Accepted (Drarry/Pansmione/Linny)

Chapter Twenty - Pansy

Ow.

What the hell happened to me?

Where am I?

Why does my chest hurt so much?

Why can't I see?

easy, pansonia. it will do you no good to hurt yourself further.

Rainey? What's going on?

shh. you should go back to sleep. you got hit rather hard.

Hit? With what?

some sort of spell. it was no match for our remedies, but we could not get to you right away. we had to protect luna.

Is she okay?

yes, she is fine. she was able to go back up to the surface and explain what happened.

When can I go back up?

when you are better.

But Hermione -

she will be fine. luna told darya that your friends have her controlled well enough.

Controlled?

you nearly died, pansy. hermione tried to kill herself.

Pansy found the strength to sit up, though she did so a bit too quickly and her head pounded for a few long seconds.

i told you that you got hit in the head.

As the pounding stopped, Pansy forced her eyes open to look at Rainey. Pansy was back in her old room from before she and Hermione bonded. Rainey was sitting in a hanging chair in the corner. That wasn't there before. It looked to be made of seaweed, or lakeweed, considering this was a lake. Was lakeweed a thing? Was it still called seaweed? Not important right now.

"Hermione tried to kill herself?" Ouch. Pansy's voice was sore.

ginny too. luna was struck with a similar curse to you, though we got to her quicker. luna says that your friend millicent came up with the idea of a body bind curse of sorts. loss of control of muscles, i believe. hermione is currently as limp as the weeds in a salad.

"I'm not dead, though," Pansy said. "Why is she still limp? Can't they let her go now that she won't have to urge to drown?"

she still has the urge. Rainey rose from the chair and moved to sit next to Pansy, grabbing a jar from the nightstand as she did so. she will not be able to think straight until you return to her.

"Then I need to go back."

Rainey seemed to disagree. She pushed Pansy back down to the bed when she tried to stand,

what you need is to drink this tonic and then go back to sleep.

Pansy smacked Rainey's hand away. "I need to go back," she argued. "Hermione needs me. I can't let her stay like that."

she will not remember much about her time out of control. she is in a trance. all she wants to do is get to you.

"But she can't," Pansy added. "So I need to get to her."

Rainey frowned.

"That's why my chest hurts so much, isn't it?" Pansy guessed. "The bond."

yes. drink the tonic.

Instead of doing that, Pansy bolted out of the room and pushed off the ground.

pansy!

Even after Pansy left Rainey's house and started going up, the water didn't get any brighter. It must be night time, she thought.