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Chapter 13 - A sad farewell

"Sasha, what have you done, Babe?"

Sasha smiled, her eyes no longer held the warmth that he saw there often when she looked at him, "I'm just playing, Harry", her voice was playful but a sinister tone was evident.

"What do you mean, your playing? Is Snape.... dead?" He walked towards her, he was not afraid, she loved him, she wouldn't do anything to him.

Sasha was wary of him but she allowed him to walk right up to her, she allowed him to bend down and examine Snape, she allowed him to stand back in surprise when he realised the answer to his question was yes.

"Why did you do this?" His voice was soft but commanding.

Sasha giggled, "Because he's a pig", she then pretended to think by tapping her chin, "Aw and because that's the whole reason I'm here at this bullshit school", her voice became loud and aggressive, "well, not the whole reason. Your the rest".

Harry felt his heart falter, "I'm the rest?"

"Well I'm assuming Lavender's the reason your here, I should have known she wouldn't be able to just die!" she screeched.

"So you did do that to her?"

Sasha nodded and giggled, "She was nosey and she deserved it. When I'm done here I might pop up and say good bye before I leave".

"Leave?"

"Well you don't expect me to just hand myself in after I've killed three people do you?" She giggled again.

Harry began to feel chills crawling up his spine, cold biting him all over. This was not the Sasha he knew.

"Sasha, what are you doing?"

She stared at him, a vice grin on her face. She was twirling her wand.

Ginny was banging on the door, trying with all her might to get in but the spells used to lock it were well above her level.

"What's going on!" she said in frustration, "Why is she doing this, what has Harry got to do with anything. He loves her".

Draco swallowed, "I might know" he said solemnly.

Ginny looked at him questioningly, but she didn't say anything.

Taking this as a sign to explain what he knew, Draco launched into what he had gathered, "Snape was wary of them, both of them. I thought it was a sick joke but Snape must have been right".

"What do you mean?"

"He had suspicions that Sasha and Byron were Voldemorts kids".

"Voldemort's children?" Ginny looked at him as if he had a screw lose, "Voldemort didn't have any children.
I doubt he ever was interested in women, he only cared about power".

"I know, it sounds farfetched but Snape seemed so sure that they were his children. Think about it, Bevan is more brilliant that anyone we've ever met, except Voldemort himself and Sasha, she's sadistic. She loved to watch me and Harry squirm and fight over her", Draco took a breath, "Snape asked me to watch them, get information on what they knew of their past and see if they were a danger. She was obviously good at hiding it".

Ginny considered his story, "She was really out of it. The way she seemed to have multiple personalities and she would flip out only to act all sweet and innocent again", Draco how did you not see she was like this?"

Draco sighed, "She distracted me". There was silence when a terrible feeling consumed Draco's stomach, "We've got to get in there".

"Lets go get Hermione, she'll know how".

"So Harry, am I still your true love, the one you've waited your whole life for?" She taunted. Harry did not reply, he had taken a seat on a chair, looking down at the teacher he had despised. He expected to feel ok about Snape being dead, but instead he felt a stabbing in his gut.

"Answer me! Do you still love me?"
"Your carrying my child", he replied, not looking up at her.

Sasha had not expected that, she stood still for a while, watching him sit in silence, "Well it doesn't matter, this child isn't going to have a chance once they catch me. And if they don't catch me, it wont last long on its own".

Harry cringed at what she had said, "Why have you done this Sasha, what have I done, I thought you loved me".

"I do love you, Harry", she said softly, but that was quickly replaced by an angry, hate filled voice, "but that feeling is nothing compared to the pain you caused my mother. NOTHING compared to the pain I felt watching her die because you took away my father. It's all your FAULT!" she was screaming, every word felt like a blow to his chest, yet he was confused. Who had he taken away, how had he killed her mother.

"I don't understand" he said in reply, "Who have I taken away", his voice was quiet as he looked up at her beautiful face that now seemed so old and scarred.

"You took away my mothers reason to live. She died because her heart was so torn because you killed my father!" As she screamed his, there was a flash of red in her eyes.

Harry felt more dread crawling on him, he suddenly knew the answer without her telling him but he wouldn't believe it until she said it, "Who was your father", he asked slowly, his fist clenched.

She laughed at his question, "You know who".

"Tom Riddle", he whispered, shaking.

"Don't call him by his filthy muggle name", she growled, "You took him away and you will die for it".

Harry looked back at the body on the floor, "But why Snape, what did he ever do?"

Sasha scowled at the mention of his name, "He's disgusting, he deserved to die no matter what he did. But since you ask, he's no better than you. He betrayed my father, he turned his back on him because of your stupid mother. He betrayed a man who had taken him in and gave him an opportunity to get revenge on your father, but still he betrayed him".

Harry's head was spinning; he had fallen in love with the daughter of the man he had been destined to kill. And now she was pregnant with his child.

