A/N: A huge thank-you goes out to all of my reviewers! I apologize for not updating in a while, but I'm done school in two weeks!! ^_^ There are only two chapters left to this story so if you don't get the last one for another two or so weeks my exams are to blame! lol! But anyways I hope that you like this chapter! And once again, please don't forget to R&R!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the original HP series nor do I own 'To Make You Feel My Love'. It is sung by the wonderfully talented Garth Brooks and is owned by the writers who created it.
Chapter 13: To Make You Feel My Love
That night Emily woke up from a very disturbing sleep. She sat up in her bed and placed her head in her hands in an attempts to stop the headache that was now overtaking her. She didn't feel very well. Not only did her head hurt, but so did her stomach. Something definitely wasn't right. She tried to get up out of her bed but gasped out from the pain shooting through her stomach and sat back down on the edge of her bed.
Just then she heard a strange echoing sound. She looked around to see if she could find the source but nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary.
She grasped a hold of her stomach once again when her charm caught her eye. It was glowing a dangerous red colour. She took hold of it in her hands and studied it for a few seconds before another pain shot through her stomach causing her to release it and to double over in pain.
She didn't know what was happening to her. She had to get out of there. She had to get outside and transform. She didn't know why, but she knew that she had to. That would stop the pain.
Emily dragged herself out of the Gryffindor common room and out the front doors of the castle. As soon as she stepped foot outside, she changed into her wolf form.
White fur now covered her newly transformed body and she stood tall on her four legs. She opened her eyes and saw that she saw everything from a lower perspective than she would have in human form. She did feel better. The light breeze blowing through her fur made her feel much more at ease.
But just then, she saw a strange amber glow illuminating from within the forest. Her wolf senses picked it up almost immediately. Her curiosity getting the better of her, she made her way cautiously towards the light within the forest.
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Draco lay wide awake in his bed that night. No matter how hard he try, he just couldn't get to sleep. He couldn't stop thinking about Emily and how much he had screwed up the only relationship that was worth anything to him. He knew that he had to get her back somehow - to make her understand what had happened that night. But the only problem was that he didn't even know what had happened.
He sighed heavily as he rolled over and got out of bed. He started to pace his room not being able to stand still. But then of course, he thought, there was also the dream team to thank for his predicament as well. They certainly weren't helping the situation.
Draco was just walking passed the window when he saw something white crossing the Hogwarts grounds. He squinted his eyes slightly and saw that an image of a wolf came more into focus.
'A white wolf...' he thought before realization hit him. He knew why it was so familiar and that it had something to do with Emily. He didn't know what - but he had to find out.
Draco turned to grab his cloak and ran out of the castle to follow the wolf's path.
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Emily's wolf form had gone into the forest for a ways before she found herself at the edge of a clearing. She had found the source of the light. Straight ahead of her she could see an amber coloured orb floating in mid air about fifteen or so feet in front of her. She slowly started towards the floating orb when all of a sudden a light beam shot from it and hit her in the shoulder.
Emily's wolf form got knocked backwards and landed on its back. This caused her to unknowingly change back into her human form.
Emily let out a small breath and pushed herself up off the ground. That beam had hit her with a powerful force and she now felt a pain shoot through her shoulder as she tried to move her arm. She tried to ignore it as she looked back towards where the orb had been with a determined face.
She was surprised to find that the orb no longer floated in mid air. Instead of the orb, Emily's eyes came to rest on a tall man.
She looked hard at the man who seemed to look familiar to her. He had longer white-blonde hair and cold eyes. He gave her a menacing smirk.
"So we finally meet Ms. Black," the man spoke with a hard, unwelcoming voice.
Emily stood up to her full height trying to make herself look stronger than she really was. "Who are you?" Her voice came out much stronger than what she felt.
The man let out a small laugh. "I am quite surprised that you do not know my name. I would have thought that you would've learnt by now who the most powerful wizards are through those no good friends of yours."
"What are you talking about?" Emily's voice came out calmly.
But instead of answering, the man's smile just grew even wider as he looked at her with cocked eyebrows.
Emily started to feel very uneasy and so she slowly went to reach for her wand. But her hand was only to fall upon an empty pocket.
The man laughed yet again, "You're not feeling nervous, are you?"
Emily tried to keep the fear from showing on her face, "Why should I be?" Her voice came out just over an audible whisper.
"Because I can do more harm to you than you realize. I have taken pride in the murder of hundreds of witches and wizards in my time..." His volume matched her own.
Emily's eyes went wide as a strong fear began to set in.
The was a quiet rustle in the bushes behind her just then.
"Ah," the man said with another dark smile, "We have a visitor. Draco, my son, please join us."
Emily turned around to find that it was indeed Draco who had emerged from the bushes. "Father," Draco only half greeted. As soon as he had seen Emily, he knew what she was. It was her who had been the wolf. And if his dream was any indication, then she could very well be in real danger.
"What are you doing here?" he asked his father cautiously as he got closer to Emily. He could see her shooting daggers at him but he tried to ignore it. She didn't realize how much danger she was in right now by being this close to Lucius.
"I thought I'd meet this love interest of yours, Draco. After all, I am your father aren't I?"
