Evergreen

When Andromeda, Narcissa and Lucius arrived at Black manor after the rather worrying message Nymphadora had sent her mother, which Andromeda had of course  shared with her younger sister,  seeing as it concerned her son as well and she had been taking tea with her then, they all then  of course had  immediately left.

But this, this was not what they had been expecting when they had arrived, that is. 

Far from it.

“Are they…Are they building some kind of… fort ?” A gobsmacked Lucius Malfoy asked at the sight in front of them in the family drawing room, which was the largest one in the Manor. 

They didn’t deign him with an answer seeing as they were rather shocked by the sight as well… and no , their eyes weren’t deceiving them, for some ways in front of them there they were, the youngest generation of the House of Black, and the young Lord Theodore Nott in tow- building a rather complex fort with everything they seemed to have gotten their hands on, may it be blankets, pillows, chairs, even wardrobes for Merlin’s sake, which should not have been in this room at all- they grabbed everything…and at the helm of the operation, of course,  was her own daughter, leading the youngsters forth to do her bidding like how a slave master would…With Draco most of all being an unwilling participant, it seemed,  for the other two didn’t seem to mind it in the slightest, for they seemed to find the fun in it, what with the way the both of them  giggled after every so moment together, as though they were sharing a secret or some such…acting completely out of character, but perhaps that could be explained by the copious bottles of Firewisky strewn around them. 

And there were a lot of bottles,

“...This is a vintage bottle, how in the world, “ Lucius then wondered aloud in shock after he grabbed a bottle from the ground to examine it, “how could they drink this so brashly, this is supposed to be drank languidly, and enjoyed as it deserved! -” he then ranted, and of course Narcissa then tried to comfort the man. 

“This is stupid, why are we even doing this?! I never even agreed to this, and look at those idiots, they’re not even helping at all, I’m doing everything here for no reason!” They then heard Draco complain to a now unnamused Nymphadora, who only looked at his off-put expression in disdain.

“Showing weakness then, are we? …It seems that it didn’t take much to wring your posh little hide huh, my, THAT WON’T DO!” She then exclaimed in an authoritative tone, which took everyone, but most of all the mother of the girl in question by surprise.

“Andromeda?” Narcissa then asked in question, at which she couldn’t even give an answer to for she didn’t know what to say at the moment. 

They then heard a door open from the far side of the room, which opened up to the kitchens, and in came one harried looking Remus Lupin, clothed in a rather luxurious black house robe and satin pajamas in tow, rolling a trolley with tea and other things upon it with a huff. 

“This should set them right quickly,” He murmured to himself with fondness and exasperation clear within his tone.

He then looked up at them in surprise,

“ Oh hello , what brings you all here? No, how foolish of me, it is rather obvious why you might be here, but don’t worry, they’re just having a bit of fun, you see? And I promise you that they will be right as rain afterwards! Now…might I perhaps indulge you in some tea for the moment?” He then cautiously asked at the end, which made someone chuckle at him from in the front of the room, from a large portrait above the fireplace. It was one Melania Black, who had been enjoying the sight of the mischievous youngsters in front of them all it seemed, which Andromeda shouldn’t have been surprised by, seeing as she had been the same back in the day, well watching her younger self and siblings and cousins making mischief all around that is.

“My I say we let them be!” The older woman heartily said with fondness within her gaze when she looked upon the younger ones in the room, before she turned her own gaze towards her and Narcissa with a warm smile, which Andromeda had missed from the moment it had been directed towards her, something she didn’t think she’d ever feel again, what with the way she had lost contact with most of the members of her House after she had run away to be with her sweet Ted, which she would never feel anything negative of, seeing as she had been truly happy with him and the life they had made together…But the little girl within her, that had longed for her family,  had felt everything in this moment.

“I clearly remember another generation of young Blacks causing mayhem back in the day, Isn’t that true girls?” The older woman then teased with a smirk, which the both of them felt red underneath, especially at the shocked intakes of breath they could hear from the men beside them.

“ Oh yes, these two especially were rather creative in their mischief making days, especially when they were together with their sister and cousins, it was a wonder the manor is still standing… ” Melania then continued to tease, 

“My dear, do leave the girls alone, they are witnessing what we have had the pleasure of witnessing along the years with their lot, but it is to be expected, for the blood is strong in each and every one of us. ” An amused Arcturus then cut in, after he joined her in her portrait then, kissing her upon her cheek in greeting afterwards, at which the other woman simply huffed at in clear affection towards the man, which made both sisters smile in fondness at, seeing as they felt like they were their younger selves again in that moment. 

