AN: I do not own anything from the Harry Potter series. It all belongs to JK Rowling. I am in your debt for creating such a wonderful series. Please don't sue me!!!!


Prologue: Have you ever.....?

Have you ever seen a cat drown?

Their eyes dilate and they bare their teeth.

They hiss and try to scratch the rope that binds their feet.

Their backs arch and fur stands on end.

They fight and struggle, claws trying to attack the nearest victim.
.....Then they hit the water......

They fight frantically, hisses and growls become desperate yowls.

Bubbles come forth from their lips and for a brief moment they stay utterly still.

Realization and hopelessness sets in and their eyes become hollow and glassy.....


Have you ever seen a person drown?


Water doesn't need to be present, fear can consume them like the frigid waves.

They fight desperately and then they lose all hope.

Their eyes match those of the cats and they slowly die on the inside, bits and pieces of lost hopes and dreams surfacing like bubbles.....
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Have you ever killed someone?

He might as well have been dead. He was in a coma for months.

and I did it. It was all my fault.

Sometimes...... sometimes I wish it was me who died.

Nothing good came afterwards anyway.

Perhaps.... perhaps my punishment is to live.

To live with this sin I could never wash away.

Well.... I'll live then... I need every bit of punishment, because I need to pay for my sin.


Perhaps.... perhaps that is why I have fallen in love with a man I can never reach.

Perhaps that is why I love those I can never reach..... and sadness stirs my heart whenever I see them.

AN: Hope you liked the prologue. As to who these two people are???? the answer will be revealed soon enough; one, being an original character of mine. Reviews are always welcome. Also, I will make up the childhood of one of JK Rowling's characters, if not many more. It is not valid information. It is of my invention and few of my many strange ponderings. I am writing this as I go so I hope things will work out in the end. I have thought out about half of the story. Hopefully everything will come together at the end. ^_^