way to go, tiger | Lorenzo Berkshire

࣪𖤐 Y7 | 12 . Malfoy Manor

DEAD IN THE WATER - NOEL GALLAGHER
'Let the storm rage, I'd die on the waves, but I will not rest while love lies dead in the water.'

"Fucking cheeky blighter." Ron exclaims. "Is there no one we can trust?" he sighs.

"He's desperate, Ron. Can you blame him?" Harry responds. Ron looks at him with a frown. Enzo hisses a breath, as if in pain, which draws him to Cassie's attention. He points to the cut on his forehead, a clean slice that could've easily been done by a discarded piece of porcelain. "Episkey." Cassie mutters, fixing the cut with the flick of her wand.

"You okay?" she asks.

Before he can respond, everyone freezes.

Greyback and at least six other snatchers.

"Hello, beautiful." one says to Hermione with a smirk.

Without one quick glance between each other, all five of them take to the woods. They run as if their lives depend on it. Cassie splits up from Enzo, her much rather wanting them to take her without taking Enzo too. It's her and Harry they want. If it comes to it, she'll go willingly if it means keeping Enzo safe.

"Wait for me!" Greyback growls with a cackle, right on her tail. She turns her head and casts a simple hex, which he dodges with a laugh, licking his lips. Fuck, Cassie thinks. She just runs and runs.

She hears Ron yell, and considers stopping but physically can't bring her legs to a stop. The adrenaline is carrying her through these woods and as far away from Fenrir Greyback as possible.

Spells are fired all over the forest, Cassie doesn't know where from or who from, but she can't think about that currently. A spell catches the tree beside her and a piece of bark strikes her right across the eye, resulting in a cry of pain from her. Greyback laughs.

Cassie is fucking furious.

She hears someone fall, and thinks it's Ron but she can't tell. Her and Harry merge paths under a patch of fallen trees. She supposes it's a good thing keeping with Harry, so they back off Enzo, Hermione and Ron a little bit.

A snatcher lands on Harry on the other side of Cassie, and she watches as he quite literally pushes him off him and keeps going. She scoffs with a laugh while sprinting. Eventually, her and Harry meet Hermione in an empty patch of wood. Enzo soon comes running, grateful to see Cassie in one piece.

Not for long, according to Hermione. She casts a jinx at both Cassie and Harry, sending them to the ground with a groan. She feels the muscles in her face contort and twist- a feeling she can only describe as the most uncomfortable sensation she's ever experienced. Even her bone-breaking transitions don't feel as strange as this. Her jaw tingles with movement.

Enzo runs towards her, kneeling down as she tries to sit up. "Moony's alive- prioritise yourselves." she manages to get out, knowing that he'll understand.

All Enzo can manage is a sigh. He takes her locket off her neck and quickly puts it in his pocket, along with her wand. Hermione does the same with Harry's glasses and whispers to him about something.

Before Cassie can speak, she's hauled upwards by none other than Fenrir fucking Greyback. He grows into her ear, grabbing her by the scruff of the neck.

"Don't fucking touch her!" Enzo protests, trying to get to Greyback. Cassie resists and pushes against him, kicking and elbowing.

The leader of the group, a Deatheater by the name of Scabior, asks Harry's name, and Cassie sees how truly ugly he looks. It's then she realises that Hermione did the same to her, so she must look just as horrific. Harry tells him that his name is Vernon Dudley, and the snatcher simply asks another to check it.