Halloween Gift for Unbroken_halo
Gift for: unbroken_halo
From: l3petitemort
Title: Cornered
Characters: Harry, Neville, & a surprise guest
Rating: PG13
Summary: Post-war, Harry & Neville encounter a new kind of horror
Notes: You told me to have fun, unbroken_halo, so fun I had! I hope it suits your fancy.
"Harry," Neville whispered, edging his shoulder harder into Harry's and brandishing his wand in a shaky fist, "I don't think I'm so good at this."
The reply was a low hiss through Harry's teeth. "Fine time to figure that out. Brilliant. You cut the head off a sodding Horcrux, and you can't..."
"That was different! This is..." Neville stumbled over his words as his feet tangled with Harry's, and they went arse-over-teakettle into the wall, landing with a thud.
"Shite," Harry muttered. "Now you've done it. Backed us into a corner. Elementary Auror stuff, that. You never..."
"You're the Auror!" Neville crouched low to the ground, his heart thudding away in his chest. "You do something!" His eyes went wide in abject terror as Harry held out his wand in a defensive stance.
The tall, slender shadow looming over them advanced, arms outstretched. Not since Voldemort's tinny voice had rattled the windows of Hogwarts had fear this cold dripped down their necks.
"Oh, for fuck's sake!" Ginny cried, her face screwing up into a glare foretelling her infamous bat-bogey hex. "It's just a bloody cake!" Then, after a pause, "Let me guess. Charlie told you about his birthday, didn't he?"