Y/N had been mulling something over in his head, and in his heart. Something important. He lived by one important rule when it came to warfare. One Jacob had instilled in him from almost the day he rescued him. 

You never leave a comrade behind.

Y/N couldn't help but shake the feeling he had done this. It was an impossible task when Y/N had first come back, but now, with the abilities Castiel had granted him.... now he had a way.

Y/N had developed a plan. A plan so foolish, so reckless, so very dangerous that no one could know about it. Not Harry, not Sam, not Dumbledore, not even Hermione. Definitely not Hermione.

Y/N was going to do something so rash, so foolish, so damn stupid no one would even consider it had happened, let alone that it had been carried out by a fourteen year old third year.

He was going to break into Azkaban. Saturday night would be the time for it, after lights out, when everyone was asleep.

Y/N was pulled from his thoughts by Hermione kissing him. He snapped back to the moment and escaped his daydreaming as he gently returned the kiss. He quickly heard Lavender chuckling:

"Yep just like sleeping beauty."

Y/N raised an eyebrow and turned to his friend, asking:

"What are you talking about Lav?"

Lavender laughed again:

"Nothing just a muggle joke, we've got to head to class."

The five Gryffindors got up and left to go to Magical Creatures. As they were walking, Y/N and Hermione snuck off to Ancient Runes.

It was an enjoyable enough lesson, as the class continued to learn about Nordic Runes, before the pair time turned and went to Hagrid's hut.

—~—

After arguing with Ron about how the couple could possibly have arrived before them again, the class observed a group of hedgehogs on the ground near the hut.

"Gatha' round. Gatha' round. Got a real treat fer yers today!" Hagrid said excitedly.

As the class gathered round the small prickly animals, Malfoy asked snarkily:

"What? A bunch of hedgehogs?"

Hagrid laughed and responded quickly:

"Thar's a Knarl here among the hedgehogs. Very mistrusting animals. How can yet identify which is the Knarl?"

Y/N walked up silently and sat on the ground cross legged beside the hedgehogs. Moments latter one of the small animals waddled over to him, climbed on his lap and flipped, exposing its belly for a tickle, which Y/N gladly provided. It was Spikes, the Knarl from the reserve, and he was very fond of Y/N. Spike's cute little smile as he got a tummy tickle caused the girls in the class to coo.

Hagrid laughed:

"All righ' then Y/N. Fer anyone but you, how culd they identify a Knarl?"

"Put down milk, Professor" Y/N answered with a smile.

"The hedgehogs will drink it, the Knarl won't trust it."

"Well done, Y/N. Well done! Ten points to Gryffindor" Hagrid exclaimed excitedly.

—~—

Following class the five students had gone to the library. Ron had left within minutes of arriving, proclaiming he had done enough work for one day and that he would be playing Gobstones with Neville.

Not long after the four remaining students were joined by Ginny, Luna, Rolf and Patroclus. The eight all worked on assignments until dinner.

—~—

At dinner time Hermione noticed Y/N eat very quickly, which wasn't like him, and hurriedly wash his food down with a large glass of water. Y/N wiped his mouth with his napkin before standing, leaning down and kissing Hermione on the cheek. He spoke quietly:

"Time to see Charlie, we've organised to meet earlier."

"Aren't I coming too?" Hermione asked puzzled as she returned the kiss. Y/N sighed, leaning down and speaking quietly so only Hermione and Lavender could hear him:

"The stuff I need to talk about... is it ok if I go by myself? I don't want to upset you. I don't want you to think..." Y/N couldn't finish his sentence and Hermione turned quickly and wrapped her man in a big hug.

"It's ok babe, it's no problem. I'll go to the library with Harry and Lav, ok?"

Y/N nodded before pecking Hermione on the lips and leaving quickly.

"I guess it's good he wants to go by himself? Means he's more comfortable with the idea of counselling?" Lavender asked, slightly confused by what had happened but trying desperately to keep positive for Hermione. Hermione in turn nodded:

"Yeah, but it worries me, Lav. How bad must it be if he's worried about me hearing it?" Hermione answered as she fought back tears.

—~—

Y/N walked to McGonagall's office and knocked, the elderly witch smiling at him before leaving and closing the door.

"Hi, Y/N. Just you this week?" Charlie asked happily. "Thanks so much for owling me, I'm only too happy to do whatever you need me to to help you moving forward."

Y/N nodded and replied:

"Thanks for meeting me early, and yeah there's some stuff, things, I need to talk to you about, but I..."

Y/N's voice trailed off as he considered his words.

"What's wrong Y/N?" Charlie asked sweetly. "You can say anything here, it's a safe space."

Y/N nodded, sighing and answering by looking directly into Charlie's eyes:

"I don't know if I can trust you"

This caught the therapist slightly off guard as she replied with genuine concern:

"Oh well, what can I do to make you trust me?"

"Can I use legilimency on you?" Y/N asked sincerely. Charlie smiled and answered:

"Yes of course you can, I'm not hiding anything."

Y/N sat across from Charlie and she watched his eyes roll in his head before feeling a strange sensation overcome her, like there was someone else in her mind.

