"Don't do anything stupid," she said as he went to save the Wizarding World. He pulled her into his arms and she kissed him for the last time. Harry was the only thing she had left. The only person that felt like her family and her home. Without him, she would be lost. She'd already lost the rest of her family. She couldn't lose him too.
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Maggie felt weird…she felt light…she felt like…Oh Merlin! Was that her body? Why was she looking at her body from above? Where were these members of the Order taking her? Why were there so many questions in her head?
Maggie floated above, following her body, which was placed on a cot in the destroyed Great Hall. She looked around at the carnage and the bodies. She saw Lavender, her roommate of 7 years, Colin Creevey, the sweet little boy who only wanted to fit in. Then she looked and saw Remus and Tonks. Professor Lupin had taught her so much even though he only taught for one year. And they had just had a son! Maggie felt her "breath" hitch in her chest. Then, there was her body laying not too far from a pretty large group.
Whether or not she could, Maggie jumped as she felt another presence near her.
"Maggie?"
Maggie turned to see the perfect shape of a Weasley twin next to her.
"Fred?" she asked, tears coming to her eyes. "Why, why, why can I see you?"
"You're like me…dead…" he trailed off.
"Why are we still here though? Why am I watching everything happening?" she asked, now scared.
"I don't know," Fred shrugged. "This is my first time dying too," he chuckled, "but, I think, I think we are getting one last look at our surroundings before we go wherever we go. Look there, my family is starting to show up."
Fred pointed to the large group not far from Maggie's body. She could see George's pain as he knelt over his brother, his best friend. She saw Molly Weasley, one of the best mothers she knew mourning the loss of her son, something no mother should have to do.
Maggie didn't know if she could cry, but she felt like she should be right now. She couldn't feel any tears, but maybe that's how it worked.
"Fred?" she asked timidly.
"Yeah?" he responded, tearing his eyes away from the family surrounding his physical body.
"Have you seen Harry?"
"He hasn't come in yet. He hasn't seen you…"
Maggie watched the scene below. Feeling sorry for those who were still alive and grieving their friends and family. It didn't feel right.
"Fred?"
"Yeah?"
"What do you last remember?" Maggie asked, filling the silence of up above.
"I was fighting next to my brother. Percy was my brother again. Then, there was an explosion. It went dark. Then I guess I did the same thing as you. I saw my body moved behind a suit of armor until I followed it to the Great Hall," Fred recited as if he had seen it happen a million times over. "What about you?"
"I was in the Hallways. Ginny wasn't too far from me. Someone shot a curse in her direction…instinct just kicked in, but I wasn't fast enough to block the curse. It hit me instead, I guess…" Maggie trailed off.
There was silence for a while.
"It didn't hurt, you know," Maggie stated, dryly. Not like she needed to tell Fred that.
"I agree. Everything just…stopped," Fred said, eyes back on his family.
"Maybe that's for the best," Maggie sighed, still feeling as if she should cry.
Silence for a little longer. Maggie drifted off into her memories of good times. Times when she sat with Hermione, Ron, and most importantly, Harry in the Common Room. The nights that Harry would lead her up to the Astronomy tower and they would just watch the stars and he'd hold her close. They were the best times when she was alive. The simplest, but her happiest.
"Mags." Fred pulled her attention back to the scene below.
Maggie watched as the Great Hall doors opened and her three best friends walked in. Ron immediately ran to his family and Maggie could feel his pain. She didn't know why, but he could. Then, her eyes went to Harry, who was slowly walking down the row.
She watched him stop in front of Lupin and Tonks. She knew Lupin had been the last connection that Harry had with his parents. Harry looked up and kept walking. He stopped when Hermione hugged him tightly, right before he had gotten to her body. That's when he saw her. He saw Maggie's lifeless form on the ground in front of him. Maggie watched as he fell to his knees. The silent tears streaming down his face. She wanted to call to him from about "I'm here! Harry! I'm still here!", but she knew she couldn't. It hurt her. She was dead and it still hurt her.
"Fred?" Maggie asked, holding back a sob.
"Yeah?" he responded on cue.
"Can I go down to him?" she asked, now for the first time feeling as though her face was wet and she was crying real tears.
"Yes, you can. You might not like it though. They can't hear you and they can't see you. You're invisible…"
"But, can I still hug him?" Maggie asked now distressed.
Fred just nodded as Maggie shot down to the ground, a sensation that she couldn't explain. She only had one destination in mind.
"Harry, Harry?" she whispered, knowing he couldn't hear her.
She brought herself around to the front of him, looking at his face.
Tears still streaked his dirty, bloody face. Why was he always covered in blood?
"Harry, I'm here. I'm okay," she sobbed, still not getting any recognition from the boy she loved.
"I love you, Maggie," Harry whispered through his tears, "I'll always love you."
Maggie felt her heart swell. She loved this boy with all her heart and would never get to tell him. He would never hear it. So, she did all she could. She wrapped her arms, that he couldn't feel, around him from behind. She rested her head on his hunched over shoulders and she held him one last time while he cried over her lifeless body.
She just hoped that he would be able to feel her presence there.
After wiping his face, Harry stood up. He left the Great Hall and was off to Dumbledore's office. Maggie returned to Fred.
"Can we go now?" she asked through her heavy gasps.
"Let's go…" Fred said as he stretched his hand out for hers. Maggie didn't truly want to go, but she was happy to have Fred with her.
Off they went. They went to start their afterlife.