A/N: Hello everyone, Ash here. In honor of Harry Potter day I have decided to re-write Sending You Pictures on the Road. So here it is. The revised and edited version of SYPotR. I'm sorry for not writing/editing/ updating… ever. I lost my muse for a while and then when I found it I got REALLY busy with school work. You know, my usual excuses haha. Anyway I'm back now and I'm ready to write! I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Colin Creevey or any character other than Lucy. :(
Chapter One- Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
"Sweet, so would I,
Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.
Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow"
-Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
"I can't believe that you have to leave." Lucy O'Neill said quietly to her boyfriend. "I know." Colin Creevey replied, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend's waist. Both teens looked sadly at the bags sitting on the windowsill, not ready to say good-bye. "What am I going to do without you here?" Lucy asked sadly. "You'll be fine." Colin whispered reassuringly. "How do you know that?" Lucy asked, turning around to face the older boy. "You are Lucy O'Neill that's why." Colin said confidently. "You're the girl who tried to convince all of Hufflepuff to join Dumbledore's Army! You're the girl who stood up to a seventh year Slytherin when she was only eleven! You'll be fine, trust me." Colin smiled as he wiped the tears off of Lucy's face.
Lucy nodded, not sure if what Colin said was true or not. Would she really be fine? The Carrows were quickly getting crueler and crueler, torturing students whenever they felt like it. With Snape as headmaster things had changed drastically. In previous years Lucy could spend hours roaming the castle grounds with Colin, now they were lucky just to pass in the hallway. If it weren't for Ginny Weasely and Neville Longbottom Lucy wouldn't even be up in Gryffindor tower to say good-bye to her boyfriend. They had managed to sneak her in earlier that night and Lucy had hid under Colin's bed until the coast was clear.
During her time under the bed Lucy thought of all that had happened during the past month at Hogwarts. With Voldemort in control of both Hogwarts and the Ministry things had changed. The students were forced to march everywhere and were given very little free time. The school library had become a safe haven for many of the students, including Lucy and Colin. They would spend hours there, doing homework and whispering quietly to each other. For a few short hours a day life felt almost normal. A day ago things changed though. Colin appeared in the Hufflepuff common room, scared, angry, and demanding to see Lucy. As soon as she saw the newspaper Colin clutched in his hand she knew what had happened. The Creevey brothers' names had appeared on the muggle born list.
Lucy had run to hug Colin, tears already streaming down her face. "I have to leave." Colin had whispered. "I have to. I have no choice." Lucy nodded, she understood. As much as she hated it she understood why Colin and his brother had to leave Hogwarts. Colin and Dennis Creevey were muggle born and, in the eyes of You-Know-Who, unclean. The Creeveys had to leave; if they stayed they would be killed. Now they were here, in the Gryffindor dorm rooms, waiting for the signal that it was safe for Colin and Dennis to leave.
"Hey." Colin said, pulling Lucy out of her thoughts. "Don't worry about me." Colin looked into her dark brown eyes, trying to comfort her as much as he could. "You have to be brave okay?" Lucy shook her head, trying to pull herself together. "I'm not brave." She said sadly. "I'm not a Gryffindor like you." Colin shook his head, surprised that his girlfriend couldn't see how brave and amazing she was. "Lucy Eleanor O'Neill! You are brave! Just because you're a Hufflepuff doesn't mean that you're not!" Lucy once again shook her head. "I'm not brave, I can't do this Colin." Colin sighed, wishing that Lucy could see herself the way he saw her.
"You are brave, smart, funny, creative and the most amazing Hufflepuff I've ever met and that is why I love you." Colin said, placing his hands on Lucy's shoulders. Suddenly Lucy burst into tears again. In the year and a half that the two had been dating this was the first time that either of them had said 'I love you' and Colin saying that it was more than Lucy could take at the moment. "Of all the times you could say 'I love you' it had to be right before you leave!" She managed before Colin pulled her into a big hug.
Colin sighed, not sure what to say. He loved Lucy, he really did, but he'd always been too afraid to say so. He'd always been scared that she would reject him or that he was mistaking love for something else, as soon as he said the words 'I love you' though he knew that they were true. Colin loved her and needed her to know before he left. He needed to say that he loved her, just in case he never got to see her again. "It's true though." He finally said. "I love you."
Lucy nodded before resting her head on Colin's shoulder, hoping that this wouldn't be the last time she got to talk to him. "I love you too." Lucy said before Colin lifted her head up and kissed her. Soon the two of them were lying on the bed, bodies close together and tongues doing a quick and heated dance. "Will you two be quiet?" Danny McDermott whispered from the bed next to Colin's. "I know that you're leavin' Colin but ya don't need to have sex right now do you?" "Sorry about that mate!" Colin whispered before sitting up and smiling at Lucy.
All of a sudden the door opened and Dennis Creevey walked in. "It's time to go." He whispered to Colin as he closed the door. Colin and Lucy stood up, looking at each other and trying not cry. "Be safe out there okay?" Lucy whispered, looking into Colin's hazel eyes, trying to remember them forever. "I will, don't worry about me." Colin whispered back, pulling her in for one last hug. "Don't forget okay?" Colin whispered in her ear. Lucy nodded, remembering the spell that they had found earlier that month. "Imago Trucido." She said and Colin nodded before pulling away and grabbing his things.
"Hey." Lucy said to Dennis. "Keep him safe okay?" Dennis nodded grimly and said "I'll try my best, and you better stay safe yourself." Lucy nodded and smiled sadly, hoping that the war would end soon. "Hey, don't cry okay? I'll be back before you know it." Colin said, pulling Lucy in and kissing her. CLICK! The sound of a camera shutter broke the kiss and both Colin and Lucy looked over to see Dennis holding Colin's beloved camera, trying to look innocent. "What?" He asked with a smile. Colin and Lucy shared a quick kiss before heading out of the dorm into the hallway.
"You ready?" Neville asked when they greeted him in the common room. The Creeveys just nodded their faces grim. "Okay, Colin, Dennis, you two are coming' with me, Lucy you're going' with Ginny." Lucy nodded, glancing at Colin and seeing the fear in his eyes. "Come back as soon as you can okay?" Lucy whispered. Colin nodded, hoping that he could keep that promise. "I love you." He said as he exited the common room, hoping and praying that he would see Lucy again.
A/N: I know that Colin and Dennis probably didn't come back to Hogwarts for their 5th and 6th years at Hogwarts but I wanted an interesting way to start this. When I attempted to re-write this I set it at platform 9 ¾ but in the end I settled on what I already had. What do you guys think of it?