Turning to face the final two spectres, Harry inhaled slowly, steeling himself. But nothing could prepare him for the sight of their semi-transparent faces. He hadn't even had the chance to process their deaths, to accept that they weren't ever coming back, yet there they were. "I am so sorry. It's all my fault. If it weren't for me – "
"Then I would have died a long time ago," Hermione interrupted. "The troll would have killed me, or the basilisk would have. Don't you ever doubt that you enriched my life, Harry Potter."
Regulus nodded, his face solemn. "The blame is on Voldemort, not on you."
"I – I'm the final Horcrux. I need to die. To sacrifice myself. If I don't…"
Expressions of pain rippled across the faces of those surrounding him.
"I'm terrified," Harry admitted. "Dying… You do it alone. None of you can come with me."
"Honey," his mother said, clenching her hands together as if she wanted to reach out for him but couldn't, "that's because we're waiting on the other side."
A/N: Prompt: alone
If you haven't watched Green Gables Fables, you should absolutely check it out. Everything about it is so on point. I won't say why writing this reminded me of the series, because that would involve spoilers, but it really is excellent.