He lay in a bright mist, though it was not like mist he had ever experienced before. His surroundings were not hidden by cloudy vapor; rather the cloudy vapor had not yet formed into surroundings. … his surroundings seemed to invent themselves before his eyes. A wide-open space, bright and clean, a hall larger by far than the great hall, with that clear, domed glass ceiling. It was quite empty. He was the only person there, except for –

- from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, chapter 35, pages 705-706

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She was one of the few who knew where she was when she arrived at the Station. It may have had something to do with the fact that she was a powerful seer, the most powerful seer the world had seen and would see for a very long time. But mostly, she knew where she was because Harry Potter himself had described it to her.

Why had the famous Harry Potter divulged his most secret memory, one that only three others knew, to a girl he had only talked to once? Well, she had asked. (She would always remember the look on the Chosen One's face when she tugged in his robe and said, "Sir? Does the crossway between Life and Death look like a train station?" He had been so shocked that he tripped over his own broomstick and fell flat on his face.) But that's another story.

However she knew, the fact was that Karma Kasey knew where she was the moment she arrived.

She was at what looked to be King's Cross Station. At what really was the Station between Life and Death.

And she was dead. She was quite sure about that.

The only shock the fifteen-year-old girl received upon arriving was that she was not alone.

She fully expected to be alone. Why wouldn't she be? Every single person she had ever loved or even come in contact with was still among the living. Who could be there before her?

When she saw his face from a distance, the tears began to stream down her face. Because, oh god no, it was his face. No, no, no, NO! They couldn't have gotten him too. Not him. Not Kyle.

Apparently, her prayers were granted, because as the man came closer, Karma realized it was not him. Her sacrifice had not been in vain.

She wiped away the tears and straightened up, ready to walk toward this stranger and demand to know what he was doing here and why in Merlin's name did he look so much like Kyle.

He reached her first. "Hello, I'm Ian." He extended his hand and then looked at her for the first time. His eyes widened and he yelped, "Why are you still naked?!"

"Why not? This is Death, isn't it? Do things like that matter here?"

"Yes! Yes, they do! Things like that matter very much!" Ian covered his eyes with one hand and pointed the other towards a set of robes that had materialized at her feet. "There. Put those on. Now."

"Fine." Karma rolled her eyes. "Merlin, why do you care so much? Shouldn't a bloke like you like looking at a bird like me naked?"

"I have a wife, you know. She'd kill me. And so would Kyle, if he knew. At least they would if I wasn't already dead."

Karma's head snapped up. "What do you have to do with Kyle?"

"He's my brother."

"Kyle never told me he had a brother."

"I died when he was pretty young, about when he was six. I was twenty-one."

"Six? He said he was six when he joined them."

"They killed me to get to him. They told him it was his fault I died, because he didn't listen to them."

"Why did they go after him?" Karma voiced a question she had long wanted to answer.

"To get to you. Because they knew you would be a problem for them."

Karma smirked. "I was, wasn't I?"

"You still will be. That prophecy you managed to give before you died?" Ian whistled. "It's going to change the world."

"I hope so." Karma grinned.

Karma had boarded the train to Death with Ian and was now apparently living with him and his wife, Wanda. Wanda had welcomed her with open arms (literally) and had insisted that she stay in the guest room, ignoring everything she said about not wanting to be a burden.

Truthfully, Karma was glad she didn't have to look for a place to stay. After all, Ian and Wanda's house was located mere minutes away from the best Looking Lake (portals where the dead could watch the living) in Death.

She needed to keep an eye on Kyle (didn't want him to get in any trouble). She didn't want to miss when Rachel and Skye finally clued in (she'd seen it in a vision but still). And most of all, she wanted to see her prophecy fall into place.

She wanted to see them go down.

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About eleven life years had passed since Karma had died. It didn't feel very long to Karma, but then again, Death just doesn't follow time the same way.

So she was pretty surprised when she saw the girl she was watching enter Platform 9 and ¾.

She ran back to the house screaming, "Wanda! Ian! It's time!" After all, if they still were mad at her for letting them miss Rachel and Skye finally realizing it, they would hate her for letting them miss this.

Everything was starting.

A/N: This is the prologue. So it might be a bit confusing. Keep reading. It will clear up.