DISCLAIMER: I don't own either Harry Potter or The Mortal Instruments
Week's had passed since Valentines visit and Hannah hadn't uttered a word to a single soul let alone let herself properly eat or rest, most of her night where filled with her wails as she cried herself to sleep.
Draco had stopped sleeping in her room at night after she had magically thrown his armchair at him but that didn't keep him away interlay, he would return each and every day. He would either try to get her to talk to him or attempt to get her to eat more than a couple of mouth fills of food, which would only happen if he used the power of the locket
"Please Hannah" he pleaded the night before he would return to Hogwarts "Just talk to me… hell look at me even, I'd settle for that"
He leant over and placed a soft hand on her bear shoulder, she hated the way her body yearned for his touch. How it craved it even, she knew it was the effects of the locket but that didn't make it any less intoxicating
"Please don't" she found herself quietly pleading "You're making it hard to determine what emotions are mine and what aren't… you touching me doesn't make it any easier"
"You have to understand that I had to do it" he expressed, not moving his hand "I had no choice"
"I get that" she snapped looking at him now "What you don't get is I have every right to moan my old life… a life I very well won't get back because there is a very large 'If" I make it through this war" she sobbed now "That ring was all I had left to cling to"
He took the sobbing girl into his arms, she had looked so broken so fragile this last week.
"I have nothing left" she sobbed
'That's not true" he told her softly stroking her back "You have me"
"Why are you being so nice" she asked looking up at him now, the Draco she knew was a cold hearted prat
He simply answered by tapping the locket at her throat, so it changed him also… 'Huh' she thought
"If you just stop fighting the connection and embraced it you wouldn't be having such a hard time coming to terms with what's your feelings and what isn't" he informed her "And the sooner you realise I'm not the enemy you'll also have a much easier time…"
"Aren't you?" she questioned turning to face him "Because last time I checked you where sided with the bad guys" she said pointing at his arm
"I'm sided with my family" he pressed "I have and will always put my family first, regardless of the outcome"
"So you would kill for them" she shot at him
"To protect my family…" he asked "I'd… you're not different, you're a shadowhunter you're raised to kill"
"I'm raised to kill and hunt demons" she snapped "There is a very large difference"
"Is there?" he asked "Because I've seen you almost kill a man"
"In self-defence" she snapped "He would have done far worse to me at the end of the day and you know it"
Draco shuddered at her words
"We are arguing again" she pointed out, calming her angry self-down
"We aren't arguing" he told her "We are having a heated discussion" he said pressing the point "besides there isn't going to be such thing as good guys and bad guys… there is going to be either dead or alive and I want to be alive, don't you?"
"Not if I'm left standing with the bad guys" she answered "Not if I'm left without my friends and loved ones"
"How about with me?" he asked placing a soft hand on her cheek "Stay alive with me"
"I…" Was all Hannah could say
"I'm not trying to replace him" Draco told her looking her in the eyes now "I'm trying to be the person you need me to be…"
"And what's that" she asked a little short of breath, he was a little too close to her now
"At the moment" he said leaning in slightly "A distraction to all the death and destruction going on outside of these walls"
"Is that all" she asked
"You're used to saving the world" he told her "Let me save you for once"
"Is that such a good idea" she said when he lent in even more
"I think it is" he answered softly, inches from her
"Is that you specking" she questioned "Or the locket"
"Both" he said crushing his lips into hers
She couldn't help but moan at the touch, all the built up anticipation lead up to this one small moment. Every touch, ever caress felt like electricity through her already alight veins.
All thoughts and emotions had been thrown out the window, all she could think about was the wonderful feeling of his lips against hers, his hard body pressed against hers.
She felt him slowly pushing her body back on the soft mattress, his large lean body leaning over hers. It was then that the full extent of what they were doing hit her like a ton of bricks
She reluctantly pulled her mouth away from his "Wait" she gasped out "I…" she said softly
"Can't?" he said trying to catch his breath
She shook her head "I'm sorry" she said softly "I'm not…. I'm not ready… not yet"
He slowly sat up, bring her up into a sitting position as well "It's alright" he told her "We got a little carried away"
Oh how she desperately wished she could give herself to him, right here… right now. But part of her could never give herself away to Draco, not with Jace fresh in her mind. Not with her love for him weighing so heavenly in her heart
She lent up and kissed him softly on the lips, closing her eyes at the blissful pleasure that spread through her body "I really am sorry" she told him once she ended the kiss
"All things good come to those who wait" He said with a slight smile "Come up" he said dragging her to her feet "It's my last night at the manor and I don't want it to be spent cooped up in these stuffy walls"
"What do you have in mind" she asked excepting the cloak he handed her
"A walk through the gardens" he simply told her leading her down the empty corridors
They had almost made it outside unnoticed, undetected. It wasn't till they turned the last corner did they come face to face with two deatheaters guarding their exit
"Mr Malfoy" the one on the left said with a sadistic smile "A little late to be out and about don't you think?"