"Now you, your worse, you destroyed my family", she said quietly, "you took everything I had and you threw it away as if it meant nothing to anyone. He had a family, he had people who loved him. So it was my mother's dying wish that I repay the favour".

"I didn't know he had a family. All I knew was that he killed people and he was risking the entire wizarding world. But your father took away my entire family and half my friends; he even tried to kill me. It seems fitting that you finish the job", Harry said emotionlessly, "Especially when you and that child are all I have left. If I can't have you I don't want to live".

Sasha's heart softened, she had not expected him to be pathetic, she had hoped he'd get angry and make it easy for her to kill him, now her nerve faltered. Her mother's voice drifting further away with each second.

"Harry", she walked to him, placing her hand on the top of his head. He didn't even think twice, he stood and pulled her into a kiss, which she did not fight, though inside her head a woman was screaming in rage.

"I love you", he said though the kiss, "I don't care, I just love you".

Hermione was leading the pack as her, Ginny, Draco and Ron ran back to the door that prevented them access to Harry.

"Please work, please work", Ginny chanted with her fingers crossed as Hermione pulled out her wand and began muttering spells that she had learnt outside the curriculum of the school. After a few minutes, the door clicked and swung open. The group rushed in, but stopped suddenly, finding Harry interlocked with Sasha.

"Harry! What are you doing?!" Hermione squealed. This broke the two apart, but Harry stood slightly in front of Sasha, so there was no way any of them would risk aiming a curse that could hit Harry.

"Leave, now", Harry called but Sasha was back on auto pilot and her wand quickly rose, shooting spells at her boyfriends friends, "No!" Harry cried as his friends took cover behind tables. Harry reached out and grabbed Sasha's arm.

"Let me go", she screamed, wrestling herself free from Harry and holding her wand aimed at his face, "You have to die Harry, I have to do it".

"Harry, get away from her, she's going to kill you. She's unstable", Hermione yelled.

"Shut up bitch", Sasha screamed back, aiming another spell at table Hermione's voice had come from.

"Sasha please, stop this. You don't need to do this", Harry pleaded.

Sasha turned her wand back to Harry, "Yes, I do Harry. She will be up here screaming, forever, unless I do this", she banged on her head as she said this.

"But you are a good person, you are not your father", Harry said, grabbing her hand.

"I am very much my father Harry", she replied, "You remember when Pansy went missing?" She giggled, but her eyes made her look like a maniac, "They will never find her mangled body".

Harry felt sick, "Your father wasn't human, he was a coward and he is the only person you should blame for your mother dying. If he really loved her he would have been with her, not gallivanting around the world seeking only power", he said this strongly.

Sasha's face went red, her teeth began to grind and the once beautiful girl, now appeared more like a beast that anything else, "My father was the greatest wizard to live", she replied, "Goodbye Harry", she aimed her want and shot the killing curse at him, but Ginny had snuck up behind her and tackled her as she did it, so the curse soared up into the air and Sasha was thrown to the ground. The ceiling above was hit began to crack.

"Sasha", Harry started to rush to her side but she raised her wand again and fired another shot, but this time it was so close it could have grazed Harry's face.

"Harry, do something", Ginny screamed in frustration at Harry's stupidity.

"I can't", he cried, watching pitifully as his love pulled herself to her feet. He stood there at her mercy. He would not harm her.

"Harry!"

Some had screamed his name, but things happened so fast he didn't know whether it was a friend or his girlfriend. Sasha had raised her wand again, aiming it at Harry, she had screamed another spell but Ginny had thrown herself at Harry, this time knocking him to the floor. The two struggled to their feet again, Ginny standing in front of Harry protectively. If he would not save himself, she would have to.

"I don't care if I hurt you, Ginny", and without another word from anyone, Sasha shot an unknown spell at the pair.

Instinctively, Harry produced a shield charm to protect Ginny. The spell hit the barrier, sending Harry and Ginny flying backwards and the spell back towards Sasha, hitting her with such force the walls shock, increasing the cracks in the roof.
Small pieces of debris began to fall, quickly becoming larger, until chunks were falling over Sasha and the others.

"Come on, Harry", Ginny Screamed, pulling Harry by the arm to the door.

"No, Sasha", Harry, pulled free of Ginny, making his way to the still body of Sasha that lay on the floor. Harry didn't know if she was alive or not but he wanted to get to her.

"Harry!" Now it wasn't just Ginny pulling him, there was 6 arms pulling him away from the falling chunks of rock. Harry watched, helpless as the love of his life slowly disappeared under falling rubble, not stirring.

"I'll tell her", Draco's voice was hollow. He put his hand out and grasped Ginny's tightly. He wasn't sure if Ginny knew he was talking about his mother but it wasn't very important. He just needed her to know he was serious about her.

Ginny nodded, tears falling, creating streaks through the dust that had become caked on her face. He returned the pressure to Draco's hand. She was looking down at her knees, watching small drops of water splash on her legs.

Hermione wasn't crying, she was wide eyed, with her head on Ron's chest, his arms around her. They all sat quietly outside the door to the hospital wing. Harry was in there getting checked out before the rest of them.

