Chapter Sixty-Eight
The Last Enemy
A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest
Now and then I try to find
A place in my mind
Where you can stay
You can stay away forever
(So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold)June 26th, 1977The rising sun broke through the open blinds and into the room where Mia had
secured a grieving Remus; he had cried for hours. Simply cradling him while he mourned,
Mia sat in silence, the same way she did long ago after he had been healed post-
transformation. She did not know how to heal him now, though. Nor did she know how
to heal her own family as her mother's condition deteriorated.
Mia wondered how Professors Dumbledore and Snape handled the drawn-out
death of the former which occurred in her original sixth year. It was one thing to lose
people suddenly, like when Cedric Diggory was murdered or when Sirius had fallen through
the veil, but simply waiting around, unable to do a thing to stop death, was not something
to which the young witch was accustomed. She did not know how to react.
"Remus?" She affectionately ran her fingers through the mess of sandy blond hair,
leaning down to place a kiss on his forehead before resting her cheek against him. His head
was in her lap, his long arms wrapped tightly around her waist.
"Is she really dead?" Remus choked out a hoarse whisper, and in reply, Mia simply
held him tighter.
"Mia?"
She looked up, surprised to find her father in the doorway; he had apparently been
able to take down the wards she placed, which was surprising. Then again, she had been
distracted.
"Dorea wants to see Remus," Charlus said, his own tired eyes looking defeated.