Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did I'd be with Draco. All I own is the plot, Callista Everwood, Georgia Walker and Rilyn, the house elf.
By the way there is swearing in here. Specifically referring to the 'F' word formally known as fuck. :)
I know I took long, I'm sorry! I've just been so busy!
This chapter's dedicated to: Wesley, my boyfriend, who makes me the happiest girl on the planet. :)
He saw Dumbledore turn around, but saw no Harry. Looking around quickly he raised his eyebrows in confusion. How had he managed to disappear so fast? Shaking his head he focused on Dumbledore. Lifting his wand up he pointed it at his headmaster. His hand was fidgeting; he couldn't keep his hand up straight. Dumbledore looked at Draco with a sympathetic smile on his face.
"You're not a murderer Draco." Dumbledore said.
"I was chosen! LOOK!" Draco shouted pushing up his left sleeve revealing The Dark Mark engraved into his arm.
"You don't have to do this."
"I do. He'll kill me." Draco's head fell ever so slightly.
"This won't help you. If you kill me, you're no better than he is." Dumbledore began to explain as he watched Draco's face soften as he looked up at his headmaster, "Do you want to be like Voldemort Draco? Do you want to be known as one of the most dangerous men in England? I don't think you do. I can see it."
"You don't know anything about me! How do you know what I want?"
"I know you're not a killer."
Draco couldn't budge or say a word, he just stood there motionless. Not a few moments later the other Death Eaters emerged from the shadows. Some of their expressions were emotionless, some had cheesy grins but one stood out the most, as always. Her grin was more prominant than everyone elses and her hair was messier than usual.
"Good job Draco, you've actually succeeded in something for once." She growled at him.
Looking over at his aunt Bellatrix, he just glared at her. All his life she'd been teasing him about being a failure, and now, as he was standing motionless about to kill his headmaster he was finally getting recognition. It wasn't right, and he knew that. He could feel it in the bottom of his heart and wanted to just collapse right then and there.
Turning around the room he scouted out a place where Callie could have been. He didn't want to call her name, or gesture for her to come out. They were still mad at each other. She was there somewhere, he knew that. But when she'd come out and help him he had no clue. Still holding the wand in his hand firmly he couldn't take his eyes off Bellatrix. She had that look that you didn't want to mess with.
Creeping out of the shadows came Callie. She stood over next to Draco, "Just do it."
He jumped at the sudden voice turning to find Callie standing next to him. Smiling at her he leaned a bit closer, "You came."
"I had to." She said stepping away from him, "Now do it."
Looking over at his ex girlfriend then up at his headmaster he lowered his wand shaking his head, "I can't do it."
Callie groaned and literally pushed him out of the way before holding her wand up and pointing it at Dumbledore, "I'm so sorry professor."
"You're not a killer Callie. You don't have to do this." Dumbledore said looking into her eyes.
"No, stop telling me that! I made a vow I'd kill you if Draco couldn't." She said trying to keep a straight face.
"No you didn't."
"I did, and I'm sorry. I know I maybe should have told you, but I didn't know how."
"You're not a Death Eater are you?" He genuinely looked surprised.
"Oh, I am. I have been since I was three and I fully intend to keep my vow. I don't want to die."
"You don't have to."
"Stop telling me what I don't have to do! It's not going to help that this is ridiculously hard!" She shouted looking away for a moment.
"Oh looks like The Dark Lord's favourite little Princess is so weak." Bellatrix cackled.
That was it. Callie had had it. She pointed her wand at Bellatrix, "I may be too weak to kill him, but I'm not too weak to kill you." Callie said before she noticed a subtle wink in her direction from Dumbledore.
"Oh really? Let's see you try!"
"Yes, Avada Kedavra!" She shouted the spell but just as she was saying it pointed her wand at Dumbledore.
Just before the spell hit him he nodded subtly, knowing it was coming, thanking her. The green light hit his chest and he fell over the side of the tower. Callie's face filled with tears and she collapsed to the floor. Immediately next to her was Severus Snape who had appeared out of nowhere. Lifting her up he cradled her in his arms, "Shhh, its okay Cal, shhh."
