❝she was a beautiful dreamer.
the kind of girl who
kept her head in the clouds,
loved above the S T A R S
and left regret beneath the EARTH
she walked on.❞
daisy nodded fervently as lily spoke, the words inspiring even just a FLICKER of confidence in her chest. she once again flinched at the loud crash that followed a deafening roar, eyes squeezing shut as she took a deep breath. she had to calm down — after all, she wasn’t the one about to run from a troll on purpose. ❝ okay. alright. strong, indepedent witches — we can do this. you can do this. i’ll keep watch, i’ll keep time i’ll — you can do this. ❞ daisy gave her hand one last squeeze, looking out to see how close the troll now was.
lily nodded, a soft smile settling onto her lips as she watched the girl gather her courage and offer her some to spare. with one final breath lily held her wand firmly in front of her and peered out at the troll, the fear slipping past her courageous facade. “wait maybe three seconds before running as fast as you possibly can alright?” with one final nod the girl got up, maneuvering through the rubble and out into the trolls view. she took a rock from the ground and threw it in his direction to claim his attention, shuddering slightly when she realized he was watching her. “daisy, GET HELP!” she yelled before running off, the large troll following not far behind.
daisy chewed nervously on her lip, fiddling with her wand in an attempt to keep her shaking hands occupied. she knew she was being stupid and she knew she was being selfish ( lily must’ve been just as scared as she was and yet she put on a smile to keep her sane ) but she couldn’t help it — she was just SO. DAMN. SCARED. ❝ lils, are you sure? i don’t want you to get hurt. these things are… dangerous. ❞
❝exactly, which is why we have to get him out of here, don’t worry, it’ll be alright. we have a grip on this situation, we are two strong independent witches completely capable of defeating that slobbering excuse for a monster, right?❞ her confidence wavered slightly as she heard the distant roar followed by a cloud of dust and debris littering the floor but her smile remained intact, her hand gripping daisy’s firmly.
❝two minutes tops and you go get help alright? you don’t come back unless its with at least three more wands and at least one professor.
❞
daisy nodded again, attempting to keep her eyes trained on lily’s and away from the beast. ❝ alright… okay, i think the nearest exit is that way. ❞ she pointed down the corridor towards where the beast was approaching, positively HATING that she was implying they would have to run past him. ❝ okay… i’m ready to haul ass. the count of three. ❞
lily nodded, peering out from behind their makeshift hiding place to survey their escape route, a soft grimace settling upon her features. she didn’t want to make too many negative comments due to her fear of scaring her friend so instead she struggled to shoot the girl a bright smile. ❝i’ll distract him and you get to the exit. if i’m not behind you in the next five minutes, go find help, alright? that way, we make sure both of us don’t get hurt.❞
daisy could only nod at lily’s words, eyes wide with FEAR. her free hand was still shaking when lily gripped onto it, her fearful gaze falling onto the creature that made its way towards them. ❝ …okay, ❞ she gulped. ❝ we can do it. we can do it. okay, so… out of the castle… m—maybe, since it’s following us we could just… run towards the entrance. and then if it’s trailing us, we’ll have led it out. d’you think that’d work? ❞
❝it can. it will. it HAS TO. listen it will be okay, alright? we can do this.❞ lily glanced over at daisy, unsure of whether she was convincing the girl or herself. ❝how about this? on three, we bolt and i mean haul ass down this corridor and out towards god knows what exit we can find as soon as possible.❞
in her panic, daisy thought she’d gone frozen. it was only when she heard lily’s screams that she ducked for cover, wand still tight in her grip though her attempts at saving them had been no use. ❝ LILY, oh my merlin lily what’d we do? i think i just made it angry, i — i think i just made it worse, i don’t… i don’t know what to do. ❞
❝don’t blame yourself daisy don’t do that, listen we just.. we need to find a way to get it out of the castle so it doesn’t hurt anyone.❞ lily took the girls hand, trying to reassure her though her attention was mostly on the creature approaching them. ❝we can do this daisy. whatever it is we need to do.❞
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