This was written for The Second Person POV Challenge by obsessivegirl73.

My character was Godric Gryffindor.


because you Know


You'd known before, hadn't you? That Salazar would eventually leave?

You'd had your assumptions since long before, and that was why you hated yourself so much now.

You could have stopped him from doing something rash. You could have stopped him from creating that secret chamber of his.

You could have stopped him from leaving.

But now what's done is done, you know, and now suddenly it's your fault that he's left.

Now who is going to take care of Salazar's students?

Who is going to teach Potions?

Whom are you going to confide in, now?

Who is going to be there to calm Rowena down?

You know that you've made a mistake, but now there's nothing you can do about it. But just, just if you could rewind...