Back to a time where they hadn’t had to worry about a thing, where they simply could be.

When they were sat at the rather comfortable and clearly luxurious couches drinking their tea, all the while they were watching the show in front of them in fondness and humor,  all the while they were chatting with one another about any new happenings, but also more importantly- how the festival went, seeing the state the youngest of theirs were in.

Remus then scratched at his growing stubble,

“Well it went rather well for the most part, they all enjoyed themselves, yes, even Draco, he was the most open with his appreciation funnily enough,” he then chuckled, which Narcissa then smiled at in clear happiness over her beloved boy having had fun.

“...Well that is until he saw our Hariel speaking to a strange man, who went to the concert in a suit of all things! And I am glad he was being careful over her, when I wasn’t aware of the fact, seeing as the man had been older than her and all! Really if Nymphadora hadn’t stopped me when she did, I would have-” He then ranted in clear agreavement, which clearly amused the women in the group then.

“You would have done what, Remus?” Andromeda then asked in amusement, “Would you have knocked him out cold, I didn’t know you had it in you!” she then giggled.

“Oh my, truly?” Narcissa then said, clearly aghast by the notion of him swinging the man like how a muggle would, but also in interest, seeing as her little sister had that  gleam in her eyes like she would in the past, which Lucius of course saw and scoffed at.

“It’s good that you stopped the muggle’s advances, for she shouldn’t mingle about with them as a Lady of her stature. That and it would have been rather unbecoming, and neither should she have such news spreading over her, especially not now, seeing as we are trying to turn the public interest towards her and our new plans if we want to see it fulfilled, that is.” And Remus had to stop himself from rolling his eyes at the man, while it was true that they were on the same side for the time being, he still did not like the stuck up lord, even if he was rather strangely amusing at times…

But before he could say anything to the man, they then heard Draco once more moaning about the injustice of his situation to his older cousin.

“I don’t want to do this anymore, Nymphadora!” He said, while he stabilised their almost finished fort with magic, enhancing everything and all, and the sight of it had their mouths opened in clear surprise then, for while in the time they had been conversing with one another the youngsters, or well mostly Draco, that is , had built a functioning fort with towers, walls surrounding the fort, and now a gate of all things! How in Merlin…

“DON’T CALL ME THAT! IT’S TONKS TO YOU, LITTLE COUSIN DRAGON!” She then hissed, before she then changed her tone to a much pleasant one which didn’t thankfully didn't turn them deaf as before, and Draco of course hissed to his own nickname then, which Narcissa had been calling him affectionately since his birth.

“And we are doing this because I said so! Older cousins get that respect. So  we are going to continue to finish building this rather mighty fort until I say its finished! And its family bonding, why else! It’s fun!” She then cheered in his face.

"In that respect, don't I get a say in this, seeing as I dunno , I'm our Head of House and all?" A comfused, but also amused Hariel then interjected, all the while she was tilting her head in a rather adorable way which had Lucius choking at the sight in clear shock.

And the sight made the portrait of Melania coo at the sight of her then,

“Oh my such a precious one, that is, isn’t she just, Arcturus!” she then gushed at her fond husband, who only nodded towards her in agreement.

“That she is, my dear wife. That she is.”

"..And why am in this as well, if it's family bonding as you say?" Theodore then curiously asked, at which her daughter then turned to look at him in clear shock at.

“YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT, YOUNG MAN!” She then shouted, before she jumped in front of him then in a moment, which shocked the boy, but also amused the younger girl next to them.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THEO, YOU'RE AN HONOURARY BLACK NOW, SEEING AS HARRY ADOPTED YOU AND ALL! SO YEAH WELCOME NEW LITTLE COZ!" Nymphadora then screamed in the younger boys flabbergasted face.

"YEAH!" Hariel then interjected with a beam towards the boy, all the while she hugged the boy from behind, with Draco then huffing in agreement.

"Just accept it, there's nothing you can do about it." The other boy simply said.

"Merlin what is happening..." Lucius Malfoy then said, with Narcissa smiling at the sight.

A drunk Hariel Potter-Black-Peverell, they found, was a scary sight.

