"AVADA KEDAVRA"

A green stream of light emerged from a wand, causing the deatheater, who had his wand pointed at Lory while performing the cruciatus curse, to fall lifeless on the ground, his wand falling slowly with him. Lory gasped loudly for air as she felt the pain seep off her weak body, Amelia let out a long breathe in relief.

"Amelia.." Her head jerked up as she remembered who saved Lory right now.

Draco stood there, looking tired, weak and broken. Tears welled up in her eyes, her heart wrenched, she could not even remember the last time she met him. Taking shaky steps forward she lunged herself on him.

"Draco.." She breathed out, shutting her teary eyes, today every moment felt to be savoured, no one knew who could make through it and whom not.

"I-I thought you'd never return" Draco said pulling away, his voice shuddering, laced with pain. Amelia let out a teary chuckle, looking at his face, how much he had grown, his eyes although looked dull and large bags under his eyes told these years surely had been really hard on him.

"I heard what you've been put through all this time" Amelia whispered weakly putting a hand on his dust and smoke smothered cheek. Draco nodded looking down, Amelia furrowed her eyebrows hurt, her cousin seemed so weak and dull.

"You should probably leave- its not safe here" Draco said worried.

"And what about you?" Amelia asked weakly. He looked looked away.

"I dont care what happens to me tonight.. I'll be fine if my life ends to-" Amelia's harsh glare and a smack on his cheek cut him off.

"Stop with your shit and help Lory up with me" Amelia grumpled sharply pulling away, and turned to him weirdly as she heard him chuckle. Even after being slapped he was laughing.

"Sorry- just your accent- its really funny" He said stifling his laughs, Amelia playfully glared at him and shook her head going towards an almost dead Lory.

"Does it hurt Lores?" Amelia whispered in a hurt tone helping her friend up, Draco supported from the other side, a wierd though stricking his mind. "Is t-there any chance she is a weasley?"

Amelia let out a snort, while Lory gave him the deadliest glare possible. Draco fumbled supporting Lory up, taking most of her weight against him. Amelia smiled weakly "Will you carry her inside the great hall?"

Draco gave her a look like she had grown five heads, Amelia rolled her eyes and gestured him to do his task. Draco made a grumpy face before seeping Lory up in his arms, Lory made a loud sound of sniffing, inhaling his scent, making him look at her horrified.

"Even in all this war and shit.. you smell awesome" Lory flirted shamelessly forgetting what just happened with her a few minutes ago, Draco held a straight face carrying her inside the castle.

"Amelia!- we need help!" She turned around and looked up to see the twins fighting with a bunch of death eaters, she nodded running towards them. Fred and George dueled and stupified atleast twenty deatheaters on their own.

The kids in Grimmauld Place were already forbidden to kill, Fred and George included. The elders warned them the war might test their patience but they will not kill whatever happens, they did not join the war to become killers.

Amelia reached to the place Fred and George were dueling and saw George being tackled by two wizards at the same time she pointed her wand at one of the deatheaters and yelled "Stupify"

The deatheater was send flying back crashing to the nearest stone wall and instantly passed out. George passed her a grateful grin, but soon her attention was gained by Fred who wad dueling with some deatheater close by.

"I am coming to save you Freddie!" Amelia yelled playfully running towards him, he grinned back. Half of the deatheaters turned to her in alarm and she dueled with them. The three of them kept firing spells and curses stunning the deatheater. The twins were still on with their pranking, they mocked the deatheater and playfully stunned them charmingly.

"You are both taking much fun in it- Stupify!" Amelia yelled continuing stunning the deatheaters.

"Life is nothing without fun Amy-" Fred yelled.

"And there is no fun without us!" George yelled. Amelia chuckled at their habit of completing each others sentences.

"You both know you are soulmates right?" Amelia yelled. The deatheaters were all staring at them like they were freaks as they were joking in the midst of a war.

"We know-" George said.

"-But I wish I was yours" Fred yelled flirting. Amelia passed him a playful glare continuing her task.

"Lets have a bet shortie- if Fred stuns more deatheaters than you- then you'll agree to go on a date with him" George yelled.

"What if I stun more?" Amelia asked.

"Then Fred will agree to go on a date with you" George yelled passing a cheeky smirk to his twin who returned one gratefully

Amelia chuckled shaking her head and yelled "Fine I accept the bet!"

Fred stopped dead in tracks staring at her wide eyed, She nodded at him a small blush arising her face and looked away but her eyes widen when she saw wands pointed at Fred from either sides but he was busy laughing with George.

"Fred! George! Watch it!- Stupify!" She yelled stunning one deatheater from Fred's side. George stunned the other, Fred approached her slowly while dueling. "Expelliarmus!"

Amelia disarmed the tenth deatheater and broke his wand throwing it away. Fred spoke up "How many did you stun Amy?"

"More than you" Amelia said with a smirk.

"I am fine either way" He said grinning, now standing side by side her. Being a leftie he held her left hand with his right gaining her attention. "You seem tired, you can rest, George and I will handle"

"No, I'll rest on our date" Amelia winked. Fred shook his amused, not realising her hand still. He sensed someone was behind him, as he could feel someone's eyes, only pretending to turn half way round his eyes widened someone from back was aiming at Amelia, and before he could fire a spell on the deatheater, a green stream of light already escaped his wand.

