Hogwarts wasn’t the same.37Please respect copyright.PENANACpH4MPL2fa
Not after the war.37Please respect copyright.PENANAfH2HZCObag
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.37Please respect copyright.PENANAM8NhdOk8oB
Not Harry.37Please respect copyright.PENANA7TqwWDEBDc
Not the Boy Who Lived.37Please respect copyright.PENANAf2ZplIB655
The one who never should’ve come back.
A shadow with red eyes in the distance.37Please respect copyright.PENANAM9qInW6Psj
Faded.37Please respect copyright.PENANABXqJrdegMw
But watching.
The war had ended.37Please respect copyright.PENANA3873h3vF5o
But not for her.37Please respect copyright.PENANAqA8aay8hMv
Not for Hogwarts.37Please respect copyright.PENANAirEIwBU5XZ
Not for the story that was never supposed to be told.