A drabble for Bruno
Hermione woke up. There was a stag in her room, looking at her with unfathomable eyes. Hermione was awake in a moment, eyes wide and horrified, a scream pressing on her lips.
The scream was never uttered. The stag was standing motionless. It was enormous, the tines of its antlers reaching from one end of her room to the other, but it strangely managed to touch or dislodge nothing…
…and then Hermione knew who it was who was visiting her. Astonishment changed in her to grave, awe-struck wonder; she rose, still in her pajamas, and bowed to the great animal.
The mighty antlered head bowed in return, and suddenly the room was empty.
Later in the week she was to find out that Ron and Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, the Patil twins and the Weasley twins had all received visits.
As long as they lived, they never knew what it was about. But there were times when they felt that something large and wild walked beside them.
The scream was never uttered. The stag was standing motionless. It was enormous, the tines of its antlers reaching from one end of her room to the other, but it strangely managed to touch or dislodge nothing…
…and then Hermione knew who it was who was visiting her. Astonishment changed in her to grave, awe-struck wonder; she rose, still in her pajamas, and bowed to the great animal.
The mighty antlered head bowed in return, and suddenly the room was empty.
Later in the week she was to find out that Ron and Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, the Patil twins and the Weasley twins had all received visits.
As long as they lived, they never knew what it was about. But there were times when they felt that something large and wild walked beside them.