Writer: Azure K Mello
Title: A Bond Never Dies
Part: 115 of ? or part 30 of Part Three
Words: 164
Harry was shaking by the time they got back home Remus pushed him into a chair and said, "Just breathe."
"We're not going to win, Moony, I can't win."
"I never should have taken you," was all the man said.
James, home from morning errands, placed a plate in front of him with a sandwich, chocolate, and crisp on it and said, "Eat this. The choc's medical grade."
"Thank you," Harry looked at the sandwich and said, "I can't win."
"Maybe not, but together we can," James assured him and pushed back his hair to kiss the boy's forehead. The place was just above where the scar, though hidden, rested.
"We're all going to die. And I'm going to be at fault."
"Gryphons aren't known for being straightforward. That was going to be one of the main points of our lesson. So if you can't win after your eighteenth birthday we have to win before it," Remus spoke as though it was common sense.