Darkness Entangles
Chapter One: Nightmare
Draco L. Malfoy woke with a jolt, sweat falling down his tear stained face. His breaths were forced, and his eyes opened wide. He combed his hand through his hair trying to recall what scared him awake. Nothing came to mind.
He shook his head, sweat shaking off him like water off a dog. He pulled off his covers and got dressed. A simple cold shower wouldn't calm his nerves this time, he needed to run, and fast.
He grabbed a pair of muggle pants since you couldn't run in robes. He snuck out of the Slytherin common room, and out of the castle.
Once outside, he started to run at the forbidden forest as fast as he could. He let his thoughts wander as his legs ran swiftly over the well known course.
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She saw him leave the castle and she followed his movements, after he vanished into the forest, she ran after him.
Why was he of all people out of bounds at this time?
The Full moon watched over the events, and the howling of werewolves embraced the normal silence of the woods.
She felt the joy and pain of the creatures as they changed. She knew the village where they lived out here, and she knew Malfoy was heading onto their hunting grounds.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Snape, around midnight went on his usual rounds of the Slytherin dorms. He noted Draco's absence and went to find Dumbledore.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Four were awake, Draco running, Snape talking, Dumbledore listening, and a shadow followed Malfoy through the forest.
She noted how he really knew his way since his eyes were near shut, but he was still running.
Her keen swiftness that came at night, gave her the ability to keep up, her dark Brown hair flying freely behind her as she jumped stumps and other obstacles.
She leapt into the trees to gain more time, by jumping, eventually rejoining the ground, she hid behind and oak.
She could hear his foot steps.
She silently cleared her throat, and then spoke. "Ten Leagues beyond the Worlds End; methinks it's no journey."
That stopped him quick. "Who is there?" he called.
"If we shadows have offended." she spoke again, echoing.
"Tell me your name!"
"With a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to tourney."
"That's a description, not a name."
"What belongs to you yet others use it more than you do?" she wasn't surprised that he didn't recognize her voice, the change over her at this time, made it deeper than normal.
"Your NAME!"
"Correct."
"Your called correct?"
She laughed a musical laugh. "No, you answered right."
"What?"
"Never mind," she sighed. "Tell me boy," she add the 'boy' for further confusion, "what is the one rule among magical folk, excluding witches and wizards, such as your self?"
She noted how he hit his head. "Never give your name away, less you want it used."
"Correct."
"Could you at least let me see you? It's creepy talking to sound."
"I can't, or I risk what I have tried to save this night. Listen, Boy, Go back where you belong, this is a night of monsters, no place for you."
"What do you mean?" but she didn't need to answer. The werewolf pack answered for her with their cries.
"Leave this place, before the night takes you and places its curse upon you!"
"I want to speak with you again!"
"I give you a choice." She bit at him, " Either you leave here now and never return and live a life filled with faerie tale villains, your reality, or you may come back, and let the darkness fill you, then let you live true evil. The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break." She bit at him.
His face lost the little color it had as he stepped back a bit then ran to the castle.
What would they say? If they heard I saved his life?
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Draco ran up to the castle doors to find Snape, McGonagall and Dumbledore awaiting him.
"Well, well, well, we had a night didn't we?" Snape drawled.
Dumbledore noticed the boys pale face and put a hand on his collogues shoulder. "Later Severus, all or you head back to your posts or beds, Mr. Malfoy follow me please. Severus get poppy to bring chocolate." Everyone nodded and did as told.
Draco followed the head master up to his office.
Once there both took their seats, Pomfry came up and gave him chocolate and examined him in Dumbledore's care. The head master just watched with dark, examining eyes.
After Poppy had left, announcing the boy's wellness, Dumbledore cleared his throat.
"I believe you realize the time?"
"Yes sir." He breathed.
"I believe that you are in your right mind?"
"Yes, sir."
"I believe that you know that you were in the forbidden forest so far that you were off campus?"
Draco looked up at this. "I was off campus?"
"Yes, you were."
"I didn't realize there was an off campus."
"There is, but we trust the students know not to enter the Forbidden forest at all, and they know where hogsmead starts, to the point where there is no need to establish 'off campus'."
"I'm sorry sir."
"You will be apologizing to Mr. Potter tomorrow."
"Why sir?"
"We had to wake him up when our searches proved futile. He has an item in his position that lets him know the location of everyone on campus." His eyes sparkled. "Note the 'on campus' part. You, Mr. Malfoy, weren't on it."
"It will happen again sir."
"Will?" his eye brows shot up, "Don't you mean 'it won't happen again'?"
