Hogwarts wasn’t the same.100Please respect copyright.PENANAXdQ9CVsBIN
Not after the war.100Please respect copyright.PENANA7wJBMMclmZ
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.100Please respect copyright.PENANA7YRNOmGh7l
Not Harry.100Please respect copyright.PENANAAFEU0z4iwy
Not the Boy Who Lived.100Please respect copyright.PENANAqbglO7kRTD
The one who never should’ve come back.
A shadow with red eyes in the distance.100Please respect copyright.PENANAO9NIldBv6I
Faded.100Please respect copyright.PENANANKar3eV3Ez
But watching.
The war had ended.100Please respect copyright.PENANAvXIo9ejvsO
But not for her.100Please respect copyright.PENANAVOvFBhrvdS
Not for Hogwarts.100Please respect copyright.PENANAvfCta3rNRO
Not for the story that was never supposed to be told.