The war has just ended. But is the world's saviour, Harry Potter, still ready to accept a free life? Or will he give in?
I sank to my knees, shaking. My ebony locks fell into my eyes, and I didn't bother to swipe them away.
The war was over. I had just killed Lord Voldemort. But why wasn't I happy?
Looking around me, I was reminded. The burnt corpse of one of my best friends, Hermione Granger, lay ten feet away. I couldn't see Ron's body, and I feared the worst.
I continued to look around myself, miserable. What had these people done to deserve the most painful death immaginable? What had Lavender Brown and Dean Thomas done? What had Seamus Finnigan and Neville Longbottom done? What had the Patil twins done.
Tears fell from my eyes, and I felt weaker than I could ever imagine. I couldn't handle the pain, and knowing that these people's deaths were my fault. Most would say I couldn't blame myself; I was merely a seventeen year old, I should be care-free...
But that doesn't hold true for myself, Harry Potter. I had never been normal, ever since... before I was born, when that damned prophecy had been made.
What had I ever done to deserve this life I had? Why did people take joy in making my existence miserable?
Why couldn't I just be normal?
I couldn't take this. Picking my wand up from where it had landed ten feet away, I held it tearfully to my chest.
What was the point of living? Everyone who had ever been family to me was... gone. Lupin had died last year, at the beginning of my sixth year. Bill and Charlie had died earlier this year. Fred and George... I could see their bodies, side by side, from here.
"Harry?" A timid voice asked from behind me.
I turned, wand still pointed at my chest. I was looking into deep brown eyes, framed by a curtain of red hair.
"Please... please, don't Harry," she said, wrapping her arms gently around my neck. "My whole family is dead, please, don't."
My wand slipped from my hand, and it was then I knew.
Everything was going to be okay.
I don't know what possessed me to write this. Just... review, I guess.