Y/N's eyes returned to normal and Charlie smiled.

"See? No hidden motives or conspiracy, just someone genuinely trying to help."

Y/N nodded but still wasn't completely convinced. Charlie picked up on it and asked:

"What's wrong Y/N? Are you still not sure?"

Charlie quickly hid her slight hurt at not being trusted by someone she had quite quickly grown attached to as Y/N answered:

"I couldn't see anything to consider you a threat, but what if your occlumency is just that good, and you've thrown me off your scent with a false memory complex?"

Y/N sat back and rubbed his eyes. Charlie was now extremely concerned. This boy was showing signs of extreme delusional paranoia. It's no surprise given the amount of trauma he had described, and he mentioned only scratching the surface. She instantly tried to speak to something she knew he valued, rationality:

"Ok just breathe Y/N, lets think this through rationally. You said you need to talk about something. I can tell just by your tone of voice and posture it's something that's affecting you greatly. I've let you look through my mind and you've seen there's nothing in here..." she tapped her temple "...but someone who wants to be a friend and wants to help, what else can I do to convince you?"

Y/N looked at Charlie with an expression that was hard to read. Internally he was having doubts- he was building the kind of rapport with Charlie he had with very few people in his life- Penny, Rowan, Tulip, Tonks, Chiara- he wanted to protect her. He thought of the only other viable option without brewing Veritaserum.

"There is something else, another way. But I need that away..." he pointed at the quick quotes quill "...and for you to swear to not repeat anything that's said to anyone, not Dumbledore, not in any reports about me, not anyone."

Charlie stopped the quick quotes quill and put it away in her backpack. She looked at Y/N concerned:

"Of course, whatever you need Y/N, but... I'm sorry if I didn't explain this clearly. I'm not reporting to anyone about you. I'm not giving Albus progress reports, I'm literally just here to help you."

Y/N nodded and did possibly the last thing she ever expected him to...

He put his hands together and started praying.

"Cass who art in Heaven, hallowed be... oh I don't know how to do this. Cass, Cass are you there?"

Charlie raised an eyebrow at the boy before there was a fluttering of air and a man in a trench coat appeared in the room.

"Sweet chiminny Christmas" Charlie exclaimed as she jumped a mile. The man looked at her with an odd expression. Y/N looked between the two and spoke:

"Cass sorry to bother you, this is Charlie, she's here to talk to me about my fucked up melon" Y/N pointed at his head as he spoke.

"I've done a full legilimency reading and she seems clear but I need to know if she's hiding anything before I can fully trust her."

The man nodded to Y/N and looked at Charlie before raising his fore and middle fingers to her forehead. As he connected she felt a warmth travel through her body.

He removed his fingers and turned to Y/N:

"She's a pure soul Y/N. She will rest in paradise one day. She truthfully means you nothing but good intentions."

"Thanks Cass." Y/N nodded at the man who looked slightly surprised and nodded back.

"Wait who are you and..." Charlie lifted her hand and rotated it "Why is my carpal tunnel gone?"

Castiel looked at the woman and spoke deeply and with authority, his wings flickering behind him.

"I am Castiel. I am an angel of the Lord. I felt the presence of your injury while I read you, so I healed it as an act of Heaven!"

Charlie's face lit up and she punched Cass's shoulder, asking: "Did we just become best friends?"

Castiel looked at her speechless and Y/N chuckled darkly:

"Ok ok no more breaking the Angel. Thanks Cass, I mean it. Sorry to bother you"

Castiel nodded with a hint of a smile before disappearing with another fluttering of air. Charlie held her hand out to Y/N, inviting him to sit:

"So, you're friends with an angel? Can't say I've come across that one before."

"No, well, you've never come across anything like me" Y/N sighed. He continued quickly:

"Ok so I can trust you. Alright here we go. Where to start?"

Charlie sat down next to Y/N and grabbed his hand, squeezing it gently which confused him.

"Hey it's ok, Y/N. Take your time and start at the beginning. Unburdening can be a big help."

Y/N nodded.

"This can never leave this room. Do I have your word?" He asked.

Charlie smiled and nodded.

"So I guess to start at the beginning... Have you heard about the Prophecies of Tycho Dodonus?"

Charlie giggled and clapped her hands.

"Oh my god yes. My girlfriend Millie is obsessed with his book and Divination in general. Why do you ask?"

Y/N sighed. It was time for the big reveal.

"What do you know of the Prophesied One?"

"Oh that's one of Millie's favourites. An end times figure whose supposed to save the world. Why do you ask?" Charlie asked with a large smile, thinking of her partner's excitement at any type of prophecy.

Y/N looked at Charlie without a hint of smile, completely serious. He spoke with no sense of levity:

"Ask yourself Charlie, how is it I've gone through so much? How is it I'm so strong? How is it a mere third year can be friends with angels?"

Charlie looked at Y/N, unable to quite believe the next words out of the boy's mouth:

"Charlie... I am the Prophesied One."

Charlie's eyes widened as Y/N continued:

"It's not just Tycho Dodonus. There was a prophecy kept secret that was made the day of my birth. Of a child who will arise, a special child, a powerful child. A child who will kill Voldemort when he returns. The only one who can kill Voldemort. And you're looking at him."

