Hogwarts wasn’t the same.95Please respect copyright.PENANAHvb2hyB7Br
Not after the war.95Please respect copyright.PENANA0fimQrqoju
Not after the screaming had stopped.
The stone walls still stood, but they whispered now — not Latin spells, but names. Names that echoed down the halls like the ghosts who carried them. Names of those who never left. Not really.
She walked between the ruins, seventeen and hollowed out, wearing a robe that didn't quite feel like hers anymore. Her fingers gripped a book like it was a shield. Not because it offered answers, but because it was the only thing that hadn’t fallen apart.
Some nights, she swore she could see him.95Please respect copyright.PENANAyORO5nhutu
Not Harry.95Please respect copyright.PENANAKsmuOXrP7Z
Not the Boy Who Lived.95Please respect copyright.PENANABC7CiyDpDv
The one who never should’ve come back.
A shadow with red eyes in the distance.95Please respect copyright.PENANAjqi35aWjZE
Faded.95Please respect copyright.PENANA1jiUWsfe3z
But watching.
The war had ended.95Please respect copyright.PENANAPsSQFSa7Ja
But not for her.95Please respect copyright.PENANArFjZnsdvh8
Not for Hogwarts.95Please respect copyright.PENANAGs0KrA9thK
Not for the story that was never supposed to be told.