Open Your Eyes
(Fabian and Dorcas)
The anger swells in my guts
And I won't feel these slices and cuts
This feels strange and untrue, as if it is happening to someone else not to him. Fabian seems to be seeing things more clearly than ever before, and everything seems to be happening in slow motion. Strangely, he is not afraid, merely angry, and sad for the things he will never see, never experience. He knows there is no way out.
Off to his right, he hears Gideon swearing and knows he is battling as hard as he is himself. They might be going to die, but they will take a couple of these bastards with them. A hooded figure looms in front of him, and Gideon shouts, "Yours, bro!" sounding almost elated. Fabian fells the Death Eater, but as he does so hears his brother scream and sees him go down. He is on his own now, and his anger swells. His hand is slick with sweat on his wand, his eyes temporarily blinded with tears, but his aim is perfect as he aims a curse at the man who killed his twin.
He spares a thought for Molly and her boys, for the new born niece he will now never know. But the thought of them is fleeting. Even as he rages forward, his wand held high, he is thinking of Dorcas, his Dorie, his only love. He thinks of her laughter, her warmth, her fire, her certainty that one day, whatever it costs, their cause will prevail. He sees the Death Eater opposite him aim his wand, and knows he cannot evade the curse. It is Dorcas' eyes he sees, her hand clasped in his that he feels as he follows his brother into the dark.