Disclaimer: I do not own the lyrics to the song ("Time Well Spent medley") on here. it solely belongs to Tom Felton.

Chapter fourteen:

Heartstrings

It was back to school for the students after a week long break. A week didn't seem long enough for time away from the newly run school for most of the students. While on the train back to school, Draco and Luna had sat next to each other on the ride to Hogwarts, most started getting used to having them together, well except Pansy. With the new rules at the school, it would be rather difficult for them to get together without breaking the rules. The Carrows had escalated the punishments and evloen plain teaching in the classroom, having students use the cruciatus curse on the first years. Those that refused to perform the torture had been punished themselves, beaten up. The school remained bad and of course Snape had barely been around to witness everything. It had turned into February and though Valentine's day was around the corner, within the next day, most students didn't exactly feel in the loveable mood after the punishments given.

When Valentine's day did arrive, most that were dating in the school had went to Hogsmeade and enjoyed a butter beer or candy. Draco and Luna of course had done the same, sitting at a table in the Three Broomsticks after leaving Honeydukes. "Happy Valentine's day, Draco." Luna stated softly yet a little cheerful. Draco smiled briefly. "Happy Valentine's day." Draco replied, holding her hand from across the table. "Anything happening at your place lately?" Luna asked curiously, used to getting hints from Draco about the death eaters once in a while. Draco scanned the room in case of anyone overhearing before looking back at her. "Well, he has a few imprisoned there unfortunately. So it's frequent visits from him." Draco informed, keeping it brief by using 'he' and 'him' in substitute for Voldemort. "That's terrible. Its getting worse it seems." Luna replied. Draco nodded. "Yes, it is." Draco replied. Draco didn't approve of what the death eaters were doing especially using his home as a lair. They then went back to the castle and resumed the day.

Soon it would be April and the Easter holiday will be approaching. The students had left the school for Spring break and both Luna and Draco returned to their homes for the break. Draco had been hearing the babbling and scoffing from his bedroom about the Quibbler spreading things about Voldemort and the death eaters, also applauding Harry Potter's efforts against Voldemort. Draco didn't think much about it besides it being complaints but didn't expect anyone to do something so drastic over petty words in a magazine. The next day, it was Easter and the death eaters were furious about what Xenophilius was writing in the Quibbler, so they were commanded by Voldemort to take Luna. McNair, along with other death eaters, showed up to the cottage where Luna was out front pruning a bush as Xenophilius opened the door. McNair approached the front and grabbed Luna as another death eater helped take hold of her. "You cannot take my Luna!" Xenophilius shouted, rushing down the steps and over to Luna before McNair knocked him to the ground. "Don't hurt my dad, please!" Luna begged. McNair ignored her before turning to Xenophilius. "You need to quit writing that rubbish in your magazine! So we're taking her so you will cooperate and heed our warning." McNair snarled. Xenophilius got up and ran after them as they walked off with Luna. "I'll do anything, please, dont take her!" Xenophilius pleaded. One death eater turned around to point his wand at Xenophilius. "No don't hurt him!" Luna warned. McNair viciously punched Luna in the face in attempt to make her quiet. "Stupefy!" the one death eater casted at Xenophilius, knocking him out then they apparated from the area.

Draco had just gotten up that morning and had breakfast, now sitting in the large, dim living room in his usual black tailored suit when the death eaters showed up to the front of the gate, entering through and knocked at the front door. Lucius and Narcissa walked over to answer the door, having the three death eaters walk in, dragging a blond female along with them. Once Draco spotted the female, he instantly noticed it was Luna, with a faint redness around her left eye from where she was punched. Draco instantly stood up at her presence in shock and worrisome. "Where do we put her?" one death eater sneered. Draco walked over closer to Luna, standing in front of her. "Why do you have her?" Draco asked firmly. Lucius wore an arrogant smirk on his lips before Narcissa gave him a look, causing him to drop it. "Into the cellar with the rest?!" McNair suggested. "Why is she here, i asked." Draco asked once more, now irritated. Narcissa walked up to touch her son's shoulders, knowing he was upset. "The dark lord commanded us to. Her father was writing unwanted things about us in his magazine and wouldn't shut up!" McNair informed him. Draco didn't like the news. "Now, move it!" McNair spewed. "I don't appreciate you speaking to me in that manner, in my own house, McNair." Draco snapped, giving a piercing glare towards the death eater. Luna had never seen Draco's place and though it wasn't the way they planned her to first see it, she knew he was right on how big it was and knowing why Draco was the way he is. It was also the first time she saw his mother and thought Narcissa was pretty.

