𝐎, 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃 ⎥ "He wants a fight with
a God? I'll give him one."
﹙ from stardust we came, to stardust we return ﹚
Prisoner of Azkaban - Deathly Hollows
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ELARA KNEW SHE WAS THE WEAPON, BUT WHAT DID 'THE SAVIOR' MEAN? her responsibilities were already so much, and now she was 'the savior'? is that what praedo malorum meant? what new things would she have to do? is that why she was the 'particularly powerful seer'? how is harry wrapped up in all this? how did harry get wrapped up in all this? is this why dumbledore hasn't spoken to them in ages? what other things about herself has been kept from elara?
"are you all right, harry, elara?" whispered mrs. weasley, as the train rattled along through its dark tunnel. "you two don't look very well. are you feeling sick?"
they were all watching the pair. harry shook his head violently and stared up at an advertisement for home insurance. elara just shrugged.
"are you sure you're all right?" said mrs. weasley in a worried voice, as they walked around the unkempt patch of grass in the middle of grimmauld place. "you two look ever so pale. . . . are you sure you've slept this morning? you go upstairs to bed right now, and you can have a couple of hours' sleep before dinner, all right?"
elara didn't have any time to answer before she staggered into another vision. she woke up a a few hours later in time for dinner. ron and ginny insisted elara was the one to bring harry down for dinner.
she begrudgingly went up the stairs and down the hall.
"harry," said elara from the doorframe. "dinner's ready — and i know you're awake, so don't pull that 'i'm asleep' bullshit on me. i still hate you, but you're not alone. 'til the end or whatever..." elara trailed off the last part as she turned to go downstairs.
everybody spent the following morning putting up christmas decorations. elara could not remember sirius ever being in such a good mood; he was actually singing carols, apparently delighted that he was to have company over christmas. elara could hear his voice echoing up through the floor in the cold and empty drawing room where she was sitting alone, watching the sky outside the windows growing whiter, threatening snow, giving herself a further sense of peace.
"lara, your bracelet's fallen off," said ginny as they set the table.
"oh, it has, hasn't it?" said elara offhandedly, setting down the plates.
it was around six o'clock in the evening that the doorbell rang and mrs. black started screaming again. hermione had arrived, and was confused as to why harry wasn't downstairs. on the way up to buckbeak's room (where harry was presumably hiding), elara explained what had happened. elara hammered on the door for a few seconds.
