#it was devastating for me to see an acquaintance of mine feel like she wasn't pretty unless she put herself through one of these things

[detectivenyx]

one thing that will be helpful in distinguishing ai art from real art: currently, ai art is racist and fatphobic

[morbidlyhumorous]

Deal With Death (Fred Weasley)

TW: death

Fred's POV

I winced at the pain in my neck as I sat up from my awkward sleeping position and shifted in my chair. I had been sitting here for hours with my head resting on the bed beside my girlfriend and her smaller hand clasped in my larger one. She still hadn't woken from earlier and I felt the familiar feeling of dread stir inside me, a feeling I had become well acquainted with in the past few hours. It was a Quiditch match between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Y/n and I were beaters for the opposing teams and I always made sure she was never really hurt...until yesterday. I had been on the opposite side of the pitch trying to keep a bludger away from Harry when I heard a loud crack and a scream behind me. I turned to see Y/n falling from her broom and everything seemed to slow down. I abandoned my bat and zoomed towards her, trying to get to her in time. But I didn't make it. She hit the ground and was immediately knocked out. I landed by her side and cradled her body in my arms, crying out her name as teachers hurried out of their seats. The game was stopped and canceled as Y/n was hurried to the Hospital wing. Even though she was closer to the ground, she still sustained several broken bones and a major head injury. Madam Pomfrey looked very severe when assessing Y/n's state and I knew that it was bad. She said she didn't know if Y/n would survive the next few days. I looked up at Y/n's face, which was extremely pale and pained, and I wished for her to open her eyes, to see her beautiful e/c eyes.

"You blame yourself, don't you?" I heard a voice behind me say. I jumped slightly at the noise as I turned and saw a figure completely covered in a dark cloak standing nearby. "Who are you?" I asked warily, my body becoming rigid as I inched closer to Y/n. The figure chuckled, a very unpleasant sound, and said "Don't worry about that right now, instead worry about your friend there." I stole a quick glance at Y/n before turning back to the figure as he repeated "You blame yourself, don't you?" I nodded my head and said "Of course I do. I'm supposed to protect her, and I didn't.""So you care a good deal about her?""She means the world to me.""So you would trade places if you could?""In a heartbeat."There was silence for a few minutes before the figure said "What would you say if I said I could bring her from the brink and give you more time with her?" I stared at the figure, unsure of where this was going. "I'd say you were mental." The figure chuckled again as he said "I'm not mental. I can bring her back, but it'll come at a cost.""Go on.""In place of her life, I want yours. Not right now, but before your natural life is supposed to end. All for more time with her." The figure raised a gnarled and gray hand from his cloak to point at Y/n and I stared at her face. She was my everything and I couldn't imagine her leaving me like this, but I knew she would be devastated. But I could give her more memories to smile back on when I was gone and make sure everything was settled."Okay, deal." I said. The figure laughed outright before he firmly shook my hand and then disappeared. I sat there stunned for several minutes, unsure of what I had just done. Suddenly there was movement beside me and I turned to see Y/n writhing in her bed. A second later her e/c eyes flew open and she looked around the room wildly. When they landed on me, she cried out "Oh Freddie!" Tears began to fall down her face as I pressed her body into mine and held her as she sobbed. I knew she needed a moment, and as I rubbed her back and kissed the top of her head, I thought about how I had just made a deal with death.

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When Y/n was released from the hospital wing, I never let her leave my side. I would sit by her or have an arm around her or walk her to class. I knew she thought it was kinda annoying after a while, but I wasn't about to take the risk. We finished our years at Hogwarts and moved in together so we could run the joke shop and I could share more moments with her. I enjoyed every second I had, like waking up every morning to see her safe and sound in my arms, but I had a feeling that was going to end soon as rumors of war in the wizarding world began to spread. I began tying up my affairs and putting everything in order for Y/n, just in case. I did it when she wasn't around because I knew she would be worried about what I was doing and then the story would somehow come out and then she would try everything in her power to make sure it didn't happen. I couldn't put that extra stress on her and I didn't want death getting any ideas that I was backing out of our deal and take Y/n from me.