What with her being a rather affectionate drunk, but also being scary as well…

“I’ll protect every one of you, I give you my word.” She said in seriousness, which took them all by surprise, seeing as this was rather a switch from the drunk version they’ve seen of her from before, she was holding one Theodore Nott’s face in her hands then, while she looked each and every one of her companions at the fort, who were all then hanging on her every word with wide eyes, with the boys’ being teary.

“I’ll make certain that every one of you will have a happy life, if I have any say over it, for if anyone and anything dares to say otherwise, then I’ll simply have to exterminate them then.” She then firmly said with a determined nod, and all the while she said this, she looked quite angelic, which seemed to unerve her good-brother most of all, seeing as he was looking rather pale now then at the sight of the young girl.

But yes, there wasn’t a doubt in her mind that Hariel wouldn’t, for she would .” They all knew what she was capable after all…

But what took them by surprise was her own daughter then interjecting,

“SAME HERE!” she shouted in determination as well, her gaze upon her younger cousins then as well.

“I’LL WRING ANYONE BY THEIR NECKS IF THEY DARE, NO ONE, AND I MEAN NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO EVEN FIND A HINT OF THEIR BODIES WHEN I’M DONE WITH THEM-” She then shouted, before a confused Draco then interrupted her.

“...How are you going to do that when you’re an auror and all?” He said, doubt colouring his tone.

Her daughter then simply slapped him on his back which almost made the young man crash on the ground by the might of it, and it hurt, by the clear grimace he had on his face.

“Exactly.” Nymphadora then said with a cheer, which of course made them all, but Hariel and herself look at her in a new light.

“That girl,” Andromeda then huffed, while she shook her head at her daughter.

The blood was strong in all of them, after all.

“Morning everyone,” Hariel greeted at those that were already seated at the dining table for their morning meal, she had been the last entering because she had taken a shower before.

And looking up, she sees that the table at the head of the table had been left for her to sit at, which she should have expected, but grimaced at the sight of it.

“You do now that I do not expect you all to adhere to the ways when it is just us here, for I want us to be comfortable with one another, seeing as we’re family and all,  after all.” She then said with a warm smile at them all, with Andromeda and Remus shaking their heads at her in clear exapheration and fondness, and Nymphadora huffing at this in agreement.

“See, I told you she wouldn’t care, so baby cousin, does that mean that I can sit on the big chair later on then?!” She then excitedly asked her, at which Hariel only nodded at with a warm chuckle.

“Of course you would say that.” Draco then huffed at the older girl, who’s hair then turned red in anger, at which Lucius jumped at in surprise, still not used to the sight of her ever changing hair, her being a metamorphmagus that is, which in the pureblood circles was a rather blessed gift.

“Here we go again.” A clearly tired Theodore Nott then huffed in annoyance, for this was a sight he was unfortunately getting  used to, what with him being stuck with them all now.

“Hariel, a word.” A familiar voice then asked from a portrait down the hall, which surprised Her seeing as she didn’t know that Phineas had one here as well, but it shouldn’t have surprised her seeing as they were Blacks, so she only nodded and followed him to the adjacent private chamber which was originally grandfather Arcturus’, after closing the door behind them, she then seated herself at the chair behind the desk in front of the painting he then inhabited,  waiting on what he would say with complete attention.

“Dumbledore it seems, has somehow found himself a cursed object, but there’s more- he’s got stricken with it as well, by the way his hand then blackened.” The older man said with a sneer, but also in cruel delight.

“Does that mean-” She then started to say, which he nodded at with a smirk, she then looked at him thoughtfully,

“Did you get a good look at the object?” she asked, at which he nodded at.

“Of course, it was a ring, but it looked rather odd if I do say so myself, besides it being cursed with dark magic and all-” He then started to rant, which Hariel then stopped by asking him if he could describe the ring to her.

“I had a rather strange symbol carved within the stone- a circle, triangle and a line downwards, and by the clear gleam in your eyes, young one, you seem to be familiar with this ring?” Phineas then curiously asked, which she nodded to.

“It’s the Peverell ring, which should have been mine in the first place.”

But it was also a Horcrux she realised, seeing as the old coot wouldn’t have looked for it if it weren’t. But in the process of acquiring it, he had been arrogant as well, by the state he was in now.

She thanked the old man in her head then, for he had made her a favour then, and she was betting that it was the last Horcrux as well, seeing as she had found the others before, all locked and protected of course until the moment she would finally destroy them, which wouldn’t be now seeing as it would let ol’ Tom know of what she intended on doing…

Hariel was seated in the train to Hogwarts with Draco, Theo, Blaise, Neville and Luna, with her head laid upon the legs of the younger girls, with her eyes closed in clear relaxation, especially by the way the younger girl had been massaging and carding her dainty fingers through her hair, which the boys snickered at.

