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Part 2 of October 31st , Part 2 of Drabbles & Ficlet , Part 10 of Marauders Era & Jily
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2019-10-31
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Silence

Summary:

{“The night they died, I’d arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still safe, but when I arrived at his hiding place, he’d gone. Yet there was no sign of a struggle. It didn’t feel right. I was scared. I set out for your parents’ house straight away. And when I saw their house, destroyed, and their bodies... I realized what Peter must’ve done... what I’d done....”}
[Sirius Black – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]

Notes:

  • A translation of Silenzio by Isidar Mithrim

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Silence.

Unexpected.
Paralysing.

Anguish washes over me, insidious.
Fear spreads inside me, unforgiving.

Something’s amiss, because everything here is perfectly in place.
Except for Peter – who’s not there.



Silence.

The one of the engine, which has stopped rumbling.
The one of my heart, which has stopped beating.

Before me, a house reduced to rubble.

Cold are the bricks I move with my bare hands, suddenly unaware to be a wizard and to own a wand.
Cold are James’ corpse and Lily’s widened eyes.

A cry.

The one of an orphan with an unusual lightening-shaped scar – and my heart resumes beating.