For Fleur. I have to survive this for Fleur. For the babies. For my brothers, for my sister. For Mum, for Dad. Mostly, he has to survive it because he promised Fleur a long time ago he wouldn't die, and he means to stand by his word.
Breaking curses is one thing. Fighting against a manticore or outfoxing a Sphinx... those things are one-on-one. They can be calculated, they can be made to fit what one curse-breaker needs to do. This, though... this is the worst nightmare he's ever been in: worse by far than what happened at St Paul's because there are so many of them. So many. To his left, his former Head of House stumbles. To his right, a giant topples over, legless. It's horrifying.
Focus, Bill. Focus.
With glaring intensity, stream after stream of red issues from the end of his wand. Here, a masked foe, there something far too ugly to be alive. There's no stopping to tally who he's hit or who he's missed: his only focus is forward movement. Forward movement.
In the back of his mind, however, is a head of pink hair somewhere further away. They've been in battle together before and he will do whatever he can to make sure Anthony gets his mum back.
This is for the children. For the future of their world.
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Date: 2006-06-22 12:20 am (UTC)Breaking curses is one thing. Fighting against a manticore or outfoxing a Sphinx... those things are one-on-one. They can be calculated, they can be made to fit what one curse-breaker needs to do. This, though... this is the worst nightmare he's ever been in: worse by far than what happened at St Paul's because there are so many of them. So many. To his left, his former Head of House stumbles. To his right, a giant topples over, legless. It's horrifying.
Focus, Bill. Focus.
With glaring intensity, stream after stream of red issues from the end of his wand. Here, a masked foe, there something far too ugly to be alive. There's no stopping to tally who he's hit or who he's missed: his only focus is forward movement. Forward movement.
In the back of his mind, however, is a head of pink hair somewhere further away. They've been in battle together before and he will do whatever he can to make sure Anthony gets his mum back.
This is for the children. For the future of their world.