Simon-

The silence surrounding Watford is eerie. Not even the merewolves are howling. The only thing to break the silence is my panting. The cold night is a sharp contrast to my sweaty body. My breath comes out in frozen clouds. The grass is still wet from being watered and my feet sink into the saturated earth. Blood trickles from my forehead, tracing a trail down my cheek and dripping off my chin.

A scream rips the silence and my heartbeat picks up. All I have to do is walk a few meters into the Great Hall.

Into safety.

Into Watford.

Into home.

But I can't, I won't. The scream cuts off and the silence resumes, even more unsettling than before. I have to go back for Baz, who's still locked in battle with the deadly Chimera. Baz- my enemy. He's hated me since first year. He tried to kill me. He almost did. And yet I turn around and run back into the woods towards Baz- my enemy, my nemesis.

Baz-

Bloody Simon Snow.

I can't ever win. Even if I would've succeeded tonight, I would've lost.

I'm firing spells at the Chimera with rapid fire. My arm bleeds from a gash the Chimera clawed at. I've tried to set the beast on fire but its hide is resistant. The fire slides off like water on oil.

Why am I fighting? I'll never win, never have Snow, never mean anything to my family... never have a purpose. My future holds only pain. Why am I still fighting?

I clench my jaw shut, cutting off a spell and let my wand drop onto the damp earth. A cool wind whips through my shirt, freezing my sweaty torso. The moon is full even though it's so late and I can plainly see the Chimera's face.

It looks confused for a moment. Then the Chimera begins to walk towards me slowly like a lioness, knowing it's already won.

Simon-

Roots snag on my shoes as I run. I run towards the sounds of labored breath and the occasional howl, sometimes human sometimes beastly- both come from Baz.

I finally reach the grove of trees. Baz's arm is gushing blood, dying the green moss a dark red. His black hair hangs tangled around his shoulders. Sweat has completely drenched his tattered and stained shirt. His wand lays next to his feet. The Chimera is stalking towards him and he does nothing to stop it. He stands with his jaw clenched, staring defiantly at the Chimera. What is he doing?!

"Baz!" I move towards him. He clenches his fists. I can feel my magic about to boil over. I'm about to go off. The Chimera looks up at me and growls.

I'm about to go off.

"Baz!" I run at him and the Chimera does the same.

Baz-

Simon bloody Snow. If I look at him I won't have the strength to do it. He yells my name again, he sounds closer this time, desperate too. The Chimera charges me and I can hear Simon doing the same.

Of course he came, to be a bloody hero. But he will die, even with his sword, he'll die fighting the Chimera alone. I pick up my wand turning my back towards the Chimera and face Simon instead.

Simon-

Baz looks at me, pleading with me. He doesn't look like my roommate. My roommate who sneers, is always perfectly put together and calls me Snow. Baz never looks so disgruntled, he never lets anything do that to him. I can see him now. The pain behind the sneer. The broken look in his eyes gives him away.

I continue to race towards him, blood pounding in my ears. I won't reach him before the Chimera. Magic is pouring off me in waves. I have to use it somehow, control it. I have to get the Chimera away from Baz.

"Hit me with your best shot!" God, I hate that spell, I feel like a prick casting it. It's a simple first year spell but still effective, especially now when my magic is full power.

The Chimera stops immediately and falls over, snapping it's attention away from Baz and towards me. It slowly picks itself up. I raise my sword. Out of the corner of my eye I see Baz move.

I look over at him. He's clutching his wand and pointing it straight at my chest.

"Baz?" A tear slides down his cheek. He mutters something and a black bubble begins to form around me, closing like the lens of a camera. Until everything is dark and the only sound is my panting once again.

A/N: Hey! So this is something I started because I was bored in English class. I will probably update it every few days, but definitely once a week. Please comment and vote if you liked it!