I'm Not Perfect | Seamus Finnigan

The Solution

Seamus' P.O.V.

"Emma? Emma. Emma please. EMMA GET UP! She's bleeding -- there's blood everywhere!" I heard Emma's mother scream.

Emma had stopped screaming. She stopped shaking. I held her in my arms.

"I love you." she whispered, before I couldn't hear her breathe anymore.

I sat there in silence, just holding her, refusing to let the tears slip until I proccessed what just happened.

"No. No. NO!" I screamed louder than I've ever screamed before.

Lucius was laughing. 

"THAT WAS MEANT FOR ME! WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST LET IT HIT ME!" I screamed at Emma's still body, "WHY!"

Bellatrix joined the laughter. Sick, twisted laughter.

"Emma? Are  y-- No. No no no no no no no. She -- Is she--?" Harry began.

I didn't respond, just hugged her closer and cried into her hair. "Why. Just -- Just why, Emma."

"This is all my fault." Harry said, and fell to his knees beside me.

"EMMA!" Hermione and Ginny shrieked at the same time.

"No, Harry. It's my fault. He meant to hit me. But she -- she shoved me out of the way and it hit her instead. Why didn't she just let him kill me? Why did she have to save me? Now she's -- she's gone."

"Seamus." Hermione choked out, and put a hand on my shoulder, "It's -- It';s going to --"

But she stopped. It wasn't going to be alright. She can't lie about that.

I set Emma down and held her hand, "I'm sorry, Emma, I'm so sorry. I --"

Then I remembered who did this. Who killed her. Who ended her life. Who took her away from me.

"You. . . BASTARD!" I screamed. Rage churned within me, it was spewing out everywhere.

I spun around and watched as Lucius was now in battle with Tonks. Not even caring that he just killed Emma. As if it was nothing.

"SECTUMSEMPRA!" I shrieked, and it missed Lucius just barely.

He spun around to face me.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I kill your little girlfriend?"

"YOU KILLED MY DAUGHTER!" Emma's Dad shouted and stood beside me.

Tears were filling my eyes but I refused to give Malfoy the satisfaction of watching them fall.

"Petrificus Totalus!" Hermione shouted, and Malfoy went stiff and fell over.

I ran towards him and pointed my wand at his throat. 

"Avada Ked--" 

"Seamus, no!" Hermione said and grabbed my wrist.

"But he--"

"What would Emma say? Even if he deserves it, Draco's changed. What is he going to do without his father?"

She's right. Emma wouldn't want me to take another life.

I nodded and stepped away.

"NO!" Harry yelled, "NOT YOU TOO!"

I turned to see what had happened.

Sirius got hit by the killing curse, and was falling into the veil. He was gone. 

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I was sitting next to Emma, still in the department of mysteries. The death eaters left and we were getting ready to leave.

I looked down at Emma, she was still wearing that necklace I gave her at the Yule Ball. She's never taken it off. I picked it up in my hand and kissed it.

I was going to stand up when I she opened her eyes and took in a big gulp of air.

"Emma?!" I asked.

"Seamus? I'm -- Are you okay -- I thought I was dead- - I -- I was dead. How did I--?"

Then it hit me, "The necklace."

"What about it?"

"When I bought it -- the man said it can store if you have deep feelings for the person you gave it to. It's sort of like an extra life I guess, the love you held -- for me -- kept you alive."

She jumped into my arms and I pulled her in for a kiss.