Find the Light
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy!
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Those were cold times
{ c-c-cold times }
&, truly,
no one
was s·a·f·e
The Ravenclaws holed themselves up in their tower
The Hufflepuffs burrowed into their hovels
The Gryffindors were busy g_a_l_l_i_v_a_n_t_i_n_g
& saving a.n.y.o.n.e. they could
&& the Slytherins?
Oh, the Slytherins were busy
c-o-w-e-r-i-n-g
because the Carrows just
l~o~v~e~d any prey they could find
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Out of them, Zabini, Malfoy, and Parkinson
thought they could stroll throughout the castle,
unharmed
Greengrass, Greengrass, Nott, and Davis—they
smartly |stuck| to the dungeons
Crabbe&&Goyle? …too stupid to do anything other than
be the Carrows' lackeys…
So there was
Millicent. Bulstrode.
little bit of brawn, little bit of brains
a whole LOT of
*f*e*a*r*
Bullying those Huffs was one thing
-but- (butbutb u t)
Millie didn't have it in her to
ToRtUrE
that girl
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She found her later,
((hidden)) in the girls' bathroom…
she was okay…!
Millie could
B~r~E~a~T~h~E
a sigh · of · relief
Hannah was her name && she got her
r. e. v. e. n. g. e.
on Millie…
she :]s_m_i_l_e_d[:
& said,
"It's okay"
...
What. The. HELL?
Millie ranranr a n
from there
(It was just a strange thing, an anomaly, a
f–l–u–k–e)
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No eye-contact
No"hellos"
No heads n_o_d_d_i_n_g
Millicent didn't want to be reminded
of her shame (?)
But something, someone (H~a~n~n~a~h)
kept thwarting her
& an u·n·l·i·k·e·l·y…[friendship] formed
This is too
new
weird
un–S_l_y_t_h_e_r_i_n
&& Hannah's too
nice
bubbly
{ f_o_r_g_i_v_i_n_g }
Those smiles&&hugs are
awkwardtoo awkward
Millie isn't meant to be
cared for;; cooed over
.::c_o_d_d_l_e_d::.
So she moves her lips—
"I hurt people! I'm
E·V·I·L!"
& that blonde hushes her&&holds her, pressing a kiss to her temple:
"No, you're not—anyone who can care for her cat can't be."
And it's that answer that's gotten Millie t~h~i~n~k~i~n~g…
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I actually kind of like Millicent Bulstrode—really! I'm not joking, *lol*. And I mean Hannah's line; only the heartless wouldn't give a damn about animals or might harm them. Usually murderers/serial killers harmed small creatures when they were younger; Voldy hurt those 2 kids from his orphanage. :s Yet Millicent has a cat. See, she's not as evil as one might think. It's her light out of the dark tunnel…and I thought it was Hannah-ish to point it out. X3
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki :D
2017 note: Aww, this 2011 piece still makes me wonder about Millie. :3c