Silent tears dripped, shining and curved, from my closed eyes.  I hadn't felt the passage of time, but I could feel its weight, heavy on my chest.

     More time had passed, more time that had been robbed from Sevarus and I.  I wanted to break down time, to kill it.  It would bring summer and separation and make my heart forget, someday, these feelings that now composed my present day.

     A dull ache inside my skull told me that I had fallen heavily.  My hands were tightly clenched and, slowly, I loosened their grip on nothing.

     Why had I fallen?  Why had I fainted?  How long had it been? 

     I staggered to my feet, wiping tears from my face as I had done so often before.   I would go to the hospital wing.  Mrs. Pomfrey would know what to do.

     My feet were heavy and clumsy.  Invisible strings moved me as though I were a puppet, putting one foot in front of the other.  It hurt to walk, but I felt as if I couldn't stop.  I counted out sets of four paces.

     One A Two A Three A Four A… One A

     A shattering noise reached my eardrums.  Even the faint echo hurt them, for I knew its nature—

     Human and pain-filled.   It was a reflection of myself, a sketchy caricature, and my heart ached for it.  The pain was dear to me, the pain that I knew in my heart was love, but I could not wish it on anyone else.

     Two A Three A Four A… One

     He was tall and lean, powerful, yet sinewy.  His face could have been handsome if pain didn't contort its straight nose and clear eyes.  His arms reached for me, stealing my voice with one hand and my waning power with the other.

     I was weak, light, sick.  Stealing me was no effort and I knew I was no precious jewel to be hunted down.

     I didn't struggle.  I didn't attempt to stop him or my tears and curled into myself.  The wind pushed against my back as he ran.  Down the hallway, turning, outside.  I closed my eyes against the dizzying scene.

      It was easier not to care with my eyes closed.  I didn't care where he took me.  I didn't care what he did to me.  I didn't care if the world came crashing down around the two of us, crushing my tears with its mass.

      I didn't care, for my illusion was there, holding me, safe and warm.

AN: Wow, she really is disturbed.  I currently have one review, which makes me sad… please review!  I don't have any disclaimers, but I think it's pretty obvious that I don't own it.