Desperation

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Title: Desperation
Pairing: none
Rating: G
Word count: 100
Challenge: Time


Weeks, months, moving persistently by.
A task, a mission. A Mark on my arm.
I can’t decline. This should be an honor.

Days, weeks. The end draws closer.
Searching, finding. Trial and error.
There has to be a way to make this work.

Hours, days, a last-minute discovery.
Pride, triumph, I had thought this impossible.
Death Eaters in a Marked tower.

Minutes. Hours. It seems to last forever.
An exchange; my confidence wavers.
I raise my wand, but I can’t say the words.

Seconds minutes passing flying,
Running hoping, I need a way out!
I’ve failed. I have to escape.