Right Before the Dawn

'Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times…'

Ron remembered Dumbledore saying those words, but he didn't believe them.

No one even knew about his darkness. No one knew about his pain and his wretchedness, and so he sat in the dark alone, with only his blade, and his blood and his tears.

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, my arse!" Ron muttered mournfully, bitterly.

"If one only remembers to turn on the light," a voice behind him replied.

"What?" Ron raised his head, startled. "Harry, is that you?"

"It's me," Harry answered. "Lumos!"