I Do | Fred Weasley x Reader

chapter 18

We walked forwards and I tripped over a stick, hitting my right leg on a sharp object. I sat on the ground and held my leg close to my body, wincing in pain.

"Don't be dramatic" Draco says and I pull my trousers up, ripping them on a piece of glass shoved into my leg "Oh"

"Take it out" Harry says and leans down, grabbing the massive piece of glass.

"No!" I yell but he pulls it out quickly. I yell in pain so loud, birds started flying out of the trees and away from us.

I panted heavily and grabbed the piece of glass from Harry. I looked at my leg and there was a cut down my entire leg from my ankle to my knee. I grabbed a stick and shoved it in my mouth, biting on it. I prepared myself and shoved the glass in my leg again until I felt resistance, biting down on the stick. The stick broke and I spat it out, breathing extremely heavily.

"Why did you do that?" Draco asked and I gave him a death glare.

"Take it out, I'll bleed to death. I have to keep it in until I get it healed" I say and grab onto a tree, using it to help me up. I walked on with the 3, trying to forget about the pain that was lingering in my leg.

After about 20 steps, we turned left. I stopped and smelt blood. Fang started growling so I looked ahead and saw someone drinking from a unicorn.

"What is it, Fang?" Harry asks and looks ahead, seeing the figure.

He held his scar, wincing. After a split second, the figure looked at us and Draco started screaming. Fang ran off and Draco followed him, leaving me and Harry with the figure.

The figure looked at us and moved swiftly, as if it were flying. It stood in front of us and dropped lightly, gaining footing. It started walking towards us, me and Harry backing away. Harry fell backwards but continued backing away. I quickly grabbed a thick stick and held it like a bat, ready to attack when a galloping noise came from behind me.

Something jumped over me and I saw it was a Centaur. It lifted onto 2 legs and started kicking at the figure, scaring it away. It backed away and flew up, fleeing. I helped Harry up and the Centaur came to us, walking gently.

"Harry Potter, you must leave. You are known to many creatures here. The forest is not safe at this time. Especially for you" the Centaur says.

"But what was that thing you saved me from?" Harry asks.

"A monstrous creature. It is a terrible crime to slay a unicorn. Drinking the blood of a unicorn will keep you alive even if you are an inch from death. But at a terrible price. You have slain something so pure... That from the moment the blood touches your lips, you will have a half-life. A cursed life" the Centaur says, walking towards us. It was so much taller than us.

"But who would choose such a life?" Harry asks.

"Can you think of no one?" the Centaur asks. There was a pause.

"Do you mean to say that that thing that killed the unicorn... That was drinking it's blood... That was Voldemort?" Harry asks. The Centaur bends its head down to look Harry in the eyes.

"Do you know what is hidden in the school at this very moment, Mr Potter?" he asks.

"The Philosopher's Stone" Harry says in realisation.

"Harry!" Hermione calls and I look up, seeing everyone there, Hagrid's crossbow loaded.

"Hello there, Firenze. See you've met our young Mr Potter. Alright there, Harry?" Hagrid asks.

"Harry Potter, this is where I leave you. You're safe now. Good luck" Firenze says and walks off.

Hagrid looks at the unicorn and I walk to it, moving it's mane away from its wound.

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When Hagrid was leading us back, I walked at a bit of a distance from the others, thinking about what happened. I was brought back to reality when I heard howling. I howled back loudly, hearing walking. A pack of wolves had stopped in front of me. They were all black wolves with a white stomach.

"What's your name?" I ask, sitting cross-legged on the floor. The wolf barked "Aaki. That's beautiful" I say.

Aaki, who I'm assuming is the alpha, sat down in front of me, resting his head on my right leg. I winced a bit and he got up. I pat my left leg and he leaned his head on my left leg.

"Tired?" I ask. He whimpers lightly "So am I" I look behind me and see everyone gone. It was just me, Aaki and his pack "Do you mind taking me to the edge of the forest?" I ask. He gets up and so do I, following him and his pack.

They walk me to the edge of the forest, stopping near Hagrid's hut. I lean down to Aaki and he sniffs my nose, touching it lightly. I do the same and chuckle at myself before petting his head and kissing it.

"Thank you" I say and get up.

He howls and I howl back as my goodbye before running to the castle, getting there in seconds, even though my leg was killing me. I quickly go to my common room, walking in and going to the girls dormitories. When I get there, Pansy was sitting up on her bed.

"Why are you up?" I ask.

"Couldn't sleep. Where were you?" Pansy asks.

"Detention" I say, sitting on the floor.

"How was it?"

"Bad. Me, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco went into the Dark Forest with Hagrid, looking for something that killed unicorns. Me, Harry and Draco went separately with Fang and found what it was. Draco..." I though for a second "Draco ran to Hagrid to warn him about the creature. The creature started coming for us so I grabbed a thick stick and got ready to attack, but a Centaur scared it away. When the Centaur came, it was like I was invisible. No one cared if I was okay, Harry didn't thank me for trying to stand up to it, they didn't even notice that I wasn't behind them. They left the forest without me and I walked back with a pack of wolves" I say, crossing my arms.

"Okay, that last part might be a lie, but they ignored you? That's rude. Did you hurt yourself? Being in the forest and all"

"My leg. I fell over and got a piece of glass stuck in it" I say and pull my trousers up. I get a tissue and wet it, cleaning off the blood "I need help" I say and she nods, getting a first aid kit from a cupboard.

I pull out the glass piece and she looks disgusted at my wound.

"I know, right? I need a needle and thread" I say.

She hums in response and grabs a needle from her bedside table.

"I like sewing" she says and I smiled.

"Have you ever made anything big or do you just sew small things?" I ask.

"Small things" she says and I nod my head.

I take the needle and cast Incendio on it, disinfecting it. Pansy gives me a roll of thread and I take an arms-length, cutting it off. I clean off my blood again and start to sew my wound up, wincing every time the needle goes through my skin. When I get to the bottom, I tie it off and take the bangage, wrapping it around my leg.

"Thank you" I say and get up carefully.

"It's alright" Pansy says and gets up as well.

I clean off the blood from my hands and the floor, quickly changing my clothes and laying on my bed, relaxing for a minute.

"Do you really think I'm lying about the wolf thing?" I ask, looking at her.

"A little, but, honestly, anything can happen nowadays" she says and I smile, then pull the blanket over me.

"Night" I say.

"Goodnight"

I think about everything that's gone on and just start crying silently, tears dripping onto my pillow.