Alternate Ending

Sirius had been dragged off by a teacher after a while, and I stayed outside the hospital wing, my back pressed against the hard, cold, uncomforting stone walls. I looked up at the ceiling, hoping everything would be alright.

One minute passed, then an hour, then Madam Pomfrey came out. I jumped up hopefully, and I knew it would be reflected in my eyes.

"I'm sorry James, I did everything I could." She said sadly, and I felt myself sink back against the wall, collapsing on a heap on the floor. It was my fault. Lily was dead now because I had come to late.

Harsh sobs wrecked my body as I sat there on the cold stone floor crying as I had never cried before. There was a sharp pain in my chest, and I then knew that my heart had died along with hers.