1Epilogue

They say every war has an ending.

The little girl walked slowly, her feet sinking into the mud. Rubble covered the ground around her. A harsh breeze blew, ruffling her red hair. It was cold, as it had been for a long, long time.

She wrapped her arms around her, sheltering her body from the wind. A shiver trickled up her spine, and she felt chill bumps rise on her pale skin. She walked slowly, her brown eyes gazing mournfully at the trash that shattered the lawn. Everything was so messed up. The castle still stood, but windows were busted, and some walls had been blown into pieces. Her sister had told her that the castle was magical. She had said that many things happened there. Some good...some bad. She never mentioned the bad.

But now, it was destroyed. Broken like everything else had been. War could do a lot of things, but she didn't think it could do this much. She wondered briefly what it would have looked like if they hadn't won the war.

The lake out to her left was black. It didn't shine, but a white shimmer covered it's inky surface. It was creepy, the silence of it chilling her to the bone. This whole place was creepy...

The girl came by a tree, if you could call it that. Its branches were torn and ripped. All that was left really was a small, feeble trunk, skinner than her own arm. The girl felt tears rise behind her eyes, but she held them back. She supposed this place had been beautiful long ago, but now, everything seemed to be torn. Torn like the world was right now...

There was a silent beauty about this place. She could feel the magic buried beneath all the rubbish. She knew it was there. But, as it always seemed, darkness still lingered over it, hiding the beauty as a cloud hides the moon.

The girl felt a thud under her foot, and immediately drew back. Her eyebrows burrowed in confusion as she gazed at what she had stepped on.

It was a gray stone, worn away with age and overgrowth. Vines wove their way over the stone, covering up its surface. The girl bent down and picked it up and gently brushed back the dirt. She moved some of the vines out of her way and peered at the letters written behind them.

Draco Malfoy.

Something was written underneath it, but the vines grew to strong and she couldn't peel them back.

So it was a gravestone...

Sadness overtook her and she lay the stone back down. Someone had died. Someone had died right here...right where she was standing...

She immediately drew away, frightened by the fact that she was standing on a human body. To her surprise, her foot crunched on something else.

She looked down and saw a faded white sheet of paper. Curiosity took over her, and she picked it up. It was old. So, so old. Its edges were ripped and torn. Water stains covered the picture on the front. Dirt had overtaken it, making the once white gleam disappear to be replaced by a grungy tan.

She brushed her fingers along the photo. It was a woman. She sat staring out over the lake, the same stick of a tree the girl had seen earlier beside her. All the rubble was there, exactly as it was now. She furrowed her eyebrows and leaned closer to the picture.

It wasn't until the little girl noticed a tear trickle off the woman's face, did she know she was crying. Sympathy flooded through her. Poor woman. Obviously she was in a lot of pain...

The girl flipped over the picture. Her eyebrows furrowed deeper as she saw words written across the back. It read:

Forever you will stay.

The girl ran her fingers along the words. Forever you will stay... What did it mean?

"AUDI," she heard the distant voice of her sister call. She quickly stuffed the photograph in her pocket. It'd be safe to keep it just for now...

"Coming!" she yelled back before turning and trotting away.

They say every war has an ending...

But this one was just beginning...

A/N: Sequel to be out as soon as I get all my ideas straight! I'm going to be posting "How to Save a Life" soon so check it out! It's a D/G story too, and I already have the first 4 chapters written! Yay! So, anyways, once again thanks to Victoria Lily for help with the first and last lines! Love ya girl! Everyone make sure to check out my other stories, and stay tuned for this sequel!

I changed a bit of my plot, so for those I gave some hints too, it might be a little different!