Charlie's eyes were wide as she muttered: "Seriously? You're not winding me up?"

"Miraculous healing and an Angel's wings not enough for you?

Before Charlie could answer numerous memories were flashed in front of her eyes- Jacob, Dean, Penny, Mad-Eye and even Albus Dumbledore all referring to Y/N as the Prophesied One.

"Merlin. No wonder you wanted to share, that's a lot of pressure to have on your shoulders so young."

Y/N looked briefly puzzled before answering. "No Charlie that's just some of my background, I'm not done yet but I can't explain what's bothering me if I don't explain who I am."

"Wait what do you mean You-Know-Who's return?" Charlie asked suddenly, fear evident in her voice.

"Sorry Charlie, He's coming back. But I'm the one who will kill him."

Charlie pushed her fear down in order to be present for her client and nodded. Y/N continued:

"I've been raised to be a soldier since Jacob rescued me. Trained in combat, in espionage, in stealth and survival. I've been raised to be a warrior. Recently I've been taking a NEWT in Ghoul Studies-"

"You're taking NEWTs?" Charlie asked shocked.

"A NEWT. Stop interrupting"

"Sorry" Charlie replied.

"So yeah taking Ghoul Studies. Last week I was pulled from class by the Department of Mysteries and dropped into a Vampire nest. They'd been kidnapping, raping and turning muggle women. I had to eliminate them."

Charlie's eyes were wide again. "Eliminate as in..."

"I had to cut their heads off."

"Well I can understand how doing something that like would be incredibly traumatic for you and-"

"Char I'm still not finished!" Y/N snapped impatiently. She stopped taking and nodded.

"Ok so there are some things you just have to accept. One of them is that someone very evil is trying to break these seals. The seals hold the door to Lucifer's cage. If all the seals are broken, the devil rises to earth and hell rises with him."

Charlie was understandably stunned. Y/N waited a moment with no response and waved a hand across Charlie's face:

"You ok doc? You need a minute? I know how ridiculous this all is and I'm living it."

Charlie was snapped from her stupor and smiled, answering:

"No no I'm ok. Keep talking"

Y/N sighed.

"Ok well last week I was pulled on a hunt by Sam, my Ghoul Studies teacher. He and another hunter weren't able to get in contact with some of their people. Turns out it was a broken seal causing it. It was called the Rising of the Witnesses. The witnesses were muggles who had witnessed magic before they died. They were like rabid dogs, ripping the hearts out of hunters chests, the ones who couldn't save them. My witness was..."

Y/N stopped talking and looked down.

"It's ok Y/N. Take your time." Charlie smiled sympathetically.

"Her name was Meg. She was one of the ones taken by the Vampires. She said she hadn't fed. She could have been turned back if she had been given the right potion."

Y/N's voice was breaking.

"I didn't know. I swear I didn't. She charged me with the rest of the vamps. If I had any idea she hadn't fed."

Tears start flowing down Y/N's cheeks.

"She said that she had a younger sister. That when her decapitated corpse was found where the Ministry dumped it..."

Y/N completely broke down at this point, the guilt he had been holding in breaking through, the dam walls flooding. Charlie moved in quickly and wrapped her arms tightly around Y/N.

"It's ok, get it off your chest. I'm not going to judge you Y/N. Let it out" Charlie said soothingly. After a minute or so Y/N sat up and wiped his eyes, composing himself.

"Her little sister killed herself. Because of me, because of what I did. Meg told me her blood was on my hands and she's right."

Y/N couldn't look Charlie in the eyes, looking at his feet ashamed. Charlie gently squeezed his shoulder:

"It's ok Y/N. You couldn't have known she hadn't fed. She tried to attack you right?"

Y/N nodded.

"I understand that this is incredibly hard for you, but you were thrown into that situation. You had to fight for your life. How many vampires were there?"

"Twenty four"

"Twen- twenty four? Wow... You had no choice,  Y/N. The things they were doing... How many more women would they have taken? It's horrific what happened to her and it's tragic her sister took her own life, but you aren't responsible for the actions of others, Y/N. You were thrown into a horrible situation not of your choosing and you did what you had to do to survive."

Y/N was silent for a few moments before asking:

"So what do I do to stop from seeing their faces every night?"

Charlie sighed, her heart breaking at the amount of pressure on the boy.

"I'm gonna prescribe you a script of dreamless sleep potion. Take this to Madam Pomfrey and she will give you a potion every night ok. It's a start, and we will keep working on this each week."

Y/N nodded. He thanked Charlie for her help and left. He apparated to the medical wing, got the potion before apparating to the library. When Hermione wasn't there he tried the Common Room entrance. He entered and saw Hermione sat with Lavender talking.

She smiled at her boyfriend but quickly became concerned, asking: "Are you ok baby?"

Y/N smiled and hugged her.

"Yeah I just need to hug you if that's ok. You keep talking with Lav, if I can just hug you."

Hermione smiled, but couldn't help being concerned as she settled into Y/N's chest and continued talking about their Potions assignment with Lavender.