A/N This is an entry for Flourish's challenge.

And Before Me...

A dull pounding fills my head, driving out every other emotion. I can only think of avengement. To avenge the ones that he has ruined, killed. I am on a muggle street with some force driving me to find him and avenge the people who are now dead. I pass a gaudy sign, "Bob's Horticulture Centre". It is irrelevant.

Then, he appears. He is sobbing something, but what does that matter? I raise my wand, and there is a flash of green light. He is gone, but not by my hand.

And before me, the "Horticulture Centre" sign hangs crookedly...