Draco and Millia were just about to leave when they heard a noise from behind. Millia turned around and saw Crabbe and Goyle walking towards them. They looked very odd indeed. Crabbe had a sunken look on his face and Goyle looked darker, in fact they both did.

Crabbe and Goyle stopped dead in their tracks and sharply turned to look at Millia. She felt uncomfortable and shifted closer to Draco, then looked at him. Crabbe and Goyle looked at Draco. Their faces looked restless. Draco nodded and turned to Millia.

"Hey, you go on ahead of me, I'll soon catch up, I just got to have a word with them." He whispered to her. Millia felt relieved, she didn't want to stay in the room alone with Crabbe and Goyle.

"Sure," she said, and escaped the room.

Crabbe and Goyle waited until she left, then rounded to Draco.

"What are you doing with her?" Crabbe asked coldly. Draco frowned, then slightly grinned.

"Crabbe…?" He was confused. Draco knew he hadn't been spending much time with his two best mates since Millia had come along, and he hadn't talked to them in a while, but that didn't explain their behavior.

Now it was Goyle's turn to talk.

"Either you bring her with us… or-"

"What are you talking about!?" Draco asked confused. Crabbe and Goyle looked at each other then at Draco.

"Your father won't be too happy about this at all. Neither will Millia's mother." Goyle said.

"What? Too happy about what!?" Draco asked, starting to get angry.

"Your togetherness!" Crabbe spat. "We're not too happy either."

"It's time that you give her up, Draco." Goyle said coldly.

"What's going on?!" Draco yelled.

Crabbe got out his wand and pointed it at Draco, as did Goyle. Draco didn't know what to do at that moment. Before he could think he found himself walking away, back towards his dorm.

"REDUCTO!!" Goyle shouted.

Draco flew across the room, straight at the wall. He was bleeding from his head and in his entire body was screaming in pain. He could hardly move anything but his eyes. He still had time to think as he saw Crabbe and Goyle coming slowly towards him. Draco slowly took out his wand and pointed it at them; they were still coming towards him. Draco, with great difficulty, shouted out.

"Impedimenta!"

It slowed down Crabbe and Goyle, so that they were hardly moving at all. When they were closer he felt more strength coming back.

"RICTASEMPRA!"

They flew far and high across the room, smashed into a window and fell to the ground. A cascade of glass was falling down on top of them. Draco suddenly realised what he had done and felt horrible. He still couldn't move without feeling pain. He started to feel woosy and dreamy, the air was silent and his vision was getting blurry.

"What's going on?" He mumbled. He looked around and saw something come out of the flame in the fireplace. Draco could see that it was a dark hooded creature, moving as if it was in water, although that may have been caused by Draco's wavy vision. The creature floated over towards Crabbe and Goyle, who were unconscious, picked them up by their clothes and dragged them into the flame.

"Where are you taking them?" Draco mumbled again.

They were gone.

Draco slowly looked around, dazed and confused. His head fell back onto a table, and he collapsed on the ground, unconscious.

Darkness took over his vision.