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A/N: Hey all, this is the second part of the Harry chapter. As it says this mostly focuses on Harry. I promise that there will be Draco/Ginny goodness in the next chap.

Chapter 13B: Heartbreak

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When Harry woke up the next morning he couldn't find Elena. He got disappointed; she said she'd stay with him. Harry sat up and saw that Neville and Draco awake.

"Are you excited?" Draco asked him.

"About what?"

"We're going to escape today. Elena told us the plan, she's getting breakfast by the way," Neville explained, "Did you sleep comfortably Harry?"

Harry smiled, "Yes, like a baby."

"An overgrown baby," a voice said at the door.

Harry got up when he saw Elena. He immediately helped her get the food inside the dungeon. Draco smirked when he did this. Potter has fallen head over heels over the girl. Draco noticed something in Elena's demeanor. She seemed distressed somehow. He frowned at this, something was wrong. Draco looked over to Harry to see if he sensed something wrong with Elena. He scoffed at what he saw. Potter was too busy trying to help Elena set up breakfast. This was the first time Harry did this. Elena looked towards Draco and pleaded with him not to say anything.

Elena and Draco practically grew up together and they knew how to read each other movements and faces. She knew the moment she walked in the room he knew that she was worried. She hoped that the other boys didn't notice anything. She looked at Harry and saw him smiling at her. Her heart broke at this, if he only knew.

After breakfast, Elena took something out of her pocket.

"Um, I don't know which ones belong to who," Elena said, holding out the wands.

The boys stared at her eyes wide. She said she would get the wands, but they didn't expect her to actually do it.

"Where did you get those?" Harry asked. He was worried about her.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be happy? These are your wands; it'll help with the escape. I took it from Tom's desk," Elena explained.

"You got it where?" Harry asked raising his voice.

"From Tom's desk."

"Elena, how can you do that?"

"What are you talking about Harry? How are we supposed to put the spells on the broom if we don't have wands? I'm a muggle and even if I had magic, I cannot perform it without a wand. Harry, there is nothing to worry about."

"What if Voldemort finds out you're helping us? Elena, if something happens to you I don't know what I'll do. When we get to Hogwarts, I could talk to Dumbledore to let you stay. He could do something."

"Harry, I won't be coming with you," She said, staring at the ground.

"What did you say?" Neville asked.

Elena looked up at Neville, "I'm not coming."

"Why?" Harry asked.

"I can't."

"What are you talking about you can't?"

"Harry, you wouldn't understand."

Harry just stared at her. How could he understand if she didn't explain?

"Understand what Elena? We have to get you away from that monster, do you want to stay in this place?" Harry asked.

"Don't call Tom a monster! I can't leave him," Elena yelled. Harry looked at her in shock.

"T…Tom? Is this about him? You're staying because of Voldemort?"

"I'm sorry Harry. I can't leave Tom," Elena repeated.

"But why?"

"I just can't."

"That's not good enough a reason," Harry argued.

"I'm needed here. Without me, these…these people will die."

"I need you!" Harry yelled. He walked towards her and took her hands, "Elena, please. Those Death Eaters are the people that killed your family. Tom is the one that orders them and lead them. I'm begging you, leave with us." Harry didn't know how she could care for those people. She told him that she saw her family die, and he wondered how she got over that so quickly.

"Harry, I'm sorry."

Harry hugged her close, "Why? Is it because you love him? Do you love him more than me?"

Elena pulled away from him and took a step back, "Why are you making me choose? If you want an answer, then I would choose a father over a lover."

Harry backed away from her. Elena looked up to stare at him in the face. Harry was surprised to see her crying.

Elena was hurting inside. She just lied to the one person that she cared most in the world. When she came back to the dungeons after she visited Tom, she realized that if she had to choose between the two, she would pick Harry. She had to lie for his sake. She told Tom if he let the boys go, she would stay with him. Besides, like her sister used to say, there are plenty of fish in the sea. She was only fifteen, she was sure that someone else would be there for her. Harry Potter was famous; all he had to do was show his scar and girls would throw their selves at him. He would get over her quickly, she was sure of that.

"Harry, you don't need me. I'm sure when you go back to Hogwarts, there are plenty of girls that would want to be your girlfriend."

"Is there anything that I can do to make you change your mind?" Harry asked sadly. He knew he was fighting a losing battle.

"I'm sorry. You needn't worry about me. Tom will make sure that everything is fine."

