Disclaimer: Don't own. It's all JKR's, except the wording.
"They died like heroes."
Molly suppresses a sob. Does this hard-faced Auror actually think she cares how they died? They're gone, and that's all that matters. Her baby brothers, the carefree twins, are gone forever.
"They died like heroes."
What's the use of heroes, if all they do is die? All those good, brave, strong people, fighting for all that is right — fighting and dying. The dark keeps on coming, and the heroes keep on dying.
But why did her brothers have to be the heroes? Why did her brothers have to die?
"They died like heroes."
In the back of her head, a voice is whispering words she won't listen to, can't listen to. It's trying to remind her of something Gideon said once — "It's dangerous times we're living in now, Mol, but there ain't nothing we can do about it except be dangerous right back at them. So it's full throttle ahead and all or nothing, hm? If we're gonna go out, we might as well go out with a bang." She refuses to remember Gideon's words, because it'll only hurt more.
"They died like heroes."
It's how they wanted to go, whispers the treacherous voice in the back of her head. They went out with a bang, like they wanted.
That's right, a bang, she replies dully. The bang as my heart hit the floor and shattered.
"They died like heroes."
She looks down at her swollen belly. Twins, the Healers said. Two beautiful little boys. She and Arthur have already chosen their names — Fred and George, like Fabian and Gideon.
They'll be just like you, she told the twins. And they'll try to pretend they're each other and confuse me, just like you do. They'll be just like you.
Now, Molly gazes at her belly, and wishes with all her heart that they won't be like Fabian and Gideon. She's not sure how much more of this she can stand.
Please God, she prays, don't make them heroes.
A/N: I've had this in my head for days, and I like the way it turned out. Yeah. Please review; it makes me a very happy person. And I will do my best to reply to all reviews on my LiveJournal (click "homepage" on my profile).