¤ In George's perspective ¤
I looked at Draco as he walked away from the table and smiled to myself.
Things were starting to look better and better for me. After a few horrible dates with a guy named David, Draco was a sweet relief. He was the boy I had been secretly lusting over in school, and here I was now, dating him finally.
Suddenly I heard a woman scream from across the street and before I knew it, there were death eaters everywhere and curses were being cast all over the street.
I took out my wand and stood up, ready to defend myself and the people around me.
Just as I was about to call out for Tonks, I saw a sight I did not want to see.
Draco was floating in mid-air, in front of a large man in a mask.
I felt like someone had soaked me with ice cold water.
What was happening?
I started to run after the man that had taken my boyfriend, but I lost them in the crowds on the streets.
With a sob, I sat down against a wall, putting my head in my hands.
Why was this happening, now when things were finally starting to look up for Draco and me.
I sat there sobbing for a few minutes until I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"George, are you ok?" Tonks said with a worried tone in her voice.
I shook my head.
"No, they took Draco, and I could not save him. I tried, but I failed. I don't want him to die….."
I tear started falling down my cheek as I spoke those words.
What if the death eaters tortured him.
Tonks took me to the Burrow where everyone from the order had gathered for a meeting about the attack at Diagon Alley.
As soon as I stepped inside the house I was tackled by Fred.
"I am so sorry for what happened to Draco. I swear, I will do whatever I can to help you find him and save him!"
I just nodded and went and sat down with a sigh in the living room by the fireplace.
The rest of the night was just a blur to me. Everyone in the Order tried to comfort me, but they could not do it.
I would not be cheerful again until I had Draco by my side and the man who did this locked up in Azkaban.
I did not participate in the meeting at all due to how I felt. So I really did not know what steps they were going to take.
All I knew was that I had to try and find Draco, on my own, or with someone from the Order.
I could not just sit here and let them save him. He was my boyfriend, my first real boyfriend and the first man I could ever claim to have strong feelings for.
I know we had only really known each other for a week or so, but even back in school when I thought he was just a bully, there was something about him that attracted me. I knew deep down that there was more to Draco than met the eyes. Now I knew I had it right. The things we had shared this past week proved it. He had suffered a great deal during his life, in ways most people don't.
And now when he had finally let the man he was inside come forward, this had to happen to him.
I had to save him, to hold him in my arms and let him know what I felt about him, even though he might find me nuts for feeling what I am feeling.
There is such a thing as fate, and my fate is to be with him.
Tonks must have read my mind. Later that night she told me that the Order were going to send out Aurors to look for Draco and capture the death eaters.
Tonks offered me to go with her and I accepted in a heartbeat.
A few hours later we had apparated to at least 12 different locations without any luck.
I wasn't tired in the least bit. I was going on the strong energy I got from the anger I felt towards the death eaters and the urge to hold Draco in my arms.
We were now in a forest. Tonks had her wand out and looked around the trees, I followed her with my wand at the ready.
Suddenly we spotted a ring of death eaters at a clearing. We stayed hidden in the trees and tried to see who they were and what they were doing.
A man walked in the middle of the ring and dragged, to my horror, a pale and scared looking Draco behind him.
He through Draco in the dirt by his feet and laughed.
The others joined in and laughed coldly.
The man started to speak.
"The Dark Lord was killed by Potter and they thought it was over at that. They were sadly mistaken. All hail our new Dark Lord. Lord Malfoy!"
Mr Malfoy stepped into the ring, took of his mask and all the other death eaters did the same.
"Thank you Crabbe"
The large man that had taken Draco bowed to his Lord and took a step back to reveal Draco to him.
Draco looked up with a look of both horror and disdain in his eyes.
His father smirked that famous Malfoy smirk and grabbed a hold of his sons robe to make him stand up.
"The Order, and Potter will pay for what they did to our former master. They will now that the dark wizards are not to mess around with. We will make our mark on the world, starting by making sure my former son gets what he has coming to him for disobeying me."
Draco was once again thrown down on the ground and all the death eaters raced their wands.
