An Ode: Shadow - A Seventeen Anthology | Page 68

Minghao growls, ready to pounce on them as Seokmin shouts the spell. “Expecto Patronum!” A blinding white light comes out from the tip of his wand, forming a massive shield and it successfully pushes Minghao back. Some of the sparks swirling around Seokmin’s legs and slowly taking a form of a beagle, barking loudly at the werewolf. It might work to shield them from the werewolf’s attack, but Minghao is nowhere to stop. They have to get away now. He turns at Mingyu and shouts, “Now, Mingyu!” Mingyu swings his wand into the night sky, “Accio Firebolt!” “Does it work?” Seokmin asks, now holding his wand with both hands. “I can’t keep it up any longer!” “Come on, come on,” Mingyu mutters, eyes scanning the dark murky sky to find his broom- stick. He hopes that Minghao won’t decide to dump the idea that Mingyu is Gryffindor’s star Chaser in his dream. “Come on, Firebolt.” A swooshing sound breaks through the forest. Mingyu lets out a whoop as he recognizes the Firebolt flying closer. Without a cue, he grabs Seokmin by his hand. “Jump!” is the only thing that he says before he literally jumps into his broomstick, Seokmin following after. They fly in the air now. A desperate growl echoes behind them, signaling that Minghao can’t really follow them. Mingyu takes them closer to dream-Hogwarts, knowing that the magic castle will provide anything that Seokmin needs in order to save Minghao. “Do you think he’ll follow us to the castle?” Mingyu asks. “Knowing that werewolf has the intelligence of a human, he might be,” Seokmin answers, glad that he still remembers Snape’s explanation of werewolves last week. “And this is his dream. He might as well lurk around the place that is familiar for him.” “How do we prevent him from getting closer?” “No, let him be. We’ll be safer in the castle in case we need to fight him.” Mingyu falls silent after that. He maneuvers his Firebolt to land in the Astronomy Tower gently, feeling steady as he can feel the ground under his feet. Seokmin hops off from the broom, Mingyu following after. “How long you’ve known?”