Chapter 25: If dying for you will be enough.
Lucius Malfoy was walking towards them together with Hermione. Draco felt paralyzed upon seeing them. She was trembling not because of cold but because of fear.
Draco wanted to run to them but he just waited. He wanted to think of something. He needs to save her. He couldn't think. He glanced at his side. Ron was also shocked. He was staring unblinking to the people approaching them.
"Well…well…well, a party of three. I thought it will be nice to have you Draco and Hermione but now it's okay if we'll have a company. Weasley… a disgrace to the Wizarding World." Lucius coldly said.
"What… are you… doing here, Father?" Draco fearfully asked.
"We will have a small conversation. Just simply answering yes or no." Lucius replied.
"We can talk together, father. Let them go." Draco answered back.
"No…no…no, I fetched her to be with us tonight. It is just we accidentally have a company, a Weasley but it doesn't matter." Lucius said.
"Father…" Draco couldn't think of something to say.
"Don't be stupid, Draco. Just be nice to me and I will be nice to your little mudblood girlfriend." Lucius said and dragged Hermione nearer.
"Maybe it's time to start…" Lucius said.
"Draco, I told you to leave her alone. But because you disobeyed me again, I want to hear from you…is it true that you truly care for this mudblood and you can disobey me because of her?" Lucius shouted.
"Uhh…father, I obeyed your orders." Draco replied.
"Just say YES or NO, Draco!" Lucius shouted again and gripped his right arm tight.
"I care for her but still I obeyed your orders!" Draco said.
"Stubborn! I thought you obey me, Draco. But what are you saying to me? I am just asking for a yes or a no." Lucius said and pushed Draco hard.
"Now, woman…tell me, do you want to die in front of my son?" Lucius deviously asked.
"It's not right to ask her like that, Mr. Malfoy." Ron butted in.
"I am not asking for your opinion, stupid rug!" Lucius said and brought out his wand and fired the Cruciatus curse to him.
"Please, father…stop it!" Draco shouted.
"What…mudblood? I thought you're smart. What is your answer?" Lucius asked and pulled her hair downward.
"I. …don't want, sir…No!" Hermione answered.
"Clever enough! Maybe it's better to kill my son instead. I wanted him to be the best death eater I planned him to be but you destroyed it. He is useless now." Lucius said and held Draco by his collar.
"Before you die, son. Do you want to say something?" Lucius asked.
"Leave her alone, father!" Draco shouted.
"Of course, I am connected to you by blood. I know what you are feeling now, Draco. YOU CAN'T LEAVE HER! You love her that much." Lucius shouted his eyes full of fury.
"Please, sir. No, kill me instead!" Hermione said and cried even louder.
"Now you are telling me to kill you. Funny!" Lucius said and fired the Cruciatus spell to Draco.
Draco lie helplessly beside Ron who was still unconscious. He didn't want his eyes to shut. He wanted to see her one last time.
Hermione ran to him. She was crying.
"Hermione, I ….want you…. to take care…. of yourself…and I love you…" Draco barely said the words.
"Draco...sorry....I'm very sorry.....I love you but don't leave me like this." Hermione cupped his face and kissed him.
A chilly laugh was heard…Lucius Malfoy was very glad to see them like that.
"Now it's time for you two to die…Avada Kedav…."
"NO…….." Ron shouted and silence filled the Hogwarts' grounds.
