A/n- I own the Dratens'.

Chapter 19: The Worse Is Yet To Come

Myrtle peeked her head out of her stall. Kiara and Draco had just left the bathroom. They must have completely forgotten it was Myrtle's bathroom. She floated over to the two broken bottles in the sink. The antidote was a dark blue, and it drained down the sink. Myrtle sighed.

"Stupid gits! They are trying to end the curse! Dont they know....even if you kill all relatives of a curse...it still lives somehow, someway?" Myrtle asked herself, then sighed, and went back to her stall.

**

They split their ways, and Kiara made her way through the portrait. There sat Ron, Harry, and Hermione, waiting for her. She dreaded they would be.

"Did you take it?" Hermione asked immediatly. Kiara hesitated. She never lied in her life. She wasnt going to start now.

"No one is dying, calm down." Kiara said. She had chosen good words. To her friends, it meant, 'I took it, Im not dying tonight.' But to her, it meant, 'I didnt take it, but I refuse to die.'

"Good, sorry if we sound all demanding, were just really worried for you." Ron said, with a longing in his eyes. She felt a flinch in her stomach. She loved Draco so much, she knew it was real feelings, and she knew it was the curse as well. But she still couldnt deny she felt something for Ron. She wished so much, that the curse was fake. She was another normal girl, who was stuck in an ordinary love triangle consisiting of herself, Draco, and Ron. But that was only a small part of her wishing that. She sighed, and plopped next to Hermione on the couch.

It didnt matter what she felt now. She was stopping the unstopable only in a few hours.

"All right, you four?" Asked Colin Creevy, wandering over, with Dennis grinning behind him.

"Were doing fine Colin, and yourself?" Harry asked.

"Great. I almost have all the signatures for my collage. Were sending it out tonight, so we need only one more person's signature. We still need that Malfoy's signature." Colin said.

"If we dont get it, it wouldnt be complete." Squeaked Dennis.

"Well, its nearing ten, I dont think you will be getting it until tomarrow." Hermione said, glancing at the clock. As if on cue, Harry yawned, and stretched a bit.

"Im a bit tired." He mumbled. Colin and Dennis imatated him, and they left soon after to sleep.

"Its Christmas Eve, we should stay up a few more hours." Ron pleaded Harry and Hermione's tired faces.

"No! I mean....Im really tired too. I think we just should all get some sleep." Kiara said quickly.

"Party poopers!" Squealed George, who ran past them.

"Were just tired, thats all!" Ron yelled.

"Yeah, it is getting late. Anyways, we better get sleep, or else we wont have any gifts in the morning." Fred mumbled. Him and George made their way up the stairs.

Ginny closed her diary, which she had been writing in.

"Sleep sounds great." She said, sighing, walking off. Within the next ten minutes, almost all the Gryffindors left had gone to bed.

"You two better think of sleep. If Angelina were up, she would give a lecture on how lack of sleep could some day screw up a player's accuratcy." Katie Bell said to Harry and Kiara. Her and Alicia went up the stairs, the last Gryffindors left other than the four of them.

"Well then, I guess I will see you all in the morning, Happy early Christmas." Hermione said, leaving the room.

"Yeah, see you all tomarrow. I will have you up bright and early." Ron said, leaving as well. Harry glanced at Kiara.

"My wand, cloak, and the Maruders Map are all ready next to my bed. So if anything happens tonight....I will be ready." Harry said to her, then he walked up the stairs. She sighed, and followed.

**

Kiara sat up in her bed. She got out of it, already in her robes. She tucked her wand inside of it. She glanced at the clock, which was starting to turn 11:30. She tip-toed out of her room, even though there wasnt that many third years in there. She continued moving silently through the common room, then left.

"Where are you going?" The fat lady asked tiredly.

"This isnt real. Its a dream. Close your eyes." Kiara commanded silently. The fat lady did as told, and went back to snoring. Kiara ran and quietly as she could. He was waiting for her. They had planned it like this.

Bye the time they found each other, it was 11:45.

"Ready...?" Draco asked, hugging her tightly against him.

"Yes." Kiara said confidently.

So they walked off down the halls.

**

They walked silently down the halls, and were nearing closer to the doors. They had decided to walk to Hogsmeade...before midnight, since it would officially be Christmas then. If they were in Hogsmeade, no one else would be harmed.

"What are you two doing out so late?" Asked a young voice. Kiara and Malfoy stopped, and spun around abruptly to see Colin Creevy.

"Er...hello Colin." Kiara mumbled.

"What are you doing out so late?" Draco asked angrily, trying to frighten Colin away. But he stayed.

"I asked you first!" Colin snapped. Which was totally out of character for him.

"We are trying to stop the inevitable!" Kiara snapped back.

"And Ive been searching for you, erm, Malfoy, cause I still need your signature to complete this collage!" Colin exclaimed.

