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Christmas Part III

Raid woke to find a pair of arms locked around her. With shocking realisation, she realised she was completely naked. A blush crept to her cheeks as she turned to look at Draco, who she found was staring right back at her.

"Umm, hi." She said shyly.

"Hi," Draco replied smiling.

"What time is it?" Raid asked.

"A little after three."

Raid lay silent for a few moments.

"Raid, I need to talk to you." Draco said, his voice cutting through her thoughts.

"What about?" Raid asked. "You're not going to break up with me are you? 'Coz if you are, I'm going to be really pissed." She said grinning.

"No, of course I'm not silly." Draco said, kissing her.

He paused.

"Well go on then." Raid prompted. "Talk to me."

"It's my birthday at the beginning of February." Draco began. "I'm going to be sixteen."

Draco lapsed in to silence.

"Is that all you wanted to say?" Raid laughed. "Because I did know already."

"I'm going to be initiated." Draco said.

The smile vanished from Raid's face.

"Initiated?" She said slowly. "What do you mean?"

Draco was no longer looking at her. He was staring out over his room, to that large patch of moonlight from the huge window.

"I will be getting the mark on the 5th February." He said.

Raid said nothing for a moment, she was shocked, but had known it was coming.

"But, you're so young. I thought they didn't take people until they had left school."

She said, trying to find a flaw in his plan.

"My father has a lot of influence, I asked him to have me initiated. The Lord thinks it's a good idea." Draco said. He was still not looking at Raid.

"You idiot. You complete idiot." Raid said quietly.

"I'm an idiot for choosing a powerful side in this war?" Draco asked snidely.

"You're an idiot because you're going to get killed." Raid snapped, her temper rising.

"I will not be killed." Draco said naively.

"When the world believes Voldemort's back, the Auror's will hunt you down and you'll either be killed or thrown in prison." Raid shouted.

She looked around for her clothes, finding them next to the bed, she began to get dressed.

"Where are you going?" Draco snapped. Looking at Raid for the first time since his startling announcement.

"Away from you." Raid snapped.

"You're not going anywhere Eriador." Draco said, also getting out of bed.

"Try and stop me Draco." Raid said dangerously.

Draco made no move towards her. They stared at each other across the bed.

"Why can't you just accept it?" Draco asked.

"Accept that the guy I just admitting to loving is going to be initiated in to a group of psychopaths, led by a mad man, who like to go around torturing and killing people?" Raid shouted. "Sorry Draco, but that doesn't sound like something I want to accept."

"It's the right side to be on. The Lord will triumph this time." Draco said, his voice raising.

"He bloody well won't." Raid snapped.

"Draco, if you take the Mark. We're finished. I can not stand back watch as my boyfriend submits himself to a life of servitude and pain. If you can't understand this then you don't love me like you said you do."

"If you loved me, you would accept my decision." Draco snapped.

"I do love you! That's why I don't want you to get killed. Or go around hurting people." Raid shouted.

Raid's eyes were glistening. Tears were threatening to spill down her cheeks. She decided it was time to go, she would not cry in front of Draco.

"This is something I believe in Raid." Draco said quietly, as Raid turned to leave.

"If you actually believe in that crap that Voldemort talks about, then you're not the person I thought you were." Raid said quietly. "Goodbye Draco."

Raid walked quickly out of the mansion, leaving Draco standing in his darkened room. He moved to the shadow of the window, avoiding the glaring moonlight. He saw Raid stride out in to grounds, the moonlight glinting of her dress. In a moment she was gone, as if she had never been there, standing in the light.

When Raid got back to Grimmauld place, she was close to breaking. No-body was up when she walked in to the kitchen. 'Good' she thought. Her mixture of emotions was wreaking havoc on her body, her brow glistened with sweat and she was shaking. Seeing a vase, sitting on a sideboard, she picked it up a hurled it with all her strength at the wall. It smashed with a satisfying crash. There was a sound of feet on the stairs and two heads poked through the door.

"Raid, what..?" Ron began.

"GET OUT" Raid screamed. And threw an innocent mug at the door.

Ron and Harry quickly shut the door. Looking at one another, they said together,

"Sirius."

And they ran as fast as they could to wake him.

Sirius came charged down the stairs when he heard Raid was destroying the kitchen. Mrs Weasley put her head out of her door.

"Sirius, what's going on?" She asked looking dazed and confused.

"I'm not sure." He yelled, as he continued running.

"Don't go in the kitchen." Harry yelled at her.

Mrs Black started to scream. Mrs Weasley ran out to calm her, looking exasperated.

Sirius stood by the kitchen door listening. Nothing was being thrown anymore. He couldn't hear anything. Opening the door slowly he peaked his head round.

"Raid?" He called.

He spotted her at the end of the room in one of the arm chairs. He head was in her hands and her glossy hair was falling past her face, covering her eyes.

"Raid what happened?" Sirius asked, concerned.

He ran over to her, grabbing a chair to sit on. He placed it in front of her and took her hands in his.

"What happened Raid." He repeated. "Did Malfoy try something. I swear if he did. Either one."

"No, no they didn't." Raid whispered.

She paused.

"What happened then?" Sirius pressed.

"I, I ended it with Draco."

Finally, the tears that had been threatening to spill began to pour down her face.

"He's going to get the Mark in February." She whispered.

Sirius sat back.

"Raid, I'm sorry." He said. "But.."

Raid cut him off.

"Yes, I know, I should have and did see it coming. I just didn't want it to."

Sirius pulled her in to a hug.

"You've done the right thing, even thought it hurts." He sympathised.

"I don't need you to tell me that." Raid snapped.

Sirius just sighed.

"You should get to bed. It's very late and your upset. Things might seem better in the morning." He reasoned

Raid just nodded and walked past him. She passed Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest of the Weasley's without even glancing at them. In her room, Raid undressed and threw her dress in a corner. Throwing her self down on the bed she began to cry again. Despite her aching tiredness, she did not sleep all night. She could not banish thoughts of Draco from her mind. In her mind, she saw him falling off her skateboard, she felt him kissing her by the lake, she felt him guiding him round the dance floor, she remembered his body close to hers and how he had not looked at her when he had told her he was getting the Mark.