"I was just taking Miss Ravenheart out to get some fresh air" Draco stated "What with my absence fast approaching"
"I'm sorry Mr Malfoy but we have our orders" The tall one on the left informed him
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Draco snapped, his eyes narrowing at the man in question
"No one is to set foot outside the manor walls this evening" he answered, Hannah noticed the man's hand slowly edging its way towards his wand
Hannah softly graved Draco's arm "Come Draco" she softly tells him "Perhaps an early night will do us wonders before you leave tomorrow, all I ask is time alone"
Her last comment seemed to amuse the deatheaters before her
"Run alone Mr Malfoy and amuse your lady while you still can" the one on the left snickered
She felt the muscles in Draco's arm tense up
"Best be on your way now" The deatheater said pointedly
Draco! Hannah ordered
He turned to look at her now with a look of pure shock on his face, he quickly took hold of her hand and led her back the way they came "How did you do that?" he hissed quietly now slowing down their pace
"What?" she asked confused
"You just spoke" he said looking around to make sure they were alone "In my mind"
"How?" She asked looking around herself, they had almost made it back to their rooms "Could it be the locket?"
"There you two are" Lucius Malfoy said stepping out of the shadows, making the pair of them jump in fright. He looked at them now with a suspicious look in his eyes, watching them both closely "Severus wishes to have a word with you Draco… Regarding your upcoming school year"
"I'll be with him shortly father" Draco answered placing a hand on the small of Hannah's back
"I'll see to it she gets returned to your room" he said slowly, giving Hannah the same cold calculating look she was use to receiving
"It'll be alright father" Draco insisted "I won't be a moment"
"Nonsense" Lucius snapped "Do not keep your new headmaster waiting"
"Headmaster" Hannah said looking at Draco with shock, she looked at him directly in the eyes. She didn't trust Lucius as far as she could throw him, but the fact of the matter is Draco will be returning to school tomorrow and will not be able to look after her 24/7. It was about time she learnt to handle his father on her own, as terrified as that thought made her.
"Draco sweetheart" Narcissa said turning down the corridor
Hannah noticed Draco visible sigh with relief "Mother" he said with a true smile "Please see to it Hannah is returned to my room won't you?"
"Come" Narcissa said holding out her arm for Hannah, only just noticing the tension between father and son
Once they were safely back in Draco's room Narcissa addressed her "You'll have to forgive my husband, he hasn't been right of mine ever since he returned to us"
"Narcissa you know I'm not safe" Hannah tried to reason with her
"No one in this house is dear" Narcissa quietly hissed "I'm just grateful Draco is returning to school in the morning, at least there he has Severus"
"Do you even hear yourself?" Hannah asked grasping at straws, once Draco left that front door she had a target on her back
"You're under the Malfoy protection" Narcissa shot back "As long as that necklace is around your neck you're as good as a Malfoy" when Hannah went to once again interject she snapped "Besides the Dark Lord requires you to be kept alive, so consider yourself lucky that you still have a purpose"
That shut Hannah up, all this time she had forgotten the fact that the Dark Lord went to all this trouble to obtain her. To break her and bring her to his side, she would have outside laughed if she wasn't worried Narcissa would think she was crazy.
"As long as you have purpose and value you're as good to him as my sister" Narcissa repeated "Just play your cards right"
Right then a house-elf entered the room interrupting their conversation, Hannah noticed the poor thing shaking like a leaf from head to toe "Miss" it said flinching even at its own voice "The mistresses are required in the drawing room"
"You heard the elf" Narcissa said leaving the room "Change your clothes and met me outside, you have two minutes" she said pulling out her wand and fixing Hannah's messy hair
Once in the drawing room Hannah took her regular seat between both Narcissa and Draco, Hannah noticed the slightly cold dead look in Draco's eyes. Whatever his meeting was about it can't have been good, all she did was softly take his hand under the table. She felt him relax at her touch, he wouldn't risking looking at her or thanking her for such the small yet large gesture.