Callie couldn't speak, but only cry. Snape ran his hand through her hair desperately trying to calm her down, "Don't worry, I promise you everything will be okay."
Nodding she buried her head into his chest. Bellatrix stood over Snape and Callie looking down in confusion, "You're consoling the little bitch? She's a wimp, leave her be."
"SHUT UP!" Callie cried wriggling free from Snape's grip.
She jumped up, turned around and tackled Bellatrix to the floor. Bellatrix began attacking Callie back, trying to push her off. She whipped her hands up, slapping Callie. After a few moments Callie could feel a pair of arms wrap around her waist lifting her up. Her legs continued kicking and she continued screaming. Looking back at the person holding her she saw greasy black hair falling down next to her face.
Knowing it was Snape she turned around and cried into his chest. Bending down he lifted her up as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He held her in his arms like a little babybu and made his way out of the castle following the other Death Eaters and Draco. They headed outside and down to Hagrid's hut, as Bellatrix was so apt on burning the place up. Draco kept hesitating to follow them but knew it was the best thing to do.
He could see Harry running after them, holding his wand up. There was a part of him that knew something bad was going to happen, but he was worried what it would be. Every couple seconds he'd look back to make sure everyone was alright. Behind him was Snape still holding Callie in his arms, which he still felt was a bit weird. He'd never truly understood why Snape and Callie got along so well.
Harry pointed his wand in Snape and Callie's direction, shouting a spell, "Sectumsempra!"
Callie's body went rigid and her breathing quickened, hyperventilating. Blood was oozing out of her chest, ruining her white shirt. Snape flipped, stopped, placed her down on the ground, took out his wand, got rid of Harry's wand, "Expelliarmus," and tended to Callie.
Healing her, he revived her, clearing up all her wounds before looking up at Harry, "How dare you use my spell against someone else!"
"I…I…what?" Harry shouted, confused.
"I'm the Half Blood Prince! And you could have just killed your friend had I not known how to cure it!"
"But you did!"
"That's not the point Harry! Just go back to the castle."
"Is she okay?" Harry said walking towards Callie on the ground.
Snape lifted her up into his arms once again, "She's none of your concern. Go back up to the castle."
Harry watched Snape rush away with Callie in his arms. As he did, he couldn't help but wonder why Callie had done it. He knew she had to make sure of it, but he never thought she'd actually murder him. She was his friend, he trusted her. And to top it all off, he knew she trusted and loved Dumbledore. And yet, here she had gone and killed him. It didn't make any sense. As he walked back up to the castle, as Snape had instructed, he saw students gathering down by Dumbledore's body.
Professor McGonagall was standing at the front of the crowd trying to calm all of the students down. As he approached her she turned around seeing him completely shocked, "Potter, what happened?"
"I know who killed him, I saw her do it." Harry said never taking his gaze away from McGonagall.
"You saw her? What do you mean her? I thought that…" Professor McGonagall started.
"Yes, I saw her. Callie Everwood, she murdered him."
McGonagall couldn't say anything; she just stood staring at Harry. She didn't want to believe that a student had murdered Albus Dumbledore, let alone one of her best students. But there was a part of her that knew something had been bothering Callie the last few days. But she hadn't expected this.
Instead she pulled her wand out of her cloak, whispered 'Lumos' under her breath and held her wand up in the air. Harry followed suite, as well as all the other students standing outside around him. Soon the entire crowd of students had their wands up in the air, even the Slytherins.
Meanwhile Snape, still carrying Callie, who was still crying, was running through the forest with the other Death Eaters. They all apparated, appearing at the Malfoy Manor. Placing Callie on the couch Snape sat down next to her, holding onto her hand trying to calm her down.
Standing behind the couch was Draco, just watching his ex girlfriend, not knowing what to say. He wanted nothing more than to reach out and touch her. Rather than Snape, he wanted to be the one holding her closely and making sure she was okay. But knowing that he had broken her heart he knew him trying to console her would make it worse. Instead he just stood there, like an idiot, staring down at her.
