“ready as we’ll ever be” ron was takg the lead, seegly thkg that if his girlfriend said it was ready to be ope should be the end of dission
“alright” herione’s hand was shakg a little, enough that drao k she was afraid (ahat happen, that she sped beiarted beg heriohree then”
“wait let ” drao stepped front of her, eased her hands off the th she didoo uh, aepped front of her, drao saw sothg i felt like it was a fliker of gratitude “wands out?”
it was herio had beehis whole projet, but it was harry that drao looked to “whenever you’re ready” harry said, and drao didn’t feel like anythg to worry about, when he had harry wathg his bak “jt take your ti”
“on three” drao said, aension his ars buildg, the agi poolg his wrists and his fiips, that failiar feelg of when he was ready to take atiohe st sylble seed to streth out, and when he fally did open it, it was with a loud bang and a puff of dt “three”
“you know what this ans, don’t you?”
≈ tis that drao had thought that he belo he art of thgs, but as herioo ron’s open ars and harry turo hi, it was ohe rare onts of his life that drao got to feel like he had beo a entral part of a tea this was a tea, a tea of three, and here he was, beg pulled along for the ride
≈ know what it ans all he was lookg at rts and notes srawled ig of ad-eye oody, a fat that had sent herioears as soon as she realized it they were h eaters, ah eaters, and werewolf de ells iries jt waitg to be unleashed
a bad it felt like whehrough the orridors that all studeurn to their hoes and drao had to wait to hear theoutside the ourt roo waiti for his father, wheg the dark lord for the first ti it was the feelg that a with all bad thgs, that anial stt that served ohe when they sh
herione knew and so did ron and even harry, reahgron’s shoulder whe hi th the journals written soone’s spidery handwritg (dubledore’s, he would learo know it and really so did drao, the truth settlg sowhere his stoah even before herione spoke
“it’s his arked the begnihihe first battle ry of the end, arki where owls flitted fro hoe to hoe ao ars was sent through all the old, weary soldiers, the oh enough sars to st a lifeti but were he eill got a long fight ahead of ”
chapter 6
harry
he knows he should
≈ it when he dragged hiself out of bed this , the effets of ooo as fally reepg up on hi, the ahe his les and the fog fillg up his d he was so lose to allg sik, but that t hi stuk at ho, a seed very ipa, now that he had that box to thk about, the o he and ron and herione (and drao, drao is a part of the three of the now, too, however retant they all are to adit it) still haven’t told a
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aold hi it was ti thtg ells, with a traiandg on the sideliell a aybe it would be better if he sat this o
a was ti for his tur, faed his oppo, ighubs up that ron gave hi, dido all the safety warngs that herione had fored he and ron th whe deided to hoose this as their areer pn (beae really, you thiwo of you wouldn’t have killed yourselves by the third year if you didh you?) he jt stood there, adjted his grip on his wao the strutor, aed for the spell to o at hi
o a, he didn’t blok it he didn’t raise his wand to defery to ove out of the way if harry was bei really eve, or if he did, he did, jt saw a fsh of light ahe shok wave that went through his hest, bstg hi bakwards to the wall
≈ had ti to prepare hiself for the ipat, so when he rupled down to the floor, it was with every bone his b out to try a hiself but he still didn’t, jt fell, his ar foldg awkwardly underh hi and his ribs behe snappg
“bloody hell” ron’s fae swa above hi, pale and frekled, red hair fallg down over his fae “doe”
doe harry wished he ould bl out, the whispers and stares he didn’t want to iagi thehave spread, hootter had beeed a duel by so rando aur, how he t have been losg his touh but it t have spread, beae soohere beside hi, gny runng hard at her heels, both of the shh the rowd to khe ground beside hi
≈is, really, where he was fully struk by what it ans to have a friehis, as she let hi pillow his head her p and ran her hands down his broken ar, soothg his hair bak fro his forehead and wipg away blood he didn’t even know was there, was o you worry harry” she would have ade a good healer, he thought,