Chapter 28- Define Unbreakable
Rayne
I admit I was proud of Ron and the fact that he landed the spot of Gryffindor keeper on the Quidditch team.
The fact that Hermione might have maybe kind of cheated was a small thing really. McLaggen was hitting on her and was really a bit self centered so what the heck, I was all for it.
That guy was just… A little creepy.
Though I could still tell they knew something was going on… In all honesty it was really hard to keep them ignorant.
Why did they have to be so good at solving problems? Well actually, that's going to be helpful to them when defeating the Dark Lord.
Though Draco and I had managed to sneak off to the Room of Requirement and find the other vanishing cabinet just yesterday.
"Now how to repair it." He mumbled.
I shrugged, examining the huge cabinet in front of us. "Try reparo."
"It can't be that simple." He muttered.
"You never know." I said with a shrug. "Or how do we even know it's broken in the first place?"
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, messing up the clean and tidy look he always had.
"Wait… Harry told me something about Peeves dropping a big cabinet back in second year… Maybe this is the one?" I suggested, frowning slightly in thought.
A grin spread across his face. "I think this may be it. But we have to ask Peeves… And it's not going to be easy. Or maybe even Filtch. Who would it be easier to get out of?"
Peeves seemed to enjoy torturing all of the students while Filtch at least favored Slytherins, so he seemed the best choice. "Filtch. He likes you Slytherins."
Draco scowled slightly as I grinned. "Well go along, go get that information." I put my hands on his shoulders and led him out to the hallway.
"Come with me." He told me.
"Do you not know me anymore?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'm a Gryffindor, Filtch favors the exact opposite, Slytherins."
"You're Slytherin enough."
I scoffed. "Sure, and you're one of the Weasleys." I retorted sarcastically.
He sent me a glare before growling, "Fine." And walking off.
We'd found out that the vanishing cabinet we had was indeed the vanishing cabinet that had been dropped by Peeves four years ago. So now we knew why it was broken, still the question was just how do we get it fixed.
Just earlier today we lost our change to be absolutely successful. In potions with Slughorn, the Felix Felicis just slipped through our fingers.
"Whoever can successfully make a draught of living death today will win this tiny vial of Felix Felicis." Slughorn told us. "Otherwise known as…"
He didn't get to finish as Hermione finished his sentence. "Liquid luck."
"Yes Miss Granger, liquid luck. If you drink this, then you shall find that all your endeavors will succeed." Slughorn continued, that goofy grin on his face. "Now get started, you have until the end of class."
Everyone rushed to open his or her books while Draco and I exchanged one glance. We needed that potion. We needed it more than anything now- well… he did. Though we needed to get that potion so he would be successful and the Dark Lord wouldn't murder his entire family including him.
"You're supposed to cut it!" Hermione's voice cut through my thoughts.
"I am." I answered, not realizing she wasn't speaking to me.
When I looked up she was giving Harry an incredulous look. "Not you Rayne! Him! He's crushing it and his potion is still coming out better than anyone else's!"
Oh dear Hermione. I have no idea why, but she was one of those people that just had to be top of the class, number one, best at everything. Not this time apparently, Harry was beating everyone… Including Draco and me.
"Well done Harry! What a natural!" Slughorn cried as Harry's potion came out exactly as Hermione had said, better than everyone else's. No, not just better, it was perfect.
Bloody hell, how could I let that chance slip by me?
"I can't believe we lost that one." Draco muttered to me as we watched Slughorn give Harry his prize. "That was probably our one chance to get this absolutely right."
I lay a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry, we can do this." I whispered.
As I said it I noticed that Harry was watching me intently. Like I noticed before, he knew something was up. I just had to hope that Hermione and Ron didn't help him figure it out.
"I got it." Draco dragged me out of the library where I was looking up information on the vanishing cabinets.
"Got what?" I asked, curious now.
"A way to kill Dumbledore. Without you know… directly doing it." He said quietly.
Poor Draco, he wasn't meant to be a murderer. He may be a stuck up pureblood at times, but he's still just a kid. Just a kid who was frightened of what was going on in his life.
This makes me glad that I live forever huh? Not…
I'm a killer though. I won't do it for Draco though I'll leave that up to Snape. Something gives me a feeling that he can't kill him directly, so he's going to use other people and items to do it for him. Hopefully one of them works.
"So what's the plan?" I asked.
He pulled me to an empty corridor. "Tomorrow's the Hogsmead trip. I can get the cursed necklace then by owl so it doesn't have to go through security here at Hogwarts. Then…" He paused. "I'm going to have to use the imperious curse on someone to get them to deliver it to Dumbledore."
"Who's the poor soul?" I asked, trying not to be phased by what he was about to do. Acting shocked would only discourage him.
He shrugged. "A girl. Easy target."
I sent him a small glare and he bit his lip. "Sorry, I'm not talking about you, just some of them here seem easy enough to control. Just please help me."
"Whoa. Draco, I'm helping you with a lot of things, but using an unforgivable is something I'm not going to help you do." I told him, only to gasp in pain and use my left hand to grab my right wrist as my entire arm began to burn.
"What's wrong?" He asked, trying to look at my arm.
I jerked my arm away. "Nothing. Fine, I'll help."
Great, I have no choice but to help. Punishment for attempting to break an unbreakable vow…
So you can't break an unbreakable vow… I guess that's why they call it unbreakable… Go figure.
Author's Note- I got the whole dropping the vanishing cabinet when I looked up how it was even broken and someone pointed that out from the second book. xD Just so you know it's not my idea.
Also the title for this chapter is supposed to be stupid just saying! xD
Anyways, thanks to xXMizz Alec VolturiXx and Isabella95 for reviewing this chapter!
