"Juliet! Jules! Stay with me!" Ron panicked when he woke up, rolling over and finding Juliet had barley been breathing, her skin peeling back as she was paling by the second, "Someone get Dumbledore!"

"Ron!" Hermione yelled in fear as she raced into the common room, "Whats happened?"

"Where Dumbledore? Get him!" Ron spoke loudly, yelling as he swooped Juliet up. Her breathing was heavy and ragged.

"Gr-" she spoke, lungs weak, "Green house."

"Dumbledore and Harry are gone! We need to take her to the hospital wing!" Hermione panicked, swinging open the Gryffindor common room doors.

"Green house." Juliet spoke again, her blood shot eyes staring up at him, "Please."

Ron and Hermione shared a look, leaving for the Green House quickly.

"What the bloody hell is this? What the bloody hell is this?" Ron asked in disbelief as he looked at the stone statue that laid in the Green House, knowing for a fact it wasn't there before.

"Lay-" Juliet tried, coughing as blood flew from her mouth, "Lay me on it."

"I'm taking you to the hospital wing." Ron decided quickly as he spun on his heels, stopping as he came face to face with Blaise, Pansy and Theo close began.

"No ones there! We just checked!" Pansy said quickly as she looked at Juliet, staring into her red eyes.

"What is going on! What have you done to her?" Ron asked in disbelief, holding his barely breathing girlfriend.

Theo threw the empty potion bottles on the floor, "We looked through her dorm room when she stayed with you, she's been taking them."

"She said-" Ron began, Blaise pushed him to lay her down, "She said she didn't take them. Juliet! Jules, how do we help?"

"It's leaving." Juliet spoke, her body seized slightly as Ron held her down. Hermione let out a sob at the sight, "The banshee."

"Merlin, Juliet!" Blaise yelled, not at her but just in general, "It's not killing the banshee! It's killing you!"

"How do we stop it? How- I don't- I don't know how-" Ron tried to speak, though his mind was blanking as he looked down at her.

"Cut it out." Juliet begged, her eyes watered horribly as she looked up at her friends, "It has to drain."

"We're not doing that, just- just let me see those!" Hermione panicked as she grabbed the potions quickly, trying to think back to all she'd learned.

"Ron." Juliet spoke, she smiled through her tears and peeling lips, "It's the only way."

"We can save her." Ron spoke as he looked to Hermione, "Hermione! Please!"

"You have to cut them out, it'll drain from her body. I've read about it, it's dangerous!" Hermione panicked as she looked down at her friend who's chest heaved horribly, her breathing sounding like she was choking.

"We have to do something, we have to do anything we can to save her!" Ron yelled. Pansy ran toward the gardening tools, Theo close behind. Ron looked down at Juliet again, pushing some hair out of her face, "It's going to be okay, Jules. I'm right here."

"Ron- you ca-" Juliet began before she let out a cry of pain, the cracking of bones echoing in the air.

"Whats happening? Why is she making that noise?" Ron panicked, looking toward Hermione for help who was trying to keep Juliet still.

"She's holding back, her screams, she's holding back." Hermione inform him as Theo and Pansy ran back over.

"Just scream, Juliet!" Blaise said quickly as he held his cousins head, "Please, please, you cant die."

"She's not going to scream." Ron said as he stared, like every thought of realization suddenly hit him, "Shes not going to scream because someones about to die."

Pansy stared at him a moment as panic cut through her, holding up the sharpest gardening tool. She looked to Juliet, "I'm sorry, Juliet."

Juliet yelling in pain as Pansy cut across her chest, a white liquid immediately flowing from her skin.

"Chant! Do it now!" Theo said as he grabbed Blaises hands, "Beg Merlin, you have to!"

The pair of boys began chanting on que, begging Merlin to keep Juliet alive. Ron let out his first cry as he leaned onto his girlfriend, digging his head into her neck as the white liquid poured from her body, "Juliet."

"Ron." she whispered, a pale hand placed on his cheek, "It's okay."

