Years, Decades, Centuries Spent Alone

by RainbowJH

From Death's PoV, how the entity struggled to not kill Frank and Alice as the Death eaters tortured them, and the struggle leading to them losing their sanity. How Death helped Nevile and his grandmother in a way, to escape. It's deliberately vague. Also, the story touches on the Fates, and chaos and order in human world. RnR. Love, Rainbow:-)

Written for Charms Assignment 8 at Hogwarts.

Words: 408

Extra Prompts used:

Word: Abysmal

Colour: Green

Pairing: Frank L/Alice L.

Quote/Dialogue: "The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive." ― John Green, Looking for Alaska

---

Years, Decades, Centuries Spent Alone

Death's PoV

It is a strange feeling for me when I actually feel something. I could hear the screams and could feel that their time of death was near. I could easily go there and breath over them, relieving them of their agony. But I couldn't do that.

I stayed away from them though the pull was great. It was not their time to die, even though those who were torturing them were sending them near to it, pulling me towards them.

I feared that they might lose their sanity in our struggle for power. I couldn't kill them, though it would definitely be a mercy at this point.

There is this abysmal need within some humans to kill each other which I could never understand. Why do they want to do my job? It is those humans who I feel should be dead first. What would I do if I couldn't do my job?

But I had learnt a long time ago. The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. And I just couldn't pick up humans as I saw fit. Each had their green lifelines, the strings woven intricately by the Fates. And you never mess with them, though they would love for you to do so.

I pulled myself away, holding my breath. If I breathed over them, they would be dead. I saw the old lady going away with the babe. Let them go. It's not their time yet. I made sure these humans were busy with torturing. If they got over, then they'd go after the babe and his grandmother. I only let go after the others in uniforms had arrived.

I have long since forgotten my creation. It was millions of years ago and I have lived many lives since. The thing I have learned over the years was to have no remorse. If I had second thoughts about killing a person I would not kill them and these second thoughts have allowed me to live with myself all these years.

Unlike humans, the strings attached to my existence are a ice blue - long since frozen. I have stopped wondering about the antics the Fates get up to. But as I said you don't mess with them. The only thing that mattered was to keep order in the world of humans. Sometimes staging our own chaos and then bringing order.

---

The people being tortured are Alice and Frank. The grandmother and babe being Augusta Longbottom and Neville respectively. The people in uniforms are the Author's.

Tell me how was it? This took time to get out and I would love your thoughts on this.