Narcissa attempted to break up the tension between McNair and her son but Draco wasn't cooperating. "I'll take care of her. I'll lock her up in my room or a guest room." Draco attempted to compromise. "Protecting your delinquent little girlfriend are we?" McNair taunted. Draco bit his cheek. "The cellar." Lucius ordered. Draco turned to look at his father with horror then disdain. "I will not have my girlfriend locked away in the cellar, father." Draco refuted. Lucius arrogantly held his head up high and simply walked off in silence. Draco looked over at them dragging Luna towards the cellar and attempted to follow before Lucius blocked his way. "No, no Draco. You will not communicate with followers of the enemy." Lucius stated, the tip of his walking stick pressed against Draco's chest. Draco was getting furious and disobeying his father, he brushed him out of his way and continued walking before Lucius took out his wand. "Carpe retractum..." Lucius casted, snagging Draco and pulling him back, dropping him into a chair. "Incarcerous." Lucius then also casted but arrogantly, tying Draco to the chair with ropes. "I cannot believe you did this to me! Your own son!" Draco spat out, struggling to get out. "I'm only doing what's best for you, Draco." Lucius stated before leaving the mansion. Draco was furious that his girlfriend was taken in as a prisoner.

Meanwhile, Luna was forced into the cellar by the death eaters and locked the door as they left. Luna peered into the darkness of the cellar, noticing a man and a goblin were there as well. "Who else is here?" Luna asked curiously. The man approached closer before stopping. "It's Ollivander. And i believe Griphook." Ollivander greeted. Luna attempted to use her wand to get light but no magic would come out. "They put a protective enchantment here in the cellar, magic is useless in here." Ollivander explained. Luna furrowed her eyebrows. "Everything will be okay, i hope." Luna encouraged. Draco was still strapped to the chair in the living room. As he attempted to get out, struggling, it was to no avail. Narcissa walked back into the living room after had went to the kitchen and noticed the disappointment in her son's face. "I'll let you out of the bind, but promise me you wont let that girl go. For our family's sake." Narcissa spoke. Draco sighed before nodding. Narcissa pointed her wand. "Relashio." Narcissa casted, undoing the bind and Draco was let loose. "I need to see her though. I don't want her getting hurt." Draco explained to his mother. "Okay but wait until tonight and tomorrow, so your father won't notice." Narcissa replied, knowing her son cared for this girl. "Okay." Draco spoke before marching off to his bedroom meanwhile Luna heard the echoing of their voices as the door to the stairs was open. She knew Draco cared for her and was worried. Draco had been in his bedroom working on something he's been doing since the summer, despite his mother making him eat dinner.

As the day passed, the night came and that's when the mansion was merely empty aside from Draco and Narcissa, everyone else was on the hunt for Harry Potter. Draco left his room and made his way across the dark house, crossing the dark and empty living room before reaching the door to the cellar. Upon opening it, Draco stepped inside, closing it gently to make no noise and took out his wand in the piercing darkness. "Lumos Maxima!" Draco casted softly. Of course there was an enchantment on the cellar for no magic but technically he was on the stairs and tunnel to the cellar, so anything passed the gate wasn't able to use magic. As the bright light came on from his wand, Draco stepped down further towards the locked gate. As much as he wanted to attempt to magically unlock the gate, the otherside of the gate was in the cellar so no magic and he didn't have the keys. Luna heard footsteps and saw a light from the gate where there stairs led, walking over she spotted Draco. "Draco?" Luna questioned in surprise. Draco shown the light more so towards the cellar so they had light but lowered it so it wasn't in their eyes. "Yes." Draco replied. Draco felt guilty that the death eaters kidnapped her and treated her the way they did. "I just wanted to see how you were. I didn't expect this to happen...not exactly how i imagined showing you my place for the first time." Draco explained, looking down at his hands. Luna furrowed her eyebrows as she approached the gate as close as she could, putting her hand through the bars and taking Draco's freehand into hers. "It's not your fault. And you were right, your place is quite big." Luna replied softly. Draco smiled briefly but only for a moment. "I don't know what I'll do when i have to return to school after the holiday without you...I'll probably lose my mind, unknowing if you're okay or not." Draco explained, intertwining his fingers with hers.