Harry felt as if he was being stabbed in the heart when she mentioned Voldemort.

"What would happen if Voldemort discovers that you've been helping us?" Draco asked, finally deciding to interrupt the two.

"Tom won't find out if we successfully pull out the plan."

Draco surveyed her face, there was something wrong with her, and he could feel it. He looked into her eyes and saw fear. Draco walked towards her and whispered in her ear.

"We need to talk."

He pulled her away from Harry and Neville. When they were an earshot away he started talking to her.

"Voldemort knows something about this, doesn't he?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Elena replied. She turned to walk towards the other boys. Draco grabbed her wrist and turned forcefully her to face him.

"Do you think I'm stupid? Elena, I know something is going on. I don't think Voldemort is stupid either; if we escape he'll know that you have something to do with it. I'm also wondering how in the world did you get inside his room and steal back our wands? Surely there are some hexes preventing people from doing just that. And look at you; you got back here without a scratch. You're lucky that Potter was too blinded worrying about you to notice those details. The only reasonable answer to all those question that I could think of, is that Voldemort knows about our escape," Draco was careful to keep his voice down as he said this. Elena looked down at the floor and Draco put a hand on her shoulder.

"Why are you doing this?" Draco whispered, "What did he ask of you?"

"Draco, please don't tell Harry."

"Whatever you tell me will not reach another person, you can trust me."

Elena finally looked up at Draco, "Do you know that I'm doing this because I love him?"

Draco shook his head and Elena gave him a sad smile.

"I…I have to stay here for your escape."

"What would Voldemort want with you?"

"After growing up with you, you'd think that I'd get used to your arrogance," Elena commented.

"I don't understand what Voldemort is planning. Why would he want to free us? I mean he hates muggles, why would he want you to stay? Isn't Potter number one on his hit list? He's right here, why not kill him while he has a chance?"

"You make him sound as if he is some tyrant."

"He is!"

"I know that deep inside he does harbor some feelings beside hate. You don't know him like I do."

When Elena said this, something clicked in Draco's head.

"He loves you, doesn't he? Voldemort loves you."

"He does," Elena answered flatly.

"It makes some sense, but how can you love someone like him?"


"When I first met him my feelings for him were hatred. I was prisoner here in this cell when I first came and Tom would visit me wearing a mask, one of the death eater masks. He would come here offering food and just talking to me. I was reluctant to trust him, but… when he visited he was always kind to me. I did not want to have anything to do with him and the death eaters. Eventually my heart softened and I started looking forward to his visits. One day he told me he loved me and I was shocked. I didn't know what to say. The only thing I could think of, was ask him to show me his face. Again I was shocked to see that he looked more like a snake than a person. He told me that he feared that I would be repulsed by his looks if he came without a mask. To me looks doesn't matter, like they say, beauty is in the inside not the outside."

"What kind of love triangle do you have going on? The guy is old enough to be your grandfather," Draco asked exasperatedly.

"I love Tom like a father, that's all."

"Why do you stay with him? If he loves you like a daughter then he would let you be happy or something."

"Tom needs me. I think this is his first time ever experiencing love. If you know anything about his childhood you would know that it wasn't a happy one. I…I feel pity for him."

"I can't believe you're doing this. What do you hope to accomplish?"

"Like I told you he does have feelings other than hate, maybe he could change. I can help him change and this might help thousands of people. The war already started and we need to do everything we can to end it."

Draco took a step towards her and wrapped his arms around her. Elena leaned on him and enjoyed the feeling of comfort he gave her, but she wished that it were Harry and not Draco holding her.

Draco felt eyes piercing his back and he knew exactly who it was, Harry. Harry was probably glaring at him. Draco pulled away.

"Uncle, I've finally got it," Darien exclaimed, as he ran towards Salazar. They were in a dungeon. Around the room was different potions equipment. There were vials containing different color liquids. A bookshelf was standing in the corner. Darien who was well versed in Latin could read the titles on the bindings. Most of the magic books in their days were written in Latin, as most spells were in Latin. Salazar who had a passion for potions would spend his time in the dungeons experimenting. He would get caught up in his work that he would forget about time and he would retire at dawn.

"What is it nephew?"

Darien reached in his robe and pulled out a notebook, he was smiling broadly. He handed the notebook to his uncle. Salazar looked at him questionably as he opened the book. Salazar was surprised with the contents of the book, his smile started to match Darien's jovial one. He flipped through the pages.

