Chapter 25: Forgive Me
I had flown a great distance. The travel had taken its toll on me so I decided to rest for a while.
I perched myself on a tree branch, high above the ground. I closed my eyes falling into a still sleep.
"Anastasia…" the wind whispered, immediately waking me up and putting my guard up.
"Anastasia…" I searched around men and saw nothing out of the ordinary, but I wasn't about to shrug off the alert feeling so easily.
I searched below on the earthy land, scanning the land for any irregularities. My eyes focused on a familiar form whose eyes were that of moonlight streaming into the dense forest, illuminating everything.
"Anastasia…" he whispered again.
"Malfoy…" I squawked as I jumped off of the limb, transforming into my normal figure before lightly landing on the soil with a soft crunching noise as leaves broke underneath my feet.
"I need to talk to you." He demanded.
"What could you possibly say that would mean anything to me?" the words were frozen with a coldness that I had never possessed before.
"It's about our break up." He announced as he stepped into the moonlight.
"That's no longer a factor, anymore." I said as my fury started to swelter.
"I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just trying to protect you. I never betrayed you. I had received a mission from the dark lord that involved the destruction of Dumbledore and I didn't want you to get caught up in my world." He finished.
"Then, why invite me in? I gave you everything. I gave you my heart but you didn't care. You ruined the very thing that I had treasured in life and that was our connection to one another. If you're trying to make up for lost time. Don't. I don't want or need your pity. I am everything that I have ever dreamed of and more. I wont let anything stand in my way." I warned him.
"I'm not giving you pity. I'm asking for your forgiveness." He stated with gentleness.
"Well, you're not getting it. I have come to realize that I don't need you anymore. I don't want to have anything to do with you. It would be simple to just kill you now, but I want to enjoy watching you die by my hands during the war." I smirked and malformed into a flaming bird.
I flapped my wings and left an almost frightened Draco standing there, watching me as I left him behind.
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