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Hymn To The Fallen by iLuna17

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Story Notes:

Hey! This was written as (half) of my Slytherin Secret Santa to Julia! (the opaleye) Many thanks to Alex (welshdevondragon) who looked it over, as well as Lily (Padfoot11333). Also, the title is borrowed from the song in the movie Saving Private Ryan, and anything you recognize most likely belongs to J.K. Enjoy!
Chapter Notes: As I said before, I own nothing you recognize and the title belongs to Saving Private Ryan. Also, this was (part) of my gift to Julia (the opaleye) in the Secret Santa exchange in the Slytherin house on the boards. I hope you liked it! Also, thanks to Alex (welshdevondragon) who looked this over, as well as Lily (Padfoot11333) for also looking it over briefly and being generally amazing.

NOTE TO MOD (Jess): Regarding the Ode vs. Odo, it's a quote from the wizarding song 'Odo the Hero'.






Hymn to the Fallen


Falling
An endless pit of despair;
Gone
Beyond even the help of Merlin.

As far away as a star
But laying before our feet;
Body as lifeless as a doll,
Eyes as glassy as an emerald sea.

Why did I let him disappear?
He’s gone in a cloud of smoke and dust
With him our only hope;
With him my only love.

The end
The last hope has faded
Darkness will succumb us;
We’ll be swallowed whole.

Without him
The end is inevitable;
As sure and unarguable as his limp figure
In the end,
All that’s left is death.

*


Broken promises
As flimsy as broken glasses;
Lies
As clear as the morning sun.

Gullible
I fell into his poorly woven web;
Let him walk into the abyss
Alone.

Kill the snake
His one job for the lowly soldier;
My debt to him must be paid
In the blood of the serpent.

With the hero gone
I, the lowly soldier,
Must become the new hope;
The new hero
It is time.

The lowly soldier must lead
The fight

*


So tiny
In the mass of soft flesh;
Not broken,
Shrunken
Like a starved man, but-
Even in death
Not broken.

Why?
The fight was as endless as a circle
To you
Neither bend, neither give, but
Eternally fight;
Cowardice he claims,
your Death
Not honorable.


Lies!
Bending was as shameful, to you-
As to a soldier running from his battle,
I know this much of you,
Mate.


Faced death and spit in his face
And emerged the eternal victor;
Harry James Potter

Secrets
Horded by the forest
Shall stay unknown;
But I promise you this:
The fight isn’t over.

Though lady fate may turn,
And the abyss may be endless and dark
I will struggle against any bonds;
Though my freedom may be stolen
This will always remain:

I’ll miss you, mate.

*


Brash
Brazen
Not one second to consider;
Reasons unknown
Twisted, but
As pure and innocent as the first snow
For that created your identity
Harry, The Hero.

Loved because of
Hated because of
This shall forever remain:
–He died a hero, that
Harry Potter did.”


Despite the lies
Concocted by thy enemy
Solely to destroy, never prosper;
Shield of truth repel.

To die in vain
Will never become your fate;
I will fight
May those who loved
Stand behind
Caring too much to accept fate.

If join you we must
We’ll see the emeralds shine bright;
From heaven we feast
Above the corruption and evil
If join you not. . .

I’ll miss you, Harry.
*


And Odo the hero, they bore him back home
To the place that he'd known as a lad.


Don’t worry, ‘Arry
I’ll bring ye home
Ye’ll res’ beside ‘em,
Peaceful ‘n free;
Ye’re above ‘em all now
Ye’re where ye’re loved
With the flower ‘n the stag,
The dog ‘n the wolf
‘Ts where ye belong.

We’ll still miss ye
Every day that passes;
But we’ll understand
Ye’re finally free
It won’t make it any less hard,
But it’s the truth.

Merlin bless ye,
Ye deserve it;
Until we meet again:

See ya, ‘Arry,
And don’t ye worry;
We’ll be fine
Ye’re above the suffering;
Eventually so’ll we.

*


We may have lost Harry tonight,
But he's still with us:
In here.
His heart beat for us all
Till it gave out tonight, but-
He didn’t die in vain



It isn’t over