"How did you get these notes, they are detailed?" Salazar asked. He stopped when something caught his eye, "What is this spell, avada…I cannot read the rest."

"Oh, that spell, it is not perfected, there are still defects when casting the curse. Also, I already attempted the spell, it did the opposite of what I intended."

"What happened?"

"I killed a chicken with that spell while I was attempting to cure it from an illness. It also consumes an ample amount of energy for just one spell. I also had a problem with a muggle; the spell produces a green light when cast. Unfortunately for me a muggle just happened to walk by. You don't know the trouble I went through to erase his memory."

"I see, well, the rest of your notes will be able to help me, thank you for doing this for me."

"There is no problem uncle, if you need help come to me."

End of Flashback

"Draco, are you all right?" Elena asked.

Draco shook his head, "Yes, I'm fine."

Draco looked around the room and he felt as if he knew this room. Draco laughed at his self, of course he knows the room, he has been staying here for more than a month.

"Draco," Elena said, breaking him from his thoughts.

"Yes?"

Elena reached to her neck and pulled out a silver chain. Dangling on the chain was a ring with an "L" surrounded by a lion.

"Can you give this to Harry when you reach Hogwarts? I want him to have this," She told him.

Elena handed him her necklace. Draco nodded as he took it. He recognized the seal on the ring as her family seal. He remembered her father wearing this ring; it was passed down in her family to the next boy.

"You don't mind if I put it on, do you? I don't want to loose it in my pocket."

"I don't mind," Elena said. Draco put it over his head and now it was dangling around his neck. He slipped the necklace in his shirt.

"I think you should talk to Harry, tell him you love him and assure him of your safety."

Before Elena could object, Draco was already walking towards a glaring Harry. He said something to Harry and Harry just nodded. He started walking towards Elena.

"Malfoy said you wanted to tell me something."

"He has a first name for a reason, you know."

Harry gave into the impulse to hug her. Elena was surprised but she hugged him back.

"I'm sorry for all the things I said to you," Harry told her, "I have been rude to you the whole time we were here, and yet you gave me a chance to love you. I told you I love you and I always will."

Elena laughed, "Remember that Harry when you get back to Hogwarts and meet someone else. We're only fifteen; it's still a young age. I don't think that people meet their 'soul mate' at our age. You'll forget about me Harry."

Harry buried his face in her hair. He felt like crying.

"I'll never forget you, that's a promise. I thought about your decision, I was being selfish. If you really want to stay here, then I support your decision. Just take care of yourself. I don't know if he'll let you do this, but write to me sometime," Harry told her.

"I'll ask him."

Harry finally pulled back and looked at Elena. He bent down and brushed his lips against hers. He pulled back and saw that Elena looked disappointed. Harry couldn't kiss her like he did the day before. Right now he didn't feel like kissing her, he didn't want it to feel as if it was final.

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The three boys were waiting in the dungeon. Elena left to get the brooms. Harry was feeling miserable.

"Potter, are you feeling all right?" Draco asked him.

"I'm fine, I don't feel like talking at the moment."

Draco nodded and decided to not ask anything else. He was feeling sorry for Harry. He scoffed, what exactly is love, he asked himself. Why are people fooling themselves with that thing?

The door opened and Elena was holding three brooms. The boys rushed to her and stared in shock for the second time in that day.

"Elena, you never cease to amaze me," Draco commented looking at the brooms.

"Where in the world did you get the money to buy those?" Harry asked.

Elena was holding three Cloud Burst. Neville made a long whistle. He doubted that he could ride that thing.

"I stole the money. What do you think I did? Walked up to one of the Death Eaters and ask for one hundred galleons?" Elena answered. The truth was, Tom bought the brooms. He ordered it from a catalogue. Elena just went to his room and he gave them to her. He assured her that the boys would be safe on the broom; there were no hexes on them. The boys could even keep the brooms if they wanted.

Harry was wondering how she could steal that amount of money without anybody noticing.

"You must have stolen from rich person, to keep them from seeing that a large amount of money is missing."

Maybe that answers my question, Harry thought. He was still surprised that Elena brought the Cloud Burst model. These were supposed to be hard to come by. He himself has never seen one. He didn't go to Diagon Alley the last summer. He asked Hermione to doing his school shopping for him, he just owled her money. Harry just heard about the Cloud Burst from Ron, he knew that Draco already had one.

"Is this a good broom? Is it normal for it to be so expensive?" Elena asked.

