Daughter of the Dark
Disclaimer: I only own Serena and the plot!
Chapter Ten
"Let go of me!" Serena cried, fighting against his grip.
"Give me one good reason," he hissed in her ear.
Serena spat at him and reached for her wand, only to remember that she'd left it in Lupin's classroom. Malfoy tightened his grip, digging his nails into the skin of her arm. Serena bit her lip in pain and tried to pry his fingers off.
"What's a matter, Black? Afraid of hanging out with your own kind?" Malfoy taunted her.
"No, just slimeballs!" was her venom laced reply.
"Oh, that hurt so much!" mocked Malfoy, pretending to be wounded and then he spun her around to face him.
Serena glared at him and he smiled a cruel, cold smile that chilled Serena to the bone. She could feel the evil and lust for power coming from the blonde young man. She was worried. She didn't have a wand and she had lost all feeling in her right arm. And now he had grabbed her left arm. She was trapped.
"Why do you hate me so much? You are a pureblood too, you know. And of a Slytherin line, too. Why can't you embrace the darkness that lies dormant within you?"
"I hate you because I have renounced the dark side and because I can't stand you! Your very presence makes me sick!" Serena shouted and she was becoming nauseous.
"I can—and I will make you change your mind. You can count on that," he said, pushing her against a wall.
"Let go of me! I demand that you let go!" Serena yelled and fought against his grip.
His mouth was closing in on hers and she was running out of options. When he was close, she bit his nose and he howled in pain. He released her left arm and she kneed him where it hurts. Malfoy collapsed to the ground, groaning and Serena fled once more, only this time it was more important.
She kept looking behind her and soon crashed into someone else. She screamed on impact and quickly turned to run the other way, afraid that it was Malfoy. A warm hand gently closed on her wrist and she turned to face the person.
"Serena, what's wrong?" Harry asked, concerned.
"He—he attacked me!" she cried, eyes wide in terror and she kept looking behind her.
"Snape? He attacked you again?"
"No, no, not Snape. It was Malfoy!"
"What did he do to you? Did he hurt you? I'll kill him if he did!" Harry cried, whipping out his wand.
"He grabbed me. His intentions weren't good. I managed to escape, but he, he…" she said, beginning to sob as feeling returned to her arms.
"What did he do?" Harry asked softly.
Serena rolled up one of her sleeves and Harry could see the marks that Malfoy had left on her arm. She was sobbing loudly now and Harry lightly wrapped his arms around her to comfort her. Serena was shaking and he tried to calm her down, speaking softly and calmly. And soon as Serena began to calm down, a pissed off Malfoy appeared, wand out.
"Damn bitch! I'm going to kill you!" he cursed, pointing his wand at Serena, who froze.
"Then you'll have to go through me first," Harry said, his wand pointed at Malfoy.
Malfoy sneered, "So that's why she didn't want anything to do with me! She already had you, Potter!"
"You leave her alone!"
"So the bitch can't even defend herself, huh? You have to save her, Potter, the Hero of the Wizarding World. Pathetic…"
"Get lost, Malfoy."
"Or what? You'll hex me?"
"No, I will!" Serena yelled and flung a powerful curse at Malfoy, using wandless magic and her fury.
Malfoy flew into a wall and then slumped forward onto the ground. He didn't move, so Harry and Serena figured he must have hit his head. But Serena didn't get much of a chance to wonder because she blacked out. Harry caught her before she hit the ground and picked her slender body up and carried her to the hospital wing.
Serena awoke later that same day, exhausted. She blinked several times, trying to clear her cloudy and moving vision. When her vision cleared, she saw Harry sitting beside her, his face full of worry. She tried to sit up, but every muscle in her body ached and she moaned. Harry hopped out of his seat and was at her side in an instant, helping her lay back down.
"What happened?" she asked.
"You passed out after cursing Malfoy. That was some powerful magic! I've never seen anyone do that kind of wandless magic before!" Harry said, amazed and concerned at the same time.
"I've been doing wandless magic forever but it's still very draining. Oh, how I ache!"
"It's from your encounter with Malfoy and the spell I guess. Or at least that's what Madam Pomfrey thinks."
"She's right," Serena said softly as everything began to spin again.
"Serena! Serena! Stay with me, Serena!" Harry called franticly as Serena came close to passing out again.
"Harry…?" she asked softly, coming back from the edge of the darkness.
"Yes?"
"Thank you for saving me today. I-I-I…"
"It's okay, you've been through a lot lately."
"Harry, I love you."
"Really? Because I love you too."
Serena smiled and leaned forward just enough to give Harry a kiss. They both smiled and Harry helped Serena sit up and she clung to him for support. He kissed her back and they were interrupted by the arrival of Ron and Hermione. Both Harry and Serena blushed at being seen by Harry's best friends.
"Well it's about time you got a girl, mate!" Ron said, clapping Harry on the back.
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"So, how are you feeling?" Hermione asked Serena, ignoring Harry and Ron.
"Better. I'm still tired and achy and I almost passed out again."
"That's excellent, seeing as the magic you preformed could have killed you! Where did you learn such powerful magic?"
"Snape, unfortunately," said Serena, making a nasty face.
"Amazing. You'll have to teach us how to do it sometime. Well those two gits probably can't do anything near as powerful, but it'd still be interesting to learn!"
"I wouldn't mind teaching you all when I'm better."
"And the DA! They should learn too!"
"The DA?" Serena asked, confused.
"Dumbledore's Army, it's a defense group that Harry and I formed last year. We could definitely use your help!"
"No problem, as long as Harry doesn't feel like I'm stepping on his toes."
"He'll be fine with it! Anyways, we'd better get going, so I'll talk to you later."
"Bye, Hermione, Ron," Serena said as Hermione dragged Ron away and they left the hospital wing.
Author's Notes:
I hope everyone is happy with the first Harry-Serena scene!
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