"How did this happen?" Ron hadn't spoken since they had left Snape's office half an hour before.

Ginny shook her head, "Lavender will know better than anyone else".

"She will?"

"She's the one who warned me about Sasha".

There was silence again. Each of Harry's friends was in their own thoughts about what had just happened. The silence was soon broken however; McGonagall had walked up to the students, "How is he?"

"They haven't told us", Hermione replied.
McGonagall nodded, "Snape's body has been recovered but we haven't got Sasha yet. It's going to take a while to find her but it is very certain that she is dead. She wouldn't have survived that".

"She looked dead before everything began to fall", Ginny whispered, "Harry wanted to go back and get her but I could see she wasn't alive".

"Yes", McGonagall said sternly, "I recommend we do not talk about this anymore. We don't want to get Harry's hopes up that she may still be alive".

"But Harry lost two people today, he's going to want to talk about it", Ron replied.

"He didn't exactly love Snape", Draco said, with a confused look on his face.

Ron frowned, "Didn't you know?"

"Know what?"

"Sasha was pregnant".

Ginny gasped, and Draco's face went even paler.

"No wonder why he didn't want to hurt her", Ginny said, her voice squeaky as more tears began to fall.

Ron nodded, "He had just found out too".

"You didn't tell me that", Hermione said.

"I didn't know if I could".

"Poor Harry", Draco sighed, imagining if he had been the one who lost his partner and child.

Madam Pomfrey had shuffled out the door at this point, "Physically he's fine. Emotionally… well I'm sure you all realise". Everyone nodded quietly, "He's free to go but he doesn't want to. He's speaking to Lavender instead".

Alarm bells went off in Ginny's mind, "Madam Pomfrey, I really don't think that's a good idea".

Madam Pomfrey raised a hand, "He's assured me that he only wants to talk to her".

"Can we go it?"

"Yes, but I want to check each of you out. Who's first?"

Ginny looked to Draco, who nodded, "Me".

"Ok, follow me". Draco stood and walked behind the nurse.

The other three followed through the door but made their way to the bed where Lavender lay. Harry was sitting on a chair next to her. He held her hand in both of his. There were tears in his eyes as he looked solemnly at the girl he had hurt so badly.

"Harry?" Hermione whispered, placing a gentle hand on his shoulder once they reached him.

"Yeah?" he whispered, covering his face.

"How are you?"

He just nodded and went back to holding Lavenders hand, "I'm just telling Lavender how sorry I am". Lavender nodded, affirming what he had just said.

"That's great Harry", Ginny also placed a hand on his other shoulder.

"Um… ", Harry wiped his face, his eyes were still red though, "She may have not deserved one but I need to have a ceremony", he paused, breathing deep, "To farewell the child I will never know:" He no longer cared as the tears fell freely.

Once Lavender was ready to leave the Hospital wing, Harry organised a small group of his friends; Ron and Hermione, Parvati, Lavender, Draco and Ginny, Dean, Neville, Seamus, Cho and Bevan. These people accompanied him to the edge of the lake one warm afternoon to farewell the woman Harry loved and the child that he would never get to love. Hermione spoke for everyone. She spoke of how sometimes the problems that our parents have are often so ingrained that we do not have our own minds and that fighting for true love is what matters. She also made a point of discussing that though we may not have known someone well, we can still love and cherish what memory we do have of them and never forget how we felt. Harry did not speak, but he lit a small boat that had been made for his child and pushed it out into the lake.

All the girls were crying, even some of the guys. It was a solemn moment for those who were so used to loss and pain.

When all the speaking and crying was over, everyone slowly began to leave the lake, however Harry needed to speak to someone.

"Bevan", Harry said strongly, walking up behind Cho and her large partner, "I need to talk to you".

Cho looked nervously at Bevan who nodded, telling her to go on without him. Once she was out of earshot, he replied, "I know what you want to know".

Harry nodded, "You didn't know?"

"There's a lot of things I know, but if you're talking about my sister being unstable….. No, not to that degree at least".

"And your father?"

Bevan paused, "I guessed, but my mother never confided in me. Sasha was her pride and joy".

Harry eyed his suspiciously, he did not know if he should believe this guy. Eventually he nodded, "I know I have no right to say this, but look after her aye?"

Bevan nodded and with that Harry walked away towards Lavender who had been standing obediently waiting for him. Her hand stretched out when he reached her and he took it.

Bevan watched them placidly. No one was around, but if they had been, they would have seen a red glint flicker in Bevan's eyes before they returned to normal and he wander off after Cho.

N/A - Hey everyone, thats the end of the first installment. The second story is ready to be started so i hope to get that on here soon. In the next one im going to try have a less transparent story. This one needed a lot of transparency about what Sasha was up to because she was a main character but the next one will hopefully keep you guessing!!! Review, give me some tips, but dont be mean if you werent a fan lol What did you think of the ending? anything left unsure?