OOM: Draco at the castle

[lady_moon]

They step from Milliways onto the sand outside the castle. It's very white. Snow-white. And just as fine and powdery. The ocean laps at the stone walls of the very large building in front of them, and it's unusual because the water isn't blue.

And the sky isn't, either.

Since dawn has just recently broken, the sky is tinged a cool pinkish lavender as the red-orange sun rises. It shines on an ocean the colour of jade, with white foam kissing the waves. Moon smiles at Draco.

"We're the only ones who live on this plane," she explains. "Nothing changes here unless we want it to." Moon points to the battlements of the castle. "I still don't understand why they insisted on battlements. Battlements are for battle and there's no one to battle here."

This is the home of the tarot cards.

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[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"No, please no..." Draco cried in earnest now, kneeling on the ground. "I'm nothing without it. Please..."

[three_of_swords]

She comes to kneel in front of him.

"That's where you're wrong. And you'll see. This way, you'll see."

Sorrow looks up and sees Moon in the doorway, the green-eyed card frowning and fidgeting with the laces of her corset.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

Draco just shook his head, still crying. It was like part of him was torn away. A piece of him just gone. And Ollivander was gone. There was no way to get it back.

"No..." he sobbed.

[lady_moon]

Moon crouches down beside him, sliding her arms around his shoulders.

"Draco."

She didn't have much else to say. Being a creature of magic, she'd be destroyed to lose it.

There were times Moon hated what the tarot cards did.

[three_of_swords]

Sorrow remained in front of Draco, her hands clasped in her lap, watching the broken young man.

"It will get better," she murmurs.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

He just shook his head again, not even speaking now.

[three_of_swords]

"I'll... go ask Skill to make some tea and cancel breakfast," she says, making a very quick getaway.

Sorrow didn't like being the one to set things in motion. It's where she and her father differed greatly.

[lady_moon]

On the balcony, Moon holds Draco a little tighter, encouraging him to lean into her.

Comfort.

He was crushed and hurting and now... now there was comfort. He just needed to take it.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

Draco clutched back finally as the pieces fell to the floor again. Sobbing loudly, and shaking. He hadn't cried like this since his father had died.

[lady_moon]

Moon hangs onto him, much like a mother would, and presses her lips to his head.

"It isn't the end of the world," she whispers.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"It is."

[lady_moon]

She laughs sadly.

"Oh, no it isn't. You're alive. You're healthy. You're loved. The sun doesn't rise and set on magic alone."

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"But it's all I am." Still shaking some.

[lady_moon]

"If it was all you were, then when the wand broke, you'd cease to be. But you haven't. Which means you're more than magic."

It was a painful start, Moon thinks. Drastic and painful.

But so had been Gorlim's shove from the old life into the new.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"Then what am I?" He weakly asked.

[lady_moon]

Moon smiles softly and kisses his cheek.

"That's what we're going to to find out."

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

He just whimpered a little.

"How?"

[lady_moon]

"By living your life."

Moon hugs him close, giving a shakey sigh.

"Do you want to go inside and have some tea?"

She thinks tea helps everything.

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"I can't live like this? Like a MUGGLE? No."

[lady_moon]

Moon looks at him.

"Why not? What's so terrible about it?"

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

Draco stared at her like she was utterly mad, "That's not me! I'm a pureblood wizard!"

[lady_moon]

She cups his face firmly, forcing his eyes to meet hers.

"Draco, you have no idea who you are. With or without the magic. What's done is done. You will have to cope with it. Accept it. Because your wand is broken."

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

Draco sagged again.

But then brighten, "Wait, Miniver's got his wand. I can borrow it till I can get a new one. Yes."

He's still not getting it.

[lady_moon]

Moon glares at him.

"I will take his if I have to."

Not break it, no.

But this was important, and if she had to whack Draco on the head, she would.

"You asked for help. Now take it."

[dragonofgrey.livejournal.com]

"Not like this!" He exclaimed, "Anything but this! How am I supposed to live? I barely know anything of muggle life!"