Harry glanced around the dark, cramped corridor uneasily. He could hear voices coming from within the dark room. The slow murmur of the Dark Lord's most trusted members were within that room. They were also the most dangerous. Harry knew this and yet he knew what it was he had to do. He bit his lip, tightened the grip on his wand and made to move through the door. His hand resting on the cool oak, he paused as he heard Draco's voice ring out across the silence which had fallen.
"My Lord…I have done what it was you wished of me…He did not suspect a thing. He thought all along I was his friend, the mudblood Granger." A high pitched laugh echoed around the room, causing the hairs to stand on end on Harry's arms. A dull ache and a slight lump in his throat made him swallow, not wanting to allow his feelings control and weaken himself in His eyes, he took a deep breath and pushed the door open quietly. He reached out amongst the death eater's, grabbing one nearest to the door, stunning her as she emerged into the corridor. He quickly pulled the cloak and the mask off of them, revealing the smooth skin of a young woman whom he had seen hanging around with Draco before when they were still at Hogwarts. He pulled the cloak and the mask on, moving to the door again before turning and sending her to a different place so she didn't wake up and give the game away.
He moved into the room again, clutching his wand tightly to his body. He pushed past a group of death eaters, moving closer to the front of the mass of black robed bodies. He saw Draco knelt in front of Voldemort. Harry felt another stab of hurt, causing the lump to form in his throat again as he saw Voldemort cast a passing glance on Draco, lowering his wand towards him slowly. Harry saw Draco's eyes close, his bottom lip twitching in nervousness as Voldemort's voice hissed,
"Draco…if he comes you may live." Draco nodded, bowing his head slightly. He glanced up, his voice shaking slightly with emotion as he said,
"And my daughter?" A smirk slipped across the features of Voldemort's face. He clicked his fingers and a bundle within some blankets appeared, suspended in mid air. There was no movement within them. Draco half raised himself from the floor to see. Harry saw him shake his head as he sank slowly back down, muttering incoherently. He suddenly shot to his feet, whipping out his wand and pointing it at Voldemort. His voice rang out across the sea of death eaters.
"YOU'VE KILLED HER!!!" Silence followed, the occasional drip of water from the ceiling of the cave breaking it every now and then. Harry felt his own hand tighten around his own wand, getting ready to whip it out to protect the one he loved. Voldemort laughed, an icy sound which froze the breath within a person when faced with it. Draco's hand, which was clutching his wand, began to shake slightly. Voldemort's own wand was slowly raised as he beckoned Draco up onto the dais where his snake thrown was resting, the arms of which were sculpted into the heads of gaping jaws with long, fanged teeth of a python.
"Come then Draco. We duel." Draco stepped swiftly up to the dais, still holding his wand out. They bowed to each other, not taking their eyes off of the opponent. Suddenly, Voldemort cast a curse at Draco which was a deep purple. Screams and shrieks filled the cave as the spell flew towards Draco. He dodged it, the spell flashing past him and hitting one of the death eaters behind him, causing him to fall to the floor writhing in agony as burn marks erupted over his skin, oozing a nasty green colour.
"Sectumsempra!" Voldemort shielded the spell easily. Harry watched, his heart in his mouth, as Draco and Voldemort battled it out, their wands flashing so fast they could hardly be seen except by sparks as spells shot out across the room at large, causing the death eaters to back away, leaving Harry standing alone at the fore front of the room. Suddenly a spell hit Draco, causing him to fall to his knees, blood bubbling slowly from his mouth. Voldemort lowered his wand and screamed,
"Crucio!" Draco screamed as pain shot through his body, every bone being broken in his body at once. Blood began to bubble more frequently from his mouth and dribbled down his chin, causing Harry to begin to move swiftly forward, pulling his wand out as he did so. Voldemort glanced up at the approaching death eater, a sneer playing across his features.
"Do not anger me even more…remove your mask. Let me see the next traitor I shall kill…" Harry glanced at Draco, seeing the blonde's hair flopping over his face as he lay on the cool, wet floor. He raised his head slightly to see who had caused the pain to stop. He watched as though in a dream, a death eater take his hood off. As though in slow motion, the mask was pulled down to reveal the handsome and well defined features of Harry Potter. Draco smiled slightly allowing his head to fall back to the floor, drifting slowly into nothing as the pain became too much for him to bear.
