Hey Ya! is still stuck in my head. I had it out for about 10 minutes, but then they played it on the last radio station I would have expected. Well, maybe not the last, but pretty close. GOSH DAMN IT!!!! I AM SO SICK OF THIS BLOODY SONG!!!!

Thanks so much to all of my reviewers: Anna-Ray: You might want this thing to go on forever, but I sure as heck don't! School sucks. I hate (name omitted, English Teacher). Please tell me what you want or I'll pick! *grins evilly*you don't want that!

Lady_Chaos: Thanks for reviewing! Her last name is Trawnley (not sure about spelling.). Lol, I wish I had a life...

Harriet: Thanks for reviewing! Thanks for the Spanish lesson; I guess translation pages are major ouchies...

fairypirate: Thanks for the review! Glad you like it; I think it's a terrible fic. You probably made my head swell about 1111111111111111110000000000000002222222222222222223333333333333333333344444 4444444444444444455555555555555555555556666666666666666666777777777777777778 88888888888888888888888888888899999999999999999 times it size (just pushed keys there..lol).

chinese witch on h0n3yduk3s swtz: Cool name. Thanks for reviewing! Okay, no cliffhangers.. (Darn!). I'm thinking of doing a happy/sad ending, I've got it planned...MUHAHAHAHAHA!

Yep. I've decided. A happy/sad ending!!!! *crickets chirp* Steph: Oh well, I like it!!! Lol

Luv you guys (ntw)!!!!!

Chapter 15

~LUNA!!!!!~ Draco bellowed. He could feel her wonder, worrying about the obvious distress he must have been sending through the link like fireballs.

~Draco? What's wrong? ~

~I don't know. Snape just collapsed, he has all the symptoms of a cut link, and he keeps moaning about Braele. ~

~Braele? How does he know her? ~

~I don't know. Get help! ~

~Who? The mind links are supposed to be secret! ~

Draco knelt down beside his teacher, and picking up his clammy wrist, checked his pulse. It beat frenziedly, like the Potion Master's blood was boiling.

"Dumbledore!" Snape gasped, his eyes bulging. He grabbed Draco's wrist. "Get Dumbledore!"

Draco shivered. His teacher showed none of his usual self-collection. His eyes were huge and wild like a caged tortured animal. His body thrashed and twitched and trembled until Draco feared the man's spine would snap with the twisting. He removed Snape's hand. "It's okay." He said quietly, forming his mental connection with Luna, praying she would run to the Headmaster fast enough. "Dumbledore's coming."

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Luna sat down at the lunch table. She stared at her food, but although she had been famished just a second ago, she was no longer hungry. She suspected that her loss of appetite came from Draco. He hadn't eaten in days, he had just been unusually thoughtful and often seemed in another world. He hadn't slept either. What was wrong with him?

Carefully, she touched the mind link. It hummed with energy, and she felt her awareness of Draco increasing. She carefully made her way closer to his mind. She had to cautious. Last time she had tried to probe he had slammed down a wall of defenses so fast that she had had a headache for days. He was a very defensive and mysterious person.

Draco made a connection so fast that her vision spun. ~LUNA!!!!!!~ A burst of stress and worry followed the thought. Something was seriously wrong. Luna was on her feet in an instant, making excuses even she didn't hear and sprinting down the hall towards the dungeons. She knew he was there.

~Draco? What's wrong? ~

~I don't know. Snape just collapsed, he has all the symptoms of a cut link, and he keeps moaning about Braele. ~

~Braele? How does he know her? ~

~I don't know. Get help! ~

~Who? The mind links are supposed to be secret! ~

Draco paused. She felt pity and repulsion pulsing in the link. He thought the next part so softly she almost missed it. ~Snape says to get Dumbledore. I think he's dying. ~

Luna spun on her heel and raced as fast as she could in the other direction. ~What about Braele? We should check on her! ~

~I will. ~

~What about Snape? ~

Draco was silent for a moment. ~He's on his bloody feet, running at bloody breakneck speed up the bloody stairs to Braele's room! He's fast for an old guy! ~

Luna laughed, but she still never faltered as she ran on. She had to find Dumbledore. She rounded a corner, and ran into a Death Eater. A scream escaped her numb lips as he made a silvery knife with his wand and tested it against his thumb. The link between her and Draco glowed bright golden, and he held her easily with one hand while he raised the knife with the other.
"Corte!" He said in his chilly, expressionless drawl, and brought the knife slashing down.

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