Summary: Can you hear them? They're whispering from beyond the veil. Come and learn the secrets of the dead. *Freeverse, set in 5th year at the department of mysteries, on what each of the 5 students heard at the Veil of Death
Pairings: none
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter.
Can You Hear Them?
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Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the veil flutters in the windless room
the whispers never cease
for the dead never sleep
the veil beckons,
the whispers call fears into the open
and nobody is above another here
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the first boy,
{green eyes, dark fly-away hair and glasses, forehead marred with a lightning scar}
he hears them
his father murmurs
E –N-C-O-U-R-A-G-E- M-E-N-T
to the boy
his mother is yelling for the boy
to-go-leave
to flee for safety
there are other voices too,
voices the boy does not know
his godfather does not call
his godfather has not yet been taken
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the second boy and the girl who follows
{red heads, his eyes are blue, hers brown}
they hear them
they hear their lost uncles
they say they're
P-R-O-U-D O-F T-H-E-M
they hear the other voices too
the boy, he's frightened and denies their existence
the girl, she listens in awe
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the girl beside the redheaded boy
{bushy hair, brown eyes, she's determined}
she hears them
no loved ones whisper to her
she knows no one beyond that veil
but she hears the other voices
begging for her attention in the back of her mind
but she ignores them
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the boy beside the redheaded girl
{round faced, dark haired, he looks like his mother}
he hears them
his grandfather tells him to ignore his grandmother's
D-I-S-S-A-P-O-I-N-T-M-E-N-T
he hears the other voices too
he does not know them
but they knew his parents
they see them in him
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the girl at the back
{blonde hair, dreamy grey eyes, dirigible plum earrings}
she hears them too
her mother tells the girl that she should keep on
D-R-E-A-M-I-N-G
she hears other voices too
and even though she doesn't know them,
she listens anyways
she listens to the secrets of the dead
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the dead call from beyond the veil
the five children
[for that is all they are]
they hear them
they hear those they've lost
they hear those they never knew
they hear the beautiful cacophony of the dead
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
.o.
the veil flutters in the windless room
the whispers never cease
for the dead never sleep
the veil beckons,
the whispers call fears into the open
and nobody is above another here
.o.
Can you hear them?
they are calling for you.
they are the dead
and the dead want to be heard
they are calling for you,
Can you hear them?
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