she stood next to her best friends, knowing they were reaching the end of the war. somehow, none of them had died.
but everyone froze as they watched lord voldemort turn into dust, his ashes turning to the wind.
aurora's eyes instantly went to mattheo riddle, knowing how it felt to lose a father. no matter how awful that father was, it was hard. an impossible thing to move on from.
mattheo went numb as his father disappeared in front of him, unsure on how to react.
daphne greengrass locked eyes with mattheo, taking a step closer and grabbing ahold of his arm. the blonde slowly moved the group back into the damaged castle.
everyone stayed silent as pansy and theo tended to everyone's wounds the best they could.
it wasn't the end they expected, but it was better than any outcome they could've imagined.