Luna looked down at their hands. "I'll worry about you too. But somehow i believe it'll all work out in the end." Luna stated. Ollivander had been listening on and couldn't help but say a word. "Are you two together? This is very sweet." Ollivander commented. The interruption caused Luna and Draco to look back at the wandmaker. "Yes, we are sir." Luna replied. "Splendid." Ollivander complimented, the wandmaker was in hopes that with Draco involved they also had a chance at getting out somehow. Draco looked back at Luna. "I actually have something I'd like to show you. Be right back." Draco stated, standing up and leaving up the stairs and out the door. Draco headed towards his bedroom and grabbed the black acoustic guitar that he had gotten from his cousin Nymphadora Tonks years ago on his thirteenth birthday as a gift in an attempt to reconcile with the family in which Lucius and Narcissa turned down due to the pureblood supremacy and of course Voldemort. Carrying the guitar, Draco grabbed a lantern then made it back to the cellar, closing it and walking down the steps. He figured it would be easier to use a lantern for light while he played the guitar. Setting the lantern onto a step next to him, Draco took a seat on the steps. "What's this?" Luna asked curiously.

Draco looked at his guitar before responding. "A guitar. Got it years back as a gift. I, uh, had written a song, for you." Draco confessed. Luna smiled at the idea of having a song written for her, especially it being from Draco. This whole relationship had given Luna a new perspective on Draco, he wasn't seen as the bully in her eyes like he used to years back. "I'd like to hear it." Luna replied. Draco smiled nervously since he never played before others. Draco got his pick in his hand and strummed the acoustic guitar before he began to play it softly, singing:

"I wish I knew, everything there is to know about you, and...I want you to see, just exactly what you mean to me.

And you, you think you know me, yeah, I guarantee there's a lot more to see. And you, you don't believe it's true...That if I'm dreaming, that I'm dreaming of you...

And I...wish that I could hold your hand, feet beneath the sand...I...wish that I could drive you in my car, to kiss you on the stars..."

Draco finished the song in a couple soft strums of the guitar before setting it aside on the floor of the steps. Narcissa had been up and listened from behind the door with a soft smile on her lips before leaving. Luna loved it as she smiled brightly through the song. "I hope that wasn't terrible." Draco stated, a little shy about that side of him no one ever really knew. "It wasn't. It's very good, Draco." Luna stated. Draco then went to be closer by the bars, taking her hand into his. Though they couldn't kiss due to the bars that separated them, Draco instead placed a kiss on the top of her hand and had gone back up the stairs with his guitar to his bedroom. Draco had thought of ways to get her out of the cellar but each idea seemed to be fumbled by the enchantment on the cellar or his father and the death eaters holding the keys. The next few days, he had brief visits to the cellar in the afternoons and evenings as Voldemort did questioning off and on but when Draco did see Luna, he was giving the prisoners food and water. Draco had visited Luna in secret during the late nights around midnight, falling asleep on the stairs near the gate near her before his mother would wake him before Lucius would find out.

Upon waking up, Draco had gotten ready in his black suit once more. He overheard visitors in the livingroom from the bedroom but attempted to ignore it, figuring they were just the death eaters bringing in more prisoners but he was wrong. "Follow me." Narcissa commanded, leading the way across the hall. "My son, Draco, is home for his Easter holidays. If that is Harry Potter, he will know." Narcissa added. "Then get Draco, Cissy..." Bellatrix told her sister Narcissa. Narcissa walked into Draco's bedroom and opened the door. "Draco...we need to see you in the living room." Narcissa instructed. Draco wasn't sure what this was about but he hoped it didn't involve Luna. Walking into the livingroom, Draco spotted Hermione and Ron, recognizing them right off the bat but noticed it was snatchers instead of death eaters this time. "We need you to identify someone to see if it is Harry Potter." Narcissa explained to her son. Bellatrix stood there, holding a male down on the ground before lifting him up to show Draco, the moment he approached. "Well?" Bellatrix asked. Draco looked at the male, noticing immediately that it was Harry Potter, having Ron and Hermione there was also a dead giveaway. "I can't be sure." Draco replied. Draco was nervous and honestly, was contemplating whether or not to expose him. Lucius walked over and put one hand on Draco's shoulder. "Draco...we must be sure...if we were to be the ones to hand over Potter to the dark lord, everything would forgiven or be just like it was." Lucius spoke softly to his son.

