Chapter 6: The Pain

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Harry screamed in unison with Remus. Their agony was just too much. Harry felt his throat sear with pain. Suddenly, he felt a sharp stab of pain. Then it was gone. Harry was gone.

Lupin looked beside him, at the now quiet figure of Harry. His eyes watered, his throat screaming with pain from all the yelling.

He looked at VOldemort. His eyes blood red, crimson pouring from wounds. The betrayal of Wormtail was in the back of his mind. The agony of going through all the deaths cut into him like a knife. Voldemort's red eyes gleamed with pleasure. He laughed at Lupin as if he were a small insect, that he were about to stomp on.

Lupin heard the screams of another. He turned to see Alexia Dumbledore. She too had wounds covering her body. She saw Lupin. They did not cease their agonized screaming.

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Dumbledore could feel Harry's death, Lupin's pain, Alexia's screaming. He could almost feel their agony. It felt as if he too were there, waiting for his life to end so this agony would cease.

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Lupin felt a searing pain across his back, and he fell to the ground, unaware of the incantation Voldemort was repeating. "Imperio..."