(HP) Snapshots (6/7)
Please see the Snapshots Chapter List for story details including summary, warnings, etc.
Part Five: The Mudblood Compartment
Part Six: Stand and Fight
Prompt: Adult
"Absolutely not, Creevey, go! And you, Peakes!" McGonagall orders, prodding Colin out of his seat.
"I'll be seventeen next week, Professor!" Colin protests. "I'm practically an adult now; I'm not leaving!" But she stands firm, nearly pushing him into the ever-moving stream of students hurrying towards the Room of Requirement. Looking around wildly, he spots his brother a bit ahead of him in the line and grabs his hand, dragging him into an empty classroom.
"I'm not going," he says firmly, but when Dennis begins to say that he's staying as well, Colin shakes his head.
"Someone has to tell Dad what's going on and take him somewhere safe," he points out, and he's surprised to find that he sounds calmer than he feels.
"No!" Dennis shouts, and then winces and lowers his voice. "I won't leave you! I can help!"
"What if You-Know-Who wins, Den? I can get away; I can hide in the woods until my birthday when the Trace lifts. That's only a week. I'll be fine. You'd never be able to hide until your Trace lifts, and there's no way we'd be able to get away together without magic. You have to go, now!" Colin insists. "Please! Someone has to protect Dad."
"We're supposed to get through this together, remember?" Dennis chokes out, his eyes filling with tears. "What if something happens to you?"
Pulling his brother into a tight hug, Colin says, "I'll be all right, I promise, and I'll meet you at our house as soon as I can. Just go, before it's too late."
Looking as though his heart is breaking, Dennis gives him a sad smile and a stiff nod before disappearing into the noisy hallway.
Colin leans against the wall and cries, trembling from head to toe and hoping that his brother will be able to make it back to their father and get him away in time. He knows that the Death Eaters outnumber the professors and the DA put together, and though there are other adults in the school that Colin has never seen before, he still can't see how they can possibly win. But we have Harry, he thinks, and tries to tell himself that will be enough to tip the scales in their favor.
Part Seven: Ancient
Part Five: The Mudblood Compartment
Part Six: Stand and Fight
Prompt: Adult
"Absolutely not, Creevey, go! And you, Peakes!" McGonagall orders, prodding Colin out of his seat.
"I'll be seventeen next week, Professor!" Colin protests. "I'm practically an adult now; I'm not leaving!" But she stands firm, nearly pushing him into the ever-moving stream of students hurrying towards the Room of Requirement. Looking around wildly, he spots his brother a bit ahead of him in the line and grabs his hand, dragging him into an empty classroom.
"I'm not going," he says firmly, but when Dennis begins to say that he's staying as well, Colin shakes his head.
"Someone has to tell Dad what's going on and take him somewhere safe," he points out, and he's surprised to find that he sounds calmer than he feels.
"No!" Dennis shouts, and then winces and lowers his voice. "I won't leave you! I can help!"
"What if You-Know-Who wins, Den? I can get away; I can hide in the woods until my birthday when the Trace lifts. That's only a week. I'll be fine. You'd never be able to hide until your Trace lifts, and there's no way we'd be able to get away together without magic. You have to go, now!" Colin insists. "Please! Someone has to protect Dad."
"We're supposed to get through this together, remember?" Dennis chokes out, his eyes filling with tears. "What if something happens to you?"
Pulling his brother into a tight hug, Colin says, "I'll be all right, I promise, and I'll meet you at our house as soon as I can. Just go, before it's too late."
Looking as though his heart is breaking, Dennis gives him a sad smile and a stiff nod before disappearing into the noisy hallway.
Colin leans against the wall and cries, trembling from head to toe and hoping that his brother will be able to make it back to their father and get him away in time. He knows that the Death Eaters outnumber the professors and the DA put together, and though there are other adults in the school that Colin has never seen before, he still can't see how they can possibly win. But we have Harry, he thinks, and tries to tell himself that will be enough to tip the scales in their favor.
Part Seven: Ancient