[She may understand, on some level, that this isn't real. But the fear and love for her family are strong and it makes the whole thing so much harder to shake, makes her so much easier to trap. Another blast shakes the castle around them, a wall down the corridor breaking apart, and rising above the din is a cry like a wounded animal—
Her brothers.
She knows this part of the nightmare well, knows that if she leans out she'll find Fred under the rubble and the rest of the family trying to dig him out but it'll be too late, it's always— ]
I can't. [And she pulls away from him and starts running again, clambering over stones to get to the knot of Weasleys that always seems to move far away, just like the cabin of witches they're trying to get to.] Fred! FRED!
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[She may understand, on some level, that this isn't real. But the fear and love for her family are strong and it makes the whole thing so much harder to shake, makes her so much easier to trap. Another blast shakes the castle around them, a wall down the corridor breaking apart, and rising above the din is a cry like a wounded animal—
Her brothers.
She knows this part of the nightmare well, knows that if she leans out she'll find Fred under the rubble and the rest of the family trying to dig him out but it'll be too late, it's always— ]
I can't. [And she pulls away from him and starts running again, clambering over stones to get to the knot of Weasleys that always seems to move far away, just like the cabin of witches they're trying to get to.] Fred! FRED!