A/N: Hi everyone, this is my first time writing a fanfic, so please go easy on me :)
Behind the Mask
Epilogue
Of Oblivion
Heavy Breathing. One foot after another. He cursed under his breath.
Thud, thud. Thud.
His heavy footfalls.
He could see the building up ahead. A few more steps.
Thud. Thud.
He could have- should have- Apparated to the entrance, he thought furiously to himself. But oh, Merlin's pants, it had taken him hours after noticing the broken wards to gather enough strength to Apparate out of that hellhole.
Now he wasn't sure if he could make it in, much less Apparate again.
Thud, thud. One step after another.
He looked up and saw the words.
St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
His breath of relief stopped midway.
Thud. Thud.
That wasn't his footsteps, he realised, frozen in horror.
A silhouette. On the pavement. No more than three metres away.
A foot from the darkness and into the boundary of the lone street light.
Then came with it the body.
Eyes filled with anguish beyond comprehension.
Terror filled him.
Those eyes. That hair. The wand-
Lips that moved.
'NO! Don't do this, please! PLEASE! I know you're in there! I know-'
The sweetest, saddest, angriest scream.
Then came oblivion.
