Drabble: To Watch over You
Never thought that I'd write Harry/ Pansy as the main pairing, but here I am participating in pphp_ldws. The prompts for Challenge Two sounds pretty tough to me. Uhm, should I use my skip then? Anyway, glad that I've survived Challenge One, which is a huge success considering how good the other drabbles are :)
Title: To Watch over You
Author:leopion
Word Count: 377
Rating: PG
Warning: AU. Character death.
‘Lumos,’ whispered Harry, using the light to check his watch for the fifth time.
‘Harry, she’ll be alright. Please, do get some sleep.’
‘Stop it, Hermione,’ he said wryly, his eyes not leaving the emerald dial. ‘Don’t pretend that you’re not worrying for him, too.’
Hermione didn’t answer, leaving Harry once again dwelling in his musing. The three silver words were still glinting in the wand light, keeping him restless. He had to admit that in the world they lived, everyone could be considered ‘in grave danger’. But staying at Hogwarts, being a Slytherin and a pureblood, she was supposed to be safer than most. Or so he had thought.
Sighing heavily, he extinguished his wand and tried to lure himself into sleep. After all, Pansy hadn’t insisted on him bringing this watch so that he would spend time worrying about her. ‘A watch for me to watch over you,’ she had said, ‘and one for you to remember that I’ll always be waiting.’ But would she be able to? The question still haunted him while he finally drifted off.
***
‘Where is Potter? What is he up to?’ Lucius Malfoy’s snarl was followed by a sharp crack as another whip met the exposed flesh.
‘Do you have trouble hearing?’ she sneered back from the ground. ‘I said I don’t know.’
‘Potter leaving without a word to his precious girlfriend?’ he hissed in outrage. ‘Who do you think you’re fooling, Miss Parkinson? Answer me! Where is he?’
‘Never!’
‘Crucio!’
The new torrent of pain hit Pansy with its mighty force, brutal and overwhelming. Incredibly, a victorious smile was still adorning her face. As long as she could feel the icy touch of ruby and metal clinging to her wrist, she knew he was safe. She had told him she wouldn’t hesitate giving up all her money in Gringotts merely to ensure that fact, but the precise truth she kept only to herself: she wouldn’t hesitate even if it was her life she had to sacrifice.
***
A sudden jolt in the arm woke Harry up from his sleep. He lit his wand, this time only to find millions of tiny emerald crystals gleaming at him, beautiful yet merciless: the watch was scattered into pieces, and so was Harry’s heart.
Title: To Watch over You
Author:leopion
Word Count: 377
Rating: PG
Warning: AU. Character death.
‘Lumos,’ whispered Harry, using the light to check his watch for the fifth time.
‘Harry, she’ll be alright. Please, do get some sleep.’
‘Stop it, Hermione,’ he said wryly, his eyes not leaving the emerald dial. ‘Don’t pretend that you’re not worrying for him, too.’
Hermione didn’t answer, leaving Harry once again dwelling in his musing. The three silver words were still glinting in the wand light, keeping him restless. He had to admit that in the world they lived, everyone could be considered ‘in grave danger’. But staying at Hogwarts, being a Slytherin and a pureblood, she was supposed to be safer than most. Or so he had thought.
Sighing heavily, he extinguished his wand and tried to lure himself into sleep. After all, Pansy hadn’t insisted on him bringing this watch so that he would spend time worrying about her. ‘A watch for me to watch over you,’ she had said, ‘and one for you to remember that I’ll always be waiting.’ But would she be able to? The question still haunted him while he finally drifted off.
***
‘Where is Potter? What is he up to?’ Lucius Malfoy’s snarl was followed by a sharp crack as another whip met the exposed flesh.
‘Do you have trouble hearing?’ she sneered back from the ground. ‘I said I don’t know.’
‘Potter leaving without a word to his precious girlfriend?’ he hissed in outrage. ‘Who do you think you’re fooling, Miss Parkinson? Answer me! Where is he?’
‘Never!’
‘Crucio!’
The new torrent of pain hit Pansy with its mighty force, brutal and overwhelming. Incredibly, a victorious smile was still adorning her face. As long as she could feel the icy touch of ruby and metal clinging to her wrist, she knew he was safe. She had told him she wouldn’t hesitate giving up all her money in Gringotts merely to ensure that fact, but the precise truth she kept only to herself: she wouldn’t hesitate even if it was her life she had to sacrifice.
***
A sudden jolt in the arm woke Harry up from his sleep. He lit his wand, this time only to find millions of tiny emerald crystals gleaming at him, beautiful yet merciless: the watch was scattered into pieces, and so was Harry’s heart.