“By the mewling you’ve been doing, Hariel, it’s a surprise you’re not a cat!” Blaised said with a laugh, which Neville then nodded at in humor.

“Har har, Blaise, very funny. But I know you’re just jealous.” She then huffed with a smirk, her eyes stil closed under Luna’s ministrations, who then giggled at them.

And her smile then widened at the sound.

“What is this I’ve heard, Luna, of the both of you meeting a certain Scammander and all?” Blaise then curiously asked, at which Draco then huffed at.

“You’re forgetting the part where the both of them stole a dragon from Gringotts, undetected might I add, before they gave him to the bloke to take, they didn’t even deign to ask if I wanted to see it humff!” Draco then grumbled at the end, at which Hariel grouched at.

“I said I was sorry, Dragon! We can see Smaug together the next time, I promise!” She then promised, after she finally opened her eyes and gazed up at her put-off looking cousin.

“Can I come with as well then, I’d like to see him as well!” Neville then excitedly asked, which Hariel then nodded to with a smile, which made the boy smile in even more excitement then.

“Oi, what about the rest of us?” Blaise then interupted with a raised brow in expectation, which she only shook  her head in amusement at.

“That’s a given, Blaise, are we all happy then?” She then asked, her gaze now  fully upon a now quiet Draco, who only huffed at her, which she smiled at, before she once more made herself comfortable on Luna’s lap, who then continued to card her fingers through her hair.

“And about your question from before, Blaise. The man in question seemed rather keen on our lovely Luna.” She then teasingly said, at which the girl in question then huffed at.

“He was only being nice, Harry!” She said, at which Hariel shook her head at.

“Oh ho, what is this, do tell!” Blaise then interjected, now even more interested, it being similar like how a blood hound would sniff in interest at the scent of a prey.

Hariel simply nodded at them all, 

“Oh truly, he couldn’t keep his eyes off her, not that I could blame the man, seeing as our girl is rather beautiful, it even made a part of me jealous, truly.” she continued to say, which surprised them all, but also delighted a now clearly entranced Blaise.

“Oh my~” The Italian purred in delight, his gaze then switching from Harry, who looked rather possesive then, to a put-out Luna, who was only used to this behaviour from the girl now, seeing as she would sometimes get in such moods after all, which they all knew, especially if you were one of hers.

Ares spat his drink then, clearly shocked by how the events then somehow turned, his eyes then burned at the girl after she admitted that little confession, which took everyone’s attention to her then, no one, not even Hera had told him of for his action then.

“Oh my!” His Dite then delightfully said, her eyes burning on the sight of the girl in question who’s entire focus was upon that of the younger girls then, her eyes burning upon that of Luna’s in clear dark possessiveness, which they were all familiar by, seeing as that was how they all would sometimes get with the things they considered to be theirs.

For the gods were rather possesive bastards afterall. 

But Ares’ eyes widened at the clear interest that his Dite then had over their favoured, was she- was she blushing?! 

But before he could examine her further she had turned her expression to how it was before, which had confused him very much! He then simply shook his head at the strangeness of it, and examined the expressions of the others then, and oh my~

They all looked like cats in heat, the Romeo’s in attendance was to be expected, with a surprising amount of interested goddesses now as well, well the minor ones that is,  which he was a bit thankful by, seeing as that  bird headed sister of his didn’t show such an interest in the witch, which would have been a problem in itself, seeing as she would have spoiled his fun then and there what with her weirdness and all, he knew she would end his fun if she would get into one of her weird horny moods, yuck-he was going to stop thinking about it now!

But well, they weren’t the only ones of course,  seeing as his father and Seaweed uncle, were clearly interested at the sight, well if you could call it that, what with the way they were rather failing in their attempts to show their uninterest. Seeing as the body never lied and all, Ares thought with a smirk at the state the both of them were in, his father was lucky that his mother wasn’t in attendance what with the way she was in one of her annoyed moods again, because his father he gathered. 

He thinks it’s because of the day he ‘mysteriously’ vanished off somewhere, probably to get on with another woman he gathered, but anyways, what was interesting was what happened AFTERWARDS.

Seeing as not only his mother had been irritated by his father’s absence, but also his grandmother and Seaweed head as well,  or well that's what he thought he'd seen, yes definitely!