"Sorry, we have to go." Draco said, checking the time. 11:50. They had ten minutes to run to Hogsmeade.

"But it will only take a minute..." Colin whined.

"WE DONT HAVE A MINUTE" Draco bellowed. They ran off, leaving a pouting Colin behind.

"But...it needs to be there by tomarrow..." Colin mumbled, shoving the collage in his pocket. He followed silently behind them. (A/n- NOSY PEOPLE! UGH!)

Kiara and Draco were going much too slow, so they cast the fast spell upon themselves. They ran up to the hill of the Shriek Shack. It had just turned midnight as they casted normal speed apon themselves. They werent alone.

**

Harry bolted up in his bed. His scar hurt. He also noticed beside him was Ron and Hermione next to him, and Hermione was near tears.

"Harry! Your scar hurts?!" Shrieked Ron immediatly.

"Quiet down! And yes, it just started hurting!" Harry whispered, putting on his glasses. He saw Hermione and Ron were both in their school clothes.

"But..it only hurt when you-know-who is near!" Shrieked Ron again.

"And she is gone!" Hermione burst out.

"What? Who is gone?" Harry asked, itching his head.

"Kiara is!" Ron said, looking quite upset.

"I had a bad feeling, so I went to check on her, and she was gone! Her school uniform and wand are gone too!" Hermione exclaimed.

Their yells had woken up Seamus Finnegan, Dean Thomas, and Neville Longbottom.

"A girl is in here? HERMIONE?!" Were the first words that escaped Seamus's mouth.

"Quiet down!" Hermione snapped. Harry felt a sharp pain in his scar again, and his hand shot up to it as well.

"It hurts still?" Ron asked quickly.

"Its worse, actually..." Harry trailed off.

"NO! HE IS HERE!" Ron said, frightened.

"That means....they didnt take it...and they snuck off,...so we wouldnt interfere!" Hermione exclaimed, suddenly understanding it all.

"But we MUST interfere! A jerky Slytherin and a young girl cant take on Voldemort alone!" Harry said, determined.

"What? You-know-who is HERE?" Neville asked, dumbfounded.

"Yes. Kiara and Malfoy went to face him. ALONE." Ron said.

"We are going to find them, so, Seamus, Dean, and Neville, go tell Dumbledore about this. We will send a note on where we are." Harry said.

"Okay." Seamus, Dean, and Neville said in unison. They got up and left.

Harry grabbed his wand, and got in his school robes. They casted 'ayunas' on each other, and Harry grabbed the Maruder's Map.

"Why exactly do you have those things all ready in a pile?" Hermione asked.

"No reason." Harry muttered, then he said, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." He tapped the map with his wand. It revealed the school and the people.

They saw the three dots of Seamus, Dean, and Neville moving down the stairs.
They also saw the dots of the few people that stayed, sleeping.
Oddly enough, they saw the dot of Colin Creevy by the main doors.
Then, far up by Hogsmeade the saw three dots.

Malfoy, Kiara, and Lucius Malfoy.

**

Draco found himself staring right into his father's eyes. The grey, cold, uncaring eyes.

"I thought...Voldemort...was supposed to be here to kill us..." Kiara said.

"My Lord will be here shortly. And Im assuming you must be Makenzie's daughter." Lucius said, glaring at Kiara. When he said Makenzie's name, his face almost seemed to go soft, but it left much quicker than it came.

"Yes, I am her daugher. And you USED to love her!" Kiara exclaimed, returning a glare.

"Malfoys do not love!" Lucius bellowed angrily.

"I DO!" Draco yelled back. Lucius lunged at him.

**

Harry, Ron, and Hermione ran down the halls. Harry glanced at the map, which showed Lucius's dot alot closer to Malfoy's, while Kiara's was off to the side. They stopped in their tracks, as they saw Snape wandering ahead, chewing someone out.

"Creevy! I dont want excuses! Get back to your common room!" Snape said, glaring.

"But, Professor, I saw Ki--" Colin said, but Snape interrupted.

"30 points from Gryffindor! GO NOW!" Snape barked. The trio couldnt move. They were frozen in fear. Snape was coming towards them, with a pouting Colin Creevy following him.

"POTTER! WEASLEY! GRANGER!" Snape bellowed.

"Professor, we have to save--" Ron began.

"She is in--" Hermione trailed.

"VOLDEMORT'S COIMING!" Harry yelled, before Snape could interrupt him.

"What? That cant be true, Potter. My mark...." Snape began, but glanced at Colin. Harry knew Snape was going to say, 'my mark isnt burning.'

"Well, it wont if he isnt here. But he is most likely coming NOW!" Hermione stated.

"And why do you three students think that?" Snape asked, giving them looks of disgust.

"Kiara and Malfoy didnt take the antidote." Ron said, glaring.

"Professor, I saw them leaving! Ive been debating wheather or not to follow!" Colin exclaimed.