"Is it a good broom?" Neville asked not believing what he was hearing, "Of course it's a good broom, it the best broom currently in the market. What made you buy this?"

Elena was making up the story as she went along, "I asked for a racing broom, they gave these to me after they asked me how much money I intended to spend. I'm not sure how the magic currency works. We can't talk right now. We have to put the spells on the brooms."

Draco was surprise nobody asked her where she bought the brooms. He didn't think that she bought the broom in the village where she buys the food.

"Will it work?" Harry asked. The Cloud Burst was supposed to be protected from hexes and spells.

"Yes, it will work. I read it on the instruction manual that came with the brooms. This spell is good for traveling."

Draco looked at her in confusion, was the spell really in the manual. If so, then he hasn't seen it.

Elena told them the spell. It took about three tries to get it right. The brooms were glowing yellow to indicate that the spell worked. Elena opened the door and beckoned the three boys to come out. Draco looked back towards the dungeon as he stepped outside.

Suddenly the room looked different. It was filled with potion items; he recognized it as the room Darien was in. Draco saw a transparent figure walking around the room. The figure started to turn to face Draco.

"Draco," Elena said. Draco turned towards her and he turned back towards the dungeon. There was nothing there. He wondered about what he saw.

He told Elena he was fine and they started walking. The corridors were dark, because most of the candles were not lit. It was probably because nobody was in the castle at the time. Even though castle was practically empty, Elena warned them to be quiet. They were lucky the paintings were sleeping. Elena thought that Tom talked to them because they never slept.

They continued walking for what seemed like two hours. Elena stopped when they reached a door, which seemed as if it were made of metal. She turned to face them.

"This is it. Outside this door is the forest. You guys know what to do, just get on the broom and it will start flying."

Elena turned to face the door and pushed it open. A gush of wind blew inside. Harry shivered in the cold. He was only wearing a T-shirt and blue jeans, clothes that Elena got them. The Death Eaters ruined his own robes and clothes. Harry looked outside and saw a full moon. He was surprised to see the amount of innumerable stars. They were also on top of a hill; he could see a village at the bottom.

"I'm sorry Harry, I didn't know that it would be this cold," Elena said when she saw him shivering.

"It's all right."

"Well…good bye," Elena said.

Neville stepped forward and hugged her.

"Thank you," He said and he pulled away.

Draco was the next person to hug her.

"Take care, if you need help then try to contact me."

Elena nodded. Harry was the only person left. He was standing in front of her. He didn't think that a hug was appropriate for the situation, but that was what he did. He hugged her. Elena wasn't even given a chance to hug back because he pulled away. He turned around and started walking out of the castle. Draco looked as if he was going to protest about what Harry did, but Elena grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Just leave him. Don't forget to give him my necklace."

Draco just nodded. He wanted to go over to Potter and punch some sense into him. This could be the last time he'll see Elena and he didn't even do anything. He didn't even say good-bye.

"Good-bye," Draco said.

"Good-bye guys," Elena told them.

Draco and Neville both gave Elena a final hug.

Harry was watching them from a far. He told Elena that he was fine with her decision about staying, but he lied. At the moment he was mad. Everyone was acting as if this was the last time they'll ever see each other. Harry didn't want it to be like that. They've been thinking about the escape for a month and Harry always included Elena in it. He never would have thought that it would be like this. He was also mad at the fact that Elena would stay because of Voldemort.

Draco and Neville pulled away from Elena and started to walk towards Harry. Draco heard thunder; he looked up at the sky and felt a raindrop. It started sprinkling.

"Just great," Draco commented, "I hope we don't catch pneumonia. Potter are you going to talk to Elena, we still have time."

Harry didn't answer; he just looked up in the sky.

"Potter! Did you hear me?" Draco yelled.

Harry continued to ignore him. Neville stood in front of Draco facing him.

"Just leave him," Neville told him.

"Fine, it his choice. He'll regret it later on. Just mount your broom Potter and fly off."

Harry still didn't turn around, but he mounted his broom. Neville and Draco did the same. The three of them pushed off the ground.

In the shadows, a figure was watching the three fly up into the air. As quietly as he can he walked towards Elena. He pointed his wand towards the girl. He finally reached her and he pressed the tip of his wand against her head.

"I have no idea why master would want to keep you, but after this day I'm sure that you will probably die," the man said. He slapped her hard on the face. Elena fell to the floor because of the force, "I'll leave the master to deal with you. As for Potter, Master will reward me for killing him."

