Chapter Eleven: Reality

Later that day...

"Krystal, where's Harry. I know he's gone... but where?"

"I-I don't know." I lied.

"Who has him?"

"I don't know?"

"Well, how'd he disappear?"

"I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING I KNOW!" I shouted. I was getting quite frustrated with her. She was asking the same questions over and over and I already told her everything - aside from the letter.

"OKAY CALM YOURSELF! I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS ALL!"

"IF I KNEW I'D TELL YOU!"

"FINE, KRYSTAL!" She shouted back. I looked up at the clock. 9:45 already.

"Er... I have to go. I'll talk to you later, I guess." She nodded and I ran out.

"Krystal, wait!" She called, but I had already gone. I didn't realize that I left the letter on my bed.

I ran through the corridors in search for some sign of Harry. "Harry!" I called. "Harry!" I looked. He was back... back somewhere in the school... and I'd find him. "Harry! Where are you? Harry!" I got to a certain corridor... I recognized it but hadn't been there in some time. That's when I realized... This is where he's supposed to be...

I looked forward into the dark. I walked slowly until some images came into sight. I saw the table to my far left with that always held a vase of roses. Tonight there was only one flower in it. One... dead... rose. The thought alone sent shivers down my spine. I looked ahead of myself again and stopped immediately. I saw some one lying on the floor. He was laying so that his face was turned in the opposite direction. I knew who it was, however.

"HARRY! Oh God... Harry! NO!" I screamed, running towards him. When I reached the limp body I looked down into his face. I was right that it was Harry. "NO! HARRY, NO! PLEASE! HARRY!" I tried with all my might to wake him. I shook him and checked his pulse. He was still alive. He still had a pulse and was still breathing. His face was scuffed up and he had a large cut on his cheek. "Harry... Harry, please!" I said, still shaking him.

"He won't wake up... not now." Said a cold voice.

"W-Who's there?" I asked. My voice was shaky.

"Now, see what happens when you interfere, Krystal?"

"Wh-What?" I was confused. Who was this? I interfered? With what? Then, he stepped out from the dark.

"See what happens when you interfere?!" He said in a fiercer voice. My eyes widened and I felt as if I had been stabbed in the back and punched in the throat at the same exact time.

"D-D-"

"Say it."

"Draco?!" I cried. "H-How could you?! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?!" I was ready to tackle him when I saw another figure step out from the darkness... and another... and another. "Wh-What's going on?"

"We've been expecting you." Said a female voice. She came closer and I recognized her.

"Bridget!" I snapped with a rage. "YOU!"

"Yes me. Oh, come off it! You knew about this... You knew about me."

"If I had known, do you think I'd have allowed it to happen?!" She just shrugged. I noticed the other figures moving closer with their wands at the ready. I didn't know them but I recognized them as Draco's goons. "I can't believe you'd do this Draco... you'd do this to me... to Harry!"

"I didn't do anything to you." He retorted. He didn't have one hint of sympathy or remorse in his look. He was cold. I had never seen him like this. "It was Potter. C'mon, Krystal. You mean after meeting my father, you didn't immediately know that he was a Death Eater?" I gasped. I would've never expected Draco or anyone in his family to be connected to Voldemort. Ok, his father was creepy and cold but... he seemed to like me just fine. I didn't think he could be a Death Eater. The thought never crossed my mind. "Stand aside, Krystal."

"NO!" I snapped, backing up and hovering over Harry as to protect him.

"No?" He asked, as if he'd never heard the word before. "Do you know what we're capable of, Krystal?" I winced, knowing that they could kill me within a second. There was no way of blocking one of the Unforgivable curses. All they had to do were say the words and I'd be dead and then they'd kill Harry.

"I-I'm not scared of you." I lied.

"Hmph!" Bridget scoffed. "Yeah, right! You're shaking!" She joked.

"Stay back!" I shouted as they began to advance. With a simple nod of Draco's head and a call to "Crabbe" and "Goyle", his 'friends' came and pulled me off Harry. There was no use struggling... they were much stronger than I was... but I wouldn't let them get us that easily. I kicked and bit and screamed until my throat was sore. "DRACO! Draco, NO! What did I do to you?! What did HE do?! I WAS YOUR FRIEND! I WAS YOUR FRIEND, DRACO!" I shouted with all my might. "Harry!! Wake up, Harry! Wake up!! Wake while you still can, Harry, PLEASE!" I wailed. "HARRY! HA-" I abruptly stopped when I noticed Draco pointing his wand towards me. Draco's wand was aimed straight for my heart and, no matter how much I struggled, I couldn't break free from Goyle and Crabbe. This was it. "Harry..." I trailed off in a weak and frightened voice.

