"Envy!" Mischievous yelled, running in pursuit of the Slytherin seeker across the pitch-black Quidditch pitch, "What the hell are you doing?"

There was no response. The two of them were still in the Quidditch uniforms and still had their brooms, though the sky had darkened. It's been hours since the match, hours since the Dementors showed up.

Envy had fainted clean away, fell from his broom, woken up half an hour after that in the infirmary, then ran out of the place to the field.

Mischievous, as the backup Seeker, had been tasked with catching the stray who is the actual Seeker. His wand was still with him, but so was Envy's wand, and he's extremely skilled in invisibility spells.

"Come back here!" Mischievous yelled again, straining his voice, "You're going to pass out again!"

There was no response, but, much to his surprise, Envy hadn't hidden himself with a spell. He'd just depended on the colors of his robes.

But he didn't run when Mischievous approached him.

"Lumos," Mischievous said, wand drawn out. The light illuminated Envy's pale and sickly features, which made sense considering he'd been attacked by Dementors just half an hour ago.

Envy was gripping to his broom so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Seeing this, Mischievous immediately remembered his task.

"What did you see?" he asked, giving Envy a once-over. He was terrified. Mischievous could see that.

"Leave me alone," came the hoarse reply.

"I can't," Mischievous replied matter-of-factly, "if you stay, I have to stay to ward off the Dementors."

"I don't want to see your face," Envy muttered, "not yours, not Kindness', not anyone's. Leave me alone."

"What did you see?" Mischievous pressed again. He wanted to help Envy—his Quidditch team-mate, his dorm-mate, friends in subtly saying 'fuck you' to Snape—he won't just abandon Envy here.

Finally, Envy looked up, a glistening tear - track on his cheek illuminated by the Lumos spell. The deathly grip on his Nimbus 2001 was still there, and Mischievous understood why when Envy spoke.

"I saw you," he said, his voice barely a whisper, "I saw all of you, but you didn't see me."

He understood what the true meaning of the sentence was.

Everyone abandoned me.

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uhhhh i wanted 2 fuck shit up w dementors lol