"Sorry sir, but I'm afraid that it will, and I'm not going to lie to you," he looked up and smirked. "You would know immediately if I was, so I figured, let's save us all time and let me tell you that it 'will' happen again."
"I can't stop you, well I can, but I won't. I had hoped that whatever sent you out would have convinced you to stay away."
"What I saw?" Draco shook his head. "No, I saw nothing, I heard a great deal though."
"Tell me, what did you hear?"
"I heard werewolves and a lady."
"A lady?"
"Yeah, she stopped me, never let me see her though, and refused to give me her name, and she told me to leave." His eyes darkened. "One line remains with me. 'The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break.' It hit me hard." He looked up into Dumbledore's eyes. "It was the same that I had dreamt, I didn't realize what scared me awake, but I know now that it was that line. That's why I was running, that's why I was outside running in the forbidden forest, and it helps me regain my nerves."
"Mr. Malfoy, if that's the case, then why do you want to return?"
"She gave me a choice, to never come back, or to return. I chose return." His voice turned hollow.
"'The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break.'" Dumbledore restated thoughtfully. "Are you sure that's the choice she wanted of you?"
"I know it's not."
"Then why make it? It seems to me, Mr. Malfoy, that she saved your life tonight, you chose to throw it away?"
"No, but I want to see her." He looked at his hands.
"Very well, I give you until the next full moon to stay with us, then, if you so desire, you may return to her."
"Thank you professor." He stood up and was about to leave when,
"Mr. Malfoy?"
"Yes sir?"
"Severus isn't to take any points from you, or assign any detentions. Thank you for talking like a normal student as well, I know it's against all your family stands for."
Draco nodded curtly and left.
Yes, if the situation would have been different, and if he wasn't so shaken, than yes, he would have sat up in his office, silent, never saying a word.
He walked down to the dungeons, found his bed and collapsed in exhaustion.
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The next morning Draco forced himself to wake, Dress and get his butt down to the great hall.
He walked quickly over to the Gryffindor table and drawled "Potter" Behind a black haired teen.
He turned and shot daggers at him with his emerald eyes. "Malfoy."
" A word, if none of you mind?" he looked at the red headed Weasleys and Granger. Both looked at him through narrow eyes. He looked back at the boy who lived and tilted his head to a side.
"Sure, I'll be back." He said to his friends.
Both boys walked out of the hall.
"What do you want Malfoy? I see they found you."
"About that, thanks."
Harry Potter blinked twice, stepped back and shook his head. "OK rewind, did you just say thanks?"
"Yes, Potter I did. I also apologize about having the staff wake you in the dead of night for my sake."
Harry regarded his Rival with questioning eyes. "What happened if you don't mind?"
Draco shrugged and Drawled "I had a nightmare, went running, got scared came back."
"No." Harry stated. "I mean to your 'ego' you have never said thanks or apologized to someone you think below you."
"I might as well, after a month," he stopped thought and finished "never mind. I said what I had to." And he went back into the great hall.
Harry watched after him, 'After a month' ringing in his head. Would something happen in a month, or had it already happened? Harry shook his thoughts away and went back to the table.
"What's up Harry? You ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine, I don't know about Malfoy though."
"Why do you say that?" Hermione asked.
"He just thanked and Apologized to me for last night."
"Malfoy?" Ron stood up in shook. The hall turned and quickly glared, and he sat back down. "Malfoy?" he asked again.
"I know, I asked him why, and he said that he might as well, and something about 'after a month, I'm not quite sure what that means though."
"Maybe if we wait a while?" Hermione suggested hopefully.
"Nah, we are going to investigate, right Harry?" Ron put on his mischievous face.
Harry Nodded, "Sorry Mia, but it's in our nature."
"Yeah I know, I was just hoping, so what do you want me to do?"
"Well, look in the library for things that happen in a time period of a month, and keep an eye on Malfoy when we aren't."
"Sounds fine. Come on, we'll be late for Charms." She stood up and walked to the charms hall, both boys following, chatting quickly about plans and maneuvers.
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AN: Ok here is the 'summery'/ 'eye catcher'
The world holds shadows darker than Lord Voldie. When Draco awakens from a Nightmare he goes for a simple run, and discovers one of these. But what is it precisely?
Ok review and tell me what you think about my newest idea.
For those who are reading my other stories, gomen about not posting, I've had school and school. Then I got this idea and had to write it! I'm working on Chapter Eight of Time Tells and Chapter 33 of ODAF (Of Dragons and Faeries) No I'm not working on Fly.
I will have both of them up when I can, please hold on a little longer!!
