Paradox • J.Potter •

• XI •

"I felt them die"

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"I know him" James sighs and runs a hand through his hair. The minute I had told him I felt the death he dragged me to Dumbledore's office. The headmaster seemed disturbed to say the least as he rushed out of the office with James and I hot on his heels.

The boy lay in the same position as Evelyn. Only this time his body was on the ravenclaw table. His body clad in Ravenclaw quidditch robes and his broom on the floor by the entrance of the great hall.

His broom

McGonagal had screamed and ran to his body. Weeping over it like a mourning mother. She was always so gentle. Even behind the hard exterior she projected. She loved all of us.

She felt the need to protect all of us

He like Evelyn, James and I was a sixth year. Merlin the boy had asked me to Hogsmede in fourth year! He was popular, kind and so incredibly smart that he rivalled Remus and Lily in all of our classes.

But above anything else. He was a human. A living breathing person with a life. He had family. A mother and father who would now have a hole in their hearts for the rest of their lives. He had friends who would mourn him for the rest of their days. Who would hold tributes to him at every quidditch game they played and would hold pictures off as they graduate.

He was only sixteen

"His name is Paxton Rivers. Chaser for the Ravenclaw quidditch team and prefect" Dumbledore spoke as the St Mungo's nurses ease his body onto a stretcher. The stretcher floated in the air by the magic of the healers and his body was covered in a pale white sheet.

"His chest-" I mumbled and glanced up at Dumbledore's unusually dim eyes as he slowly nodded his head.

"Yes. Unfortunately his heart like Miss Monroe's was missing. Auror's have been notified of this and are now conducting a thorough investigation. Miss Scott, Mister Potter you will have to be interviewed as you were with me when we discovered mister Rivers' body" Dumbledore informed and nodded his head to the healers who with a nod of their own in return disapperated with Paxton's body.

"Miss Scott, I would like to see you in my office tomorrow morning as for now I think we all need to get some rest" Dumbledore spoke one last time before he departed from where James and I stood.

He moved swiftly over to where McGonagal was. Her body shaking indicating that she was still upset and shook from the scene she had just seen and experienced.

"Come on baby" James cooed softly and wrapped his arm around my waist before leading me out of the great hall and back towards the Gryffindor tower.

"He had a girlfriend" I voiced. My cerulean eyes drifting from the grey bricks of the hallways to the portraits who were all seeming to try gain our attention to ask what all the ruckus was about.

"Her name is Rose. She's really sweet. We are in the same charms study group" I continued and glanced up at James who was nodding his head sorrowfully.

"I don't think- if anything was to happen to you-" it didn't seem like the words wanted to leave my lips. I wasn't sure I wanted them too. Even the thought of having to see James like that broke me. Not my heart, not my mind. It broke my soul. It broke all of me.