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She ran her hand down the nose of the unicorn and smiled at the boy. At Draco. In that instant she realised who her bonded mate was. None other than Draco Malfoy.
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Lilly opened her mouth to speak, but the door opening cut her off. Severus Snape strode into the room, followed by Madame Pomfrey, who seemed to be struggling to keep up. He walked straight over to her. Periwinkle Moon moved next to Draco, who dropped Lilly's hand as Severus took her in his arms.
Finally, Severus let her go, remembering the headmasters request.
"Lilly, we have the man responsible for this. Dumbledore wants to know if you can identify him." Lilly looked at him, very confused.
"Man? It was a dragon."
"A dragon animagi. Well, he called himself a dragon morpher."
"Hmm...okay. What happens to him though? And can you guarantee he won't be able to get me?" Severus nodded.
"I'm not sure what will happen to him. Probably prison. And...do you want to take the unicorn outside?" Lilly looked over at her faithful friend who was allowing Draco to pat him. She nodded once.
"Yeah, I'll take a quick walk first, then see this man. If that's okay?" Severus nodded. Then looked at her with concern.
"Are you sure you are okay?" She nodded and laughed as she climbed off the bed and laid her hand on Periwinkle's neck. Snape just laughed as his daughter walked out of the room, dragging his godson with her.
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Draco took Lilly's hand once more as soon as they were out of the hospital wing. He didn't risk taking it earlier, not knowing how her father would react.
"He won't mind." Lilly's voice made him jump. "I can hear your thoughts." She laughed lightly. He was amazed; only a few hours she had been dead to the world. Yet not she was laughing and talking as though nothing had happened.
They stepped into the courtyard and Lilly nodded and muttered 'yeah' under her breath. Who are you talking to? Draco smiled, realising how useful this mind reading could be. Lilly tilted her head forward, indicating the pale blue creature beside her. You're talking to a horse? He resisted the urge to say how truly weird that was. Technically a unicorn. She returned the thought in her head, enjoying the silence of the school. How do you talk to the unicorn then? Lilly rolled her eyes, the same way that I'm talking to you. He just nodded.
Lilly let go of his hand and took a step forward before leaping lightly onto her unicorns back. She turned, patting the pale blue hair behind her. Coming Draco? He hesitated. She held out her hand, which he took and before he could blink he was behind her on the unicorn. He opened his mouth to say something but instead watched as the pair of pearly wings sticking out of her back vanished. She hadn't realised they were still visible, and he hadn't noticed they were there. You're not human, are you? He didn't want to ask, but couldn't stop himself from doing so. As the unicorn trotted forward, its deep blue hooves leaving the ground, Lilly turned to him.
"No. Not fully." She looked down, partially ashamed. He put his hand under her chin, pushing her head up to look her in the eyes.
"What's wrong with that? Lilly, it's what makes you you." He smiled, watching as she gave a slight smile. She turned her attention back toward the unicorn, directing him around the edge of the castle. Draco looked around and for the first time he noticed they weren't on the ground anymore. How? How are we in the air? Lilly smiled, he had sounded a little panicked. We are riding on the air currents. Draco rolled his eyes. Yeah, because this is totally normal. Lilly gave him a slight smile; to her riding through the air was normal.
They landed close to the forest. She slid to the ground and turned to Draco.
"You don't care I'm not fully human?" He slid down as well.
"No. Should I?" Lilly shrugged once before sending a message to her father, asking where he was. Quietly she talked to Peri, and watched him walk into the forest. She smiled as she held her hand out to Draco, happy that he didn't care what she was.
"Shall I show you how my people travel?" He took her hand and felt a tingling go all around him. He felt his eyes shut on their own. The tingling stopped and he opened his eyes to see a bunch of lights around them fading. He noticed Severus standing near them. Where are we? He asked her as they followed Snape through a large door. The headmaster's office I believe. Draco didn't say anything else as they were led into the room.
Draco looked at the tall man tied to the chair. His face was screwed up in a sneer and a long cut ran down one eye. But other than that he looked like an average blond blue eyed man. Though something about him made Draco think he had seen this man before. Beside him, Lilly pulled her breath in quickly. He quickly got flashes of various things run through his head. A cell door, a silver knife, handcuffs, a man in uniform laughing, a gleam of silver, a smiling blonde girl, a dragon, a figure in the dark, blood dripping from a knife. He turned to Lilly, realising the images where what was going through her head.
Lilly tensed her muscles, trying not to run from the room. This was the man who had electrocuted her when she was barely four. This was the man who had tried to kill her while she got an ice cream. This was the man who raped her then left her to die after cutting her veins. This one man had been out to kill her nearly all her life. She stepped backward, vaguely aware of the voices around her.
"She recognises him. And I think this man has done a lot of bad things to her." Draco told all the others in the room. Albus looked at him quizzically.
"And what makes you say that?" Draco turned to him.
"I can hear her thoughts. See what is running through her..."He trailed off, listening as Lilly worked out where she had seen the man before. Suddenly Lilly's voice in his head shut down, as though she realised her could read her mind.
"You can read her mind?" The man tied to the chair spoke for the first time since Lilly and Draco had entered the room. Lilly flinched at the sound of his voice. Draco however stood up to him.
"Yeah. What is it to you?" He sneered, disliking the man instantly.
"She is bonded. The diable has bonded. Prince Silvanus is going to love this." Lilly's head snapped up. She put on a mask, hiding the fact that she was terrified. No one in the room could tell how scared she was. No one except Draco, who was still tightly holding her hand.
"What does Silvanus have to do with anything?" The man, Cerberus, burst out laughing.
"Prince Silvanus is the one who ordered your death." He stressed the word 'prince'. Lilly barely blinked. Somehow this didn't suprise her.
"Okay then." She went to leave. Cerberus leaned forward, sneering.
"Don't you want to know why your brother wants you dead?" Lilly shrugged.
"I don't particulary care." She noticed a string around his neck with a pure black rock on it. A rock that would easily transport back to whoever held the other one.
Carefully she focused her thoughts on the necklace. Draco watched in suprise as the rope and rock shimmered then dissapeared. Lilly's free hand tingled as the necklace appeared in it. She turned on her heel, keeping her hand out of sight the whole time then staged her exit. Albus mentioned Azkaban to Severus who was in agreement and asked Lilly for her opinion. But she had left.
As soon as the door shut, Lilly, still dragging Draco behind her, orbed away. He opened his eyes to see they were standing in the astronomy tower. Lilly walked to the railing, flicking her hand with the chain out. It flew through the air and exploded into a million sparkling pieces.
"Lilly?" He didn't finish his sentence, sensing she would know what he meant.
"It would have transported him back. He wouldn't have been able to orb back, but that chain would have taken him straight to the matching partner. He wasn't scared because he knew he could get back to Ayrliah with the chain." Draco didn't say anything for a full minute; instead he put his arm around her as they looked toward the setting sun.
"The explosion thing was pretty cool."
"Yeah, thanks." They stood in the silence once more. Finally Draco couldn't stand it anymore. He turned his head toward her, looking in her grey eyes.
"Lilly. Who is this Silvanus guy that wants you dead? And...What did that man in there do to you?" A tear rolled down her cheek as she opened her mouth.
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