Draco watched in shock as the girl who had just saved him took the full brunt of the curse his mother had meant for him. Brooke was picked up into the air then thrown back onto the ground face down. Every time Brooke moaned in pain it felt like somebody was punching Draco in his gut. He didn't understand this pain he was feeling, unless it was guilt but he had never felt that. Draco dropped to his knees beside Brooke's head forgetting about the battle that continued around the pair. he gently rolled Brooke over trying not to cause her anymore pain, but still a moan escaped her lips.
"Shh, it's all going to be alright," Draco said to Brooke as he pulled her into his lap. Sirius Black ran to the unlikely pair having seen Brooke being raised into the air. Sirius knelt down across from them.
"What happened?" Sirius asked the young Malfoy.
"My mother was going to curse me for protecting Harry and Brooke saved me, but she was hit with the curse instead," Draco answered his distant cousin.
"Do you know what curse?" Sirius asked not taking his eyes off Brooke looking for a clue as to how to help her.
"No I don't but it sounded like Old Magic," Draco answered as Brooke moaned again.
Sirius realized that the girl who was like a daughter to him was fighting to breathe. "We've got to get her out of here," Sirius said.
Draco picked Brooke up and stood beside Sirius as curses flew by them. Sirius grabbed hold of Draco's arm and turned on the spot. Next moment they were standing in a bedroom inside Grimmauld Place. "Put her on the bed, I'll be right back," Sirius said before he apparated once again.
