Isn't it crazy? How emotions can run through the body, and can change in the snap of a finger? Sadness, anger, and pain, all bundled into the span of a couple of seconds. Sometimes it's a wonder how humans can handle it, how one witch could handle it. Like asked, isn't it crazy?
As fire gathered around the outside of the castle, the Quidditch pitch, the Whomping Willow, everything was in flames. The screams of children, who wanted to protect their only home. The sound of walls bursting from the inside. Which was where everything ended. Everything.
Some could only process so much at this moment, sadness. Then anger, wanting to chase after the Death Eaters, wanting all evil too end. Then pain, all bundled into one fucking body.
She got down on her knees, pulling out a box from a familiar jacket that was now topped with debris, with lost. The box held a small ring with a small yet astonishing diamond. The kind some girls dream of seeing. For some girls, it would be the happiest day of their life. Carved on the inside of that ring said, "Until death does us part."
She slipped that ring on. And held onto it for eternity.
