but if I a) were going to write songfic and b) felt emotionally ready to deal with the fallout from OotP, I might do it up something like



BEWARE! OotP SPOILERS LURK BELOW







So I was just doing the dishes from the past week (because I'm lazy and always leave them until they're gross when its my turn) and I had music playing because I always do. Even though I've been playing the CD nearly non-stop since I first downloaded it (thanks for the tip, sneekyp!), then bought it, this was the first time I'd been singing along since I finished OotP. When I got to track 10, I had a sudden vision of Remus laying down to sleep for the first time after the events in the Ministry of Magic and dreaming of being visited by poor, embittered, beyond-the-veil Sirius.

My Last Breath - Evanescence

hold on to me love
you know i can't stay long
all i wanted to say was i love you and i'm not afraid
can you hear me?
can you feel me in your arms?

holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light it ends here tonight

i'll miss the winter
a world of fragile things
look for me in the white forest
hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
i know you hear me
i can taste it in your tears

holding my last breath
safe inside myself
are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light it ends here tonight

closing your eyes to disappear
you pray your dreams will leave you here
but still you wake and know the truth
no one's there

say goodnight
don't be afraid
calling me calling me as you fade to black

The One True Way is not dead, my friends, it's merely resting until either Sirius is recovered from the land of the dead or Remus passes on.