"Avada Kedavra"

Fred pushed Amelia to the other side as there was no space beside him to pull her, she fell on her knees harshly and groaned, soon going to yell at him. "Fred It hurt!- FRE-"

Her eyes widened and breath caught in throat, Fred Weasley collapsed to the wall behind him and his eyes weakly boring into Amelia's a small loving smile aimed at her. Her hands shook wildly. What just happened?- His hand was still in hers and now she could feel all the warmth slowly fade away.

"FRED!- NO!" Amelia shrieked loudly gaining the attention of his twin, while soon Fred's eyes stared into blankness, his hand now felt lose in hers, his chest not rising or falling, paleness spread all over his face.

He was gone too.

Tears welled up in her eyes, her throat hurting from the dryness, suddenly she forgot how to breath, she clutched to his hand even more tightly rushing towards him, fearing if the nightmare she is thinking about has come true. His eyes were still on her, a ghost of smile still on his face which was for her as well, but it all felt lifeless now.

"F-Fred- w-what a-are you d-doing- w-wake up n-now, w-we are in a war, w-we have to f-fight-" She whispered tears already falling down her cheeks, but she refused to accept what she was seeing in front of her.

She was sure he'd wake up and make a silly joke with George, both of them will complete each other's sentences, he will wake up and again prank deatheaters and literally everyone, he will wake up and again shoot a wink towards her with a cheesy flirty line to which she will make a face of grimace.

She waited for it to happen again- But he was taking too long.

"Fred..." Amelia's eyes darted in front of her seeing George staring at his twin with most hurt and disbelief, Amelia fell on the floor now strengthless, staring at the unmoving body of her bestfriend, his hand fell out of hers, George and her stared at him for what felt like hours they waited for him to wake up quickly so that they could continue the war, but he seemed unbothered and peaceful now.

"I-I saw he was joking with you right now- he is pranking me right?- tell him this is not the time for jokes- t-tell him to w-wake up- FREDDIE WAKE UP!" George yelled standing there his face contoured with hurt and tears now, he stared at his twin with big hopeful teary eyes, but his other half wont even stir now.

"Fred!- George!- Amelia- why are you all sitting there!- we are in a w-" No one turned to the yell of Arthur Weasley but he himself halted on seeing one of his sons, laying against the stone wall unmoving, while the other two beside him were covered in their tears.

Percy, Bill and Arthur rushed towards them to see the unmoving body of Fred, his eyes darted towards Amelia which were blank now, a smile stretched on his face which felt lifeless now. Arthur's mouth parted in disbelief and hurt "W-Why is he laying there like that?- Fred stand up!"

"Dad, he is no more, he left us" Percy breathed out staring at the pale body of his younger brother. Arthur went forward with shaky steps towards George bringing him in his embrace, trying to sush his son, himself shutting his eyes to stop the flow which was threatening to spill.

"W-We should take Fred to the great hall" Bill said with his shuddering voice, he supported Amelia up firstly who couldnt take her eyes off the unmoving boy, she was neither speaking nor crying, just breathing peacefully watching him.

"Amelia, come here" Arthur called her and her eyes darted to his glistening ones, he had his one arm open for her, she slowly made her way towards him as he wrapped his one arm around her and the other around George. He turned them around letting his silent tears fall, while Percy and Bill picked Fred's unmoving body up to carry it to the great hall.

"Madam Pomphrey will operate him right? He will wake up soon" Amelia whispered looking up glancing at both Arthur and George, Arthur nodded shutting his eyes looking away caressing her head. She hummed resting her head against his chest. Arthur slowly led the two kids to the great hall, Amelia walked straight not looking around to see people crying in pain and some crying to unmoving bodies.

"Mum!- he is not going to come back" Percy cried clutching to his mother who could not stop crying holding her son's head in her lap.

"George!" Ron rushed towards them wrapping his arms tightly around him, crying on his shoulder. Amelia weakly made her way to sit beside Molly Weasley, the woman looked tired and ill from sobbing endlessly. Tears again welled up in Amelia's eyes seeing Fred's pale face in the woman's lap.

She looked away only her eyes to fall on the other bodies, which included Tonks' and Mike's. Her heart wrenched painfully, all of them were leaving one by one. Leaving their families crying after them. She looked back again at Fred who was now being clutched and shook by Ron sobbing on his chest.

A painful cry escaped her mouth as she remembered her recent time spent with him.

I love you Amy, and thats my problem.

I never thought of anyone else they way I thought of you.

Maybe.. Maybe in another world, I'll have you.

"Fred please wake up.." She breathed out weakly, the flow from her eyes never stopping, she turned to whoever was sitting beside her, letting them hug her tightly and sobbing against their shoulder, while a hand rubbed her back weakly.

"He cannot leave like this" She cried against the person's shoulder dampening it with her tears. Painful cries of George, Molly, Ginny, Ron filling her ears.

"Shh Amelia, he is at peace now, he wouldnt want this for you" Harry whispered in her ear caressing her hair, she shook her head against him not being able to control her tears.

Harry slowly pulled out a parchment from his pocket, opening it by muttering something tapping his wand on it, she felt him tense against her. "W-What happened?"

His wide tensed eyes met hers, he held the parchement up saying "Snape and Voldermort are in the Boathouse of hogwarts"

"I am coming with you"

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