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Chapter 7 – Silhouettes
'What have I done?'
Draco looked at the crowd of people gathering around the lifeless body on the floor.
'I've killed her' he thought. He couldn't take it anymore. He turned on his heel quickly and entered the castle through the doors. He made his way to the dungeons and into the common room. Thankfully the common room was empty and he was able to escape to the bedroom without people seeing him in the delicate state. He opened the door and was relieved to see the room empty. He closed the door behind himself and used a locking spell on it so no-one could enter if they came back. He flopped onto his bed and began to cry. He held his head in his hands as the tears streamed down his face. He hated himself. Why did he do it? Not only has he failed the Dark Lords task but he has killed Katie Bell. There will be an investigation. He will go to Azkaban. The tears would not stop flowing. He hated the fact that he was so out of control of his body. He never wanted this. He was never given the choice, it was forced upon him like so many other things.
Why couldn't life be easier? Why did he have to be born into this family. Why did his father have to be so proud and pompous?. He never understood why his mother married him. She couldn't love a man who chose power, wealthy and greed over love surely. He then remembered. He was pureblood, the only reason they married was for blood status not for love. For a moment he actually felt sorry for them. He had a crazy aunt who would quite happily sleep with Voldemort given half the chance and the darkest wizard of all time is currently lodging in his house threatening his family if he screws up.
A wave a fear flooded through him.
'I failed' he thought to himself. 'How is 'he' going to retaliate? Is he going to hurt my mother, or worse kill her?' A fresh wave of tears streamed down his face. The thought of his mother's lifeless dead corpse on the floor of Malfoy Manor terrified him. How can he fix this? He could only think of one way.
Draco made his way to the library. He presented Madam Pince with the note that Severus had signed for him on the first day of term to look at 'potions'. Madam Pince unlocked the restricted section and allowed Draco to enter. Draco walked towards the potions section in case Madam Pince was watching him. Once there he pretended to take out a book and look at it. He glanced up from it in order to check he wasn't being watched. Madam Pince was sitting at her desk reading some book he had never heard of. He couldn't make it out but from the look of the cover it was called 'Ronoe and Jillet'?
'Must be some foreign book' he thought to himself before making his way over to the section he needed. He took 4 books down from the shelf and opened them to find what he needed. He found the page he needed and read on.
"Vanishing Cabinets
A pair of Vanishing Cabinets will act as a passage between two places. Objects placed in one cabinet will appear in the other. The cabinets seem to ward off all known defensive spells. If one cabinet is broken, a transferred object is trapped in a kind of limbo; repairing it seems to be a very difficult task. Vanishing Cabinets were highly popular during the First Wizarding War; in the event of a Death Eater attack, one could simply disappear to the other cabinet until the danger had passed.
He knew this wasn't going to be easy. He tore all the pages about vanishing cabinets out of the book and left the library.
By the time he had left, night had fallen on the castle. The corridors were empty. He supposed this was to do with Katie. He quickly changed his train of thought for fear of crying again. He couldn't understand why he, Draco Malfoy, was crying over a half blood. This isn't how he was raised he knew better but yet something deep down in him did care.
He made his way up the staircase to the seventh floor and located the Room of Requirements. As usual the door appeared in a few seconds and he entered the room. He ventured in the room quickly and found the cabinet quicker than ever due to his sheer determination. He sat down in front of it began to read some of the abstracts he had found. He decided to try and use a summoning spell to see if he could get anything to come through it but to no avail.
He could feel himself getting frustrated. He placed the apple into the cabinet.
"Harmonia Nectere Passus." He whispered. He opened the door and the apple was still there. Exactly where he had left it. He slammed the door shut in frustration. A moment later there was a crash behind him. He turned round expecting to see Potter. He couldn't see anything or anyone.
"Who's there?" he shouted with a hint of fear in his voice. Draco Malfoy scared. Who would have thought it?
He listened but there was no response.
"Show yourself you coward" he shouted again. 'That felt rich coming from you' he thought.
He stood for a few moments and he was about to shout again when he saw a movement from the corner of the room. He raised his wand expecting it to be Potter. He couldn't make out who it was but it wasn't right shaped silhouette to be Potter. This was a woman.
"Pansy what the hell are you doing here. When are you going to understand that I don't want you?"
"I'm not Pansy" the silhouette replied.
He knew that voice. Where did he know if from?
He watched as the silhouette moved closer to him through the shadows. She, whoever she was, was still dark and covered in blackness.
She finally stepped into the light.
"You" he simply said.
I know this is a small chapter but I needed to leave it there. I didn't want to drag it out. I promise interaction between Draco and Hermione in the next chapter for those who are begging me for it!
