Chapter Thirteen: Coming Into Focus

"KRYSTAL!" Roxeanne yelled. She seemed to be back to her normal self. It wasn't a yell of surprise but one of anger. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! KRYSTAL, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"

I was still facing forward, looking at Harry's body lying dead at my feet. My wand was pointed up, ahead of me and I was looking down. My hand allowed my wand to slip out and fall to the ground. "H-H-Harry..." I said weakly, trembling. "Harry, please. Please, no! NO! HARRY!" I cried. I allowed the tears to stream down my face. "Harry... come back! Harry come back!" I yelled hoarsely. "Please... please, no! HARRY!" I cried over him. I turned him over so he'd be face up. I placed my hand on his forehead and brushed back his hair away from his face. His eyes were open still and I looked into them. "Oh, God... oh, God."

"WHAT DID YOU DO, KRYSTAL?!" Roxeanne was still shouting. "HOW COULD YOU?!" She said. I could tell by her voice that she was crying too.

"What did I do? I-I- Oh my God." I said. "Harry. Harry oh, Harry. God, no!" I prayed. "Please, Harry... please..." I still begged that he'd come back, although I knew it couldn't happen. "R-Roxeanne." I said, turning to her. "Roxeanne... help." I begged. She looked at me as though I frightened her. She slowly backed away and then turn and ran away.

"PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE! PROFESSOR!" I heard her yell.

"Roxeanne PLEASE!" I shouted after her, but she wasn't there anymore. I turned back to Harry, my face soaked with tears. "Oh, God what have I done? God, no... Harry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry, Harry, please... Please, I'm sorry..." I whispered repetitively. "Harry, Harry, Harry.... no..." I sat there rocking over him. "Don't... Don't leave me this way. I can't survive without your love, oh Harry... Don't leave me this way. I love you, Harry... please..." I said, still hoping for something. Of course, there was no response. My whole body shook as I put my hand up and closed his eyes. I lifted him up so I could hold him for one last time. "I love you." I whispered into his hair. "I'll always be with you... and I will love you until the end of time." I laid him back down nicely. "G-G-G- oh, I can't... I can't say 'Goodbye'... I just... can't." I said, shaking my head. "But... this is... Goodbye, Harry." I said, leaning over to give him just one last kiss. "I'll always be with you." I said again. "Goodbye..." I said, now sobbing. I sat there waiting for Roxeanne to return with Professor Dumbledore.

Suddenly a figure, not a person, crept out of the darkness. The darkness itself laid over Harry and made him almost impossible to see. "NO!" I shouted, grabbing Harry by the ankles. "STOP! NO!" I cried. The figure of darkness threw me back against the wall and left with Harry's body. At that precise second after the figure and Harry had vanished, Filch came down carrying his lantern, followed by Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape.

"Professors!" I sobbed. "He's dead! HE'S DEAD!" I cried at their feet. "And he's GONE!"

"She did it Professor! She's killed him!" Roxeanne said, still crying. I looked up at her helplessly. "I saw it..."

I jumped up. "YOU WERE HYPNOTISED OR SOMETHING! THEY ATTACKED ME, PROFESSOR! I DIDN'T MEAN TO HIT HARRY! I WAS AIMING FOR LUCIUS!"

"Lucius?" Snape asked.

"Yes, sir. It was him... and Draco and a Slytherin girl... Bridget."

"Headmaster, shall I go fetch Draco from his dormitory."

"He wouldn't be there now, Severus." Dumbledore told him. "He's left with his father."

"We don't know it was truly him, Headmaster."

"I've been suspecting Draco and Lucius to be working something dangerous... I only wished I had realized sooner."

"Professors!" Roxeanne spoke up. "I SAW HER KILL HIM! She said the spell and hit Harry!"

"BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO HIT HARRY, YOU GIT! WHY'D I WANT TO KILL HARRY?"

"Who knows?! I don't know what's been on your mind these days! I found that letter, Krystal! Yeah, I found it. It says they found his body and you were already there with him!"

"IT WAS DRACO! ROXEANNE STOP!"

"YOU KILLED HIM!"

"I DID!"

All the teachers stopped dead. "W-What was that Miss Montague?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"I did kill him Professor." I told them, starting to cry again. "But I NEVER meant to! I swear it! I'd never want to hurt Harry! Lucius told me that the only spell that would work on Harry and Roxeanne to stop them from attacking me, since they had 'new personalities' thanks to the Malfoys, was 'Avada Kedavra'. I refused to use it though! I wouldn't kill them! I'd sooner kill myself! But then Lucius told me he didn't have his wand and I pointed the spell towards him!"

"Then how is it, Miss Montague, that Mr. Potter is now... dead? And where is his body now?" Snape asked cautiously.

"He jumped in front of me! He just flew out of nowhere! So, yes, I did kill him. But I didn't mean to! He's dead now and... it's my fault entirely. But... oh, I wish he were here... alive. I swear only a few minutes ago his body was here... something dragged him away!" I said, beginning to cry again.