Oct 26, 2011 00:28
{Oh wretched fog, you plan to play tricks on everyone, don't you? Thankfully, Lily has been watching the Network. She knows that others have fallen for your tricks and been corrected (gently) by their friends. However, that doesn't make what she comes across any easier.
The Animus are truly cruel.
James Potter
b. 27 March, 1960 - d. 31 October, 1981
"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
Beside that grave, there is another. Lily knows this one is false and, yet, the mere sight of it turns her stomach. She pales and grips her PCD tighter.
Harry James Potter
b. 31 July, 1980 - d. 2 May, 1998
Covering her mouth, the woman stares at this grave the longest. Then, slowly, her gaze moves to a third and a fourth headstone.
Remus John Lupin
b. 10 March, 1960 - d. 2 May, 1998
Sirius Black
b. 1959 - d. 18 June, 1996
The last headstone causes the small witch to fall to her knees. Even though she knows that four out five of these people are in Adstringendum - and very much alive! - she can't bear the sight of seeing them...memorialized. Not like this. Not like they had stopped breathing and living.
Severus Snape
b. 9 January, 1960 - d. 2 May, 1998
Shakily, she runs her fingers over each name and each ending date. The fog thickens around her until nothing can be seen. Not even her vibrant hair.}
[death shall be defeated],
[their graves],
[they were taken from me],
[worst nightmare]