We chose to fight. To search for the one thing that everyone ran away from. To find Voldemort, and to destroy him. The task was impossible, but truly great acts are always impossible, yet many people will still be able to accomplish them.
We chose to leave at nightfall. To begin our quest in the cover of darkness without telling anyone. We did not want people to try to make us change our minds.
I left afterwards. I wanted to go talk to Fred. To say goodbye, without saying goodbye. Fred would never let me leave to go fight the Dark Lord. He doesn't want to see me go. I'm not sure I want to go, but I must. I have to complete my destiny. I cannot fight it any longer.
I found Fred in the common room. He looked really cute. Wearing an old pair of jeans and a white shirt. He was reading a book, a joke book, but a book none the less. A small fire was burning quietly in the grate casting a romantic glow over the entire room.
I took a deep breath. I would want to remember this moment forever. This goodbye would be something that I would never forget.
I walked over to the couch that Fred was sitting on and curled up beside him, reading the book over his shoulder. He looked up at me with happy eyes. He liked it when I curled up next to him.
"What?" he said.
"I just wanted to spend some time with you. I mean, I was kind of out of it for the past week. Almost dying isn't the greatest thing to help strengthen a relationship."
"I understand. I really missed you Lizzy."
"I missed you to Fred."
"Lizzy," Fred said more slowly, but sincerely, "I love you."
I knew that he loved me, but he had never said it. Those three words have never impacted me so much. No one had ever told me that they loved me.
"I love you to Fred."
I was then lost in him. We kissed for a long time there on the couch. Enjoying being with each other. Breathing in each others scent. Taking in each others features. I was never so in love.
When I finally pulled away from Fred and looked at the clock, it was eleven. I had to leave in an hour. I told Fred that I needed to go and ran upstairs. I packed a bag with as much money as I had, clothes, and potions ingredients. I also grabbed my potions books and a book of auror spells.
I then ran to take a shower. My last one at Hogwarts. My time here was so short yet the memories I had from being here would last my entire life, however much of it I had left.
When I stepped out of the shower I slipped into a short, faded blue jean skirt and a white camisole. I dried my hair and straitened it so it fell around my face in silky locks. I looked in the mirror for the last time.
I left quickly and silently. I met Harry and Chris outside Hagrid's house. We were all wearing jeans and white shirts. We looked like triplets. Green eyed, dark haired siblings. Linking our hands in each others we gazed for the last time at our home. Hogwarts would never be the same again.
We traveled far to find him that night. I don't know where, I was more concerned about what would happen in the morning when people realized that the three of us were gone.
They would wake up and the girls would wander to the bathroom to see the note I had left them on the mirror. Telling them I was gone. We had gone to find evil and destroy it until we to were destroyed. I hoped that they would cry for me. Not that I want their pity, but their understanding means a lot to me.
Fred. I could not neglect Fred. I would receive a letter tomorrow during lunch from Thebes my owl. It would explain everything and why I had to leave. It would say I was sorry and that I loved him more than my life and I was giving mine up to help save his from the Dark Lord.
The school. They needed a letter as well. It explained our choice and said thank you for the opportunity that we were given.
The Ministry. The got a letter to. A formal one. A brief one telling them that the gig was up. The secret was out and that we had gone to find the Dark Lord. They would not understand. They never did.
We went to Gringotts and emptied the family safe. We needed the money for food and travels. We did not expect to survive this trip, so we would not need to save any of the money. We left quickly and set out on our journey. Horcruxes would be destroyed and Voldemort vanquished. We knew we could do it. We had to do it. We had to.