*disclaimer* I do not own Harry Potter. J. K. Rolling does. I don't own
Foamy the Squirrel. I do not own Good Charlotte and
anything that has to do with them, though I wouldn't mind owning the twins. *eyes go vacant for a sec* Whoa, sorry about
that!
*other crap* Umm...Sorry about the wait! Please Review! I love you!
Pain of Betrayal, Chapter Eleven
As usual, time has a tendency to pass quickly when one wants it to go slowly. For Lissa and her friends, the time between
Christmas and Valentines Day passed within the blink of an eye. Valentines was the last major holiday of the school year and
because they had had a ball at Christmas, they were going to have a talent show. Once this had been decided, Gabe had
grabbed Lissa's arm and dragged her up to her room. This would be the perfect opportunity to show off their haunting
melodic singing voices. He shoved her onto her bed then plopped onto the floor.
"Well it's obvious we're gonna have to sing for this thing, I'm sure we'll blow them all away..."
She snorted and took one of the annoying throw pillows from her bed and did as the name suggested you do, and threw the
pillow at her brother. It hit in right in the chest and he was leaning back in his chair at the time and he promptly fell out of it.
His head hit the plush carpet with a soft thud and it sent Lissa into shrieks of laughter. She rolled around on the dark comforter,
clutching her stomach tightly. Gabe scowled angrily and took the pillow off the floor and lugged it back at her. She
ungracefully rolled off of the bed and hit the floor, groaning as she hit.
"Damn you Gabe!"
"Damn me?"
"YES!"
He snorted and crawled over to her. He smirked at her then with a display of wandless magic, levitated her and dropped her
onto her bed from about three feet in the air. She screeched loudly and the moment her back was on the bed she whipped
herself up onto her knees and extended her arms in a shielding gesture, her hands crossed at the wrists. A powerful gust of
wind appeared out of nowhere and blew with hurricane force at Gabe. He was pushed up against a wall when he started
sending harmless tickling charms at her. One hit her in the gut and she fell back onto the bed, the wind dying away the
moment her arms dropped. She writhed about on the comforter, squealing madly. He stood by the bed and laughed. He did
not see her grab her wand and perform the counter curse. Suddenly, she was up and had pounced, knocking him onto the
floor, she crouched above him.
"You are such a bastard Gabriel Maeko!"
"But I'm a cute bastard!"
"Cute? You? Don't make me laugh...Hahahaa..." She snorted darkly and rolled off of him. She perched on her bed again, her
arms wrapped around her legs. They talked quietly for a few minutes and decided on their song. Gabe left after that and
Draco popped in. He took one look at her messed up room and her disheveled appearance and one golden eye brow almost
disappeared into his hair.
"Not a word Malfoy..."
"I'll give you all the words I want. You look like you've been raped...Eww...Sissa, that's incest!"
"Draco Narcissist Malfoy that's disgusting! I'm not going to be able to look at Gabe straight now!"
Her boyfriend cackled like an old woman and skipped, like a small child, over to her bed. He prostrated himself on it and stared
at her with his steely eyes. Lissa eyed him then promptly flopped over his chest, her head resting right against below his. One of
his arms wrapped around her torso, snuggling her close. For a few minutes they were silent and when Draco was about to fall
asleep, she spoke.
"Draco, did you really mean we'd be together forever?"
He smiled and turned his face slightly so he could kiss the top of her head tenderly.
"Yes Sissa, I meant it. We'll be together until the end of time."
"Good, because I'd throw anyone who made a move on you into the lake."
"Into the lake?"
"Into the arms of the giant squid. It'd be bloody hilarious to watch."
One of Lissa's arms curled around his shoulders and her eyes slid shut. Within moments, the two were fast asleep in each other's
arms.
