It’s dark. The candle’s light doesn’t fill the halls like they used to. Guest has a measly stock of food in the bag that keeps hitting their leg as they run. The Carrows could be around any corner. Guest is scared, but who isn’t anymore. Voldemort is somewhere in the world recruiting and building an army and Guest is stuck as school.

The room of requirement isn’t far now. Safety is sought out there, but only two people are forced to reside there full time. Guest and Neville. Forced in there by the acts of rebellion the two would enact, they have become somewhat of leaders, or what some would consider, guardians.