"Goodbye Krystal."

"YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME! WHAT HAPPENED?! WOULD YOU KILL ME NOW? LIKE THIS? I WAS YOUR FRIEND... YOUR BEST FRIEND... so you said."

"GOODBYE." I turned to say my last goodbye to Harry. I wouldn't die without saying goodbye to him... When I turned to say it and I looked where his body was laid, he was gone.

Draco must have noticed the puzzled look on my face. "What?" He asked, impatiently.

"N-Nothing..." I said, looking back at him. I couldn't see Harry anywhere. Did he get away? I asked myself. He couldn't have! He was so weak... barely conscious! I looked around. Bridget didn't have him and neither did Crabbe or Goyle. I turned back to Draco with a small feel of triumph. Okay, I'm going to die... I'm scared to death and ready to cry... but Harry's safe. And then I thought, Why would he leave me here?

Draco shrugged. "Anyway... Goodbye." He stuck up the wand to my shirt and was about to say the spell. I winced in fear. Please no... God, please, no... "Avad-" He stopped and I heard a thud. I opened my eyes and saw that Harry was on the floor next to him, fully conscious. He had knocked Draco down from behind. Now it was Draco who laid on the floor, confused and in pain. He landed flat on his head. Bridget was screaming in disappointment and anger and I could hear random grunts from Crabbe and Goyle.

"HARRY!" I shouted with joy. "You're alive! You're okay! Oh, Harry! You're okay!" I squealed. I bent down him and kissed him as if I had to get one hundred kisses from him in less than a minute. He pushed me off as Draco got back up with help from Bridget. He, too, stood up with his wand drawn.

"You'll pay for this one, Malfoy." He said with fury in his voice. I had never seen him like this. He didn't look like the Harry I knew. He was full of anger and the love and passion I loved about him seemed to be drained from his face. All that could be found in his expression was hate. Pure hatred.

Draco snickered. "Hmph! Is that so? Good for you she came along... otherwise I'd have killed you as soon as you were down." Draco said, nodding towards me. Harry snapped his around to look at me. I was in the corner, aiding my ankle that had been twisted by one of Draco's goons. Harry looked at me and I knew he didn't know what to do. He knew what he had to do... but he was outnumbered. I stood up straight and went next to Harry. I took my wand out and pointed it straight for Bridget who was on the other side of the room.

"Don't move!" I hollered. Harry looked at me like I was crazy and tried to push me back.

"Krys, don't! You'll get hurt more..."

"Move it, Harry. This bitch has messed with me for the last time..." I felt Bridget's glare grow deeper into my eyes and I glared back. It was a showdown. Whoever blinked would be dead. Simple as that. Crabbe and Goyle came around the backs of Harry and I. Ready to pounce, Draco and the rest stepped closer, trapping Harry and I in a small circle.

As I was about to turn and see what Harry was planning to do, a loud noise - like the slamming of a door - broke the silence. We all jolted up and around to see who came in the room.

"KRYSTAL!" She called. "KRYSTAL I FOUND THE -" She stopped when she saw us all, wands raised. "...letter." She said meekly. I saw a small smile rise on Goyle's face.

"ROXEANNE, LOOK OUT!" I cried. But it was too late. Goyle had grabbed her at the waist. I lunged at him but Harry held me back, reminding me that four unhappy dark wizards surrounded me. I hated watching her struggle... and she didn't even have her wand with her. Draco must have gotten some kind of idea because his face lit up like a light bulb. What now?! I wondered.

"Goyle! Over there with her... and Bridget...?" He raised his eyebrows as if to hint something. Bridget nodded and turned to Harry.

"Expelliarmus!" She shouted. Harry's wand shot out of his hand and into her own. Then she turned to me. "Expelliarmus!" And my wand flew to her hand as well. Then she looked at Draco. Draco, once again, nodded towards Harry. She walked up to me and pulled me away.

"No! Let go!" I yelled. She was much stronger than I was, as she already proved in our previous fight. Harry struggled to get through to her but Crabbe had him by the ankles.

"Let go, you asshole!" He yelled. "Krystal!"

"Harry! Harry!" I cried.

"Krystal!" I heard Roxeanne call. I couldn't see anything. Bridget blindfolded me.

"Let GO! Let me go!" I shouted. I kicked her, or at least I thought I was kicking her. I was definitely kicking something, but I couldn't see what it was. It was either her legs or the nearest wall. I felt a heavy thud on the back of my head and I must have been knocked out.