The night of the Valentine Talent Show came around faster then a speeding spell and it was greeted with much
exuberance by the student and teacher population, with the exception of a few Slytherins and Gussy. The Great Hall was a
mass of hot pinks and deep reds. Lissa had tried to burn all of the pink and replace it with black, but sadly Dumbledore had
come along just as she was about to set it alight and stopped her. In her mind, there was far too much of the sickeningly girlish
color that tried to auger her eyes out. She ripped herself out of the frighteningly pink thoughts and looked and the bloody
crimson dress she was going to wear. It had a square neck and long sleeves that went into wonderfully large swallowtails. It
fell to the floor in silky rivulets, the hems and sleeves covered in delicate embroidery of flames. Lissa sighed quietly in the dress's
direction and lifted it off of her bed. She slipped it on and then slowly wove the watching red ribbons through her dark hair.
She applied a small amount of make up, and then looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were slightly outlined in kohl and her
lips were stained a dark blood. She smirked a very Draco like smile and unconsciously ran a black painted finger nail over the
promise ring on her finger. They would be together for ever and ever, and the thought warmed her thought. A smile flooded
across her face, making her mirror image seem much prettier then before. She brushed some slightly curly hair out of her face
then walked out of her room, looking forward to the night ahead.
The tables in the Great Hall had been replaced with many chairs, and a stage in place of the staff table. Lissa and
Gabe were sitting in the front row with the rest of the performers, both grinning stupidly. They were next and were quite
looking forward to their chance at singing for their school. They would be singing a popular muggle song that was horribly like
their own lives in several terrifying ways. Pansy skipped off the stage after singing like a dying banshee and looked strangely
smug about something as she looked at Lissa briefly. Then Dumbledore announced the twins. They joined hands and walked
onto the stage, standing in the middle in a pool of supernatural moonlight. One of the teachers muttered a spell and Good
Charlotte's The Young and Hopeless blared into sudden life, the bass thrumming madly through everyone's hearts. The twins
grinned widely then began to sing, the lead vocals gone so their voices were the only ones heard.
"Hard days made me
Hard nights shaped me
I don't know they somehow saved me
And I know I'm making something
Out of this life they call nothing
I take what I want," Sang Lissa, her voice soaring amazingly high.
"Take what I need
They say it's wrong, but its right for me
I won't look down
Won't say I'm sorry
I know that only God can judge me." Gabe's voice twined around his sister's then dropped to deep, soft depths that had the
audience sitting on the edge of their chairs to hear.
"And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same.
Cause I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast That's what they say
I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care." They sang together, their voices melodically combining to sound like one voice, soaring high and low at the
same time.
"No one in this industry
Understands the life I lead
When I sing about my past
It's not a gimmick not an act." Lissa took this part, her voice soft but forceful. Her eyes surveyed the hall for Draco, and a
slight pang with through her heart when she did not see him or Pansy. She shoved the thought of him cheating on her with
that slut away because she knew it would never happen, and concentrated on the task at hand.
"These critics and these trust fund kids
Try to tell me what punk is
But when i see them on the street
They got nothing to say." Gabe intoned, intense feeling in what he was saying.
"And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same.
Cause I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast
that's what they say
I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care I don't care now I don't care.
I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast That's what they say
that I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care I don't care I don't care." They cried together, both their eyes sparkling with unshed tears as their minds went to
how much this song seemed to be like their own screwed up lives. As the last note faded, the Great Hall burst in raucous
applause. Blaise and Brad screamed their applause, then promptly started eating each others faces. The twins' grins widened
as one bowed and the other curtsied elegantly. They walked slowly off the stage; their cheeks flushed from the effort of
projected their voices, despite the aid of the spell. Once the next act was up, Lissa pulled her hand out of her brother's.
"I'm going to go find Draco, okay?" She whispered softly.
He nodded mutely and she crept out of the Hall during the applause after the act. She walked into the Entrance Hall and
hollered for her man.
"Oi! Draco, where the hell are you? You missed the ending to Gabe and my song! Where are you?"
She walked up the main set of staircases and then stopped in horror at what she saw, her eyes filling with painful tears.
