#5: Hedwig
I’ll be completely honest. My fondness for Hedwig skyrocketed after Deathly Hallows when within the first pages, J.K. decides to KILL HER OFF. I was devastated. That’s when you knew **** was getting serious. You don’t kill off the ****ing owl. You never do realize what you have until it’s gone. Then you remember all the good times that you’ve had. And she’s so ****ing smart. She goes to Hermione’s for Harry’s 13th birthday. I mean what other pet would do that for you?! And all those dead rodents. I wanted to see Harry bawling when it happened.
And with time to reflect, Hedwig’s death was definitely the saddest in the entire serious. No joke.
#4: Severus Snape
Probably the second saddest death. I’m a sucker for romantic failure stories. That entire ****ing chapter man.