Looking up at him Snape nodded and shifted his body ever so slightly allowing Draco space to squeeze in. Draco took Snape's place and held Callie in his arms. He smiled at being able to touch her and hold her once again. Running his hand through her hair he couldn't help but wonder what it would have been like if they hadn't broke up. As he could feel her body calming down he began to worry.
What would she do when she saw that it was him instead of Snape? Would she freak out and bolt or merely just stay where she was? As he contemplated this, he saw her calm down a little more. She opened her eyes and turned to face him. For a moment she just stared before she buried her head in his chest letting her final tears fall. A grand smile fell across Draco's face as he realised she was crying into his chest. Pulling her close h continued to run his hand through her hair, whist his other hand was rubbing her back.
He wasn't sure what she was thinking or why she didn't seem mad at him. There was a part of him that wanted to ask, but he didn't want to ruin the moment. Instead he let her just cry, before she looked up into his eyes. She let small breaths escape her mouth as she occasionally bit her lips. He could tell that she wanted to say something, but was afraid.
Desperately he wanted to just take her hand and hold onto it to calm her down. But fear got the better of him. If she had pulled away, his chance would have been gone. Instead he just let out a small smile explaining everything would be okay. Taking one last look into his eyes she sighed before she started talking.
"I…thank you, for just sitting here with me. It means a lot." Callie said gazing into his bright blue eyes.
"It's no problem, I'm always here for you baby. You know that." Draco said feeling confident enough to take her hand.
"I know, but you still broke my promise. Don't think that just because I'm being nice to you right now that it means anything."
"Oh no, I know, but I want you to know that you're my little baby, and you always will be. I will never stop loving you and I really didn't mean to break your heart, you know that."
"Yeah, I know." She let her gaze drift away from him as she stood up from the couch looking at everyone around her, "I'm gonna give in. Is it alright if I use the room next to Draco's for tonight?"
"Oh yes, of course honey, go right ahead. We'll have Rilyn come wake you for breakfast tomorrow morning." Narcissa said smiling, as she poked her head out of the kitchen.
Draco slid back into the couch and let his head fall against the back, sighing as he watched Callie head upstairs. As she saw her walk up he saw her clench her stomach and double over for a moment before composing herself and rushing up the stairs. Something was up, but as usual he didn't want to pester her about it. She wasn't the kind of girl that enjoyed being asked a million questions.
He got up from his spot on the couch, not wanting to sit around with his parents for much longer and headed up to his room. Collapsing on his bed he let his eyes close as he drifted off into a deep sleep that was much needed.
…
The next morning Callie opened her eyes and immediately felt sick to her stomach. She slowly slid out of bed, quickly made her way to the bathroom, bent down and threw up into the toilet. Groaning she let her head fall down onto the toilet seat. Before she could even think about why she had just thrown up she could feel it coming up again. Leaning over the toilet she let out the contents in her stomach again.
There was a knock on the door and she could hear Rilyn's voice, "Miss Callie, breakfast is ready."
Groaning Callie cried, "Go get Severus for me Rilyn! Please! GET HIM NOW!"
"Of course Miss Callie." Rilyn said back racing down to the kitchen where she saw everyone getting ready for breakfast.
"Mr. Severus, Miss Callie requests you upstairs." Rilyn said looking up patiently at Snape.
Snape looked down at the little house elf confused for a moment before slowly heading up the stairs. He knocked on Callie's door, "Callie, what's happening?"
"Snaaaape, in the bathroom, UGH!" She said before throwing up again.
At the sound of that Snape dashed into the bathroom and saw her sitting by the toilet. He was down at his knees holding her hair back and gently rubbing her back. He flushed the toilet and tried to calm her down a bit. Once again she was leaning towards the toilet. When she finished she groaned, shifted her body, faced her back to him and fell back into his chest. He held her close to him and ran his hand through her hair.
"Are you okay honey? What's wrong?" Snape asked feeling weird talking to someone like that.
"No, and I don't know why. I woke up this morning and I suddenly felt really sick."
"I'm sorry princess."
