-1written for kyota-chan's "all aboard the love boat" challenge
prompt 45: thief
Penelope's POV
I've lost my Percy. He left me at midnight, finally picking his side. Nine hours later, he hasn't come back.
Hogwarts is radiant with victory despite the blood on the stairs and the bodies in the Hall.
One body is achingly familiar. He has a gash on his forehead clotted with crimson and that Weasley-red hair. It's Fred.
Percy, my ever capable Percival, is sitting cross-legged, staring into his dead brother's lifeless eyes.
"Penny," he murmurs. "He's gone."
"I'm so sorry." I find hot tears welling in my eyes.
"You shouldn't be here." he says more firmly.
"Percy, no one's out to get me now."
"No, I mean you shouldn't be here." He nods at me.
"Percy, no one, no one, is going to get our baby." I whisper gravely.
He looks up at me. His deep blue eyes are dead. "Sorry," he mumbles.
He's gone, gone to another world, debilitated by grief and shock. Someone has stolen my Percy.
A/N: In my view, Penny is 5 months pregnant; please see Lady Altair's This Is My Family for my spark for that idea. You won't be sorry! Any way, next one will either be "dress robes", "bouillabaisse", or "secret". What would you like to see? Tell me in a REVIEW!