The Consequence Of Power

Patronus

It had been five months since she had seen Draco. The past five months had been really hard, she missed Draco, she missed Severus, his funeral was beautiful, she was asked to grow flowers for his service, she could barley go through the whole service without breaking down. She wished Draco was there, to go through it with her like he did when her parents died, Draco was so supportive of her, well he was. He was always there when she was alone, but this time he wasn't there for her, to save her from herself. "Rhiannon are you alright?" Hermione nudged her at the table, she snapped out of her thoughts "What?" She looked over at Hermione "You're thinking about him again, aren't you?
"What are you on about?" She picked at her food on her plate "Draco, I know it still hurts that he is gone but, it's been five months, I'm worried about you" She fixated her eyes at the wall in front of her "Hermione you don't understand. I liked him, well I don't know if I did, it's so confusing still, but I just feel so guilty for everything, he should be here still"
"Rhiannon, I know, I told you this millions of times but it's not your fault, maybe it's best if he left since he is a death eater now, and could cause issues for the school"
"That's the thing, I want to see him as that, but I cant" She looked back at her plate
"But, you can't trust death eaters, you never know with them, they can't be trusted, I understand you two shared a moment or a few moments together but you never know if it was real."
"I know" She started to overthink everything her and Draco did together all over again, was everything real between them? She thought. Did he really like her or was it just a plan to get close to her. Draco was different she liked to tell herself that, but her and him could never be anything other than the opposite, it would never work, after all, they were now strangers, almost like they never met. After breakfast it was time for class. Her and Hermione walked to potions class, it still didn't feel the same without Severus, she never got used to it. Everything felt off, even though it was a normal school day."Hello students, how are we all feeling today" Professor Slughorn walked in, he was a very goofy man, he always had to giggle after everything he said "Why does he always sound like he's out of breath" Hermione whispered to her "I thought that to" She giggled and pulled out her sketchbook and started to doodle. She looked over to where Draco would be sitting if he were there, she stared for a few seconds, then flipped the page and started drawing Draco sitting in the chair across the room, it also didn't feel the same with him not there. "Is that-" Hermione peeked over her shoulder, quickly Rhiannon flipped the page to hide the drawing "No, don't be so nosey" She snapped, even though Hermione was right "I swear, I saw you drawing Draco"
"Well, I wasn't"
"Alright, jeez" She continued reading, smiling to herself. Rhiannon knew Hermione wanted her to get over him but she just couldn't. She flipped the page back over and finished the drawing, and then something started glowing in the corner of her eye, she looked behind her and saw a peacock, but it was glowing blue, sort of an apparition of a peacock. She looked around the room to see if anyone else was seeing what she was seeing, but no one dod. She looked back at it and it walked out of the classroom, she felt like she should follow it. She shot her hand up "Professor, may I use the lavatory?"
"Will you be fast Miss Black?"
"Yes Professor" She was already out the door, and saw it walk down the corridor then disappears behind the corner. She quickly rushed down the hall, seeing the peacock go through the front doors, she ran out the doors as it led her outside toward the forest, where her and Draco were that night it all happened, this was odd, why was it taking her here. She watched the peacock stand still in the middle of the wooded area, then vanish in thin air. She walked up to where it was last standing and saw a red rose lying on the ground. She tilted her head in confusion then picked it up and smelt it. When she smelt it she got a vision of Draco, she saw him just smiling at her, this had to be from him. This was the only thing of him she had seen since that night. She smiled to herself and laughed, not being able to take the rose away from her nose. She walked back into the school and headed back to class, sitting at her desk "Hermione look"
"A rose?"
"Yes, I don't know if you will believe me but I saw an apparition of a peacock, it was all blue and glowing, it led out to the forest and I found a rose"
"A Patronus?" Hermione closed her book "What is that?"
"It is a form of advanced magic that comes from your happiest memories, it is blue and glows, just like you saw I assume"
"I think it was Draco" Rhiannon smiled "Draco doesn't have a Patronus, he was never able to cast it and Rhiannon it might not be from him okay"
"But when I smelled the rose I saw Draco"
"Like a vision?"
"Yes, it was him, smiling at me"
"It might be possible but I highly doubt he has any happy memories"
"I won't get my hopes up, but I'm certain it was him, do you think I could cast a Patronus?"
"Yes but you need a happy memory that sticks with you"
"Well, I do not have many but can think of a few"
"We can try after class if you want?"
"I don't know, Im kind of nervous" She picked at her nails "Don't be, nothing bad will happen"
"Okay, I guess we can try, what is your Patronus?"
"An otter, very intelligent, loyal, and loving of nature" Hermione stuck her chin in the air, proud of her patronus "Awe cute, I hope mine is something cute but also badass"
"Well, they also are based on your personality"
"I know but still, imagine a dragon or something"
"Alright students that is the end of the lesson, we will finish the study tomorrow" Slughorn shouted to the class. She quickly gathered her books and held onto the rose so it wouldn't get wrecked. Her and Hermione headed to the forest so she could practise casting a Patronus."Hermione how exactly do I do this?"
"Well, take out your wand, close your eyes and think about a happy memory, when you got it open your eyes and say "Expecto Patronum" that is it, but make sure you say it very clearly"
"Okay" She closed her eyes and held up her wand, she thought hard and deeply, the only thing that kept coming to mind was her and Draco's first kiss, she held onto the rose in the other hand. She opened her eyes "I got it"
"Okay now cast the spell, make sure you pay attention to your memory, don't lose focus or it won't work"
"Okay" She took a deep breath, replaying the kiss in her head. She also tried to feel the feelings she felt toward Draco, the butterflies, the shivers he gives her when he smiled, everything he did, she thought of. "Expecto Patronum" Some blue light came from the wand but it went away as she got to carried away by looking instead of focusing
"Again, focus harder" Hermione said, she played the night over in her head of the build-up of the kiss, when they danced together, then him confessing his feelings, then the kiss, the kiss was really the thing that made her feel real happiness. She grasped the rose harder."Expecto Patronum!" Blue light glowed from the wand and a creature formed from the blue light, a Thestral appeared. A huge smile formed on her face. She did feel a connection to those creatures. She lost focus, the patronus slowly faded away.
"Wow, a Thestral, those are extremely rare, but also are very powerful, Im not surprised" Hermione hugged her and they walked deeper into the forest."Let me guess, you thought of Draco"
"No" She blushed and closed her eyes "You did, hey, I won't take offence, I thought you meeting me would make you happy" Hermione giggled "Oh stop, meeting you was a huge part"
"Really?"
"Yes, you showed me a real friendship"
"Awe, thank you"
"I wish I could show you a friend I met in this forest, Ezra"
"Who is that?"
"She is a Thestral I met a while ago"
"Oh, I won't be able to see her"
"I know, It would be nice, but hopefully you don't, It's pretty here when it is winter, all the snow on the trees, the water is frozen, it's peaceful"
"I agree, it is pretty, I would love to just live out here in a little house or something with my husband, have babies, live free you know"
"Who, with Ron?" Rhiannon giggled "Oh stop, but hopefully yeah, I like him Rhiannon"
"Why don't you go for it"
"I don't know, I'm terrified he will say no"
"He must be dumb to say no to you, you are simply too good for him then" Rhiannon lifted her chin "I think me and him are different people, he is sorta dumb and immature, but that's what makes me so attracted to him" That made her jealous of how Hermione could say that, they were the same person basically and at least Ron wasn't a death eater who had a father who tried to kill her. She just wished all she had to worry about was Draco rejecting her.