Chasing Shadows || Draco Malfoy x OC

(Summer) Year 5- Ch. 100

Céline opened her eyes only to find herself shrouded in darkness in all directions. She yelled out and her voice only echoed into the black abyss.

"HOW DARE YOU RUN AWAY! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO ESCAPE!" A loud angry voice rang from around her. She looked around and couldn't see where the voice was coming from. It sounded so familiar, when she heard it, all she felt was fear and dread take over.

She began to run as fast as could.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE ME?" The voice boomed around her. Her breathing became short and rapid from the fear, but continued running hoping to get away from the frightening voice.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW LONG YOU RUN! OR WHERE YOU GO!" The voice said angrily, almost deafening .

Céline tripped over her own footing, yelping at the impact. She quickly stood up, her eyes darting around the darkness, her lungs panting from the fear as she clutches her chest.

"I will always find you." The once echoing voice that surrounded her, was now clear, crisp, and menacingly, directly behind her.

Her heart sinks and her breath hitches as she whips around to see the figure of her father looming over her. She wanted to scream, but it was caught in her throat, only to realize that it was his hand around her neck, squeezing hard.

Her eyes, filled with tears, were now pouring out, as her airway felt like it was being crushed. His expression was murderous, his lip twitched upward into a sinister smile. She scratched and dug her nails into his hand in attempts to pry him off.

"P-please..." was the only thing that was able to escape her throat.

"Clearly you have no intentions of behaving, so I no longer have use for you." Her father said in a dark tone that had her terrified. He pulled his wand out with his other hand and pointed it towards her. Just as he was about to speak the unforgivable words...

Céline was jolted awake. She began coughing hysterically. She felt hands touching her arm and she quickly slapped them away, crying and shrieking , scooting herself away in panic, to the point she fell off the other side of the bed, to the floor and still scooting herself up against the wall.

"No,no,no,no!" Céline cried out.

She kept her eyes clamped shut, as tears spilled down her cheeks and her breathing was short. Her heart was beating loudly in her ears.

"Céline!" A male voice called out to her. She shook her head, refusing to open her eyes.

"Please..." she whimpered. She felt arms around her and she tried to push away.

"It's me." A gentle female voice said in her ear. "It's Molly, dear."

Céline stopped fighting, her breathing was still hard. She forced herself to open her eyes. She saw she was in a room now. Light was shining in from the window. As she looked around she saw Ginny, Ron, Hermione, and Harry all standing around her, looking at her extremely worried. Mrs. Weasley pulled away to look at her, concerned deeply etched into her face, her eyes glistening with tears.

"I'm sorry." Céline said in a whisper, tears still spilling. Mrs. Weasley shook her head, wiping the tears of Céline's face.

"Oh nothing to be sorry about. You just had a nightmare, that's all. You're alright. You're safe" She said softly, trying to comfort Céline. She helped Céline up to her feet.

Céline took a deep breath, but immediately felt sick. She slapped a hand to her mouth and looked at Mrs. Weasley.

"Bathroom is right next door." She said hurriedly.