Draco had Pansy up against a wall. One of his arms was around her neck, the other her hips meshing their bodies
together. Their mouths were crushed against each other, moving almost like one. Pansy's hands her rubbing against his back
and running through his hair, a privilege reserved for her and hers alone. A few mewling noises came from Pansy and she
pushed her body closer to Draco's. Lissa let out a horrified gasp and a single weighted tear escaped the corner of her eye,
leaving a salty track down her cheek. Draco heard the noise and ripped his eyes away. He rapidly unraveled his arms from
Pansy and forced her to let go of him.
"Oh Gods Lissa, this is not what it looks like!"
Lissa stared at him for a moment and then more tears soaked her cheeks.
"Not what it looks like Draco? Not what it looks like? You were snogging Parkinson! How could you?" Her voice was trembling
horribly towards the end as her broken heart was evident in both her eyes and her words. Draco advanced, his arms
outstretched. Her shattered heart was pulling at his, causing his eyes to tear.
"Lissa..."
"Stay away from me you bastard!" She yelled. She backed away and then ripped the promise ring from her finger. "You said
we were going to be together forever! I told you I loved you! I gave you my bloody heart and you threw it on the ground and
stamped on it! HOW COULD YOU?" She screamed the last part and threw the ring at him. The air was boiling hot and there
was a storm cloud rolling around in the ceiling of the corridor. The ring, which was extremely hot, hit Draco on the cheek
burning the flesh instantly. Pansy smirked and slunk up to him, trying to wrap an arm around his neck. He shoved her away and
took another step towards Lissa, his arms outstretched in a final plea to win her heart back.
"Sissa you know I would never hurt you intentionally!"
Lissa's tears intensified and a torrent of rain fell from the clouds, lightening flashed and thunder crashed deafeningly.
"You have no right to call me that! You can burn in the fires of Hell and I would applaud! I HATE YOU!" By this time, Gabe had
felt Lissa's mental anguish and had come at a run out of the Great Hall to her. He saw Pansy try to wrap her arm around
Draco and the bizarre heat and rain at the same time. A single thought ran through his mind: Lissa, his baby sister, had had
her heart broken by the single person she had loved as much as he. His fists balled up and he walked up to Lissa. He wrapped
his arms tightly around her and she quickly turned, her face pressing into his chest. Gabe's normally handsome face was
twisted in rage as he glowered at Draco.
"Remember our little compromise earlier this year Malfoy? Well, you broke it and my sister's heart. I hope the Goddess smiles
upon you, cause you sure as hell gonna need all the help you can get. Come on Baby Bear, I'm here now." The last part was
directed towards Lissa. With a final glare filled with loathing and hatred towards Malfoy, he pretty much carried his sister to
Head Girl's rooms. After they had disappeared, Malfoy shoved Pansy away from him, anger on his face.
"Look what you did Parkinson! You broke Sissa's heart! It's all your fault!"
The resident Slytherin slut just smirked and flicked some of her brown hair over her shoulder.
"All my fault? Seemed like it was partly you too. You were the one who shoved me against a wall in attempts to get in my
knickers...Anyway, you just wanted a better shag. I bet Roza is shite in the sack. She's a bitch and deserves the heart ache
Draggie."
"You bitch! Don't you say that about my Sissa! You don't deserve to kiss the dirt she walked upon! Go find some dark corner
to die in!"
Parkinson just laughed and walked away from him, her hips swaying slowly. It was not until then that he realized that he had
truly lost the heart of the only person in the world who mattered to him. Malfoy leaned against the wall he had nearly banged
Parkinson on and slithered to the floor. His head rested on his knees as he sobbed quietly, agony of his discovery rolling out with
his tears.
Lissa lay on her side on her comforter, silent tears slithering down her cheeks. Gabe sat behind her, lovingly stroking her
tangled hair. He was crooning nonsense words to her, his own heart paining due to the other part of his mind's unspeakable
anguish. She hugged the pillow closer to her chest, her voice crackling from tears.
