Post by Crystal on Aug 19, 2011 11:31:46 GMT -8
Title: Gone
Series: Falling of the Founders (FotF) – part IV
Rating: PG-13
House: Ravenclaw
Word Count: 312
Warnings: Character death
Summary: Rowena is their last hope…
Godric and Helga sat on either side of her, each of them held one of her hands in their own.
It was lovely, to be surrounded by friends in her final moments.
“Rowena, please.” Helga’s voice was barely a whisper in her ear.
She felt Godric’s arm slip behind her back, gently pushing her up to a sitting position. Opening her eyes, Rowena saw that there were scrolls blanketing her legs. She squinted down at them, unable to recall why they were there.
“Here.” With one hand, Helga picked up one of the scrolls, holding it closer for Rowena to see. It was a map. They were maps of Hogwarts.
She was supposed find Salazar’s secret chamber...
Scanning the map before her, she sighed. Her eyes grew heavy and she slumped back into Godric’s arm. Where were the others? She tried to remember, but her thoughts wouldn’t focus.
As if sensing her surrender, Godric gave her a gentle shake. “Rowena, we’ve tried. You’re the only one who can find it.”
Helga leaned in; her voice had the same… urgency… as Godric’s. “We have to destroy the chamber, Rowena. Please, you have to try.”
Rowena put all of her strength into squeezing her friends’ hands; she was so tired. She tried to speak, but nothing came out. They had all left her… she remembered now.
Taking a deep breath, Rowena managed one word. “Gone,” she breathed.
She noted Godric and Helga’s exchange of worried expressions, but she didn’t comment. They didn’t understand…
Helena was a tragedy. That, they knew.
But Salazar… he had left her willingly.
There was a time when she knew it was for the best. But now… she was just so alone. Her lover; her daughter; her Salazar… closing her eyes, Rowena released the hands of the only two people she had left, as she felt her awareness slowly fade.
Series: Falling of the Founders (FotF) – part IV
Rating: PG-13
House: Ravenclaw
Word Count: 312
Warnings: Character death
Summary: Rowena is their last hope…
Godric and Helga sat on either side of her, each of them held one of her hands in their own.
It was lovely, to be surrounded by friends in her final moments.
“Rowena, please.” Helga’s voice was barely a whisper in her ear.
She felt Godric’s arm slip behind her back, gently pushing her up to a sitting position. Opening her eyes, Rowena saw that there were scrolls blanketing her legs. She squinted down at them, unable to recall why they were there.
“Here.” With one hand, Helga picked up one of the scrolls, holding it closer for Rowena to see. It was a map. They were maps of Hogwarts.
She was supposed find Salazar’s secret chamber...
Scanning the map before her, she sighed. Her eyes grew heavy and she slumped back into Godric’s arm. Where were the others? She tried to remember, but her thoughts wouldn’t focus.
As if sensing her surrender, Godric gave her a gentle shake. “Rowena, we’ve tried. You’re the only one who can find it.”
Helga leaned in; her voice had the same… urgency… as Godric’s. “We have to destroy the chamber, Rowena. Please, you have to try.”
Rowena put all of her strength into squeezing her friends’ hands; she was so tired. She tried to speak, but nothing came out. They had all left her… she remembered now.
Taking a deep breath, Rowena managed one word. “Gone,” she breathed.
She noted Godric and Helga’s exchange of worried expressions, but she didn’t comment. They didn’t understand…
Helena was a tragedy. That, they knew.
But Salazar… he had left her willingly.
There was a time when she knew it was for the best. But now… she was just so alone. Her lover; her daughter; her Salazar… closing her eyes, Rowena released the hands of the only two people she had left, as she felt her awareness slowly fade.