The day finally came when word was sent out and Y/n and I headed back to Hogwarts to defend it. When we arrived, most of the faculty was either busy getting the students to safety or fortifying the castle. When mum saw us, she hurried over and pulled me into a hug before doing the same to Y/n. Her face was taut with anxiety and she suddenly looked much older and weary. Several of the Order members followed behind Mum and greeted us quietly, all of us ready to go at the slightest disturbance. Among our group was Remus, Nymphadora, all of my brothers, and Harry, who looked quite pale. We made our way outside to see the growing mass of deatheaters on the other side of the bridge being held back by a force field. I glanced down at Y/n to memorize her beautiful face, which was also quite pale, but her jaw was set in determination. We drew our wands and got into position as we saw Voldemort appear on a hill above his followers. Even from this distance I could see the proud and malicious grin that covered his face. He raised his wand and a green light shot from the tip of it, weakening the barrier around us. He did this several more times as Flitwick tried to maintain the stability of the barrier, but he was no match.

The barrier fizzled and disappeared and there was a moment of silence before the first spells were cast. Mass chaos ensued and Y/n tried desperately hard to hold to me. I fought as hard as I could to protect her because I couldn't bear to lose her.Halfway through the battle, Y/n and I were split up. As I searched for her, I cast spells and maimed anyone who tried to get in my way. Suddenly, Nymphadora crashed into me with a crazed look in her eyes and she held onto my jacket as she asked "Have you seen Remus?""No, I haven't. Have you seen Y/n?" She shook her head before she let go of me and hurried off. I heard a shout farther down the hallway and hurried towards it, instantly met by the sight of Percy battling a deatheater. I rushed to my brother's side and helped him as we began to corner the man. In an act of desperation, the man shot a spell at the wall behind us, causing it to explode. As I turned, I saw a glimpse of death in the corner before I felt something heavy hit me and the world went dark.

Y/n's POV

The fighting had begun to lull, which allowed us to gather our injured and dead. As I walked along the wrecked hallways, searching for anyone that needed help, I also searched for Fred. I hadn't seen him in a while and I had a bad feeling building up in my gut, which was confirmed by someone shouting "Y/n!" I turned to see Percy hurrying towards me with panic written across his face. "Come with me, something happened." That was all I needed to hear as I took off running with Percy. He didn't need to tell me who it was. When we reached the Great Hall, he led me over to a group of people huddled around some stretchers. As we approached, some of the people parted from one stretcher and what I saw made me stop.FreddieI hurried to him and knelt by his side. I felt hot tears begin to slide down my face as I looked at Fred's still face, his eyes closed. I grabbed his hand and held it to my face as I cried out "No, Freddie, please don't do this, please don't leave me!" A second later, George was on his other side, tears running down his face as well.

Then Fred groaned out and his eyes opened slightly before he said "Y/n, I need to tell you something.""No, Fred, don't say anything, it's going to be okay.""No, listen to me. Do you remember that day where you had that horrible accident during Quiditch and we didn't know if you were going to be okay?" I nodded my head and motioned for him to continue. "Well, death visited me and said he would bring you back from the brink if I let him have my life sooner.""Fred I think you were seeing things.""No I wasn't. I made a deal with him because it was too early for you to go and then you came back as soon as he left." I felt more tears forming as I asked "Why would you do that? It's too early for you to be going, either, and I can't let you go.""I wanted to give you more time and more to hold on to when I left. I love you so much Y/n." He said as he began to run his fingers through my hair. "No, Fred, you can't do that. I won't let you!""You have to, my love. Just know how strong you are and how much I love you." He turned to George and said "Thanks for all the great pranks, brother. Keep it up and take care of her, would you?" George nodded tearfully and Fred smiled up at him before his eyes closed and I felt his hand go limp in mine."Fred!" I all but shouted, panic beginning to rise up inside of me. "No, please come back! Please Freddie, I need you." I choked out the last part as I felt the tears coming faster and sobs wracked my body. I felt George pull me in for a hug, but I still clung to Fred's lifeless hand. My Freddie was gone.