"It's so ironic Gabe...He told me we'd be together forever and ever."
"Shush Sweety, he doesn't deserve your love. I'm going to kill him."
She simple ignored him and pressed her face into the pillow she had been hugging tightly. Gabe shook his head slowly and
summoned a blanket. He slowly wrapped his sister up then went to find the bastard who broke her heart.
Draco sat in a large armchair in front of the raging fire. He did not understand why he had kissed Parkinson. She had just
come up to him and he had insulted her as usual, then her mouth was suddenly attached to his. Why had he wrapped his
arms around her and pulled her against him? It did not make any sense. He sighed quietly and dropped his head into his
hands. He knew Gabe was going to kick his arse and, considering the difference in their magical powers, he would be royally
beaten. But because he was hoping he might be able to fight a little, he had his wand hidden between his thigh and the arm
of the chair. Draco heard one of the two bedroom doors being slammed upstairs and then someone walking quickly down
the stairs. He gulped slowly and took his wand from its hiding place. Someone grabbed the back of the chair and pulled it
around. Gabe glared down at Draco, his dark eyes black.
"You hurt Lissa. Now you will pay." His voice came out in a menacing hiss.
Draco shivered slightly and pointed his wand at Gabe. Even though he loved this man's sister with all his heart, he would
protect himself even if it meant he would have to hurt Gabriel. Gabe snickered and lifted his own wand.
"You know you can't win Malfoy, so why don't you just lie down and let me kick your arse? It'll be so much easier that way..."
"You know I won't Gabriel. Though I love your sister with all my heart, I won't lie down in front of you."
Gabe snorted and the look on loathing on his face intensified. "You love her? You love her enough to cheat on her with the
resident Slytherin slut? I mean maybe if you had snogged some remotely attractive bird I wouldn't take it as badly, but
Parkinslut? You hurt her real bad..."
"Look, I know it was really stupid! Don't you think I know how much I hurt her? Merlin Gabriel it tore my heart out to see her
crying I'd give..."
"Shut up Malfoy, I don't want to hear you anymore. Fernunculus."
A jet of orange light shot out of the tip of his wand. The light hit Draco right in the chest and an obscene amount of pus filled
boils erupted on his arms and face.
"Waddiwass!" Draco was able to choke out, his lips almost swollen shut. The spell hit Gabe in the stomach and he was thrown
against the stone wall behind him. He hit his head hard and an angry growl escaped his lips. He threw his wand down and ran
at Draco, his eyes black. Draco dropped his own wand barely a second before Gabe's body hit him hard. From the force of
the impact, the boys tumbled over the back of the armchair. Draco got the wind knocked out of him as he hit the ground
and tried to bring his arms up to shield his face as Gabriel's fist pummeled him. Draco managed to hit Gabe in the jaw until he
felt the searing pain and heard the sickening crack of his nose being broken. He let out a groan and Gabe slid off of him, rising
to his feet. He sneered down and the prone and bleeding figure of Draco Malfoy then kicked him rather hard in the ribs. His
sneer melted into a nasty smile when he heard the audible crack of breaking ribs. Gabe wiped blood from his mouth with the
back of his hand and smirked downed at Draco.
"Stay away from my sister Malfoy. If you come within twenty feet of her, what just happened will feel like a love tap." He
whirled around on his heel and strode out of the Head's common room. Draco curled up into the fetal position and fought
back the need to whimper. He ground his teeth as he molded the cartilage of his nose back into shape so it would heal up
straight. He groaned in quiet pain as he slowly dragged himself up to the bathroom, his wand, and ultimately his bed.
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Hey everyone, so sorry about it taking so bloody long for me to get this chapter out. I've been outta town and there've
been some major family problems that have kept me away from my computer. I have the next chapter all planned out.
It'll explain some of the things I've left hanging. Anyway, all reviews would be greatly appreciated!
Your Lord and Master,
Foamy the Squirrel
anything that has to do with them, though I wouldn't mind owning the twins. *eyes go vacant for a sec* Whoa, sorry about
that!
