"It's all over Luna," Neville's coarse voice reduced to no more than a whisper "its over," he repeated taking another rasping breath, "its finished Luna, we're free."
Those last words were too much for the girl, a whirling mass of blond, blood and bitter sweet tears came crashing into the arms of the astounded Neville.
On recollection he realized that the incident was the first time a weeping female had thrust herself into his embrace, but at the time the only vaguely comprehendible thoughts that passed through his fuzzy head went along the lines of, Oh gosh! Then bloody hell! And then finally morphed in to more of a general lurch of emotion than actual pronunciated thoughts was an inwards cry of Hell yes!
The two disheveled heroes of fate stood clasped in each others embraces within the burning castle looking out over the broken battlements and stared silenced by the carnage that surrounded them. Fiend or foe, once dead would stand for no man, no side, no cause; the corpses lay still, bursting with indifference.
The still warm blood from Luna's lips pressed gently into the side, then nape of Neville's neck her thin newly scared fingers dug deep into his spine, pulling him closer, letting her tears be absorber by his tattered robes.
"They are all gone." Luna spoke the words slowly and softly, "Everyone is dead." The great shock seemed suddenly too overwhelming for her tiny frame, "Dead!" she cried shaking violently now "Dead and dead and dead, dead, dead…!" she trailed off sobbing quietly to herself and lightly fell to the floor. "Everyone's, gone." She broke off , choking on her words.
And then her voice was steady again "you are right. It is over. All over. All gone. We shall have to start over. Start again. Come on, we need to move the bodies, there are a lot of things to be done." The small hand reached for the larger one, Neville supported the girls as she stood, cold shaking and nauseous in the sharp light that shone down from the moon through the gaping holes in the rafters. "yes." He said, "a lot to be done."