Heartless
Prologue
Wake up, it's time; little girl, wake up
All the best of what we've done is yet to come
Wake up, it's time; little girl, wake up
Just remember who I am in the morning
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory now
You're losing your memory...
You're losing your memory now
- Losing Your Memory; Ryan Star
He was getting closer. Every step I took was futile. I couldn't outrun him. I couldn't escape.
'No, please. Please. You promised. You promised me.' I screamed, tears pouring down my face and blurring my vision as I ran blindly through the thick forest. Branches and thorns reached out to snag my clothing and tear at my skin; trees bent themselves to encase me. I felt trapped. There was nowhere left to run. And the hunter was getting closer.
'You promised you would never hurt me. You promised.' I sobbed, as I turned to face him, still backing away, still looking for an escape.
'And I kept my promise.' The hunter's voice floated through the trees, muffled by the wind and the thick black travelling cloak he wore.
'You promised,' was all I could whisper in response. My breath came in short, frightened ruptures and I didn't know whether he could hear me or not. All I knew was that I needed him to hear it.
I couldn't see him and I couldn't hear him anymore. Was he gone? Had the hunter finally given up? Was he keeping his promise?
And then a red of light shot from the thicket of black trees in front of me, hitting me square in the chest and knocking the wind out of me as I flew backwards through the air. My body connected with the thick trunk of a tree with a sickening thud and I fell to the floor in a crumpled heap.
This was it. This was how I was going to die.
I was going to die at the hands of the only person I had ever truly loved.
The leaves crunched under the hunter's slow footsteps as he moved to stand over me. I looked up at him. I wasn't going to let him see how terrified I was, I was going to hold my head high and I was going to stare at him until the light faded from my eyes. Because no matter what happened tonight, I know that in my heart I would never regret a single moment of whatever it was we had shared.
The hunter raised his wand, pointing it mercilessly at my face. A single tear leaked from the corner of his eye and for the first time ever I saw the strongest person I had ever met, cry.
His lips began to form words as fresh tears spilled down his face. Words of love and words of regret; words of hurt and words of grief that I never imagined could come from him. Then one final word, whispered with all the tenderness in the world.
'Obliviate.'
That was when I looked into the unyielding eyes of Draco Malfoy one more time before everything turned black.