"It's not okay." he cried while staring at her, sobbing as she tried to smile through her tears, "You can't die on me, please."

Juliet began to cry as well, the cracking of bones going through the air again as she squeezed her eyes shut.

"Go try and get Dumbledore back! Now!" Ron shouted as Theo took off, Pansy taking over his chanting as Hermione cut another line down Juliets arm. The white liquid poured out as well.

"Look-" Juliet tried to say as she stared at Ron, "I love- I love you so much."

Ron cried as he shook his head. Juliet bit her lip a moment as she held back a sob, "You're the only boy i've ever loved, the only boy i'll ever love."

"Stop, Jules, stop." Ron begged her, "Don't tell me goodbye."

"Ron." Juliet said as she stared into his eyes, the white of hers was turning gray, "I'm sorry, i'm so sorry."

Ron leaned on her chest as he sobbed, looking toward the door and hoping Dumbledore would show. Hermione looked away as she cried, Juliets hand touching her softly, "You have to take care of them, Hermione. You have to."

"I promise, I promise you." Hermione cried as she put a hand on Juliets head, "You're my friend, you'll always be my friend."

Juliet smiled at her as tears fell from her eyes, "You are my friend too."

Hermione looked away as Juliet looked up at Pansy and Blaise, "Pans, cousin... please stop."

The pair slowed their chants until the sobs of Ron and Juliets ragged breath was all that was heard. Blaise put a hand on his cousins head, "I was never ashamed of you, I was just too scared."

"I know." Juliet tried to smile as she looked to Pansy now, "I'm sorry I broke your wand."

Pansy laughed through her cries, kissing Juliet on the forehead as she shook her head, "It's in the past."

Ron sat up when Juliet cried in pain again, he heard the crack as she inhaled horrible, "It's okay, you can stop fighting."

Juliet squeezed Ron's hand, "Harry. He has to end it. This world... it needs better."

"I'll tell him." Ron said, tears ran down his face as he kissed her lips softly, "You'll remember me, won't you?"

"I'll still be right here." Juliet said, holding her breath as her body cracked.

"I love you, Juliet." Ron spoke as he pulled her hand up to his face, "I'll be right here the whole time."

Juliets eyes flicked behind him a moment, to the public eye it appeared to be her staring off in the distance. But to Juliet, it was so much more. The same best friend she had for years was standing in the corner in his hufflepuff uniform, two brooms in his hand, smiling at her as his hand out reached.

"You can scream now, Juliet. You don't need to feel this anymore." Hermione said, holding Juliets hand. Pansy and Blaise held her shoulders a moment. Juliet shut her eyes as the pain slowly left her body when the loud shout flew from the depths of her lungs, the banshee inside her dying but taking her with it.

Juliets scream was heard all through out the wizard words, nearly everyone heard it.

Neville and Luna had.

Ginny had.

George and Fred.

Liv and Ambrose.

Molly and Arthur.

Fleur and Bill.

Angelina and Oliver.

The echo traveled through the deepest oceans, ringing in Harry Potters ears as he paused in the cave with his headmaster. His heart swelled, his eyes watered because he knew, he knew immediately what it had went.

Juliet Knightly was dead.

And she had been, dead in the love of her life's arms. The white liquid turning to blood as she laid on the stone statue, Ron cradling her lifeless body.

She was with him now, she had taken Cedrics hand and followed him just like she'd sworn she'd do lifetimes ago. The pair were flying on their brooms, the hill they once laid on.

•

kylie speaks

i told y'all at
the beginning this
would possibly end
sad and i felt as though
it is the way i needed to
go. i didn't enjoy it, i loved
juliet so much and i always
will. don't hate me though!
juliet is with cedric now and
will watch over ron and everyone
else she loves. it's been such
a honor writing for her and
she's made a huge impact
on me and has just been such
a sweet soul to write for.
i'll miss this book very much
but juliet and ron's story
will live on for as long as
we all may need.

wands up.