Everything Burns

She sits in her corner
Singing herself to sleep
Wrapped in all of the promises
That no one seems to keep

She's always there. But then again, she's not. I'm not explaining myself very well. You see, she's physically there. Sitting in front of everyone. She doesn't hide. Not physically. But she's disappearing. I never thought you could love so much. She should have known. I knew, deep down, I knew it was going to happen. After such a high, she was bound to crash lower than anything.

She no longer cries to herself
No tears left to wash away
Just diaries of empty pages
Feelings gone a stray

There's no actual trace of her grief. She doesn't cry, or scream, or anything. She just sits there. An empty look in her chocolate eyes. Her mouth in a straight line. Her voice dead to the world. She used to sing so well. I remember her and the Weasel girl—Ginny. It's not right to speak wrongly of the departed—At the ball last year, singing her heart out, a beautiful sweet melody.

Her voice is dead to the world, because the world won't listen. But I do. When she's alone in her room, I hear her. I know that she won't cry. I know that she won't eat. I know that she won't come into my arms and hold me as she weeps.

But she will sing
Til everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning her dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As her anger reigns
Til everything burns

She's all alone now. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley have deserted her. I honestly never thought I'd see the Golden Trio separated. But I guess I didn't count on Voldemort and his maniacal obsession with power, leading him straight to Hogwarts. To kill. He killed many students, but none of them as much as he killed her. She's changed. The others weren't there. Only the Order and a few chosen students. She's the last one. Except for me.

Walking through life unnoticed
Knowing that no one cares
Too consumed in their masquerade
No one sees her there

She loved me once, you know. At least I think she did. She gave me a look that said it all that morning. That Morning. It should be capitalized. I remember her facing Death, facing it and staring it in the eye. I remember her waiting for it, having nothing left to live for. I remember Death laughing at her and deciding against it. He didn't want to let her go easily. He wanted her to suffer. But while she can still sing, I know she's in there.

And still she sings
Til everything burns
While everyone screams
Burning their lies
Burning my dreams
All of this hate
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns

She came to me yesterday, you know. She started screaming and crying and singing. She beat furiously on my chest as I tried to calm her down. She screamed/sang a loud, high, beautiful note. And everything burned. All around us, flames, sparks, smoke. That's when she went limp. She smiled. And looked at me.

"Are you invisible too?" she asked. Her brown eyes were still shallow. Beautiful but dead inside.

"To whom?"

"Them." I knew who she was talking about.

"Yes." I couldn't lie. I was like her. Almost. Because I thought I still had someone. Her.

"Do you want to be?" She looked into my eyes and I saw the coldness melt away. She looked like she was trying to find something in my eyes. I wondered if I had it.

"Only if we can be invisible together."

"I'd like that." Then she reached up to me and kissed me. Salty tears and scorching flames. I always knew our first kiss would be explosive. After all, with Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger, you couldn't expect anything to be normal, could you?


Til everything burns
Everything burns
(Everything burns)
Everything burns
Watching it all fade away
(All fade away)
Everyone screams
Everyone screams
(Watching it all fade away)
Oooh, ooh
(While everyone screams)
Burning down lies
Burning my dreams
(All of this hate)
And all of this pain
I'll burn it all down
As my anger reigns
Til everything burns
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away
(Oooh, ooh)
(Everything burns)
Watching it all fade away

A/N: ok, terribly sorry about the whole Phoenix's Call thing. I hit a HUGE writers block: I have the end chapters all dome and all, but there's that ONE chapter that ties it all in. So I gave a friend the storyline and am making her write it.

Song is Everything Burns by Ben Moody featuring Anastacia.

Am in Love with song.

And this is the way the world ends. Not with a bang, but a whimper.

Kiss,

Marine