OMG GUYS! i am sooo sorry!
i wrote this like two weeks ago but i kept forgetting to upload it.
and to make it worse this is seriously short. im so sorry :/
He's really trying. So hard.
But she's humming the same song, over and over. It's making him so sleepy.
Draco is sitting in front of the cell, his back resting on the bars. Luna is sitting back-to-back with him. He's told her to go to sleep three times already, but she won't listen. She's just sitting there, humming.
He can feel the heat of her body on his back, so much that he's starting to sweat.
He doesn't want to see her get tortured. He doesn't want to see her die.
He will not let it happen.
"Draco?" she says, so softly he isn't even startled.
"Hmm?"
"Will we be leaving soon?" That's right. He's supposed to make his escape with her tonight.
But he can't do it now! Bellatrix is sleeping at the top of the steps; she insisted just a few hours ago.
"We… we can't. My aunt is right outside," he says.
"Oh," she says. "That's alright." She has no idea how not alright that is.
Neither of them has spoken a word since. It's just silence.
Draco's hands are helplessly at his side. He's so tired he can't even lift them if he tried. The only thing keeping him from collapsing is Luna's humming. She won't stop humming.
"Are they going to kill me?" she asks.
"No," he says, without even thinking about it. He will not let anyone touch her. He'll die first.
"Why not?"
"Do you want to die, Lovegood?" he snaps.
"No."
"Then don't ask."
"I'm sorry."
Something rough and warm wraps around Draco's hand. It's Luna. She's holding his hand. He can't tell if she's trying to comfort him or herself.
When Draco wakes up, it's because of the wicked cackling coming from upstairs. He turns around and Luna's not there.
He jumps up and dashes up the stairs. The first thing he sees is Luna's eyes. She isn't screaming. But the pain is in her eyes. They're staring right into him. "Why did you let them do this?" they say. "Why didn't you save me?"
Bellatrix is screaming "CRUCIO!" and waiting for Luna's screams to fill the empty air. That's Bella's favorite part. The screaming.
Luna is trying so hard not to cry in agony. Draco can see her biting down on her lips.
But the next time Bellatrix says, "Crucio," it's over.
A noise comes from Luna that doesn't sound like her. It's worse than a scream. It's worse than someone scratching a chalkboard. Luna is in excruciating pain.
That's all he can think about.
And he isn't doing anything about it. He's just standing there, frozen.
She's looking at him helplessly. "HELP ME!" her eyes scream at him.
He doesn't. He is a coward.
He cannot even set aside his fears for Luna Lovegood, the first and only girl he's fallen in love with.