𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐋𝐘 𝐉𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐒 - 𝐃.𝐌.

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2 weeks later

Savanna and I stand outside the doors to the great hall. We've been debating whether it's a good idea to walk in or not. No one knows Savanna is alive except for me and everyone at the manor.

Everyone is eating dinner, it's the first day back. We arrived last, of course. We didn't know saying bye to Hiraeth would take so long.

I squeeze Savanna's hand and nudge her. She knows she's going to have a lot of attention on her. She's not really looking forward to it.

The whole story of Savanna's situation during the battle is very difficult to explain. I don't expect many people to understand.

I look over at her and watch her think. I love the way she furrows her eyebrows when she concentrates. I can tell she's deep in thought.

"Let's just get it over with." I whisper.

She takes a deep breath and nods. I knock on the doors and they immediately open magically. And just as we suspected, everyone looks right at Savanna.

A few students put their hands over their mouths, and a couple whisper to each other. Some just stare blankly. But the most noticeable of them all, is Blaise and Teila running towards us.

Blaise wraps his arms around Savanna right as he tries to stop running. He almost knocks her over. "Mouse?" He asks, out of breath.

"It's me, Blaise. I'm alive." Savanna says.

Teila pulls Blaise off of her. "Move, it's my turn." Then she hugs Savanna too. "Are you real?" She asks.

"As real as I can get." Savanna laughs.

"You've got a lot of explaining to do." Blaise says.

"It's not a very short story. I'll tell you about it when i'm not being watched by the whole school." Savanna says.

Blaise pushes all of us out of the great hall and into the hallway. "How's Hiraeth? I know she's older now."

"She's a handful. But the best handful i've ever had to deal with." Savanna says.

Teila grabs Savanna's hand. "C'mon, we don't have class tonight. Let's get you unpacked, you can tell me everything too."

Suddenly Teila is walking away with the love of my life. I'm not sure I like that. Well, I haven't been separated from her for two weeks straight. Maybe this is a good thing? I suppose i'm just overthinking.

Blaise grabs my forearm. "So the women left us. You're coming with me, then."

I walk with Blaise all the way to the common room, which is thankfully put back together, and also empty.

We sit down on the couch. "Please tell me... how is she alive after being stabbed in the heart? And after being buried?" Blaise asks.

"The Savanna you saw stabbed in the heart, wasn't really Savanna." I explain. "Her mother took her away, and gave a Death Eater a polyjuice potion, and made her sacrifice herself, making it look like Savanna died. She did this to lock Savanna away and never let her see me or Hiraeth again. Her mother wanted her to use her powers, so she was trying all this time to get Savanna to crack, but she never did. She got tortured and abused. This happened for two full years before her father found her and ended up killing her mother."

I get a little teary eyed speaking about it.

Blaise furrows his eyebrows and shakes his head. "God, that's awful. Is she okay?"

"She's been through absolute hell. I think she's alright, but then again, she's really good at pretending that everything is okay."

Blaise pauses. "Wait. Please tell me you didn't bury the corpse in that ring."

I pull the box out of my pocket. "I wasn't taking any chances." I say with a slight smirk. "I was gonna save it for RaeBae when she got older."

"You're just casually carrying that around?" Blaise questions.

"I'm waiting for the right moment."

"At least you kept it, it must've costed a fortune."

I sigh. "It sure did. But I don't mind, it's for her."

"So what's gonna happen after you're done with school?" He asks.

"Well, Savanna and I will get married at some point, and my parents are passing the manor down to me when they die. I expect we'll just live there with them.  The manor is big, my parent's rooms are on the other end of the house, so I suppose it'll work out just fine."

Blaise smiles. "You gonna have anymore babies?"

I laugh. "I promised Savanna two more. But she told me we can't start... making them until after our wedding."

"Does she want it to be special or something?" He asks.

"I guess, but it's hard to wait when all I wanna do is love on her."

"Understandable, especially when it's been so long. I can't even imagine how you must've felt when you saw her after all that time." He says.

"I thought I was seeing things at first. I would have dreams like that where she would come home but then I would wake up and I knew it was all in my head. I seriously can't function properly without her."

"That's how it is with Teila. She's my person. I never thought I would fall for a Hufflepuff, but she completes me."

I'm so happy to see Blaise happy. He deserves love, especially when he has so much to give. When I was grieving and feeling weak these past two years, he would send me letters checking up on me and asking how I was. No one else did, but Blaise did. He's always been there for me, even when I was being a total bitch and didn't deserve it.

Savanna Holcombe:

"How are you okay?" Teila asks me. "I mean, seriously."

"I guess I just have some people I need to be okay for, even if i'm not."

She furrows her eyebrows. "Savanna, you don't have to pretend for people. Especially Draco, he loves you so much. He would want you to tell him."

I shrug. "I just get embarrassed. I hate making everything about me when there are more important things going on."

She shakes her head. "Well, sometimes everything has to be about you. You were locked away for two years fighting with your mother. You were abused and trapped and everyone thought you were dead, then your father killed your mother. You have every right not be okay and you have every right to talk about it."

"I just don't want him to worry about me."

"He's your boyfriend, it's his job to worry about you."

I've always had issues with telling people how I feel. Especially if i'm feeling bad. I need to tell Draco that i'm feeling way less than okay right now. But am I going to be able to do that when i'm face to face with him?

"Tell him, he'll understand. He loves you." Teila tells me.

I nod. "Oh and by the way, i'm so sorry you kissed that random woman on the forehead." I laugh.

"Draco kissed her on the lips, I think i'm alright." She says.