Shadows

impossible

Draco stepped back. He looked at me like I was crazy and I couldn't blame him but I know what I saw. "Don't look at me like that Draco." I walked towards the couch. "Elle do you hear yourself?" He questioned me. 

"Of course I know it sounds crazy but you have to believe me, I saw him." I pleaded. I placed my hands on my face out of frustration and moved my hair out of the way. "I don't know how but-" He cut me off. 

"Leon. Your brother." He said. "Yes Draco my brother." I argued back. 

His next few words hurt me. I knew they were true but coming from him and his tone, it hurt. 

"Your dead brother. Who died at the war, who has been dead this whole fucking time and you come to tell me that what? He magically came back to life and went to see you?" He let out a small but confused laugh.

I paused. He had his hand placed on his hip and his other hand waving around as he talked. "Excuse me?" I looked dead at him.

"What? Am I speaking false facts or?" He raised his brows. 

I stood up, "Out of everyone, you are the one person I expected to believe me and help me figure out the meaning behind it!" I yelled. 

"Stella." He said firmly. 

Suddenly I felt like we were back at Hogwarts arguing in our room. It was like we were teenagers again fighting and him using my name to show how upset or angry he was. "Don't" I said.

"Leon died. We mourned him and we healed, we moved on. I'm sorry if I'm coming off rude but I won't be fed false hope that one of my best friends is suddenly back from the dead." His voice broke. 

"How do you think I feel? Seeing my own brother? I feel like I'm going crazy and you're not helping." I sat back down on the couch. I more so fell onto the couch. I felt sick, like my world was spinning and it wasn't slowing down. 

Draco walked over to me and kneeled down, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell or cause an argument with you." He gently took hold of my hands. 

I pulled mine back, "No. You know what this feels like. Like when we were kids." I stood up again. "You can't do this anymore, we're adults, we have kids. I will not argue like this." I turned around.

"Where are you going?" He pleaded out. "To lie down." I spat back and headed up the stairs.

Yes there was a possibility I saw him and it was just all in mind but it felt so real. I know my brother. It wasn't him as a teenager either, he was older now. But it was him. 

I know it was. 

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At Hogwarts.

Kye's POV

"Have you seen Darcio?" I asked a student in the corridor. "Last I heard he was in his room smoking." A girl shrugged. "Again?" I questioned. "Some slytherins walked out of the common room annoyed." She said and continued to walk off with her friend. 

I stormed over to the Slytherin common room. Reyna and Diana were following behind me. "Why are you in such a rush?" Diana shouted. "I just need to talk to Darcio." I shouted back. 

Diana ran in front of me with Reyna following. She spoke the word to open the door and in we went. "Is he smoking again?" Diana asked while keeping a fasten speed towards his room.

I didn't answer her. 

She didn't knock on his door, typical. We walked in to see Darcio on the floor blowing out a cloud of smoke. 

"Oh for fucks sake." He groaned out in annoyance. 

"Why do you always have to play babysitter Kye." He rolled his eyes at me.