(Disclaimer- I have no ownership of the Harry Potter world)
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-Liberation-
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Long fingers pulled his chalky skin taunt against sharp facial bones, holding his head and preventing it from falling further. Nearly translucent eyelids pressed desperately together, delaying an acceptance of the outside world that sight would instigate. Fragile and shaking legs bent to the ground, forcing him into a position of prayer.
He was ruined, he was hated, and he was afraid. His name was Draco Malfoy.
The Dark Lord had fallen. Draco would have smiled, but he wasn't sure he remembered how, resulting in a pained stretch of his lips that cracked the dried flesh there. He was free now, but he was sure this would end once more. Perhaps, with a kiss? The dementors would inevitably return and Azkaban was waiting with cold open arms and fatal greedy fingers. Draco could almost feel the depressive chill, the decaying flesh.
"Draco?" Draco opened his bloodshot eyes and lifted his face to catch who had spoken his name. Kneeling now with him was a petite Slytherin girl he knew to be a year or two below him. Why had she left the merry celebrators and bereaved mourners in the castle to find him in the haughty forest?
He made no effort to reply.
"You're free." She watched him, the crease between her brows betraying her fear. She should have been afraid. None of this bothered Draco, nor did he hear her rushed explanation that his mother had saved Harry Potter's life, or that she had been sent to find him, and he didn't care. Nothing mattered as much as those two words that rung brilliantly in his mind.
"Free?" He repeated with an honest desperation to hear the words again from her, his eyes digging into her. Perhaps she saw something in him that no one else had; because her teeth were exposed into what Draco remembered was a smile. He hadn't seen a smile in such a long time.
"Free." She repeated and an ecstasy poured into his veins.
He kissed her. Her name was Astoria Greengrass, and it began with a kiss.
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(A/N- For the Draco Malfoy/Astoria Greengrass challenge. It's about time people pay attention to canon. :) This is my take on how they met, I hope you liked it. Reviews are greatly appreciated. ^-^
Forever Yours,
Pyro)