A/N: Hi guys! This is for The Magic Number Competition which I decided to enter! It's pretty simple, I got seven prompts and I'm going to write a chapter for each of the deadly sins, each chapter using one prompt and one sin. For this first chapter, the sin is envy and the prompt is "life is a death sentence" so I decided to write about Harry. Let me know how I did and review! :)
Harry was burning.
Snape's memories had confirmed a fear that had been haunting him for far too long—he had to die.
Of course, he had always known that he had to die. After all, everyone who lived had to die. He, in particular, had come close so many times already that the thought didn't even scare him.
So why was Harry burning?
He knew the answer, deep down, as his thoughts turned to the people he loved. It was far too simple, really. They would get to live. Ron would laugh again, Hermione would read more books, Ginny would fly ever higher… They would get to fall in love, have families, have dreams.
He couldn't have dreams. He couldn't have anything. He had to die.
Harry was burning. But in the end, it was only for a moment.
One horrific, painful moment of burning up inside was all that he could afford today. Just because he wouldn't have the opportunity to live didn't mean that other people shouldn't get it.
So, Harry left Dumbledore's office with only one thought in his mind. Today, he had lives to save.
(And one moment of envy wasn't going to change that.)
