I wouldn't have done it if I'd known the consequences, she thinks.
The voices laugh.
'You would have.'
'You're just a coward, you know that.'
'You wouldn't have kept quiet as long as there was the slightest chance of the Dark Lord winning.'
'As long as it would have saved you, you would have given them all away.'
'Just a coward who doesn't care for anyone apart from herself.'
They mock her.
'Look where it's gotten you,' they sneer.
'Draco's gone. Your friends are gone. Hogwarts and the possibility of a future are gone.'
'That's what cowards get. That's what they're left with. An arranged marriage with no chance of freedom.'
'So much for making your own life.'
They follow her everywhere she goes, reminding her of her every failure.
The voices haunt her every waking moment; she has nowhere to hide.
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They find Pansy Parkinson's body in the morning.
For:
Not for the Faint of Heart Competition, Operation Mentality
If You Dare Challenge, Prompt 720. Ghostly Figure
Character Diversity Bootcamp, Prompt 7. Snitch
Snakes and Ladder Challenge