Last hope (a marauders era story)

12.

I open my eyes, and quickly room out of bed, and open my trunk, to see that i forgot to pack, i groan, and grab my violin off the shelf, and place it at the bottom, "mum!" I yell, as i rush into my wardrobe, she walks in my room, "can you please please, put an undetectable extension and a feather weight charm on my trunk?" I beg from inside my wardrobe, collecting as mu h robes as i can manage into my arms, and dumping them in the trunk, mum sighs, and pulls them out and begins to fold them, i come back with more robes, and place them beside her, before, grabbing every single leotard and ballet dress and my four sets of points shoes, and dumping them beside mum, then i get my toiletries, and 23 hair bands, and ties, and my school uniform and robes, my mum stands, and waves her wand, and i stare as everything packs neatly away into my trunk, i run back into the wardrobe and grab all my skinny jeans and muggle clothes and i reach under the desk, and drag my huge bag of books to mum, she sighs, and i drop them on the floor, grabbing a pair of silver skinny jeans and a dark green jumper, and run into my bathroom And peel my PJs off, and pull my clothes on, and a pair of mid knee boots, i brush my hair out, and tie it in a spare elastic in two French plaits, i walk back out, and my mum hands me a type of Wizard teeth cleaner that tastes like chocolate, i eat it quickly, and grab my cowgirl hats, and place it on my head, mum smiles at me, "you going to ride Chika?" She asks, i nod, and place the hats in my trunk, and i close the lid, knowing that the secret compartment is choc a block of sweets, i lift the trunk and carry onto the platform, and let it drop, i step off the platform and leave my trunk at the door, "hey charm" Severus says walking out of the dining room, i wave quickly and run out of the front door and slam it behind me, running for the stables.

i open the stable door, and breathe in the musky scent of the horses, i walk over to chika's stall, and open the door,

"hey girl" i say, rubbing from her forehead to the tip of her nose, "how ya doing?" I ask, chika buts her head against my shoulder, "you wanna go for ride?" I ask her, she buts my shoulder, "come on then" i say leading her out of the stall, stopping at the saddles, i sigh, and shake my head, leading her outside, once we are out and i have secured the doors, i pit both hands on the tall horses back, and push my self up, as if i was doing gymnastics, and straddle the horse, i lean forward and untie the rope, from her, and curl my hands in her mane, i click my heel into her side and she starts at a slow trot, i click my teeth, "gidyup, girl!" The horse starts to sprint, and i dig my knees in, and straighten my back, and lifting my arms out to the side, laughing as the wind whips past my hair, as we are turning on the snow covered lawn i see someone walk out of the house, and i place my hands back to the horses neck and dig my heels into her flank, and trot up to the black clad person, "hi Severus" i say slowing the gorse down to a stop, he stares at the horse, and reaches out a hand, but flinches away, "its alright, she won't bite" i say running my fingers through her mane, Severus runs his hand over her flank, and i lean down and grab his wrist, he flinches, "right, sev, see that fence over there, go climb it" i tell him, he frowns but i smile encouragingly, "its fine, she won't hurt you" i say, he nods after a minute, and strolls to the fence, and climbing to the top of it, i trot the horse over to him, and hold out my arm, "grab hold" i say, he clutches it, i edge chika a little closer, "right now swing your right leg over the horse, and lower yourself down so you're sitting like me" i say. He pales, but does it anyway, and clutches my arms tightly, i sigh and wrap his arms around my waits, "dig your knees in" i say, he does that, "c'mon girl" i day clicking my teeth, hila starts to trot, then breaks into a canter, then a full out sprint, Severus tightens his grip on me, as i hold my arms out, "are you crazy?" He asks, once we slow down, i smile, "i like to think i am" i say, as we ride back to the stable, "you know i could give you riding lessons, Dumbledore transporting all the horses here to a private place in hogwarts for me and my siblings, and the occasional friends" i say, he looks at me, "why?" he asks, "he thinks its some sort of coping mechanism, although i prefer music, or ballet" i say, he frowns as i slide off the horse, "which extra curricular activities do you do?" He asks as i get the box for him to get down, he climbs, down, "well, i do ballet, gymnastics, i enjoy singing, kick boxing, piano, violin, horse riding, painting, and on the occasion flute, and i like to bake" i say, ticking them off on my fingers, his eyes widen, "really?" He asks, i nod, "i also know that you adore potions" i say leading the horse back to her stall, "so you're the one that gave me the expensive potion making kit?" He asks, i nod my head, "yup, and you're the one that gave me this" i say holding my arm out, he smiles, "you like it then?" He asks, i roll my eyes," c'mon mum'll eat a brick if we're gone any longer" i say leading him back to the house.