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Bella teaches herself the Disillusionment Charm. She isn't perfect at it - you can totally see a shimmer where she is, a bit of outline, if she turns around fast you can spot the ends of her hair flying through the air. But it's enough that she won't be discernible from a few hundred yards off the ground on Thestralback.
The next weekend, they pack snacks, she disillusions Feral in case there are people who can see them who'll happen to look up as they pass, and Bella dutifully signs them off-campus and estimates that they'll be home by dinnertime - she expects them back much sooner - and they are off to Santa Cruz.
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The dementor shrinks away; it was willing to try going around one glowy person, but two are above its pay grade. It starts to rise into the air to fly away.
Feral's glowy person—who looks more like a blurred, glowing copy of Feral than anything—leaps after it.
Feral giggles.
Feral giggles.
Feral's glowy person is just as effective as Bella's more abstract one.
The cloak falls.
The cloak falls.
"Incendio," says Feral. The cloak is gone before it hits the ground.
He walks back to Bella, still giggling. There are tears running down both sides of his face; he doesn't appear to notice them.
He walks back to Bella, still giggling. There are tears running down both sides of his face; he doesn't appear to notice them.
Hugs.
"You wanna go back, or get the next one?"
"You wanna go back, or get the next one?"
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"Let's get the next one. Heh, you don't even need me along to do this, now, do you?"
"Probably easier with you, though," he says. "We wouldn't even have to land, now that I've had my good look. If it was just me I'd have to turn human again to cast the Patronus."
He cracks up and hugs her again, a little shakily.
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Hugs. Her glowy person fades out. "You okay? You have tear marks on your face." She digs around in her pocket for leftover candy from their packed snacks-in-Santa-Cruz.
"Do I?" He wipes his face with the hand that is not still holding his wand. "Yeah, I do." He shrugs. "I'm fine - I just - " and he grabs some chocolate out of her hand.
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She lets him have all of it; she was near her glowy person the whole time.
He wolfs it down, hugs her again, and turns back into a Thestral.
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She recasts his Cushioning Charm, hops on, and says, "Giddyup."
He makes a noise that is surpisingly like his usual snicker and kicks off from the ground, wheeling around as he climbs into the sky.
It's only a few minutes at top speed until they find the next Dementor.
It's only a few minutes at top speed until they find the next Dementor.
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Bella tries strafing it, taking aim and firing her Glowy Person directly at it.
Flumph goes the cloak.
Flumph goes the cloak.
Of course, now they have to deal with the cloak.
Feral looks at it.
It goes up in flames, and by the time it drifts to the ground, there is nothing left but a few threads of crumbling ash.
Feral looks at it.
It goes up in flames, and by the time it drifts to the ground, there is nothing left but a few threads of crumbling ash.
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"You're not supposed to do that. We could have landed," Bella chides.
He snorts.
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"Anyway, unless there's another one really nearby, let's go back to school."
Feral nods, circles, and heads off.
A quarter of an hour later: school!
A quarter of an hour later: school!
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Bella reverses the Disillusionment, and does some homework, until it is evening and she heads back to her and Sherlock's room.
