Slowly peering around the great hall, Draco's eyes searched only one person-Ina. He knew she was somewhere around here. She was a Gryffindor after all; she would never back down from a fight. A flash of green caught his eyes, looking around carefully he saw her. The green that had caught his eyes glimmered from the ring on her finger-his ring. She was duelling with a masked death eater. Draco watched with awe and fear as she fought with the death eater, swiping, flicking with such force. One of his spells missed her by an inch but her spell knocked him unconscious.
As the spell passed within inches of the person he adored, Draco made up his mind. Withdrawing his wand from under his cloak, he muttered "Petrificus Totalus", aiming the spell at Ina as she went rigid, caught unawares by the spell. Moving towards her stunned body, he felt a million emotions run through him. No matter what he said, Ina would never forgive him for doing this. But it was the only way he could make sure that she would be safe."Wingardium Leviosa", he whispered, moving Ina into the chamber where all the dead were being kept. He charmed one of the white sheets into black and covered Ina with it.
Hearing footsteps he hurriedly put a disillusionment charm on himself. Darting past people-enemies or allies he couldn't distinguish. Now that his love was safe-as safe as anyone could be in the middle of a war, he needed to find his family. As he was about to cross the great hall, he heard the snake-like voice of the dark lord, informing everyone inside the castle of harry potter's death. As he heard this news, Draco felt a bit of every feeling-dread, delight, sorrow, confusion. He went out into the courtyard, and when The Dark Lord called for him, he went-not because he wanted to, he despised the dark lord, if it weren't for the dark lord, Draco would not have to face all the troubles he had in the past years. He approached the dark lord's side because he saw his mother and father. He rushed towards them, his mother embracing him as soon as he reached her, Lucius -who had never publically shown any compassion for his son before, put his arm around his son, tears of gratitude running down his smoke blackened cheeks. The Malfoy Family were so thankful to have each other that they did not realise the chaos that was reining around them, the war had started again, and potter was alive. The three Malfoys ran, away from the war, away from harm. Draco wanted to stay, see his Ina come along with him, but he knew he couldn't desert his parents.
The Malfoys hid in the shrieking shack, watching the war, huddling together, for once taking each other's sides. In the dark and dreadful night, they found comfort in each other's arms falling asleep for spells, to be woken by sudden screams. Draco kept waiting for the war to end, but his wait was long. By the time the war ended, the sun had risen, over the beginning of The Dark Lord's rule or his demise the Malfoys did not know. Draco rose, and was about to slip out when he heard his mother whisper his name."I will be back, safe and quick, I promise, mother", whispered Draco and fled before his mother could stop him.
Casting a disillusionment charm on himself he darted past the wreckage of the battle towards the room that contained his beloved. Covered in the only black sheet, Ina was unmoving, and for a moment, Draco feared that Ina was not alive. He rushed to her side, slowly removing the sheet from her face. As Draco looked into Ina's face his breath caught in his throat. She looked beautiful, even when her eyes were closed and she was still petrified."Rennervate", Draco whispered slowly, watching as Ina's eyes fluttered and slowly opened. At once she sat up, wand out."Draco? Wh-what happened? Someone cursed me from behind-", she stopped speaking as she realised that Draco had petrified her. She turned away from him, upset that he had betrayed her. Draco looked at her, unable to speak a single word, failing to present the alibi he had thought out carefully as soon as he had cursed her. With tears running down his cheeks he slowly whispered,"I didn't-don't want to lose you, EVER." Ina turned around and watched Draco, who was sobbing. "I love you", Ina whispered in his ear, he looked up to see her tears streaked face, the person he wanted to spend his entire life with. With no warning, he hugged her tight and kissed her-till both of them were breathless. As they came to their senses they realised where they were, and that no matter how much they wanted each other, they needed to get back to other people who needed them right now. So, with no spoken promises, but just their love for each other as reassurance, Draco and Ina parted for their own ways.