Review
Relena
Chapter One: Nightmare
Draco L. Malfoy woke with a jolt, sweat falling down his tear stained face. His breaths were forced, and his eyes opened wide. He combed his hand through his hair trying to recall what scared him awake. Nothing came to mind.
He shook his head, sweat shaking off him like water off a dog. He pulled off his covers and got dressed. A simple cold shower wouldn't calm his nerves this time, he needed to run, and fast.
He grabbed a pair of muggle pants since you couldn't run in robes. He snuck out of the Slytherin common room, and out of the castle.
Once outside, he started to run at the forbidden forest as fast as he could. He let his thoughts wander as his legs ran swiftly over the well known course.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
She saw him leave the castle and she followed his movements, after he vanished into the forest, she ran after him.
Why was he of all people out of bounds at this time?
The Full moon watched over the events, and the howling of werewolves embraced the normal silence of the woods.
She felt the joy and pain of the creatures as they changed. She knew the village where they lived out here, and she knew Malfoy was heading onto their hunting grounds.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Snape, around midnight went on his usual rounds of the Slytherin dorms. He noted Draco's absence and went to find Dumbledore.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Four were awake, Draco running, Snape talking, Dumbledore listening, and a shadow followed Malfoy through the forest.
She noted how he really knew his way since his eyes were near shut, but he was still running.
Her keen swiftness that came at night, gave her the ability to keep up, her dark Brown hair flying freely behind her as she jumped stumps and other obstacles.
She leapt into the trees to gain more time, by jumping, eventually rejoining the ground, she hid behind and oak.
She could hear his foot steps.
She silently cleared her throat, and then spoke. "Ten Leagues beyond the Worlds End; methinks it's no journey."
That stopped him quick. "Who is there?" he called.
"If we shadows have offended." she spoke again, echoing.
"Tell me your name!"
"With a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to tourney."
"That's a description, not a name."
"What belongs to you yet others use it more than you do?" she wasn't surprised that he didn't recognize her voice, the change over her at this time, made it deeper than normal.
"Your NAME!"
"Correct."
"Your called correct?"
She laughed a musical laugh. "No, you answered right."
"What?"
"Never mind," she sighed. "Tell me boy," she add the 'boy' for further confusion, "what is the one rule among magical folk, excluding witches and wizards, such as your self?"
She noted how he hit his head. "Never give your name away, less you want it used."
"Correct."
"Could you at least let me see you? It's creepy talking to sound."
"I can't, or I risk what I have tried to save this night. Listen, Boy, Go back where you belong, this is a night of monsters, no place for you."
"What do you mean?" but she didn't need to answer. The werewolf pack answered for her with their cries.
"Leave this place, before the night takes you and places its curse upon you!"
"I want to speak with you again!"
"I give you a choice." She bit at him, " Either you leave here now and never return and live a life filled with faerie tale villains, your reality, or you may come back, and let the darkness fill you, then let you live true evil. The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break." She bit at him.
His face lost the little color it had as he stepped back a bit then ran to the castle.
What would they say? If they heard I saved his life?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Draco ran up to the castle doors to find Snape, McGonagall and Dumbledore awaiting him.
"Well, well, well, we had a night didn't we?" Snape drawled.
Dumbledore noticed the boys pale face and put a hand on his collogues shoulder. "Later Severus, all or you head back to your posts or beds, Mr. Malfoy follow me please. Severus get poppy to bring chocolate." Everyone nodded and did as told.
Draco followed the head master up to his office.
Once there both took their seats, Pomfry came up and gave him chocolate and examined him in Dumbledore's care. The head master just watched with dark, examining eyes.
After Poppy had left, announcing the boy's wellness, Dumbledore cleared his throat.
"I believe you realize the time?"
"Yes sir." He breathed.
"I believe that you are in your right mind?"
"Yes, sir."
"I believe that you know that you were in the forbidden forest so far that you were off campus?"
Draco looked up at this. "I was off campus?"
"Yes, you were."
"I didn't realize there was an off campus."
"There is, but we trust the students know not to enter the Forbidden forest at all, and they know where hogsmead starts, to the point where there is no need to establish 'off campus'."
"I'm sorry sir."
"You will be apologizing to Mr. Potter tomorrow."
"Why sir?"
"We had to wake him up when our searches proved futile. He has an item in his position that lets him know the location of everyone on campus." His eyes sparkled. "Note the 'on campus' part. You, Mr. Malfoy, weren't on it."
"It will happen again sir."
"Will?" his eye brows shot up, "Don't you mean 'it won't happen again'?"
