Destination Darkness

A HariPo freeverse piece

by mew-tsubaki

Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy!

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The

H_U_N_T

drove them both

one man forced to devour his own soul,

one man to d_e_v_o_u_r another's (or a few),

one v-i-c-t-i-m to ruin it

a~l~l

(oh, no, really, that was just the best thing that could happen…

yeah, right)

"Filthy, f…i…l…t…h…y, f.i.l.t.h.y

half-breeds"

&& so they went to take her in

because others

shouldn't mix with

witches & wizards

So that

filthy, f…i…l…t…h…y, f.i.l.t.h.y

part-Veela

was

SNATCHED

&& poor ickle part-wolfie

started the hunt

After all, it's

Snatcher Season

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Claws&&

whiffs

&& snarls

& still one cannot outmatch the other

So when will it be?

How could one win?

The haggard husband was bound to lose the glint in his blue eyes soon

but the dirty Snatcher was bound to tire of this profession not soon

e_n_o_u_g_h

and that's how you do it

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Bill wore him down

d_o_w_n

d_o_w_n

d o w n

d o w n

D O W N

until that damned scarf was close enough for him to

reach out &&

y*a*n*k

& poor little Scabior finally had to

fear

for his own life

But what to do next?

Your move, Bishop

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Now that the prey's been caught,

is it really just a

j:o:u:r:n:e:y

back home?

With the con artist

in tow?

Unwise move

It won't bring back Fleur

"Greyback says Veelas are quite

t–a–s–t–y,

mate"

It isn't just the beast in him

that's sending the shiver up

Bill's spine anymore

.::fear::.

.::rage::.

.::curiosity::.

.::h_u_n_g_e_r::.

(very quite possibly of a

different sort)

Keep your eyes on him, Bill

Scabior's much more cunning than people give him credit for

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Okay

So don't play on the Beast inside

Yes, t~a~m~e yourself, Bill

You've been good at that for

months

&& still he's alive

(why is that?)

(are you stupid?)

(Scabior, for Merlin's sake!)

dis-

patch –

him

NOW

So what that his hair is long as a girl's?

(yours is, too, much to Mum's dismay)

So what that his eyes & remarks suck you in &

hold your thoughts

longer than they probably ought to?

(Fleur used to do that all the time…!)

So what that he's walking around what used to be your

"s-a-f-e h-a-v-e-n"

and…not leaving?

(okay, now that's just boggling—shouldn't he have escaped by now & shouldn't you have done a better job of

stowing him away somewhere?)

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"They'll come for me"

Mm-hmm

"Greyback and the others won't stop until they reach me"

Bill can very easily tune him out, of course

(of c~o~u~r~s~e)

"I'm sure they'll…they'll kill me"

I_g_n_o_r_e him

So he'll flop onto a chair

&& cross his legs

&& pretend to stare out the…bloody window

"I should've just taken you in, too"

*snort*

"She—She was Greyback's"

Bill's growl f-i–l—l~s the room,

s into their ears,

encompasses them completely…

"And you, you bastard, you're fucking

M.I.N.E"

Ah-ah-ah

there's that feeling again

a shiver that travels across the skin

&& l_o_d_g_e_s

itself in the throat

No

N-o

N o

N o

N o

N O

Don't you dare say it, Bill—

"Oh, if I'm 'fucking yours,' shouldn't I do my d*a*m*n*e*d*e*s*t

to save you?"

And there goes all shreds of light

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As the darkness

c-O-n-S-u-M-e-S

&& coldness turns to

scaldinghotw_a_r_m_t_h

it's…

shocking&&mental&&funny

Oh, dear Bill

You've never felt so

a~l~i~v~e

—raked nails—

—bitten skin—

—tender kisses—

(Godric, what were either of you

t!h!i!n!k!i!n!g ?)

But actually…maybe this makes a bit of

sense

Bill can take him with him &&…

find a new

adventure

But what better adventure is there

than the tempting one

right beside him?

After all…

Hermione's scarf doesn't smell of Hermione,

a-n-y-m-o-r-e

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YAY! Five pages… I thought of this pairing the opening night of the seventh movie, and I was just dying to write them—and now that Scabior was finally added to the character list on FFN, I can post this! XD Whatta scary idea of Greyback getting Fleur, though…although I do wonder why Fleur wasn't called into question—as I wrote above, she is technically a half-breed… Also, the title comes from a Rasmus song.

Thanks for reading, and please review!

-mew-tsubaki ;)

2017 note: Ah, yes, the pains of getting a character added to a fandom's list on FFN… B/ Anyway, dark!Bill is always fun to write, but a Scabior who's just so purely for himself that he can be evil one second and good the next is perf. ;3