That night, Draco lay, wide-awake, on his back, staring unblinkingly up at the dark ceiling.
He had thought Izzy would've stopped him from going, but she hadn't. She just let him go. Just like that…
Draco felt betrayed and oddly vulnerable. It had always been Snape who'd protected him, for as long as he could remember nobody else had cared, everyone else just let it happen, and now he had gone, leaving Draco on his own.
It wasn't as if he didn't like the others. He did. They were nice and kind to him, especially Hermione, but it just wasn't the same. They didn't understand like Snape did.
Abandoning any thoughts of sleeping, Draco slid out of his bed and padded silently across the floor.
At the same time, Severus Snape sat in Dumbledore's office nursing a ridiculously hot cup of tea between his hands,
"I feel so guilty." He said for, what felt like, the seventy-millionth time, whilst the headmaster listened patiently, "What if something happens to him whilst I'm not there? You have no idea how scared he looked when he realised I was leaving him behind…"
"What could possibly go wrong?" Dumbledore asked airily, waving the younger man's concerns aside, "You said it yourself, he seems quite happy there and Miss Granger appears to get along with him well enough, so she won't let anything happen to him. Do stop worrying Severus and have a biscuit."
Draco perched himself in his place at the kitchen table, a glass of water sitting randomly beside him, although it hadn't been touched.
He felt sick and he didn't know why…
Suddenly, a feeling of immense fatigue swept through him. Draco yawned and laid his head down on his arms, narrowly missing the water.
Within five minutes, the little boy was sound asleep.
Suddenly, Draco was back at home. The dining hall was brightly lit and conversation buzzed in his ears.
He looked around, noticing everything wondering what the occasion was and was surprised to see that his parents were no where to be found…nor where any of the usual people invited to parties. Instead, he saw Hermione, Snape, Lupin, the scary man with the weird eye, the redhead boy and everyone else who he had made friends with within the last few days, all laughing and talking together.
Draco went over to Tonks, to ask her what was happening, but she just brushed right past him as though he wasn't there and went over to talk to Harry. Draco frowned, feeling slightly upset, but, determined not to be put out, went to talk to other people.
The same thing happened again and again. As soon as he spoke to anyone, the moved away and refused to look at him.
The room had started to spin now, only slowly, but it made Draco dizzy as he wondered around the hall in a confused daze, feeling lonely and hurt.
"Why isn't anyone talking to me?" He yelled, his voice echoing off the walls, no one even turning their heads to acknowledge him,
"Nobody likes you anymore." Draco turned abruptly to see Snape standing over him. He looked different, but Draco couldn't quite make out what it was, "Nobody likes you anymore." Snape continued, "Because you're a spoilt, ungrateful brat who is wasting everyone's time. Nobody wants to be near you. They hate you and wish you were dead." Draco recoiled at his words, stumbling away from him, but The-Snape-who-wasn't, came towards him again,
"They hate you. They wish you were dead. They wish you would be locked in your cupboard forever so they'd never have to see you again. They hate you."
"You're lying!" Draco screamed, "They do like me! They told me they do!"
"They only say that so as not to hurt your feelings. But really, they wish that your father would come and take you away again. They think you deserve everything you get."
"N-no!" Draco whimpered, backing against the wall and sliding to the ground, "I don't believe you! I don't…believe…you…"
Suddenly, Draco felt a gentle tapping at his shoulder, but when he looked around, he could see no one there.
Tap. Tap.
The room started to blur, the shapes of people lost their definition, his head was spinning, going faster and faster…
Draco awoke with a jolt and slowly looked up, still shaky from his nightmare.
Silver met grey.
"Hello my little Dragon."
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