*other crap* Umm...Sorry about the wait! Please Review! I love you!
Pain of Betrayal, Chapter Eleven
As usual, time has a tendency to pass quickly when one wants it to go slowly. For Lissa and her friends, the time between
Christmas and Valentines Day passed within the blink of an eye. Valentines was the last major holiday of the school year and
because they had had a ball at Christmas, they were going to have a talent show. Once this had been decided, Gabe had
grabbed Lissa's arm and dragged her up to her room. This would be the perfect opportunity to show off their haunting
melodic singing voices. He shoved her onto her bed then plopped onto the floor.
"Well it's obvious we're gonna have to sing for this thing, I'm sure we'll blow them all away..."
She snorted and took one of the annoying throw pillows from her bed and did as the name suggested you do, and threw the
pillow at her brother. It hit in right in the chest and he was leaning back in his chair at the time and he promptly fell out of it.
His head hit the plush carpet with a soft thud and it sent Lissa into shrieks of laughter. She rolled around on the dark comforter,
clutching her stomach tightly. Gabe scowled angrily and took the pillow off the floor and lugged it back at her. She
ungracefully rolled off of the bed and hit the floor, groaning as she hit.
"Damn you Gabe!"
"Damn me?"
"YES!"
He snorted and crawled over to her. He smirked at her then with a display of wandless magic, levitated her and dropped her
onto her bed from about three feet in the air. She screeched loudly and the moment her back was on the bed she whipped
herself up onto her knees and extended her arms in a shielding gesture, her hands crossed at the wrists. A powerful gust of
wind appeared out of nowhere and blew with hurricane force at Gabe. He was pushed up against a wall when he started
sending harmless tickling charms at her. One hit her in the gut and she fell back onto the bed, the wind dying away the
moment her arms dropped. She writhed about on the comforter, squealing madly. He stood by the bed and laughed. He did
not see her grab her wand and perform the counter curse. Suddenly, she was up and had pounced, knocking him onto the
floor, she crouched above him.
"You are such a bastard Gabriel Maeko!"
"But I'm a cute bastard!"
"Cute? You? Don't make me laugh...Hahahaa..." She snorted darkly and rolled off of him. She perched on her bed again, her
arms wrapped around her legs. They talked quietly for a few minutes and decided on their song. Gabe left after that and
Draco popped in. He took one look at her messed up room and her disheveled appearance and one golden eye brow almost
disappeared into his hair.
"Not a word Malfoy..."
"I'll give you all the words I want. You look like you've been raped...Eww...Sissa, that's incest!"
"Draco Narcissist Malfoy that's disgusting! I'm not going to be able to look at Gabe straight now!"
Her boyfriend cackled like an old woman and skipped, like a small child, over to her bed. He prostrated himself on it and stared
at her with his steely eyes. Lissa eyed him then promptly flopped over his chest, her head resting right against below his. One of
his arms wrapped around her torso, snuggling her close. For a few minutes they were silent and when Draco was about to fall
asleep, she spoke.
"Draco, did you really mean we'd be together forever?"
He smiled and turned his face slightly so he could kiss the top of her head tenderly.
"Yes Sissa, I meant it. We'll be together until the end of time."
"Good, because I'd throw anyone who made a move on you into the lake."
"Into the lake?"
"Into the arms of the giant squid. It'd be bloody hilarious to watch."
One of Lissa's arms curled around his shoulders and her eyes slid shut. Within moments, the two were fast asleep in each other's
arms.
