Title: Deadly Encounter
Author name: Muffaa
Rating: PG-13
Summary: The macho man is very ill. His meeting with the bookworm turns fatal.
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Author notes: This is my first fan fiction, so please review and tell me what I'm doing wrong, and right (hopefully). Thanks!
Chapter one: Silencio
"Silencio", He whispered softly as he put a silencing charm on his Hogwarts bed. Five weeks of his sixth year at Hogwarts had passed since he got this illness. Every night he would lie awake, unable to sleep from all the coughing. Sometimes he was just coughing up air, which was unpleasant but bearable, but some nights as he lay in his bed he would cough so hard he ended up unconscious and the next morning his sheets were full of blood.
This was the part that worried him. He had never in his life been really ill. His mother told him that was because of his Veela blood. Not knowing what caused the illness was almost unbearable for him, seeing as it meant he couldn't find a cure. For many weekends he trapped himself in the library trying to find out what could be causing the coughing.
At this moment he was lying in his bed listening to the breathing and some lonely snores of the other Slytherin boys. He hadn't told anybody about what he was going through, he couldn't. He had to deal with this on his own. He was strong. He was the Draco Malfoy, for crying out loud! Nobody could accuse him of being a wimp, ever!
Suddenly a wave of cold shivering went through his body from head to toe. It was beginning. Taking one last breath of normal air Draco thought of his mother. Then suddenly in that small second he thought of her last words at the station. "If there is anything don't hesitate to owl me, son" A small string of thought came to him, did she know?
Suddenly his whole body trembled. He took a deep breath and felt the coughing build up. As he coughed he could feel the air tearing away on his throat. He could feel his body move into foster position by itself, as he coughed and coughed. He could se black before his eyes. Oh no, I'm gonna go out cold" He thought to his own dismay. Then the world went black.
He woke up as the first rays of sunlight came in through the window. He had had a nightmare. Taking deep breaths to calm him down, he felt very wet. Thinking it was only cold sweat he looked down. His pyjama was covered in blood, as well as most of the sheets.
He knew he should tell somebody about what was going on with him; he had definitely lost a lot of blood. His head filled with questions. Who could he tell? What would the other students think of him if they found out? He knew that Hogwarts was the worst place on earth to keep a secret. Rumours spread like fire in petrol.
After quickly doing a clean-up charm and removing the silencing from his bed he got up and got dressed. Carefully choosing his clothes for the day. Everyone knew that he, Draco, was very fashion aware. Once, in third year, a little boy in his year had talked about him being gay, and since then Draco had been with almost every girl in his year and the year below his. All but one, Hermione Granger.
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