A/N: This is a drabble collection for a challenge at the HPFC, the Drabble Collection Challenge, where I got ten prompts, and here is the first one!

The collection is dedicated to Pearl (PrincessPearl) as my belated Christmas gift to her, I hope you'll like it!

Thanks to mew-tsubaki for betareading!


one - patronus

When the last blue beam disappeared back into Draco's wand, the darkness of the night was blinding. And that felt more than good. It made it feel as though it wasn't just empty in his head but also in everywhere else around him.

He began to walk, and luckily he knew the way to the backdoor without needing to see, so it was only one time he stumbled and had to grab hold of a branch to uphold himself.

He had to see Astoria as soon as possible, because what had happened wasn't as it should be, considering first of all how empty it made him feel.

"Astoria, my Patronus has changed!"

She looked up at him and raised an eyebrow. "So?"

"Don't you get it? It has changed!"

"I do get it, but so what, Draco?"

Draco narrowed his eyes as Astoria rose and walked up to him and grabbed his hand.

Her eyes were shining with something Draco never had seen before, but all Draco could think of was how he wanted her to understand how worried he was, how he wanted her, needed her to comfort him.

Suddenly she laughed. "Draco, I'm pregnant."

Draco stared at her. A Patronus change didn't feel so important anymore.