The night of the Valentine Talent Show came around faster then a speeding spell and it was greeted with much
exuberance by the student and teacher population, with the exception of a few Slytherins and Gussy. The Great Hall was a
mass of hot pinks and deep reds. Lissa had tried to burn all of the pink and replace it with black, but sadly Dumbledore had
come along just as she was about to set it alight and stopped her. In her mind, there was far too much of the sickeningly girlish
color that tried to auger her eyes out. She ripped herself out of the frighteningly pink thoughts and looked and the bloody
crimson dress she was going to wear. It had a square neck and long sleeves that went into wonderfully large swallowtails. It
fell to the floor in silky rivulets, the hems and sleeves covered in delicate embroidery of flames. Lissa sighed quietly in the dress's
direction and lifted it off of her bed. She slipped it on and then slowly wove the watching red ribbons through her dark hair.
She applied a small amount of make up, and then looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were slightly outlined in kohl and her
lips were stained a dark blood. She smirked a very Draco like smile and unconsciously ran a black painted finger nail over the
promise ring on her finger. They would be together for ever and ever, and the thought warmed her thought. A smile flooded
across her face, making her mirror image seem much prettier then before. She brushed some slightly curly hair out of her face
then walked out of her room, looking forward to the night ahead.
The tables in the Great Hall had been replaced with many chairs, and a stage in place of the staff table. Lissa and
Gabe were sitting in the front row with the rest of the performers, both grinning stupidly. They were next and were quite
looking forward to their chance at singing for their school. They would be singing a popular muggle song that was horribly like
their own lives in several terrifying ways. Pansy skipped off the stage after singing like a dying banshee and looked strangely
smug about something as she looked at Lissa briefly. Then Dumbledore announced the twins. They joined hands and walked
onto the stage, standing in the middle in a pool of supernatural moonlight. One of the teachers muttered a spell and Good
Charlotte's The Young and Hopeless blared into sudden life, the bass thrumming madly through everyone's hearts. The twins
grinned widely then began to sing, the lead vocals gone so their voices were the only ones heard.
"Hard days made me
Hard nights shaped me
I don't know they somehow saved me
And I know I'm making something
Out of this life they call nothing
I take what I want," Sang Lissa, her voice soaring amazingly high.
"Take what I need
They say it's wrong, but its right for me
I won't look down
Won't say I'm sorry
I know that only God can judge me." Gabe's voice twined around his sister's then dropped to deep, soft depths that had the
audience sitting on the edge of their chairs to hear.
"And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same.
Cause I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast That's what they say
I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care." They sang together, their voices melodically combining to sound like one voice, soaring high and low at the
same time.
"No one in this industry
Understands the life I lead
When I sing about my past
It's not a gimmick not an act." Lissa took this part, her voice soft but forceful. Her eyes surveyed the hall for Draco, and a
slight pang with through her heart when she did not see him or Pansy. She shoved the thought of him cheating on her with
that slut away because she knew it would never happen, and concentrated on the task at hand.
"These critics and these trust fund kids
Try to tell me what punk is
But when i see them on the street
They got nothing to say." Gabe intoned, intense feeling in what he was saying.
"And if I make it through today
Will tomorrow be the same
Am I just running in place
And if I stumble and I fall
Should I get up and carry on
Will it all just be the same.
Cause I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast
that's what they say
I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care I don't care now I don't care.
I'm young and I'm hopeless
I'm lost and I know this
I'm going nowhere fast That's what they say
that I'm troublesome I've fallen
I'm angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care I don't care I don't care." They cried together, both their eyes sparkling with unshed tears as their minds went to
how much this song seemed to be like their own screwed up lives. As the last note faded, the Great Hall burst in raucous
applause. Blaise and Brad screamed their applause, then promptly started eating each others faces. The twins' grins widened
as one bowed and the other curtsied elegantly. They walked slowly off the stage; their cheeks flushed from the effort of
projected their voices, despite the aid of the spell. Once the next act was up, Lissa pulled her hand out of her brother's.
"I'm going to go find Draco, okay?" She whispered softly.
He nodded mutely and she crept out of the Hall during the applause after the act. She walked into the Entrance Hall and
hollered for her man.
"Oi! Draco, where the hell are you? You missed the ending to Gabe and my song! Where are you?"
She walked up the main set of staircases and then stopped in horror at what she saw, her eyes filling with painful tears.
