Misery [T. Higgs] ✔

breaking apart

"Hands off my godson." Those words unleashed hell. Helena steps up next to her uncle. An unsettling coldness in her eyes. And next to her stands Terence. The same cold expression. "Sirius!" Helena is the first to swing her hand. Her wandless magic breaking a death eaters neck effortlessly. Leaving him on the floor as now attacks are exchanged. "RUN YOU IDIOTS!", she barks at Harry. "No! I can help! I can ..." "Watch out!" Sirius jumps in front of Harry and the green light strikes his chest. "NOOO!!! SIRIUS!" Helenas breath stops as her uncle fades and she can only hear the cackling and cheering of Bellatrix. Fire. Fire is all she sees as her whole body ignites, silencing the insane Black. "Run! She's not herself!" Terence grabs the children and Remus helps him. A scream leaves Helenas lips and the fire feasts on everything it can reach. Bellatrix Lestranges face is singed and she screeches in pain, while her husband is absorbed and so is another death eater. The glass orbs all shatter with the pressure wave of the flames that set fire to the womans world. Only one thing left unharmed. Sirius Blacks body. She collapses onto her knees as flames lick everything around them with their singing tongues, consuming until they die like it is in their nature. She grabs his body, hugging him close to her chest. Another cry ripples through her lips. "Open your eyes. Please. Open your eyes. It's me. Helena. We are family, remember? Uncle Sirius!"
Her heart bleeds from her chest. She just had back a part of her family. And now she lost him.
She lifts up his body and carries him through her flames. The fire hissing with every tear from her green eyes that drip onto his body. So when her eyes see Voldemort himself battle Dumbledore in the ministry entrence hall her eyes ignite. "You!" She gently sets down Sirius and walks to them. The flames still burning on her skin. Both men pause. "Miss Lupin.. I.." "Helena. How beautiful you look with tears in your eyes. Just like your mother." "I come after my father, motherfucker!", she yells and her flames burst from her hands. Voldemort counters with his own flames while Bellatrix, with her singed, disgusting face, disappears. "I will tear your body apart like you did with your soul. And I will burn you and every single one of your followers to the ground. I will kill every single one of you that I get my hands on. And then I will kill myself because I'd rather die than be like you! You disgust me! A pathetic scared little halfblood wimp that couldn't get over the fact that there was nothing special about him and that he'd die as alone as he was born with no one wanting him!", she barks at Voldemort. And her words pierce skin. "Shut up!" He attacks, but Helenas anger and sadness made her fire untameable. "Tom. Marvolo. Riddle. The son of the beaten and unwanted Merope Gaunt. A woman so pathetically needy she had to give a muggle amortentia so he would even look at her. And look what he became. A pathetic little boy that uses fear to make people pay attention to him. Do you know how your mother died?", Helena cackles. Her voice scaring everyone there. "She bled out. She bled out giving birth to the abomination that is you. I bet you if she would have seen you she would have stabbed her bump before you were born! Not even a mother could love you!"

Not even Voldemort inhabiting Harrys body can stop them from getting rid of him. And they defeat him. The minister runs inside, just in time to see him fade. Harry scrambles to his feet, but can't get up. So he crawls. He crawls over to his sister. Who is still burning in the flames of agony and holding Sirius in her arms. Cradling his head to her chest as if it mattered. As if he still would feel it. Her pained wails finally gain the ministers attention. "Merlin.. Miss Lupin.." He wants to walk up, but Dumbledore holds him back. "She is still feral. Don't." "Helena." Remus and Terence run up to her, just as Harry finally reaches her. The flames singe his skin, but he still embraces her. The two men freeze in their motion. Harry has to back off. Burns on his arms. "Helena. Come to me. Come here. You know where I am. You know I am here. Come to me.", Remus softly says, stepping a bit closer. Her eyes, still burning inside her head search for him. "Daddy.. I am hurting. It hurts so much.", she whispers. "Come here. Come to me. I'll make it all better." "I can't see you. Daddy it hurts! It burns.", she whimpers. Terence's heart breaks for his wifes broken heart. "Follow my voice." She gently lets go of Sirius and stumbles to her feet. Blinded by the fire and pain. "Daddy?" Remus steps even closer. Not fearing her flames. "I'm right here." She hears him. Crystal clear. And without a moments hesitation she jumps into his arms. The flames extinguish as soon as she is wrapped up in his arms. Her fingers clutching the fabric of his jacket. A desperate cry leaves her lips, as he just holds her even closer.
This was what he could give. He knew if would never be enough. But it would suffice. He holds her just like he did when she was just a child. No one dares to interrupt, as Helena Lupin cries for another person of her family she had lost. And the sadness feasts away at her heart. Biting into the muscle and devouring it.