Being lost, being alone, being scared. The past, the present, and the future. Choosing to grow past pain is a long and difficult path. Hope is an empty promise of a better future. And trusting in hope, and hope alone, feels a a lot like being alone and scared again. A/U

When your world is shattered, picking up the pieces isn't easy. Putting them back together is even harder; if you want them put back at all. AP: Events through most of book 5, Voldemort defeated, Everyone alive and well.

AE Alternate ending Sometimes being gone is the best way. : a short drabble I wrote to kill my block.