Draco had Pansy up against a wall. One of his arms was around her neck, the other her hips meshing their bodies
together. Their mouths were crushed against each other, moving almost like one. Pansy's hands her rubbing against his back
and running through his hair, a privilege reserved for her and hers alone. A few mewling noises came from Pansy and she
pushed her body closer to Draco's. Lissa let out a horrified gasp and a single weighted tear escaped the corner of her eye,
leaving a salty track down her cheek. Draco heard the noise and ripped his eyes away. He rapidly unraveled his arms from
Pansy and forced her to let go of him.
"Oh Gods Lissa, this is not what it looks like!"
Lissa stared at him for a moment and then more tears soaked her cheeks.
"Not what it looks like Draco? Not what it looks like? You were snogging Parkinson! How could you?" Her voice was trembling
horribly towards the end as her broken heart was evident in both her eyes and her words. Draco advanced, his arms
outstretched. Her shattered heart was pulling at his, causing his eyes to tear.
"Lissa..."
"Stay away from me you bastard!" She yelled. She backed away and then ripped the promise ring from her finger. "You said
we were going to be together forever! I told you I loved you! I gave you my bloody heart and you threw it on the ground and
stamped on it! HOW COULD YOU?" She screamed the last part and threw the ring at him. The air was boiling hot and there
was a storm cloud rolling around in the ceiling of the corridor. The ring, which was extremely hot, hit Draco on the cheek
burning the flesh instantly. Pansy smirked and slunk up to him, trying to wrap an arm around his neck. He shoved her away and
took another step towards Lissa, his arms outstretched in a final plea to win her heart back.
"Sissa you know I would never hurt you intentionally!"
Lissa's tears intensified and a torrent of rain fell from the clouds, lightening flashed and thunder crashed deafeningly.
"You have no right to call me that! You can burn in the fires of Hell and I would applaud! I HATE YOU!" By this time, Gabe had
felt Lissa's mental anguish and had come at a run out of the Great Hall to her. He saw Pansy try to wrap her arm around
Draco and the bizarre heat and rain at the same time. A single thought ran through his mind: Lissa, his baby sister, had had
her heart broken by the single person she had loved as much as he. His fists balled up and he walked up to Lissa. He wrapped
his arms tightly around her and she quickly turned, her face pressing into his chest. Gabe's normally handsome face was
twisted in rage as he glowered at Draco.
"Remember our little compromise earlier this year Malfoy? Well, you broke it and my sister's heart. I hope the Goddess smiles
upon you, cause you sure as hell gonna need all the help you can get. Come on Baby Bear, I'm here now." The last part was
directed towards Lissa. With a final glare filled with loathing and hatred towards Malfoy, he pretty much carried his sister to
Head Girl's rooms. After they had disappeared, Malfoy shoved Pansy away from him, anger on his face.
"Look what you did Parkinson! You broke Sissa's heart! It's all your fault!"
The resident Slytherin slut just smirked and flicked some of her brown hair over her shoulder.
"All my fault? Seemed like it was partly you too. You were the one who shoved me against a wall in attempts to get in my
knickers...Anyway, you just wanted a better shag. I bet Roza is shite in the sack. She's a bitch and deserves the heart ache
Draggie."
"You bitch! Don't you say that about my Sissa! You don't deserve to kiss the dirt she walked upon! Go find some dark corner
to die in!"
Parkinson just laughed and walked away from him, her hips swaying slowly. It was not until then that he realized that he had
truly lost the heart of the only person in the world who mattered to him. Malfoy leaned against the wall he had nearly banged
Parkinson on and slithered to the floor. His head rested on his knees as he sobbed quietly, agony of his discovery rolling out with
his tears.
Lissa lay on her side on her comforter, silent tears slithering down her cheeks. Gabe sat behind her, lovingly stroking her
tangled hair. He was crooning nonsense words to her, his own heart paining due to the other part of his mind's unspeakable
anguish. She hugged the pillow closer to her chest, her voice crackling from tears.
