly again? Not this shimmering reflection of him like ripples on a pond.
"It feels like so much time has gone by. So much time. Maybe it has been. I can't tell. It's all a blur." He sat down in front of the mirror.
"You probably can't hear me now." He paused. "But if you can hear me. I've done bad things. I've played God. I've used people, manipulated them. And now I'm going to die..."
I wanted to scream at him. But my jaw was moving so slowly - I couldn't get it out. I wanted to yell at him. Tell him he was a good man. I loved him. I wanted to thank him. For everything.
My Uncle Albus sighed. "The mirror of Erised reminds me of you. You used to buy me socks for Christmas. All I get are books now." I could hear him sniffle and another tear rolled down my cheek. The strongest, most powerful man I knew was breaking down at me through a broken reflection and I could do nothing to console him.
"Socks." Dumbledore said. "But that's not the only thing I see." I heard a choked up sob. "I see all the people that are dead. The one's most dear to me." Another sob sounded and shattered my heart. "It breaks my heart that you have joined them. The faces that are dearest to me." Another sob. "All the deaths." Uncle Albus started to cry. "They are all my fault." Through the reflection I could see that he was slumped against the platform that lead up to the veil/mirror thing that I was trapped in.
I stared down at him. He was shaking in grief. I wanted to resch down and touch him. Tell him I could hear him. Tell him I was still alive. But I couldn't. I didn't even know if it was true.
And then he was gone. Like he was never there. Vanished.

I looked back. At Sirius. It had been so long. Too long. Should I have just let go? Would i regret being pulled into the veil.

There was noise on the outside again. Movement. But it was blurry - rippled movements. A flurry of action.

Then. Silence.

Then movement. My head hurt.
I could see another flurry of movement. Outside - the view through the blury veil showed a man. Not bein able to make out his face I squinted, but it was distorting and rippled so I couldn't tell.
Then he spoke. "Cassy." And even through the veil - the muffled sound. I could hear that it was Sev. That one word held so much pain.
"Hogwarts has fallen." He said with a shaky voice. "Albus." His voice cracked.
I wanted to scream. To tell him it was ok. Uncle Albus would fix everything.
"Albus is dead."
It hit me like a train. What had happened in the battle once we had fallen?
Severus' voice cracked again. "It was my fault."... "I had to." ..."He made me."
The blurred figure of Severus fell to the floor.
"Potter will die tonight." He sobbed. "Lily's son... I couldn't do my job."
I was so confused.
Everything was moving so fast.
Sev wept onto the floor. Get up! I wanted to shout. Hear me! What is going on! But I couldn't.
"I will die soon. And we will meet again." Severus slowly got up.
"I deserve to die." He whispered.
"You were my very best friend." His cold voice said.
And then he was gone. Like he had never come.
Silence again.

Sirius was getting heavier. I still had a tight grip on his hand. I wouldn't let go. He would fall into the unknown. I couldn't let go.

He was getting so heavy. It was so hard to hold him.

Then pain. Pain everywhere. My hair was being ripped out. Legs were breaking. Arms were on fire. My skin was being ripped apart. But still I held onto Sirius.