Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: Year 3: Part 2 /// Read the announcement, please.

I gazed into her eyes, reading her emotions. I knew her so well that I could instantly tell she was lying. But I didn't press her. I pulled her close, into a comforting embrace, letting her know without words that I would always be there for her no matter what. "Okay," I murmured.

Trembling with pent-up emotion, I dropped down to all fours, my fingers clenching in the dirt. I couldn't take this anymore. I wanted to die.

Why had this happened to me? Wasn't there anyone else out there, someone who was stronger than I was, who already had nothing to lose? The world was crumbling around me, a piece at a time. Every time the full moon hovered overhead, something else was lost, something inside me broke. I couldn't take it. I couldn't take it.