Time
Sophia relentlessly struggled against Ginny for a long time before she fell to ground completely giving up. Ginny sat next to her on the floor and cuddled her comfortingly which Sophia was thankful for but it didn't make her feel better.
"Shh... Sophia, don't cry," Ginny comforted rubbing her arms for good measure "What the hell are you looking at?" Ginny spat at the Slytherin's who were passing through to safety. They all didn't even bother to say anything back as more younger students from other houses filed through, it was havoc. Sophia couldn't even hear herself cry because of the frantic callings to other siblings, friends and family. All the while Ginny kept her close, once the last of the students left, you could see some others sneaking back through mainly young Gryffindors, including what looked like Colin Creevey as he had is camera dangling around his neck.
When everything became quiet again Sophia stopped crying but she had not moved from Ginny's embrace. Clambering footsteps were heard from the passage way and Sophia knew exactly who it was from the clumsy sounding footing. Finally clambering through, Tonks appeared.
"Tonks? Aren't you-?" Ginny began but Tonks frantically cut her off, her hair a mess.
"Where's Remus?" she questioned to the both of them and they both stood
"They all went to the-" Ginny began to tell her but the three of them heard another pair of scuffling feet were heard and Tonks put herself between the girls and the new arrival protectively.
"Oh...!" the old lady pronounced in surprise at the last step out of the passage, Tonks lowered her wand immediately
"Mrs. Longbottom?" she questioned and the old lady looked up with quite a snooty look about her
"Yes, it's me. You wouldn't happen to know where my Neville is, would you?" the old lady asked and Sophia shook her tear stained face while Tonks and Ginny simply replied "No..." in unison too astonished she was actually preparing to fight.
Suddenly the four of them heard the Golden Trio step through and they all stared at one another until Mrs. Longbottom asked for Neville and in reply to Harry's, she boasted before trotting off proudly. Tonks then asked the three for Remus and they replied and she promptly rushed off
"Tonks I'm sure he's okay!" she called after her but she didn't listen
"Ginny do you think that you and your friend could come back-?" Harry proposed but was cut off by her enthusiasm to leave Harry called after her to come straight back but everyone knew she wasn't.
"Blimey, Sophia! Are you okay?" Ron questioned but Sophia already felt like the dead, she walked past them and sat in the corridor deaf to her surroundings. The three of them continued to talk before re-entering the Room of Requirement.
"You can come out... I know you're there," Sophia called out weakly and Draco, Crabbe and Goyle appeared out of nowhere.
"How did you know we were here?" Draco hissed but Sophia no longer cared
"Just go inside, otherwise Voldemort won't be very happy with you..." she whispered only to him and he stared at her dumb founded
"How did y-"
"Just go," Sophia ordered and she heard the terrified screams and breaking down of the castle as Draco slowly backed off and disappeared with his friends into the room. Sophia sat in hopelessness listening to all the terror around her, she could faintly hear the thundering footsteps of giants, Fenrir and his mates mauling innocent people and curses flying in all directions and she couldn't do anything about it as Harry and the others fought for their lives inside the room.
She cowered against the wall, covering her own ears with her hands but nothing could quieten the sounds of terror that reeked the halls of the school. It seemed like eons later that everyone burst through the doors of the room radiating heat off them all. All Sophia could hear was the sound of everyone retching, coughing and spluttering helplessly.
Draco mumbled inaudibly and Ron stepped up to him "He's dead," he claimed harshly and the night never seemed so silent as it did then, Sophia no longer paid attention to them as she got up from the spot on the floor. As she did she noticed she wasn't wearing the necklace anymore, Sophia never felt so vulnerable in her life. She felt herself for it but then remembered the discussion with Kingsley and his examination of it but she did not recall ever taking it back.
"No..." she breathed helplessly but there was nothing she, or anyone else could do. Suddenly Sophia was brought from her reverie as shouts, yells, bangings and flying curses flooded the corridor louder than standing ear to ear with a speaker at a concert. Than out of no where it suddenly hit her "Fred..." she saw duelling with what looked like Percy.
This was it.
His final moment.
This couldn't be happening, how could she let herself watch this. She watched in horror as Percy said the last words Fred would ever hear.
"You're joking Perce!" Fred shouted and Sophia's blood ran icy cold as she watched him take down three Death Eaters
"No...!" Sophia yelled in horror, catching the attention of the trio that destroyed the Room of Requirement. She bolted as fast as she could, thanking George for the forced fitness lessons he gave her.
Fred looked at Percy with utter joy but all Sophia could hear was her heart beating rapidly slower as everything moved in slow motion.
"You actually are joking Perce... I don't think-"
Boom
She had never ran so fast in her life. So close...
Boom
Sophia tackled him to the ground and then the air exploded.
Boom.