The Consequence Of Power

Ball Of Light

Rhiannon figured she wasn't going to get a response so she went straight to bed, as she laid there still wondering who that secret writer was, could someone be watching her wondered, who ever it was must be a kind person. During the night I woke up, got out of bed and decided to go for a walk. I grabbed a lantern to begin my walk. I found myself walking near the Great Hall and saw something odd, the door slightly opened and there was a bright light shining from the crack of the door. I walked closer, slowly opening the door, the light got too bright to handle, and it took over my whole eyesight. Rhiannon jolted awake, sweating like crazy, it was just a dream she told herself or was it something serious. She quickly stood up and grabbed a lantern, trying to remember the steps she had taken in her dream to lead her to the Great Hall. She was starting to wonder what would happen if she got there and saw this mysterious light, there probably would be nothing, as it was just a dream she told herself over and over to try and get over the anxiety she was feeling. There was a feeling that this was the right way, as she got closer and felt a strong connection to the direction she was going, there was light shining on the floor from the bottom of the door, she approached even closer, seeing the Great Hall lit up, she opened the door, it got so much brighter, it was so bright she slowly walked in with her eyes squinted, not thinking if this was safe or not. As she approached the ball of light in the middle of the Great Hall, it was a small ball that was shining white, it had a sparkle to it, it looked beautiful. It started to whisper to her, it kept saying her name, over and over, and something deep inside told her not to touch it but she couldn't resist from its beauty. Her hand started to rise and reach out for it, as her hand was about to touch it there were footsteps behind her "Rhiannon, no!" A man's voice yelled, she looked back for a split second and saw someone running toward her, but it was too late. Her finger touched the ball of light. It shot down her throat, suffocating her almost instantly. Her body started to levitate and her eyes went solid white, there was no sight coming from her solid white eyes. Her throat got tighter and tighter, she felt defenceless and tried to fight it out of her but didn't know how to save herself, let alone use her powers yet, if she even had any. As the pain got worse, she felt herself fading away, slowly her heart beat slowed down and her breathing started to stop. "Fight it....Rhiannon," The man told her as he stayed his distance in case this got any worse than it already has. He was terrified of what he was seeing, she could sense that. She eventually built up the strength to put her hands in fists, trying to push whatever this was out of her. The pain was excruciating and her body started to turn white from this mysterious light that was trying to kill her. He stood there in shock, feeling terrible because he couldn't save her, he had to stand there and watch as she was dying. The tightness in her throat started to loosen up so she kept pushing the power through her body until there was nothing left to give anymore, all of a sudden she let out a scream, so loud it shook the room, it broke all the windows and all the tables flew to either side of the room, the man slide across the floor and hit his back into a table, the ball of light flew out of her mouth and Rhiannon instantly collapsed onto the floor, unconscious. He got up and grabbed a cup and plate that were unbroken and ran toward the ball of light, trapping it inside the cup. The sound of her scream had woken up almost everyone in the castle, He sat on the floor holding the ball of light in the cup, he heard the hisses and snares the light was giving, he could barley look at it, the brightness was too much. He just placed it on the floor and moved over to the unconscious girl she was on the floor to check for a pulse, she was alive. Rhiannon was covered in sweat, blood had leaked from her nose, her eyes and ears, it seemed like death was near. He sighed with relief. Dumbledore and all the other professors entered the Great Hall in their pj's confused about what had just happened "Severus is she alive? what happened?" Dumbledore asked as he ran toward Severus on the ground with her, holding her head up off the cold blood soaked floor "Yes she is...alive" Severus responded "What happened here?" McGonagall walked closer with a lantern in her hand, holding it down to see the scene "I had a feeling something was wrong and I walked past and noticed this...light, I opened the door and saw Rhiannon in front of that ball of light...I captured in there" Severus pointed to the cup covered by the plate "And...it completely took over her, suffocating her, trying to...kill her" Severus's voice trembled with fear "How did she fight it off?" McGonagall asked, covering her mouth in disbelief "I told her to fight it off and all of a sudden she was covered in glowing...white...veins, a lot like...lighting and eventually she pushed it out of her body, I had never seen something like this, and I didn't think she would make it," Severus looked down at her again, but this time he had a comforting smile like he was was willing to protect her with his life. Students started to pile into the Great Hall curiously, students pushed their way through but the Professors were blocking the view of her unconscious body. "Students, please go back to your common rooms, everything is alright here" McGonagall tried to round up all the students and push them out of the room so they don't see."Severus take her to the hospital wing and watch over her until she wakes up, then bring her to my office. If she asks questions, answer them, she deserves to know. I didn't think her powers would progress so quickly," Dumbledore grabbed the trapped ball of light and left. Severus swished his wand, making her levitate in the air, he walked out of the Great Hall with her body floating behind him, her limbs dangling and her hair almost grazing the floor.

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Draco woke up from hearing the most ear-piercing scream coming from somewhere in the castle, all the Slytherins left to go see what it was. He walked down the corridors with everyone else, some people were lost from not knowing where the scream came from. Eventually everyone piled around the Great Hall and all he knew was that it was a girl's scream, it wasn't a normal scream, it sounded like whoever possessed that scream was in pain, a scream of death. He pushed his way to the front to see who it was and if she was alive "Hey, Draco I bet it's the mud blood, one of the ghosts probably spooked her into shock," Goyle giggled but Draco ignored his arrogance."Students, please go back to your common rooms, everything is alright!" As McGonagall tried to get all the students to leave, he wasn't having it, he walked down the hall and found a hiding spot so he could report anything he needed to his father of course. As he waited, be couldn't hear anything very well so be tried to creep closer to the door to hear what was going on. "I had a feeling something was wrong and I walked past and noticed this light, I opened the door and saw Rhiannon in front of that ball of light I captured in there" Draco heard Severus say to Dumbledore. Draco froze when he heard her name, suddenly worry was all he felt, worry if she was alive or even what caused this, why should he care though, she was a mud blood, a blood traitor to the magical world. He felt like be shouldn't be allowed to care, not just about her but anyone in general. Dumbledore started to walk closer to the doors with this ball of light so Draco snapped out of his thoughts and rushed down the hall, hiding around the corner so he wouldn't be spotted, Dumbledore walked in the opposite direction, his robe flowed as he rushed down the corridor, the light from inside the cup lit up the corridor, hitting the walls as he walked, Draco heard the paintings complaining about the light disturbing their sleep. Then he saw Severus walk out with her body floating behind him, she looked limp and lifeless, and his eyes froze onto her, something deep inside him wanted her to be okay. "What are you doing Draco?" He heard from behind him, he turned around quickly and saw Goyle "Nothing, what are you doing out of the common room" Draco rubbed his chin trying to distract Goyle from being nosey "Well, I can ask you the same thing Malfoy, why are you spying on Severus taking the mud blood away?"
"Can you just mind your business, you are annoying you know" He walked past Goyle, bumping into his shoulder.