Goodbye to you, Goodbye to everything I thought I knew, You were the one I loved, The one thing that I tried to hold on to -Michelle Branch

"Harry," a lovingly familiar voice called from up top. It picked him up, to the very line between the surface, and inside his head.

"Harry! Can you hear me!" Hermione yelled. The Death Eaters had disbanded, disapparating.

"Can he?" Ron asked.

"No such luck, I'm afraid," Hermione replied.

Harry was lying on the ground. He was still in his head, listening to the stars' goodbyes.

"Good bye, young Potter."

"Good luck, Harry!"

"Later."

"Bye, bye."

"We'll miss working with you."

"Harry?" Elizabeth started, "Don't cry for me. I've left you something at Hogwarts, ask Dumbledore about it. He knows. I love you, Harry, God, how I loved you. I will always be with you…"

"Elizabeth!" a star shouted, "We've got to depart!"

"No!" Harry yelled.

"I've got to. I have no power left. I'll drag you down with me if I don't leave…" Elizabeth choked.

"Stay with me! I don't care! I've lost too many people I've loved already! Elizabeth! I love you, too! Elizabeth!" Harry begged.

His eyes opened as he watched the lights escape him.

"Good bye, Harry, I'll be forever with you…" Elizabeth's faltering voice whispered in parting.

"No! Elizabeth! Come back!" Harry shouted, trying to jump to get the lights.

Ron grabbed Harry, as he fought to go to the lights, now floating aimlessly into the sky, like six little helium balloons. When they were almost at the zenith, Harry, Ron, and Hermione saw six bursts, like six separate fireworks going off. Each had their own color. Their colors were red, orange, green, blue, and purple. Harry had a feeling the blue one was Elizabeth.

He tore his eyes from the sky, subdued himself and picked up Elizabeth's body. He took the promise ring off her finger. He was going to keep it with him forever, for it seemed to glow with the life she'd just lost.

Harry was quiet and forlorn as he went back to Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione.

I'm so tired of being here, suppressed by all of my childish fears, and if you have to leave, I wish that you would just leave, because your presence still lingers here, and it won't leave me alone-Evanescence

Once he was back, he left to walk to the one place Elizabeth loved the most in Hogwarts, the library. Madam Pince had even kept a table completely empty for her; she'd been there so often.

It was in the back, behind everything. 'This is where she learned to become an animagus,' Harry reminisced sadly as he read the sign Pince put up there.

'Reserved for Elizabeth Pentillo, of Gryffindor.'

Harry sat down at her table and cried.

Because of his loss, his grades started to suffer. He stopped studying for his N.E.W.T.s, and things went downhill from there. He never asked Dumbledore about what Elizabeth left him.

"Harry, did Elizabeth ask you to do something before she left?" Hermione asked.

"No…yes, I believe she did," Harry answered depressingly.

"Harry, you've got to get over this. Move on," Hermione suggested.

"I can't just get over this, Hermione. You don't understand…"

"Maybe we would if you'd just talk to us…"

"Yeah, mate, we're your friends. We want to help you in any way you can…"

"I can't see why you two are still around me," Harry remarked.

"Why wouldn't we still be around?" Ron asked.

"For your own safety, maybe. Practically everyone I've loved has died because of their connection with me. I'm cursed. You shouldn't be friends with me anymore," Harry explained lifelessly.

"Harry, that's ridiculous. I can't believe you. Voldemort's gone. We're going to be alright. Everything's going to be normal, now," Hermione calmly explained.

"How can you say that?! Too many people have died! The three ties to my father are all dead! I have no family left! And I'll never have the chance to have a family!" Fury flashed in Harry's eyes as he attempted to reign his anger under control.

"Harry! We'll be there for you whenever you need us, mate. We're never going to desert you. We'll always be there," Ron reassured.

"No! You won't! You'll die, too! Just like the rest of them! Because that's the way it is! Anyone famous Harry Potter becomes close to is going to leave him in this world alone! He is destined to a life of torment and loss!" Harry yelled.

"You should really go see Dumbledore about the thing Elizabeth asked of you before she departed," Ron requested quietly.

So, Harry got up and went to go find the headmaster. He ran into him in one of the halls.

(A/N: I warned you that the chapters would be shorter… A song that would really, really fit Harry right now would be 'Fine Again,' by Seether. I listened to the song while reading it over making sure there were no mistakes and -even though I've read it a lot before- I cried.

Tekvah Ariel:The first chapter of the legend of the ring is up. XD In case you hadn't noticed. I don't think you're weird in a bad way, like psycho weird. Actually, normal people scare me, so if you're not normal, its all gravy. :-) Ummm...To be unpredictable, I'm not telling you if anyone else gets killed off. You'll be able to see for yourself.(Though you may not like it :-p) That's perfectly understandable if your paranoid. I would be...but then it's like, these people delve into my head when they read my writing, what else could be more personal? Anywayz...Here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy it. I'm glad you liked it better than the prequel's. When I wrote the prequel, I didn't know the first thing about writing, and now, I don't know how to fix the mess I've created! ;-) Thank you for reviewing all those times!!!!