Scotophase (Light In Darkness Book 3)

Bad Memories

Trigger Warning- this chapter will go into more detail about SA, please be careful.  

Harry rode the train to Hogwarts with his friends and Remus who was out cold because of the full moon the night before, it always took a lot out if the man. "So Remus is the new DADA teacher?" Draco asked.

"Yep! Finally a DADA teacher who won't try to kill me." Harry joked. "He knows I'm smart but I'm going to show him just how smart. I'm going to make him proud."

"You've both said that." Luna said looking up from her Care of Magical Creatures book. "Draco wants to make Snape proud of him and you Remus."

"You don't want people make people around you proud?" Harry asked her.

"That's different my dad says he's proud of me all the time, it's my Mom I want approval from." Luna said just a tad sad.

"I get that." Harry said. "But I'm sure she's proud of you."

Draco suddenly had a thought. "Luna you haven't eaten all day, are you okay?" He asked.

Luna looked up eyes wide then she smiled. "Oh, I'll be ok. I had a big breakfast."

Before they could say anything the train stopped, then the lights went out, and next everything seemed to freeze over. "What's going on?" Draco wondered aloud.

"Nothing good." Harry said drawing his wand.

"Agreed, I have a bad feeling about this." Luna whispered and that's when they saw it, a dark shadowy figure. "A dementor."

"Luna back up!" Harry yelled pulling the girl behind him, causing the creature to turn its attention to the kids in the compartment.

It was Hell. Harry thought Dementors made you relive your worst memories he had read about them. It wasn't the feeling of his body as cold as ice which felt as if it would never be warm again, it was the memories, memories Harry didn't remember first it was his mother, the night Voldemort killed her and his family then it was the summer, the event Harry couldn't even stand to label, hands all over him, blurred faces and voices. "Never been paid off for a rape before." Said one man. "Apparently the boys family was paid off too." then a crueler voice spoke up. "But cash is cash."

"Harry, Harry, Harry wake up they're gone. Are you okay, cub?" 

Harry pressed his back against the compartment wall. "No, no, no, no, don't touch me. Don't touch me! Don't fucking touch me!" Harry said holding his wand, though he wasn't sure who he was yelling at.

"Harry, my name is Remus Lupin-Black, I'm your godfather. The date is September 1st and you're on the train to Hogwarts. You're safe." Remus said pressing chocolate and his glasses into the boy's hand. Then he turned to Draco and Luna. "How is she?"

Draco looked up. "She saw her mum die when she was nine and just relived it so I'd say not good." The blonde snapped.

"Are you okay?" Remus asked Draco.

"Spoiled rich kid. Hardly anything goes wrong for me." Draco said, trying to joke while looking at the scars across his hands. "What about Harry?"

"He'll be okay. Dementors bring out the worst and he's had a lot of that in his life." Remus said handing Draco more chocolate. "You and Luna eat it, it'll help." Remus opened the compartment door, to go talk to the conductor.

"This years gonna suck." Draco muttered to himself, helping Luna eat the chocolate and keeping a close eye on Harry who was still sitting on the floor eating the candy bar and fidgeting with an emerald necklace, that the Malfoy heir hand no idea where it had come from. 

A/N- so this was late for 2 reasons, 1 I was working on my Owl House fanfic and 2, all my notes disappeared I keep them in a notebook and just couldn't find them. Also I struggled to spell chocolate so much through this chapter, lmfao. And, whats wrong with Luna?