𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔

Intertwined Minds

This is a short chapter for me. When writing this writer's block hit hard for a few days and I lost all thought and ideas, so please be nice, lol :) But this chapter will start a new beginning and open a lot of doors for some characters.

Without further ado, I present: INTERTWINED MINDS (WC: 5,335)

As with my mouth as dry as a desert, I make my way downstairs to get a glass of water and I see Aunt Bella sitting in the library, so I make my way to her. "Aunt Bella, what're you doing in here?" She looks up from the glass of fire whiskey she's holding, "Hey Draco, I just needed a drink and some time to think. What're you doing up at this bloody hour?"

"I was getting some water. I know it's late, but I was wondering something." I gesture. She pats the empty spot next to her on the velvet couch, "What's on your mind? Is it about earlier?" My eyes glance down, "When you were using the legilimency on Sky, I could hear her thoughts. I could hear her internal screams for you to stop. I could feel her fighting you off. Why was that happening?"

Aunt Bella's eyes jolted up towards mine, and she couldn't believe what I just said. She turned a paled alabaster color than she already is.

"You could hear her thoughts while I was in her mind?" I bow my head in affirmation, "It's been happening for a while, but I really didn't pay it any attention until today. I don't even try. It just happens. When Mattheo Gaunt grabbed her waist, I could hear her internal cries, I heard her thoughts and the start of her panic attack, so I ran back into her. She thought it was me grabbing her waist because I do that a lot. Why is this happening? Also, can we do a little more training, just me and you?"

"Not many people can hear the thoughts of others, but you saved her Draco. Of course we can. Muffliato. Now let's get started." Aunt Bella started, "Legilimens."

At that moment I can feel her in my memories, I try to push her out. I can feel the excruciating pain run through my stiff body as I try to fight her out. She sees memories of when we were smaller, and I pushed Sky out of the tree because it was my tree to climb. Seeing her and Adrian in the Astronomy Tower that night, the first time I kissed her, and she slapped the shit out of me. As much as I scream, I know no one can hear me due to the muffliato charm on the library. I keep fighting her off.

Why did I ask her for an extra lesson? When she uses her Legilimency, it feels like her nails are digging into my brain, picking each and every memory that I have ever had. As she keeps on, I can sense something or someone else near. When out of nowhere the clawing at my memories came to a halt and I hear screaming.

"DRACO! OH MY MERLIN! ARE YOU OKAY?!" It's Sky's voice. I can feel Aunt Bellatrix moving my limp body to the couch and I feel Sky sit on the floor, moving my hair out of my face, hearing her holding her tears back. I grab her hand, "I'm fine princess. I just wanted a little more practice. What're you doing up?"

Her beautiful eyes glassed over from the tears look into mine, "I.. I heard you screaming. It woke me up—" My mouth slightly drops, eyes turning toward Aunt Bella, her having the same vacant expression on her face, knowing that she muffliato'd the room moments before using legilimency on me. Very curious and worrisome. "—I got worried about you, so I had to come find you."

Aunt Bella, with slight hesitation, "Sky— I muffliato'd the room before we started, so you couldn't have heard him. Are you sure you weren't dreaming?"

Dreaming? Seriously?

"No! I wasn't dreaming; I heard Draco screaming and crying! I'm not fucking crazy!" Sky starts to shake, like she's having a panic attack like she did in second year when I was making her life hell.