Title: For Want Of
Author: jmaria
Rating: FR15
Claim:
Millicent/Neville
Disclaimer: J.K. owns them, I'm merely
exploring the facets
Pairing: Millicent/Neville
Prompt: 03:
Spells
Spoilers: HBP
Note: Set post HBP, so absence of certain
main characters at Hogwarts.
Words: 210
For Want Of
"They really picked the wrong students to put in charge," Millicent yelled at Neville as rubble started to fall around them.
The attack had been a surprise, and neither one of them expected Harry to draw the battle back to Hogsmeade. The two seventh years hadn't been prepared for attack and had been caught in the Great Hall. Luckily, they'd evacuated most of the younger students to the dungeons. The teachers had been the first ones on the front lines, and Neville had been prepared to follow them.
Millicent hadn't. She was supposed to stay with the younger students and keep their heads level. Not cowering in the Great Hall, and definitely not attempting to keep the ceiling from caving in on them.
"Why do you say that?" Neville snapped back, popping up to cast a hex at an on-coming charge of Death Eaters.
"Guess I failed to mention Charms was one of my worst subjects?" Millicent replied, aiming for the crumbling buttresses.
"Well, I've seen you float a feather, how much harder can it be?"
"Stone buttresses are falling around us, and you're seriously asking that?"
"Right," Neville grunted. "Good news, though."
"Yeah? What's that?"
"You can let that buttress go," Neville said, pulling her back through the doorway.
