Remus woke up to screaming. It took him a few seconds to recognize it as Draco's. He figured Draco was having a nightmare, but saw that he was backing up against the cage.
"Draco, what's wrong?" He could see nothing there that would cause Draco to freak out, but it must have been something. Remus dashed up against the cage bars.
"Get away from the cage. Draco!" What the hell was going on with Draco? Remus could change at any time and Draco was dangerously close--Remus didn't know whether to stay near the cage and keep screaming to get Draco's attention or stay as far away as he possibly could.
The specters of his parents were still looming over him, so Draco pressed himself even more tightly against the cage. "noo ... stay away ... ah Gods, ah Gods, what have you done to meeee? Give it back, give my magic baaaack!!!"
He was now openly sobbing, and clearly not hearing a word Remus had said.
Remus patted his pockets for a wand, but then spotted it on the ground outside the cage. He tried focusing all his energy or chi or whatever on the cage, trying to make it disappear along with the rope.
"Come on, come on," he chanted until the rope and the bars around him magically disappeared. He rushed to Draco, who wasn't that far away, and slapped him.
"Snap out of it!"
A spasm ran through his body and he willed himself--however futile it was--to not change into a werewolf.
Draco seemed to not even register the slap, because he was too busy trying to stay away from the ghosts. But instead of touching him, his dead parents recoiled a little as Remus rushed to their son's side. Seeing this, Draco turned and burrowed into Remus' chest, seeing protection from the specters.
"So is that how it is?" The Malfoy sneer was prominent on Lucius' face. "Not only do you not care for your family any more, but you also reject everything we've ever stood for, and you've taken up with this- this *filth*??"
"No, no it isn't like that I swear ..." Draco sobbed as he flinched away from his father's anger and clutched Remus even more tightly to himself. "Just please ... give me back my magic ... please, I'll do anything ..." He trembled as he clung to Remus, the knuckles of his hand white where they clenched on his wand and Remus' robe front.
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"Draco, what's wrong?" He could see nothing there that would cause Draco to freak out, but it must have been something. Remus dashed up against the cage bars.
"Get away from the cage. Draco!" What the hell was going on with Draco? Remus could change at any time and Draco was dangerously close--Remus didn't know whether to stay near the cage and keep screaming to get Draco's attention or stay as far away as he possibly could.
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He was now openly sobbing, and clearly not hearing a word Remus had said.
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"Come on, come on," he chanted until the rope and the bars around him magically disappeared. He rushed to Draco, who wasn't that far away, and slapped him.
"Snap out of it!"
A spasm ran through his body and he willed himself--however futile it was--to not change into a werewolf.
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"So is that how it is?" The Malfoy sneer was prominent on Lucius' face. "Not only do you not care for your family any more, but you also reject everything we've ever stood for, and you've taken up with this- this *filth*??"
"No, no it isn't like that I swear ..." Draco sobbed as he flinched away from his father's anger and clutched Remus even more tightly to himself. "Just please ... give me back my magic ... please, I'll do anything ..." He trembled as he clung to Remus, the knuckles of his hand white where they clenched on his wand and Remus' robe front.
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