So it had to be interesting! 

But anyways, he’d find out soon enough, he knew, but now he was watching his show! And what a show it was, he thought with widened eyes, which then shined upon the sight in front of him. He even whistled at the sight and everything.

“Oh my, the girl seems to have game in her after all, this is interesting!” He says, while he watched how she then tugged the blonde moon-eyed girl’s chin towards her darkened gaze.

“It made me want to keep you for myself, Luna. Seeing as I only wanted your eyes to be upon me, does that make me greedy? If so, then greedy I shall be, seeing as I can’t help it,  for you are mine after all.” The girl then whispered to the younger girl, who’s cheeks then reddened under her attentions. With the other boys’ cheeks also reddening in embarressment at the sight of them, except for the Italian who had stars in his eyes at the sight of them.

The younger girl then turned her gaze away from the older girl’s with a huff,

“You are rather ridiculous, Harry, it must be from all the wrackspurts that are surrounding you.” at which the girl in question only chuckled at, before she simply pushed herself up from her seat to gently kiss the girl on the cheek, and  with a bright smile she then said that it must have been because of it then.

“I am rather foolish then, aren’t I, love?” She then warmly said, her gaze then lightened, which had shaken a lot of those in attendance who were intently watching her every move then, and also made the Italian boy grouchy,  seeing as his entertainment had been quickly ended and all, which his ‘Dite then also huffed at.

“Aw, no fair, just when it was getting good!” The goddess said with a pout.

It was an hour afterwards, when their train cabin had been rudely opened by a familiar red headed boy, who then sneered at the sight of them, before his gaze then reddened in anger and disgust at the sight of her. 

Ron.

“ So it’s true then, you’re not even hiding it anymore wow. You’re parents would be ashamed of you if they were here, Potter. What with you being a Dark witch and all now, it was only a matter of time, I knew, especially when you started to hang out with the likes of them!” He hissed at her, all the while he waved his hands to the Slytherin’s in their cabin, who were only watching him in silence and clear dislike within their eyes, she felt the way Theo’s hands then gripped the seat they sat on.

“And you even dragged Loony and Longbottom into it!” He then continued to accuse her, she could see how his spit then flew in front of him by the way he was shouting it for all to hear now, and then another person barged into the cabin, her brown and bushy hair brought a certain bitterness to her gut then.

“Ronald! What do you think you’re doing, shouting like a lunatic. Stop it, you’re making a scene, and Harry isn’t-” She then started to berate him, still not looking at any of them, which the other boy huffed at.

“You know I’m right, ‘Mione! -”

“If you are done with pointing unwarranted accusations at innocent people, then can you leave our cabin, which you rudely barged into might I add.” Hariel then  interrupted, her tone was blank, which of course then stopped the arguing pair in front of her, who she had once called friends, well one that is, for she had hoped that Hermione would understand, that she wouldn’t be like that-

“Yes, do take Weasley away, won’t you, Granger?” Draco then added with clear disdain in his tone, his attention was on the scenery outside their window then. Which Hermionione of course huffed at in annoyance, but she didn’t start on her usual tirade whenever it concerned her cousin, which caught her by surprise, and every else in the cabin that is, seeing as she only pulled the red-head along with her outside.

“Hermione.” She then called, making the other girl stop then, with Ronald escaping from her hold and leaving her there then to wherever he was going, probably seamus and the other boys’ cabin.

The other girl’s back stood stock still in front of her then,

“Yes?” she simply said, which Hariel could detect nothing from her tone, that is…

“How have you been?” She then asked, not truly wanting to see her friend go, for she was that, and had been that for her for years, well Hariel thought.

“...Well, but shouldn’t I ask you that, with you know..” The girl then softly said, her back still turned to her, which Hariel tightened her jaw at, wanting her to turn around and look at her.

But she wouldn’t.

Which she should have seen coming, but she wished it hadn’t, not Hermione, never Hermione.

But it truly seemed as though she were pulling away from her.

And Hariel could only watch it all in detachment, which was why Luna then grabbed her by the hand, seemingly knowing of the turmoil she was experiencing then, and offering her comfort.

“I’m fine, I-”She then started to say, before the other girl then interrupted her.

“Well that’s- that’s good. I have to go.” She then abruptly said before she closed the door behind her and walked away, leaving her cold by the action.

