It has come to an end! There have been many wonderful supporters and many savages flaming me because of something as small as my summary, but I have made it to the end. There are many people i would like to thank. Firstly to my motivators/reviewers who, without which, i would've stopped a long time ago. Second, Kim, you have been so great through this and i can't wait until we release our little bundle of excitement into the world of fanfiction! Last but not least, Sarah. You have been fantastic and you have improved this story so much, I can't thank you enough. When I become a publisher, you'll edit all my books...or at least one of them!
I'm planning on writing a sequal, but not for quite a while, next year probably. Anyway, I know you've all been waiting for this so here it is.


Epilogue
I will never forget

Kim reached the door and flung herself into the room. In only a few seconds she had landed in front of Sirius, taken the full blast of the curse and was lying on the floor.

Dead.

"Shit." One of the Slytherin's gasped.

"No." Lucius said quietly. His eyes filled with tears. "NOOOOOOO!!! No, Kim. No! How could you? Why? I loved you Kim!"

His friend stopped his screams with a silencing charm and forced him to touch a portkey that the rest of the group were grasping.

Sirius watched them disappear. He was now alone. He looked down at Kim's lifeless body and forced himself to breathe.

"I love you Kim." He whispered.

All the emotion came flooding through him and he broke out in a violent flow of tears. He wept until he had no more strength and the emotionally collapsed. He was leaning against the cold stone wall staring blankly at Kim's motionless face with nothing but fear in his head and pure sadness in his heart, when he was joined by two other beings.

Dumbledore entered the dungeon, closely followed by Ris-Ris.

"She's dead." Sirius whispered, voice cracking slightly.

"It's what I feared. She did a great thing Sirius. She had to die to stop the rise of evil."

"Why didn't I die?" Sirius sobbed. "Why did she have to go?"

"It will be explained to you all in due time, but not now." Dumbledore said softly. "You have a train to catch. Go, and be careful who you tell this to."

"You just expect me to leave her here? You want me to go on like nothing has happened?" Sirius cried.

"They will be back for the body…when they think it's safe, they will come back. You can't be here when they do. You have to leave."

"I can't leave. She left. She's gone. She's…" Sirius stopped. Ris-Ris prowled forward, an envelope tied neatly to his collar.

"Your things are already on the train." Dumbledore said gently.

Sirius removed the envelope and stood up shakily. "I'll go. She needs me to go now."

He followed Dumbledore slowly to the train. He found an empty compartment and sunk into the seat, holding the letter tightly in his hands.

James knocked on the door and entered the carriage. "Padfoot, what's wrong?"

"She left me. She's gone." Sirius wimpered.

"Oh. You want to talk about it?"

"No. Just…leave me alone for a bit, okay?" Sirius managed to say.

"Yeah, sure." James turned to leave, but paused for a moment. "You know, maybe this was meant to be. Maybe you'll understand some day that although you love someone, they can't always be with you."

Sirius ignored James. He didn't want his thoughts. He locked the door behind his friend and opened the envelope to read the letter.

My Dearest Sirius,

If you are reading this letter right now, what I had feared was going to happen came to pass and I am now dead. This was meant to be. It was a thing called fate, something that I would love not to believe in, something that I would be so much happier without. Fate has influenced my life for so long and I hated it so much, but now I understand that I had a bigger part in it all and fate only caused me to prepare for it.

I'm not making complete sense here, am I? You know I held many secrets from you and I'm grateful that you understood that I would tell you if I could, but I couldn't. This letter is to explain to you my secret and…to say goodbye.

For as long as I can remember, I've had this power. The power to see what others cannot, what others can't know…the future. It isn't always clear and it isn't always fair. I don't even know what half the things I see mean. You can understand I suppose. That day in the room of requirement when you saw…when you had that dream…It was my dream. I don't know why you saw it. I only have theories. In my heart I believe that we are spiritually connected and at that moment our souls were one, which meant you saw what I saw. The only difference was that I knew what it meant. At least, I thought I knew what it meant.

I thought you were going to die, well, you were going to die. Later I discovered that by your death, something…something bad would happen. Your death would trigger the beginnings of the rise of evil. Your death would cause the power of evil to subjugate the power of good. Your death would commence the death of all things good.

Oh, Sirius. I wanted to tell you so much. Everyday I saw you I wanted to explain. I couldn't stand keeping it from you, but I had to. Yes, there are many more secrets I have kept from you and the only way I can make you understand why I kept this one from you is to tell you another one.

Do you remember Buster Schofield? Not many people knew about us, but we were friends. Two friends who never really saw each other, but when we needed a friend we found each other. He made me laugh when I was upset and made me cry when he was upset. He was the one that really convinced me to break away from my old friends and find some more…normal people to be friends with. I trusted him so much.

I told him. I told him about my power and explained one of the things I'd seen. I'd seen his sister, Casey, run away from home. That Christmas, Buster went missing. He'd been doing magic to mess with fate. Black magic. It messed him up. It was my fault for telling him. I found out that by telling him, I forced his brain to become obsessed with what I'd told him. In other words, he went mental. I didn't want that to happen to you. I love you too much.

I hope you understand why I didn't tell you and I hope you understand why I had to leave. Why I have to die. A world without you would be hell, and that's not just meaning the evil that would rule it if you had died.

Remember that night in the shrieking shack when you told me you were scared of the future? Don't be scared, be brave.

This is goodbye. Remember my love for you and don't be afraid to love again.

And don't wait for me, because I'll always be with you.

Yours forever,

Kim

Sirius folded the letter and put it in his pocket. He didn't feel like he had ever felt before. He no longer felt like crying or screaming. He didn't have the vengeful urge to go after Lucius. He had a better way to get revenge for Kim's death. He vowed to himself that he would never stop fighting for what was good. He would never stop fighting for Kim.

THE END