The first to strike was his father.
CRUCIO!
Draco screamed in pain and I felt a rage I had never felt before start to boil up in me. I wanted to run out and try and save him, but Tonks held me back.
"No, we are only two and they are 8. We won't stand a chance, I'll send for the others, wait until they get here"
She did something with her wand and about 30 seconds later and 2 more Crucios on Draco, most of the Order had popped in among the trees.
Dracos screams echoed in the forest and within a few seconds the Order gave the signal to attack.
It was crazy, death eaters and Aurors casting spells and curses at each other left to right. I made my way in the midst of them and managed to cast the full body bind on one of them before I reached the spot where Draco was laying.
His face was pail and there were blood running down from his nose and from a cut in his left eyebrow.
His cheeks were wet from tears and his eyes were bloodshot.
He looked up at me and I could see a faint smile cross his lips.
I sat down next to him and placed his head in my lap.
"Draco, I am hear now, I'm going to get you out of here."
I said and raced my wand as I put my other arm around him.
With a pop I managed to dissaparate both him and me back to the Burrow.
We landed in the grass just outside the house.
I looked down and noticed that the robe Draco was wearing was drenched in blood.
I felt a panic rice within me as I realised the blood was his.
I removed the robe and noticed a stab wound in his back, from a large knife of some sort.
Draco shivered and he looked as pale as a ghost.
"Draco, what happened?" I said .
He looked up at me and said with a weak voice.
"It was Crabbed father, he stabbed me before he gave me to my father so that I would not have the strength to fight back." He shuddered again and coughed.
I noticed there was blood on his tongue and shuddered myself.
"We will fix you up Draco, don't worry. As soon as my mother gets back we will make sure you are ok. Then we'll go back to my flat and have a nice dinner, just the two of us."
As I said this I leaned in and gave him a few soft kisses as I let my hands stroke his hair and face.
Draco smiled a weak smile and a few tears drifted down his cheeks.
"George, I want you to know, that even though we haven't been together that long……I love you. In some way I guess I always loved you, even when I didn't really know you. These past few days have been the best of my life. You made me feel ok with being who I am,"
I started to cry at Draco's words and the fact that he was crying as well made me cry even more.
"I love you too Draco, so much. I don't care what people think, this is our destiny, you and me together. That is why it felt so right so fast. You make me feel whole."
I leaned in and we started kissing for real, with all the love and passion we both felt. I held him in my arms and he had his arms around me too. This was the most wonderful feeling in the world. I had the man I loved in my arms, our lips locked in a hungry passion.
After a while the kissing grew slower and slower, until Draco stopped kissing me.
I looked down at him and he looks too pale. I felt my heart sink.
He smiled at me with a weak smile.
"I love you George Weasley. Thank you….." he said in a small whisper.
I started to cry as the breath from his lips stopped.
"DRACO NO! Please…don't go. I'll save you!"
I started to breath into his mouth and I even tried a healing charm on his wound, but it did not heal, and the breath in his lungs did not come back.
I looked down at my love, pale and lifeless in my arms.
The tears started to stream down my face and the pain in my heart grew stronger.
I screamed and cried and held him tight in my arms. I don't know how long I was out there in my pain.
It took me a while to realise that my mother sat next to me with her arms around my shoulders. There were tears in her eyes.
"George, there is nothing you can do. The knife they used was full of dark magic, that is why you could not heal him. I understand your pain. But you have to let him go honey."
I knew my mother was right, but the pain was to hard to handle. I picked Draco up and
Carried him into the house and placed him on a blanket in front of the fireplace.
I spent the entire night laying beside him, holding him for one last time.
I knew I had to let him go, and say my farewell by giving him the funeral that honoured his life and the love I had for him.
I was going to go all out for him, make the world know who he was and how much I loved him.
But that all could wait until tomorrow. Right now, I just wanted to hold him, one last time.
The EndA/N : This was the last chapter of my story. I hope you all liked it and that I didn't make you cry to much. I am a sucker for writing sad endings. Do let me know what you thought of the story and if you want me to write some new story.