A/N: Hello, I'm kelsbugs68 and this is my first ever HP fanfic. I've been an avid HP fan ever since the first book came out and just thought I should give fanfic writing a whirl. The main pairings are JP/LE and Sirius/OC. Please review and don't be too harsh, after all this is only my first fanfic. This is only the prologue, so its short but the first chapter will be longer, I promise. For now, though, just read and enjoy the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything in the wonderful world of Harry Potter.
Prologue: Love Just Happened Too Late
If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. -Christopher Morley
Twelve chimes rang out loud and clear throughout the empty corridors of the castle, signaling that it was midnight. A silent breeze wafted its way through the open window, brushing across my bruised face but not waking me from my unconscious state.
Images of his triumphant, handsome face entered my mind, but then it quickly turned to shock as he was forced through that cursed veil. I tossed and turned violently, trying to reach out to help for him but I was always too late. Suddenly, I was thrown out of my nightmares by someone gently shaking my shoulders.
"Kelsey, Kelsey dear, wake up, wake up!" the voice commanded, continuing to shake my shoulders.
I shot up like a bullet from the bed, perspiration trickling down my face. I immediately regretted doing that because as soon as I did that I had a splitting headache that forced me back down on the pillow.
When I opened my eyes again, I found the concerned eyes of Molly Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, and Nymphadora Tonks staring down at me. I looked around confusingly and then I realize I was in the hospital wing. The night's events came back in a flash and I sat back up again, looking desperately into my friends' eyes.
"Where is he?" I asked, deliriously. When I received no answers, I tried again, this time more urgent. "Where is HE?" Tears appeared in all of their eyes and I knew I had not dreamed what had happened to him.
My sapphire eyes filled up tears and a wrangled sob escaped my lips. My Sirius was gone, he was never coming back. Now I had to face the cold hard truth alone.
Once they tried to comfort me, I angrily pushed them away and jumped out of the bed. I let all of my emotions out in one desperate scream, slowly sinking to the floor. Hearing the scream, Poppy hurried out of her chambers and forced me to drink a sleeping draught that I refused whole-heartedly. My eyelids tried to beat off the sleepiness that was coming on, but to no avail. I slipped off into a dream-filled sleep of our earlier days together.
You never know when you're going to have to say good-bye to someone you love. So make sure you tell your loved ones you love them whenever you get the chance because you never know when God will decide to take them away from you. I wish I had had more time with Sirius, but I never really gave him or my heart the chance. I guess for me, love just happened too late.