"I'm no love interest," Emily spoke in a cold voice while looking at Draco. "I never was."
An amused smile played on Lucius' lips as he watched his son take the emotional blow. "Well that's too bad."
Emily looked back towards Lucius with a hard stare. "Why?"
Lucius continued walking around them in a circle as he spoke. "Well I would have thought that perhaps he had told you about some of the things that he had done this past summer." He paused for effect. "You did quite some interesting things...didn't you Draco?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," came his cold reply.
"Emily," Lucius ignored his son. "Didn't your mother have a...a mishap this past summer?" He looked at her with another one of his amused smiles.
Emily kept her face expressionless as she let the silence be her only answer.
Lucius continued, "If I recall correctly, I do believe that she was murdered." His eyes never left her the whole time. He saw her eyes flicker with sadness for a brief moment. His smile widened. "I do believe that it was one of the easiest missions that I had ever been sent on."
Emily's eyes raged with fury as she realized what he had meant by that statement. "YOU did that to her?!"
Lucius let out a small chuckle.
Emily rushed towards him before she even had time to think of what she was doing.
But Lucius was too quick for her. He whipped up his wand and with one word he froze her where she stood.
"You bastard!" Emily yelled from where she was as his spell made her float in the air with arms out to the side.
Draco rushed up beside and took out his own wand. "LET HER GO!"
"Now Draco," came Lucius' calm voice. "There's no need to be like that." He looked at his son carefully before continuing. "You never did tell her, did you?" He cocked his head in amusement.
Draco looked at him with hatred glowing in his eyes but didn't answer.
Lucius turned his gaze back towards Emily. "Draco became a Death Eater this past summer. His first mission was with me...at your home." His voice became dark.
Emily's eyes grew wide as she looked from Lucius then back to Draco. "You?" she almost whispered.
Draco looked at his father before meeting Emily's frightened gaze.
*~*~*FLASHBACK*~*~*
"Draco, tonight will be your first mission as a death eater. You know how important this task is." Lucius looked down at his son with seriousness written all over his face.
Draco curtly nodded, "Yes, father."
"Now, there are two people that we must be rid of tonight - two people that the dark lord has been after for a long while. They have managed to slip by thus far, but tonight will end our search. They deserve nothing but death." Lucius pointed his wand towards the doorknob and said a spell.
The door opened and the two of them entered the house.
"Em?" a female came into view and when she saw Draco and his father standing there her eyes went wide with shock. "You...!"
"Hello again," Lucius smiled his crooked smile and walked towards the female that Draco didn't know. "You didn't think you'd ever see me again, did you? You thought you could hide from the dark lord, didn't you? WELL YOU WERE WRONG!" Lucius sent a spell towards the frightened woman who dodged it just in time. The spell hit some living room furniture and sent it flying.
A now broken picture frame laid at Draco's foot and he glanced down towards it for a brief moment. The picture was of a young girl with golden hair and enchanting blue eyes. He looked up again as his father continued yelling at this soon to be victim.
"Where is she?" Lucius demanded.
"I don't know who you're talking about!" came her frightened reply.
"Don't play stupid with me! You're daughter! Where is she? She deserves to share this end with you!" Lucius' voice had a tone of impatience in it.
"You won't lay a finger on her Malfoy, not if I can help it!" And with that the woman made a run for it up the stairs.
She was quick, but Lucius was quicker. He aimed the wand at her and hit her hard with a spell.
Draco followed his father up the stairs and found the woman lying in pain on a bedroom floor.
"I won't ask you again...tell me where she is," Lucius pointed his wand at her.
"Over...my...dead...body..." came the painful reply from the woman.
Lucius looked at her in pure hatred, "So be it. Draco? Put this filth out of her misery."
Draco looked from his father to the woman on the floor. He raised his wand and was just about to mutter the death curse when his eyes locked with her tear glossed blue ones. Draco paused in a moment of weakness. What was he doing?
"DRACO!" his father snapped at him, "What are you waiting for?!"
Draco continued to stare in silence at the woman before lowering his wand.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Lucius whispered harshly from his side.
But Draco couldn't answer. He knew that he couldn't do this. He thought he could. But the pain in her eyes bore through his soul. He knew that he couldn't take another life. He was weak! He just couldn't do it! He turned and walked briskly away from his father. But before he got out of the room, he heard his father mutter those words that would take the life of another...
*~*~*END OF FLASHBACK*~*~*
Realization overcame Draco as the vision of his first mission had swept over him. He was supposed to have been Emily's killer! He was supposed to have destroyed her! It was her mother that his father had murdered!
"You bastard! You KILLED her!" Emily was screaming through her tears as she struggled to get free from the spell.
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
Draco slowly shook his head, "No...it wasn't like that! I never killed anyone!"
"Why should I believe you?!" Emily shrieked at him. "You were there! You took her from me!!"
"Emily - no! No I didn't! Please, you have to believe me!"
Emily's tears didn't stop but her shrieks had. She was breathing hard as she looked at him with a pain struck face. "You're nothing but a gawd damn liar and murderer. Get away from me...or god help you, I'll kill you myself..." She didn't think that she had it in her to say such words to anyone. But the way that she was feeling at the moment, she didn't care.
When evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
Lucius let out a small laugh reminding both Draco and Emily of his presence. "You see, Draco? Nothing comes from being in love. You only get yourself in over your head." He took a step closer to Draco, "Come, my boy, now is your chance to prove that you're a real Death Eater. Finish the job!" Lucius held out his hand for his son to accept.
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
There's no doubt in my mind where you belong
Draco looked from Emily to his father and then back to Emily. The hatred in her eyes was now overcome with sadness and she had hung her head in defeat. He could hear her weeping quietly.
Draco took a deep breath and shook his head. "No," his voice came out strong and firm.
Emily looked up at Draco in shock when he had said this.
Lucius' smile faded from his face as he looked on at his son without any feeling. It was only then that he realized that Draco's feelings for this girl could not be wavered. "You are nothing but a weak little boy. I am very disappointed in you Draco as will be our master. I should dispose of you...but first I have to get my first priority out of the way..." With one wave of his wand he sent a blast of green light towards Draco. It hit him square in the chest and made him fly backwards. He hit the ground hard knocking the breath out of him.
I'd go hungry I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the aisle for you
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love
"NO!" cried Emily as she watched helplessly as he lay on the ground. She snapped her head back around only to find that Lucius was now right in front of her, his wand to her chest.
"Beautiful you are...just like your mother..." he gave an evil grin before continuing. "I have something to confess to you before you join her..." He addressed her only mere inches away from her face. "I set up Draco and Pansy that night...I was the one who put an end to your relationship. It's a little thing called Polyjuice Potion. Perhaps you have heard of it?" He looked at her with amusement as he watched her reaction. "Oh, and one more thing," he whispered as he bent in close to her ear, "I...was the one who...killed...your...mother..."
Emily's breath caught in her throat as the anger swept over her. She then spit on Lucius' face as it was the only thing she could do at the moment.
Lucius frowned at this and wiped away the spit from his face. "You little BRAT!" He raised his hand and slapped her hard across the face.
Emily cried out in pain as the power from his hit made her head snap to the side. She then felt herself drop to the ground as Lucius released the spell from her.
"That's it," he said in his a voice that was once again calm. "No more games. It is time for you to join your mother..."
Emily raised her head in a weak effort from where she sat in a clump on the ground.
Lucius raised his wand and started to mutter a curse that would be one to end her life.
A red blaze shot from the end of the wand and Emily shut her eyes ready to feel the impact. But it didn't come. Instead, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and hold her close. She opened her eyes to see Draco acting as a shield.
The beam hit Draco's back and it's impact was so strong that it sent them both backwards.
"NO!" Emily cried out once they had hit the ground - Draco lying motionless on top of her.
The storms are raging on a rolling sea
Down the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet
"No," Emily repeated through tears as she rolled Draco onto his back so that his head was on her lap. "Draco?" her voice came in a whisper as she began to stroke his hair like she used to. "Wake up...please wake up...I didn't mean it, really I didn't..." the memory of her telling him to drop dead came flooding back to her. Tears fell onto his face as she kept caressing it lovingly. 'This can't be happening,' she thought. "I'm sorry, Draco. Please..."
Lucius broke into her thoughts with his evil laughter. "What a fool my son was! To sacrifice himself for another!"
Emily glared at him and she gently placed Draco's head on the ground and stood up, clasping his wand as she did so. "Draco was no fool. You're the fool! To feel no love for your own son...there's nothing but pure evil in you."
Lucius looked at her with amusement once again, "And what do you plan to do about it?"
"This..." Emily said in a whisper as she raised Draco's wand and said a spell.
Lucius' eyes went wide as he went to raise his wand, but he was too slow. The beam of light hit him hard - harder than Emily thought it would. It knocked him clear from sight.
Emily looked towards the part of the forest that Lucius' body had disappeared into and could have sworn that she saw two beams of light hit him - hers as well as another.
"Emily!" a voice came from behind her.
She turned and saw Harry hurrying towards her. He gave her a tight hug and released. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah...I'm fine..." her voice came out a little shaky as she looked up at Harry. "How did you...?"
Harry shook his head to silence her. "I saw the beams of light in the forest. I thought I'd see what was going on."
Emily gave him a small smile of gratitude before moving past him and towards Draco.
Emily knelt down and hugged his head close to her. "I messed up, Harry..." she looked up at him through tears. "Draco really was telling the truth...he really did love me...he saved my life..." Emily was just able to choke out the last words before she broke down completely and started to sob while gently rocking Draco back and forth.
There ain't nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
Make you happy, make your dreams come true
To make you feel my love
A/N: Well, what did you think? I know that being an animagus isn't hereditary and a couple of you have pointed that out to me. And thank-you for doing so! I had actually forgotten about that and it wasn't until after I had read the books again that I had remembered. But I had already written the first few chapters so I had decided to leave it as is. I hope you'll forgive me for that mistake and bear with me as I continue the story with that concept still the same. But there's only one chapter left! Hopefully I can get it up before two weeks time! But until then take care!! ^_^