"It's so ironic Gabe...He told me we'd be together forever and ever."
"Shush Sweety, he doesn't deserve your love. I'm going to kill him."
She simple ignored him and pressed her face into the pillow she had been hugging tightly. Gabe shook his head slowly and
summoned a blanket. He slowly wrapped his sister up then went to find the bastard who broke her heart.
Draco sat in a large armchair in front of the raging fire. He did not understand why he had kissed Parkinson. She had just
come up to him and he had insulted her as usual, then her mouth was suddenly attached to his. Why had he wrapped his
arms around her and pulled her against him? It did not make any sense. He sighed quietly and dropped his head into his
hands. He knew Gabe was going to kick his arse and, considering the difference in their magical powers, he would be royally
beaten. But because he was hoping he might be able to fight a little, he had his wand hidden between his thigh and the arm
of the chair. Draco heard one of the two bedroom doors being slammed upstairs and then someone walking quickly down
the stairs. He gulped slowly and took his wand from its hiding place. Someone grabbed the back of the chair and pulled it
around. Gabe glared down at Draco, his dark eyes black.
"You hurt Lissa. Now you will pay." His voice came out in a menacing hiss.
Draco shivered slightly and pointed his wand at Gabe. Even though he loved this man's sister with all his heart, he would
protect himself even if it meant he would have to hurt Gabriel. Gabe snickered and lifted his own wand.
"You know you can't win Malfoy, so why don't you just lie down and let me kick your arse? It'll be so much easier that way..."
"You know I won't Gabriel. Though I love your sister with all my heart, I won't lie down in front of you."
Gabe snorted and the look on loathing on his face intensified. "You love her? You love her enough to cheat on her with the
resident Slytherin slut? I mean maybe if you had snogged some remotely attractive bird I wouldn't take it as badly, but
Parkinslut? You hurt her real bad..."
"Look, I know it was really stupid! Don't you think I know how much I hurt her? Merlin Gabriel it tore my heart out to see her
crying I'd give..."
"Shut up Malfoy, I don't want to hear you anymore. Fernunculus."
A jet of orange light shot out of the tip of his wand. The light hit Draco right in the chest and an obscene amount of pus filled
boils erupted on his arms and face.
"Waddiwass!" Draco was able to choke out, his lips almost swollen shut. The spell hit Gabe in the stomach and he was thrown
against the stone wall behind him. He hit his head hard and an angry growl escaped his lips. He threw his wand down and ran
at Draco, his eyes black. Draco dropped his own wand barely a second before Gabe's body hit him hard. From the force of
the impact, the boys tumbled over the back of the armchair. Draco got the wind knocked out of him as he hit the ground
and tried to bring his arms up to shield his face as Gabriel's fist pummeled him. Draco managed to hit Gabe in the jaw until he
felt the searing pain and heard the sickening crack of his nose being broken. He let out a groan and Gabe slid off of him, rising
to his feet. He sneered down and the prone and bleeding figure of Draco Malfoy then kicked him rather hard in the ribs. His
sneer melted into a nasty smile when he heard the audible crack of breaking ribs. Gabe wiped blood from his mouth with the
back of his hand and smirked downed at Draco.
"Stay away from my sister Malfoy. If you come within twenty feet of her, what just happened will feel like a love tap." He
whirled around on his heel and strode out of the Head's common room. Draco curled up into the fetal position and fought
back the need to whimper. He ground his teeth as he molded the cartilage of his nose back into shape so it would heal up
straight. He groaned in quiet pain as he slowly dragged himself up to the bathroom, his wand, and ultimately his bed.
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Hey everyone, so sorry about it taking so bloody long for me to get this chapter out. I've been outta town and there've
been some major family problems that have kept me away from my computer. I have the next chapter all planned out.
It'll explain some of the things I've left hanging. Anyway, all reviews would be greatly appreciated!
Your Lord and Master,
Foamy the Squirrel