Draco felt the pressure on him to confirm it was Harry, but despite Harry being his rival and having that rival's life at the palm of his hands and just a year prior that rival nearly killed him, he also knew that rival was a friend of Luna. "You won't forget who actually caught him, i hope, Mr. Malfoy." Scabior shouted from across the room. Lucius became furious. "You dare to talk to me like that in my own house!" Lucius shouted in anger near Draco's ear, causing Draco to flinch a little. Lucius stepped back from Draco as Bellatrix pulled Draco over. "Don't be shy, come over." Bellatrix directed Draco, having Draco crouch down on the same level as the male. Draco looked Harry in the eyes, noticing him definitely but hesitant on exposing his identity to the group. "If this isn't who you think it is Draco and we will call him, he'll kill us all. We need to be absolutely sure!" Bellatrix stated viciously. It was obvious that Harry was hoping that Draco had a heart, that Luna brought some goodness into him but he wouldn't put it passed Malfoy. "What's wrong with his face?" Draco asked, acting like he's confused because he decided that he wasn't going to expose Harry. "Yes, what is wrong with his face?" Bellatrix asked, standing up and walked around. "We captured him like that. Something he captured in the forest I reckon." one snatcher stated. Bellatrix looked back at the male they caught before responding. "That happens during a stinging jinx. Was it you? Give me her wand, let's see what her last spell was..." Bellatrix pointed towards Hermione before giggling devilishly. "Got you." she added before spotting the sword of Gryffindor. "Whats that? Where did you get that from?" Bellatrix asked in shock, looking at the snatcher bewildered. "It was in her bag when we searched her. I reckon its mine now." the snatcher replied.

Bellatrix then became furious and casted ropes that conjured out from her wand and wrapped themselves around the snatchers throats before releasing them on the floor. "Are you mad?" Scabior asked in shock. "Get out!...Get out!" Bellatrix shouted in madness. Bellatrix then grabbed Ron and unknowingly Harry by the collar and handed them to Narcissa. "Cissy...put these boys in cellar!" Bellatrix stated before releasing them to her. "I'd like a conversation with this one...girl to girl!" Bellatrix stated, face to face with Hermione. Draco watched the whole scene play out and honestly, he was afraid of his aunt. Once Narcissa, with the help of Wormtail, put Ron and Harry into the cellar, they went back into the living room as Bellatrix handled Hermione. "What are we gonna do? We can't leave Hermione alone with her!" Ron stated as he held the bars of the locked gate. "Ron? Harry?" Luna questioned from the dim darkness. "Luna?" Harry asked. Luna approached closer before Ron used the deluminator and lit the room up with lights. "What happened up there? Wouldn't they notice you?" Luna asked curiously.

Harry sighed. "They didn't. I know Draco did, but he didn't say anything. He didn't expose me when they asked him to identify me." Harry explained, still surprised. Luna took it in, feeling proud that Draco didn't turn in Harry. "That's good though, isn't it?" Luna replied. "I suppose, yeah." Harry replied before taking out a piece of glass from his sock. "That's an interesting thing to keep in your sock." Luna commented. Harry looked in it and asked who he saw in it for help. "The Sword is meant to be in my vault. How did you get it? Did you and your friend STEAL FROM MY VAULT?" Bellatrix yelled into her ear. Hermione was frightened and crying from fear, whimpering. "I didn't take anything." Hermione replied. Bellatrix glared. "I do not believe you." Bellatrix replied in a hostile tone before standing up and using the cruciatus curse on Hermione. Draco stood by his father's side, feeling useless as he watched Hermione get tortured though he never liked her; he was just hoping it would never come to having it be used on Luna.