“Wow,” Blaise then huffed, after a moment of silence, 

“What did you expect, she’s a mudblood, she wouldn’t understand. Hariel-” Draco then started to say, before she then interupted him.

“Don’t call her that, Draco.” She then coldly said, before  she then turned her head in front of her.

They then heard knocking before a familiar blonde then greeted them,

“Why the long faces?” Daphne curiously asked, before she and Pansy then made their way to sit next to them.

“Hello Daphne and Pansy, how was your summer?” Neville then greeted with a small smile, before he shook his head at them not to ask, all the while he cast worried glances at her.

They were watching her Fly around the stadium them, playing the wizarding sport which had a rather weird name, which Ares forgot the name of-something with a Q?

But anyways, even he could admire the way the girl flew with clear skill, almost as thought she were a bird herself, which his father thought the same of by the way his eyes gleamed at the sight of her then.

His mother was here this time, but she didn’t seem to notice this, for she had been conversing with his bird brained sister during the whole game, the both of them not truly interested in it and all. 

Not that he cared.

“ I do love their uniforms, I sure do!” He then heard one of the idiotic Romeo’s whisper to the other, it being the golden-haired moon boy himself, which Ares rolled his eyes at, of course he was going to comment on that!

But he was correct, for even he agreed, and that was saying, it especially fit her very well, showing how rather fit she was.

Which Ares looked at interest in then, seeing how fairly muscled she was and all, not overly so, seeing as she was a rather slight thing, but the muscles were corded throught the uniform she wore, hugging them in all the right places. 

And by the way he knew of her exercise plan and all, it was to be expected. Especially seeing as the girl wasn’t one to dally, not truly, for she always had somewhere to be and tasks to accomplish which he respected, seeing as it was good to have it, especially for a warrior.

And that is waht the girl is, he thought with a smirk, a warrior. One who wouldn’t stop to achieve their goal, not for anything, and Ares enjoyed it immensely for it had been a rather long time when he had last seen such potential before. 

For centuries really .

And looking at the way she snatched the golden ball with a quick movement, he then smirked.

For the show was going to get even more interesting soon.

“Not that I’m not honoured, but why are you handing it over to me?” Ginny asked in shock, after she took the captain’s badge in clear awe.

The were the only ones in the changing rooms then.

“You deserve it for one, seeing as no one is more determined than you when it comes to winning, that and the clear love and respect you have for the sport, Ginny. And also because I can’t really give it the complete devotion it deserves to have, that and to to help the team along, really.” Hariel then told her, which the younger girl then nodded to after a moment of staring at her.

“I understand , I’ll accept then. And Harry?” She then asked, which Hariel smiled at in surprise.

“Yes?” She asked.

“You’re still the same Harry, Ron’s an idiot as usual, don’t think we’ve abandoned you, well I at least, seeing as I understand. Really. And I’m sure Hermione will come by soon, she’s just a bit uncertain with everything and all.” She then said, which took Hariel by surprise, before she simply nodded her head at the younger girl then in thanks.

“Thanks, Gin.”

“And I’ll try to be as good as you, Harry.” She then added, which Hariel only shook her head at.

“No, you’ll do greater than me, for it was always in you, Gin. You’re a natural, you’ll see.” She then said in clear belief for the younger girl, which she then blushed at, making Hariel chuckle at the sight then.

Dumbledore had been ignoring her for the past year, which was to be expected, but it continued to anger her, at the arrogance of the man.

But well, she wasn’t focused on the old coot, forher attention was completely upon an excited Neville then, who pulled her along with him to show her a new plant he had been taking care of, they were in one of the corridors of the school, standing by a large decorated window which had a seat underneath it, just big enough for Nevile’s plant to sit upon.

And the plant was rather beautiful, she had to admit, while she softly touched its leaves.

“Yes, just like that, you’re doing great Harry! Isn’t soft?” Neville then excitedly whispered next to her, his hand also touching the plant’s leaves in clear admiration, the sight warmed her then, well seeing Neville happy that is. That and him finally being comfortable in his own skin and abilities, a change for the better of course, far from the shy and uncertain boy she had first met all those years ago.

He truly blossomed like a flower.

And it was great to see it, she thought with a smile, before she turned her attention back to him.

“Do you even have any space in that green cellar of yours, Nev?” She then teasingly asked, which the boy shook his head at with a smile.

“Well, I think so?”

“You think so?” She then said with a smile, before she shook her head then as well.