Callie groaned before she lifted her head up as her mouth dropped, "Snape, what's the date today?"
"I believe it's February 6th, why?"
She turned to face him, still with her mouth dropped, "I'm a week and a half late Snape."
"What? I'm sorry I'm confused."
"I'm LATE! It was supposed to come almost two weeks ago!"
Snape tilted his head sideways still confused, "I don't get it."
"I…I think I'm pregnant."
Snape's hands dropped from holding her and scooted away from her, "You…WHAT?"
"I think I'm pregnant Snape. I'm almost two weeks late and I'm throwing up and it's morning and I know the last time Draco and I had sex he wasn't using a condom but I don't know if he was still taking that pill."
Merely blinking his eyelashes Snape looked at her. He wasn't sure what he was meant to say, he'd never had to deal with this. There was only one person he could talk to. He stood up and left the room, "I'll be right back Cal."
Callie nodded as Snape left. Dashing down the corridor Snape tried to breathe deeply. He stood at the top of the stairs and looked down into the kitchen, "Cissa, we need your help up here."
Narcissa looked up to see Snape with a worried look on her face, "What's wrong Severus?"
"Just come up, I need your help."
Nodding Narcissa made her way upstairs, excusing herself from the others. When she reached the top of the stairs Snape took hold of her arm forcefully and dragged her down the hallway to Callie's room.
"What the bloody hell is wrong Severus?"
Instead of saying anything he just pointed to Callie sitting near the toilet. Narcissa bent down next to Callie, "You okay honey?"
"No, I'm not. I'm throwing up and I hate it." She said once again leaning towards the toilet, however this time nothing came out.
"Aw, I'm sorry honey. Do you know why?" Narcissa asked rubbing Callie's back.
"Yes, I think I'm…I think I'm pregnant."
Narcissa's mouth dropped as she let herself fall onto the floor, "I'm sorry what did you say?"
"I'm two weeks late, and I'm throwing up like a mother fucker."
"Is it Draco's?"
"OF COURSE IT IS! WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I AM?" Callie shouted.
Sighing Narcissa tried to wrap her head around it, "I'm sorry. I don't know how well he's gonna take this."
"It's not going to be well I know that." Snape sniggered.
The two girls looked up at him, glaring. Narcissa held Callie's hair behind her head as she occasionally threw up into the toilet, "Honey, is there any other signs? Are you sure?"
"I don't know. Can we just not tell anyone about this until I know for sure please?"
"Of course sweetheart, but you know that in a month or two if it's true you'll show right?"
Callie nodded and looked up at Narcissa, "It wouldn't be that bad right?"
"Well, you've got your entire life ahead of you honey, are you sure you want this?"
"I know I'm only sixteen but I feel that this could be good for me."
"But you've got school."
"Only the end of this year, I'm not going back next year."
Naricssa looked over at Callie as if she had grown an extra two heads. Shaking her head she scooted back against the wall before finally speaking, "What do you mean?"
"I can't, not after what has just happened. I don't feel right at Hogwarts anymore, and besides if this is true, I don't want to be raising this kid while I'm in school."
Merely nodding Narcissa helped Callie up. She put some clothes on her and brought her downstairs. Just as Callie made her way downstairs, her nose perked up and a grand smile fell across her face, "OH my dear Merlin, what is that heavenly smell?"
"Those are the mashed potatoes for dinner tonight." Narcissa said looking down at Callie.
"Can I have some? Can I have some? Nowwwwwww?" Callie whined as she placed her hands together pleading.
Narcissa laughed, "Yes, but you have to wait until dinner."
Shaking her head Callie bounced on her feet, "Noooooooo, I want them now. I need them now, oh my goodness, they sound so amazing, can I have them now? Like right this very moment? Oh my dear goodness I want some now, so bad! Really bad! PLEEEEASE!"
Snape looked over at Narcissa and raised his eyebrows, "What's with her?"
Stepping over closer to Snape, Narcissa whispered in his ear, "That's food cravings, the girl's really seriously pregnant."
So Callie's pregnant huh? How's that gonna go over? :)
-xActDanceWritex