"Why didnt you tell me?" Snape barked out.

"He tried!" Ron said, defending him.

"You four return to your dorm rooms, Im going to tell Dumbledore." Snape said, running off. Harry whistled for a moment, and Hedwig flew over. He had left the door open a few hours ago for Hedwig to come out.

"Why do you need Hedwig?" Hermione asked.

"To tell Professor Dumbledore where we are." Harry mumbled. He grabbed a piece of parchment that was in his pocket, and wrote to Dumbledore, saying, 'We are in Hogsmeade', and he sent it off. "Lets go." Harry said. Colin began to follow.

"Colin! Stay!" Ron hissed at him.

"Please let me come! I promise I will be careful!" Colin begged.

"Fine, but we have to hurry!" Harry snapped. Colin cast the fast spell on him, and they sped out.

**

"Neville! Hurry up!" Seamus said. They were running to Dumbledore's office.

"Im sorry, but my tummy hurts!" Neville whined.

"Well, MAYBE if you didnt have five bowls of pudding, it wouldnt hurt!" Dean said. (A/n- Oh yeah. I know Neville isnt like all...hungry. I just wanted to add a bit of humour.)

Seamus giggled.

**

Lucius pushed his son down, with much force.

"Leave him alone!!!" Kiara cried out, point her wand at him.

"You are too weak to do anything to me. Just like your mother." Lucius said, smirking. He pointed his wand at himself, and muttered, "Escudo."

"Epelliarmus!" Kiara cried out. It reflected off of him, and hit her, causing her to fall over. Her wand lay a few feet from her. She reached to grab for it. There was aching all over her body, which was bad, because he hadnt even cast anything on her, he just reflected it. So she knew he would be at least a hundred times stronger than that one hit. Lucius stepped on her wand, so she couldnt reach it. He pointed his wand at her, and smirked.

"You are beaten. And only by a simple spell. But now you will face the worst killing spell known to Wizards. That is, when my Lord gets here. And I do think he should be here shortly." Lucius muttered.

"So...you cant kill me till he gets here?" Kiara asked. A small spark of hope started up again. She wouldnt be dying for at least this moment.

"I choose to ignore your question. Look at you. A complete repilica of your Mother." Lucius said.

"Dont you still love her?" Kiara asked, in a soothing voice. She was praying he would go soft.

"I never did love her!" Lucius barked. He grabbed his wand tighter, and pointed it right at her. "You will wish you WERE dead after this!" He yelled, full of rage. Draco ran over, and pushed his father to the side, before he could hurt Kiara. For only a second Kiara forgot Draco had been there too.

"Are you okay?" He asked, starting to help her up.

"Im fine..."She mumbled. Behind him, Lucius got up, looking so mad, he looked evil. He pointed his wand straight at Draco. "LOOK OUT!" She screamed to Draco. But it was too late. Lucius had casted the spell, "Crutacius!" And Draco rolled over, cringing in pain. Kiara crawled over to him, trying to do anything to help. But Lucius was holding her wand. And she knew she wasnt strong enough to do anything. Lucius laughed evily as Draco screamed out in pain, and rolled helplessly on the ground.

At that moment, when all hope felt lost, and darkness had blocked them from escape, Kiara heard a voice. The voice of the girl, who casted "sus", and also the voice of the yellow puff.

It said, "Never doubt yourself. A Wizard's strength doesnt just come from his wand. But also himself, his body." Kiara sighed. Even if she didnt think she was physically strong, and even if she was helpless without her wand, she knew she had to stop Draco's pain. He looked near crying, from the pain, as he clentched his eyes shut. She stood, and sighed once more. Lucius glanced at her.

"Dont even think of doing anything, your helpless without your wand." He said, glaring. Kiara ran full speed at him, and ran into him. His body was rigid, and hard, like stone. She flew onto the ground with force. She barely made him budge. But she succeeded at one thing. She had hit his arm when she ran into him, and he dropped her wand, which ended the spell he was casting.(A/n- He was using her wand to cast crutacius...just thought I would say that...) Draco sighed with relief, but kept his eyes closed from the pain still inside him. Kiara rolled onto her stomach, and grabbed her wand. She pointed it at him. He looked in awe, still standing there. He was suprised she even could do that.

This was her chance. She highly doubted a wizard of her age could damage Lucius.

"Stupefy!" She cried out, the first spell she thought of. This time it didnt reflect. The shield must have worn off. But it didnt knock him unconscious either. Instead, he looked madder.

"You actually think I could be damaged by YOU?" He asked, laughing sinisterly. He pointed his wand at her.

A/n- Sorry, cliffhanger! If you want do know what happens, REVIEW! lol. I know I said I only wanted one more chapter, then it would be over, but this one is huge, and it wasnt even halfway through the end 'scenes'. So. I will start working on the next one soon!!! It might be like, a three part ending scene thingie!