“Tell me if you need a new one, I’ll get you one then, one which you can easily carry along with you wherever you go, that and it has an infinite amount of spaces within it as well. So only say so, alright?” She then simply said, which made the other boy look at her in shock.

“I can’t ask that of you, Harry! And where would you even get such a thing, I’ve never heard of such a cellar before-” He then started to nervously say, which she put a stop to.

“I can and I will, Nev, you have no choice in the matter, accept it. And of course you haven’t heard of such a thing- for I’ve created it.”She then simply said, shocking the boy even more, by the way his eyes then opened wide in clear astonishment, which she chuckled at.

“Accept it as a birthday gift then, for I’ve missed yours last year.” She then added, which Nevilled shook his head at.

“I didn’t expect you to, and you gave me a gift already remember? One that was rather expensive at that!” He then huffed at her in clear fondness.

“Honestly Harry, where did you even find the saplings, last I heard they were already extinct, Merlin!”

And Hariel only smiled at him,

“I have my ways, and I know they're better under your care then. For you’ll take extremely good care of ‘em as you’d usually do, what with you having such a green thumb and all, Nev. Really, you have a great gift, which I want you to blossom even more into, Nev. You’re great.” She then honestly said, which seemed to make the other boy emotional then.

“...Thanks Harry.” He then simply said, which she only warmly smiled at. 

He then took the plant carefully in his hands, before he looked at her with a smile, nodding his head in front of them then.

“Shall we go, before we're late? Luna would be rather disappointed in us if we were, like last time…” He then trailed with a shy smile, which she only nodded to, walking a bit in front of him then, with her gaze still turned to him while they walked, listening to all the interesting facts he shared about the plant in rapt attention then with a smile, before she then heard someone shout in front of her, which made her quickly turn to the side, shouting at Neville to do the same.

“Sectumsempra!” Ron Weasley Shouted, the light colour of the spell then wizzed past her, the spell wasn’t known to her, but   it felt dark. 

Which was a surprise that Weasley knew of it and used it, what with him being a staunch Light supporter and all, with his view being black and white- but how did he come by it?

But she then heard it, a crash and then a scream in pain behind her… No.

And glimpsing at the now horrified expression on the red-haired boy in front, she then snarled at him in rage and pushed him with her magic against the wall, before she then turned her sights on Neville, her brother. 

Not even the screams of the boy behind her then seemed to get her out of her rage, for there laying on the ground, with his plant now broken beside him, Neville screamed in pain, with his hands going around the now bleeding wound on his chest, his opened chest ,

for she could see his organs from where she stood, she quickly then fell to the ground beside him, raising her hands above his found and trying every healing spell she knew of, it light or dark,  for she needed to fix him.

She then heard someone shout in shock behind her, Hermione.

“What are you doing? Let Ron go, you’re killing him! ” The girl shouted in fear and  for the red-headed boy behind her, who was still writhing against the wall and shouting in pain, with tears now falling from his eyes, but Hariel did not notice this for her entire focus was solely upon Neville’s wound which wound not heal, she tried everything to at least staunch the wound, but nothing she knew seemed to work!

“ He did this to Neville, he cursed him with a dark spell, one I know nothing of, seeing as nothing I know can heal him.” She then darkly said, her focus still on the bleeding wound in front of her, “I don’t care if he dies, for if my brother dies this day, then I promise you, that I will kill him. And I will make him beg for death.” she then hissed.

She then heared her run away, to hopefully call for Madam Pomfrey, she thought before she continued her focus on the task at hand, Neville needed her. 

She needed to fix him…

But then she felt cold and trembling hands on hers, stopping her actions.

"...Harry?" Neville asked, his voice filled with clear pain, but he was  trying to be brave for what's to come… if she didn't succeed, if he…But even then, you could hear the fear in his voice,  which made her try even harder to get him to be alright, back to how he was.

" Don't . Focus on staying alive, don't use your energy on anything else, just breathe. I'll fix this, I promise. ” She then firmly said, all the while Neville tried to smile at her then, which she couldn’t look at for if she did then she’d simply crumble, for it was a smile in acceptance.

No.

This wasn’t supposed to happen…Not to Neville, never him.

This is not how it’s going to end for him, she’d make certain of it, she then thought in frustration and fear, before she then forcibly calmed her mind, and anchored herself, trusting in her magic to find a way somehow.

Please, anyone…Please help, she thought before she  closed her eyes. 

She then felt the tears finally fall from her lashes.

Please.