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“Not
Harry. Please, not Harry,” screamed the
woman.
“Stand
aside,” commanded a high, cold voice.
There
were more screams, terrible and pleading.
A choice was made, to sacrifice a life willingly in order to buy just a
few more moments of time. There was a
flash of green light, and a thud as a body fell.
Harry
stared down at the woman who was his mother.
She was beautiful and brave, and he knew nothing about her. Yet he loved her and it tore at him to see
her like this, to remember her like this.
But he could not stop looking at her, drinking in her features even as
they were frozen in death. Everything
went dark, and Harry both regretted it and was thankful.
“Not
Harry. Please, not Harry,” screamed the
woman.
“Stand
aside,” commanded a high, cold voice.
There
were more screams, terrible and pleading.
A choice was made, to sacrifice a life willingly in order to buy just a
few more moments of time. There was a
flash of green light, and a thud as a body fell.
Harry
stared down at the woman who was his mother.
She was beautiful and brave, and he knew nothing about her. Yet he loved her and it tore at him to see
her like this, to remember her like this.
But he could not stop looking at her, drinking in her features even as
they were frozen in death. Everything
went dark, and Harry both regretted it and was thankful.