The Consequence Of Power

Leave This Place

Rhiannon was scared to leave this room she came across, what if they were waiting outside the room for her, even though they couldn't find the door, she was overthinking like always. She lost quite a bit of blood, but it did stop bleeding eventually as she squeezed her sleeve over the top of it. She was too frightened to look and see if it was still bleeding and she didn't want to see that word on her arm. She couldn't even remember now how many times she had been cut up by the death eaters, that was all they can do to her, they never got close to actually causing her real harm or killing her. As she sat there, she wondered what Draco was doing right now, it didn't matter what situation she was in, she always had time to think about him and wonder what he was up to. She refused to use her towers to read his thoughts or spy on him. She wondered if he was following the death eaters and causing chaos or was he still against what they were, what he was. Maybe just because he had that mark on his arm, didn't mean he was one of them on the inside. She looked back down at the diary to read more "I remember the days I was young at Hogwarts, the day I met Ezra Black, she was quite a powerful witch, she had abilities like no other, a lot like her daughter, Rhiannon, the glowing veins, random flashes of anger, being able to levitate, and many other odd gifts"  Rhiannon found out her mother was just like her, her abilities were like her mothers, why had she never been told this, why was Severus keeping all of this a secret. She needed to figure out who exactly her mother was and how she knew Severus and Lucius. She closed the diary and stood up, walking toward the big doors and hesitated to open them, terrified she would be met with the death eaters. She slowly opened the doors, peeping her head outside. She watched each direction, it was silent, dark, and eerie, you could hear a pin drop from how silent it was. She stepped out of the doors, they evaporated behind her, disappearing into the brick wall. She was now forced to walk away. She slowly creeped down the corridors, peeping behind every corner she turned, she just needed to get to the lavatory to clean her arm but first she decided to stop by Severus's office to clean it for him. The door was still slightly open, she opened the door and walked in, stepping on broken glass, the whole place was destroyed. She gently closed the door behind her. She placed the diary and her wand on his desk and started to pick up all the papers and broken glass all over the floor, she feel so upset about how they just stormed in there and treated his belongings like this, like nothing. Severus deserved better. She made sure his office was back to how it was, exactly how Severus left it. She even placed his reading glasses and tea cup back in its place, almost like he would return to it and they would sit there and have a conversation like most nights she felt scared. Oh how she missed his reassurance and his soft smiles he would give her. She pulled his chair up to his desk and took a seat. She placed her hands on the desk, she missed Severus so dearly, he was the person who had so much hope in her, he always saw the good in her even when she messed up, when things were her doing. He was her number one supporter. She started to cry as she laid her head down on his desk, she could see him in her visions, looking at her, smiling, telling her it will be okay. She closed her eyes and savoured this vision. She wished she could reverse time and save him, he died to save her and she had to live for him now, she needed to carry on his legacy of being the bravest man she met. Rhiannon fell asleep.

*

Draco stormed into his bedroom, slamming the door behind him, putting his head Into his palms. He felt so angry but relieved. He couldn't believe what he had become because of some girl, Rhiannon was making him a whole different type of obsessed. He never lost that much control before, he found himself only losing control like that when it came to Rhiannon. As he cried into his hands he saw her, her walking closer to him and embracing him, smelling her hair, oh her hair. How beautiful she was, he would do anything for her, he would die for her, kill for her. He stood up and walked into his bathroom, started the shower, stood in front of the mirror, looking at himself. He didn't recognize himself anymore, he felt so alone, scared, and hopeless. He looked down at his knuckles, they were completely purple and bloody, shattered. He remembered that time Rhiannon fixed up his knuckles, the way she wanted to help him after how mean he was to her, the way she was so proud of herself for helping someone like him, a monster. He felt like he couldn't be saved unless it was her saving him. He took off his clothes and stepped into the shower, watching the blood leak into the water, slowly going down the drain, he just stood there with his head under the water. The water rolled off his eyelashes, running down his arms, feeling the stinging on his knuckles. His tears mixed with the shower water, his face was blank. After his shower, he wrapped a towel around his waist. As he got dressed and ready for bed he heard a knock on his door "Come in" It was his mother. She walked in and closed the door, quietly "Son, there are some things I would like to say. I am sorry for what you are going through, you do not deserve this life, you are miserable here, I can see it, and your father was terrible to you, that is why I came up here, to tell you to leave, go be with the person who makes you happy, Rhiannon" Her eyes started to tear up, but her face was still red from crying before hand "But mother, I can't, if I go back Rhiannon will be at risk"
"Dear, she already was at risk, even when you left, I want you to live the life you deserve, grow happy with her and create your own family, experience the life you don't have here" He didn't know if he should go to her "What about you? what if you get in trouble for telling me this?"
"Draco, don't worry about me, I will always put you first, I want you to be happy, I am your mother and I want to be better and finally be the mother I should of been all those years"
"I can't go, she is safer away from me"
"Draco, she needs you and you need her, she needs someone to protect her like you did all those times that you told me, she may be a strong powerful witch but love is the strongest thing. Draco, you love her and you can not avoid the people you love"
"You are right, I love her, I am just scared she wants nothing to do with me because of the mark"
"Sweetheart, if she loved you she would see who you are, under the mark, because I know you don't deserve that mark on your body, you are far from what that mark represents" She smiled, placing her hand on his cheek "Alright, I will go" He hugged her "I would recommend you go now, sneak through the front door, I already got a carriage waiting" She left his bedroom, leaving her to think. She just gave him the most complex life decision he ever had. He felt so nervous and scared Rhiannon won't want to see her, he feared she had already forgotten about him. He knew there was only one way to find out and that was to go to her.