He raised his wand and pointed it towards Harry.

"AVADA KEDAVRA!"

Elena got up and grabbed the wand before he could finish the spell.

Harry saw a green flash and turned around. He saw Elena on the ground and Goyle was standing with his wand pointed at her. He tried to turn his broom but he couldn't, the spell would not let him turn.

Draco and Neville knew right away that the green flash was the killing curse. When they turned and saw Elena they knew that she was already dead. Draco looked over to Harry to see if he was okay. He saw that Harry looked as if he wanted to jump off. Draco wasn't worried because the spell they put on the broom would prevent the rider from changing its course and falling off. Elena made sure that no matter what happened they would get to Hogwarts.

Harry tried to jump off be he came back down onto the broom. He wanted to go to Elena, but he couldn't. He felt as if his just died as he saw Elena's body. He cried as they flew off, getting far away from the castle.

Goyle was mad because the boys were able to escape. He scowled at the body in front of him. Suddenly a group of hooded figures apparated at the entrance of the castle. Goyle went to the figure at the center and kissed the hem of his robes.

"Master."

Voldemort pushed him away and bent down in front of Elena. Voldemort cradled her body and held her close. He looked towards Goyle.

"Who did this?" He asked.

"M…master, she was helping Potter get out. She was in my way and she broke my wand," Goyle tried to explain, holding out the two pieces of his wand.

"Potter was supposed to escape you fool! Were you listening yesterday! She was not supposed to die!" Voldemort yelled.

Voldemort stood up and said the cruciatus curse and Goyle fell in pain. He writhed on the floor and started screaming. Voldemort thought that Goyle deserved to die for killing Elena, but held back. He still had some uses for the man.

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The boys have been flying for more than half the day. They left at around eight last night and now the sun was already out. They were flying at a fast speed. Elena estimated that they should reach Hogwarts at around nine o'clock in the morning. They were flying in the clouds to avoid letting any muggles see them.

Draco was worried about Harry at the moment. Elena's death should have hurt Harry. Harry and Elena were close.

Harry hated his self at the moment. He couldn't believe that he didn't even say good-bye to Elena. He didn't hold her for the last time or tell her that he loved her. He must have hurt her when he left without doing or saying anything to comfort her. His grip tightened on the broom. He would never forget Goyle's face sneering at Elena. He vowed to get his revenge.

Harry saw Hogwarts at a distance. He thought that when he saw the castle that he would be jumping for joy, but he wasn't. As they were getting closer they could see Hagrid's hut. Hagrid was teaching a group of students.

The broom jerked and they started to fly faster.

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Ron was holding a kneazle. Hermione was telling him how cute the creature was. Ron was getting tired of hearing all the girls talking about the kneazle, he'd rather have them shriek in fear than hearing them cuddling. Ron looked up at the sky and saw three figures flying a broom. Everyone else in the class also saw the figures and started pointing at them. The figures were flying towards them at an alarming speed.

"Draco, how do you stop this thing?" Neville yelled.

They were reaching the ground but the brooms were not stopping. Just when they were about the crash into the ground the brooms jerked to a stop and Draco and Harry were finally released from the brooms and flew off in different directions. Neville held tight on the broom and flew forward holding the broom with him. He was able to see Draco fall into the lake and Harry being caught by Hagrid. Neville fell flat on his back on the grass.


"Oh my gosh! Ron that was Harry," Hermione yelled as she ran towards Hagrid.

"Greg, I saw Draco!" Crabbe said as he ran to the lake. Goyle and Crabbe ran to Draco.

Seamus and Dean helped Neville up. He walked towards Harry who was standing next to Hagrid.

"Harry, are you alright?" Hagrid asked. He gave Harry a bone-crushing hug, "Do you know how long we've been looking for you?"

Harry tried to get away from Hagrid, "Hagrid let go, Draco. We have to get Draco."

Hagrid let go of Harry and remembered someone falling in the lake. He saw Neville walking towards him. Hagrid looked towards the lake and saw Draco being helped out by Crabbe and Goyle. Draco was leaning on Crabbe for support. Crabbe put one of Draco's arms around his shoulder and helped him walked towards Hagrid.

"Hello Hagrid, it's a nice day for a swim. Don't you think?" Draco joked.

A/N: So what do you guys think? Thank you to all who reviewed and emailed me to give their opinions.

Next Chapter: Draco and Ginny are finally reunited. Harry has problems dealing with Elena's death and Draco tries to talk to him about it.