"Sorry sir, but I'm afraid that it will, and I'm not going to lie to you," he looked up and smirked. "You would know immediately if I was, so I figured, let's save us all time and let me tell you that it 'will' happen again."
"I can't stop you, well I can, but I won't. I had hoped that whatever sent you out would have convinced you to stay away."
"What I saw?" Draco shook his head. "No, I saw nothing, I heard a great deal though."
"Tell me, what did you hear?"
"I heard werewolves and a lady."
"A lady?"
"Yeah, she stopped me, never let me see her though, and refused to give me her name, and she told me to leave." His eyes darkened. "One line remains with me. 'The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break.' It hit me hard." He looked up into Dumbledore's eyes. "It was the same that I had dreamt, I didn't realize what scared me awake, but I know now that it was that line. That's why I was running, that's why I was outside running in the forbidden forest, and it helps me regain my nerves."
"Mr. Malfoy, if that's the case, then why do you want to return?"
"She gave me a choice, to never come back, or to return. I chose return." His voice turned hollow.
"'The choice is yours to take; I give you this chance to make. May your soul I never take, and may your life I never break.'" Dumbledore restated thoughtfully. "Are you sure that's the choice she wanted of you?"
"I know it's not."
"Then why make it? It seems to me, Mr. Malfoy, that she saved your life tonight, you chose to throw it away?"
"No, but I want to see her." He looked at his hands.
"Very well, I give you until the next full moon to stay with us, then, if you so desire, you may return to her."
"Thank you professor." He stood up and was about to leave when,
"Mr. Malfoy?"
"Yes sir?"
"Severus isn't to take any points from you, or assign any detentions. Thank you for talking like a normal student as well, I know it's against all your family stands for."
Draco nodded curtly and left.
Yes, if the situation would have been different, and if he wasn't so shaken, than yes, he would have sat up in his office, silent, never saying a word.
He walked down to the dungeons, found his bed and collapsed in exhaustion.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The next morning Draco forced himself to wake, Dress and get his butt down to the great hall.
He walked quickly over to the Gryffindor table and drawled "Potter" Behind a black haired teen.
He turned and shot daggers at him with his emerald eyes. "Malfoy."
" A word, if none of you mind?" he looked at the red headed Weasleys and Granger. Both looked at him through narrow eyes. He looked back at the boy who lived and tilted his head to a side.
"Sure, I'll be back." He said to his friends.
Both boys walked out of the hall.
"What do you want Malfoy? I see they found you."
"About that, thanks."
Harry Potter blinked twice, stepped back and shook his head. "OK rewind, did you just say thanks?"
"Yes, Potter I did. I also apologize about having the staff wake you in the dead of night for my sake."
Harry regarded his Rival with questioning eyes. "What happened if you don't mind?"
Draco shrugged and Drawled "I had a nightmare, went running, got scared came back."
"No." Harry stated. "I mean to your 'ego' you have never said thanks or apologized to someone you think below you."
"I might as well, after a month," he stopped thought and finished "never mind. I said what I had to." And he went back into the great hall.
Harry watched after him, 'After a month' ringing in his head. Would something happen in a month, or had it already happened? Harry shook his thoughts away and went back to the table.
"What's up Harry? You ok?"
"Yeah I'm fine, I don't know about Malfoy though."
"Why do you say that?" Hermione asked.
"He just thanked and Apologized to me for last night."
"Malfoy?" Ron stood up in shook. The hall turned and quickly glared, and he sat back down. "Malfoy?" he asked again.
"I know, I asked him why, and he said that he might as well, and something about 'after a month, I'm not quite sure what that means though."
"Maybe if we wait a while?" Hermione suggested hopefully.
"Nah, we are going to investigate, right Harry?" Ron put on his mischievous face.
Harry Nodded, "Sorry Mia, but it's in our nature."
"Yeah I know, I was just hoping, so what do you want me to do?"
"Well, look in the library for things that happen in a time period of a month, and keep an eye on Malfoy when we aren't."
"Sounds fine. Come on, we'll be late for Charms." She stood up and walked to the charms hall, both boys following, chatting quickly about plans and maneuvers.
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AN: Ok here is the 'summery'/ 'eye catcher'
The world holds shadows darker than Lord Voldie. When Draco awakens from a Nightmare he goes for a simple run, and discovers one of these. But what is it precisely?
Ok review and tell me what you think about my newest idea.
For those who are reading my other stories, gomen about not posting, I've had school and school. Then I got this idea and had to write it! I'm working on Chapter Eight of Time Tells and Chapter 33 of ODAF (Of Dragons and Faeries) No I'm not working on Fly.
I will have both of them up when I can, please hold on a little longer!!
Review
Relena