However once the Dark Lord entered the room Hannah snacked her hand back, not risking such an action being court under the watchful eye of Lord Voldemort
"It would seem" Voldemort said having taking his seat and around looking at each and every person at the table "That all those still loyal to Dumbledore still wish to resume their teaching duties at Hogwarts… they still believe they are protected the old fools work.. His ever so faithful students"
This comment earnt a few snickers around the table from those most loyal, mostly Bellatrix
"For those of you who are unaware I have appoint Severus headmaster" He said gesturing to the man in question "I have no doubt in my mind that Severus will do us all proud"
"It is an honour my Lord" Severus said bowing his head
"We are shaping young minds" Voldemort said with a sickening smile on his face "And we will not tolerate any insolence, which is why the Carrow's will both be joining him upon his return"
That sent shivers up Hannah's spin, deatheaters freely roaming the castle… on unsuspecting children, dear god the Gryffindor's
Mastering up all the courage she could she slowly raised her hand, this action made not only the Dark Lord laugh but all his followers as well
"Have something you wish to share Miss Ravenheart?" Voldemort said with a sickening smile
"Perhaps my Lord" Hannah said feeling sick to her stomach "Perhaps you should consider using the Slytherin students to keep their fellow students inline, if there is one thing that could be taken away from Umbridge's time as headmaster it was the fact she used students to fight off the rise of the rebelling student body"
"Marvellous" He simple said looking at her in serious now "You may be starting to prove your worth Miss Ravenheart" he looked at Draco now "Do not underestimate that rare creature you have on your arm Draco… she may be of more use to you than just a pretty face"
"Never my Lord" Draco said looking at Hannah proudly "I'm sure my uncle can testify that she has a nasty right hook also" that last comment made the Dark Lord laugh outright
"Onto other pressing matters" Voldemort continued
Hannah felt a sigh of relief leave her lips the moment the room was dismissed
"Keep it up" Narcissa whispered leaving the room with Lucius
"Let's retire for the evening shall we" Draco said holding out his arm
She noticed how he watched the remaining deatheaters with caution
Once they were both back in his room he locked and sealed the door with magic, she saw the tension instantly ease from his body
"What was that?" he asked softly, she could hear the anger in his voice "I know you Hannah and you can't be that stupid as to think intrusting our house to be any better than the Carrows when it comes to the other students" he looked at her how "You basically gave the whole of Slytherin house a free pass"
"Believe it or not Draco, I have faith that the Slytherin students will somewhat protect the rest of the student body" she stated "I believe that they will shelter the younger students from the Carrows as best they can"
"Then you're a fool" he snapped
"I just have more faith in our fellow housemates then you do" she shot back
"When it comes down to it, they will protect themselves… self-preservation my dear" he said moving towards her "There isn't a hope in hell of one of our fellow snakes putting their neck on the line for a Hufflepuff… or worse Gryffindor"
"We will see" She said as he placed a hand behind her neck and pulled her body into his "You need to rest" she told him as she felt his lips on her neck "You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow"
"Severus is taking me himself" he said continuing his assault "He believes it's unwise for me to get the train, what with everything that's happened"
"Smart idea" Hannah said closing her eyes now "But you still need rest"
"I'd rather continue doing this" he said capturing her lips in a heated kiss
"Draco" Hannah said pulling back
"This is maddening you know" he told her, a look of frustration clear as day in his eyes "You have no idea the effect you have on me"
"Me" she challenged "Or the locket"
"The locket only amplifies what we feel… intensifies what's already there" He countered "Every fibre of my body is telling me to seal this connection, to complete the bond"
"I don't want to rush this" she said giving him a chased kiss on the cheek "I don't want to rush this... Rush us, not the night before you leave me"
He really looked at her now, be saw the hurt in her eyes. He knew she must be afraid, just as afraid as he was about leaving tomorrow
"I'm just a firecall away" he said softly caressing her face "I'll speak to Severus"
"Stay with me tonight" she asked leading him to the bed "and not in your chair"
"You mean the chair you destroyed?" he said with a smirk
"I don't think we needed it anymore" she said with a playful smile
"But just sleeping" he asked unbuttoning his shirt, his actions made her blush
"Just sleeping" she reassured him "and perhaps more of this" she said giving him a soft kiss
"You'll be the death of me witch" he said climbing into the bed "going to change or are you just going to stay dressed in that" he said eyeing her dress
She slowly started to unzip her dress, letting the skin tight black dress fall to the floor. Bending over she picked up his discarded shirt and started to slowly button it into place
"Like I said" he told her visibly gulping "the death of me"
"Shut up and get comfortable" she laughed getting into the large king-size bed