Harry heard Voldemort cackle in delight. He kicked unceremoniously at the blonde on the floor.
"It seems you have done something right for once Draco. You, Potter…you shall die tonight." Harry raised his wand suddenly as Voldemort kicked out at Draco again. A spell shot from Harry's wand, sending flickering shapes across the room as the spell connected with the profile of Voldemort. He screamed out in pain as the spell encompassed him in its silvery, flickering light. Harry climbed up quickly upon the Dais, shooting a spell over his shoulder to put a barrier between himself and the death eaters so they could not help their Lord or reach him. He reached out for Draco and pulled him into his arms as Voldemort battled with the spell. Draco's eyes fluttered open, the long lashes opening to reveal the storm grey eyes beneath them. Harry smiled slightly at him. Draco reached out a hand, trailing his fingers down Harry's cheek.
"I'm sorry…I didn't know…I had to…My daughter for you…" Harry placed a finger on the lips of the blonde, flicking his wand suddenly at a death eater that had managed to get through the barrier. The death eater flew backwards into the wall, falling to the floor unconscious. Draco motioned to the door.
"Go…" Harry shook his head, tears welling up slowly as more blood bubbled from the blonde's mouth. Harry wiped the blood away slowly with the hem of the cloak. Draco smiled, his hand capturing Harry's and winding his fingers with his. Harry leant down capturing Draco's mouth, relishing the feeling of the taste of the blonde which was marred slightly with the iron taste of blood.
A hand grabbed Harry and pulled him away, lifting him by the cloak. Harry struggled to breathe as Voldemort let him go, using his wand to levitate him and tighten the cloak more securely around Harry's throat, cutting off the oxygen. He fell to the floor as Draco's foot connected with Voldemort's shin. Harry pushed himself backwards away from the snake like form of the dark Lord.
"Draco…I…" Both of them were suddenly raised to their feet and suspended in thin air, their gaze forced to look upon the Dark Lord. Harry was suddenly dropped to the floor, leaving Draco suspended in thin air. The Dark Lord moved up to him, turning him to face Harry who was scrambling to his feet.
"You shall watch him die Malfoy. Die a painful death. And then…you shall be left here. To stay with the guilt of what it is you have done." He turned his cold eyes on Harry, who squared up to him holding his wand out, without a flicker of fear. Draco closed his eyes as the duel began. Flickerings of colour caused the insides of his eyes to shine red. Suddenly, there was a silence. Draco opened his eyes slowly. Voldemort had Harry held to the floor, snake like ropes wrapped around his wrists, chest and neck. Voldemort turned to look at Draco, laughing as he saw the pain in the Blonde's eyes. He turned slowly back to Harry and screamed,
"Crucio!" Harry's face contorted with pain, his ragged cry echoing around the cave. The jeering of death eaters caused Draco to glance away. When he glanced back, Harry was looking straight at him, emerald green meeting the stormy grey. A slight smile stretched across his face when he saw Draco. He managed to mouth, silently,
"It's ok…I forgive you…" Voldemort raised his wand again, sending the same violet spell which he had sent at Draco, causing Harry's skin to blister and ooze. Draco felt tears slide down his face as his Lord turned to face him again, a heartless sneer playing across his features.
"See what you have done Malfoy…" Draco didn't look at him, his gaze falling on Harry again. Harry's eyes were once again fixed on the Blonde's before him. Voldemort's lip curled as he again fired the Crucio curse at Harry. His legs bent up behind him, a horrible cracking noise showing that they had been broken. Harry cried out again, his eyes screwed shut in excruciating pain. Draco forced his eyes to remain open, watching as Harry continued to writhe on the floor. Voldemort casually lifted his wand, cackling triumphantly as Harry opened his eyes, searching again for some comfort within the blonde's eyes. Harry watched him, meeting the grey eyes as Voldemort raised his wand for the final time. Draco sighed heavily, tears coursing down his handsome features, regretting ever allowing his Father to bully him into this, regretting pretending to hate Harry at Hogwarts and not telling him how he truly felt and regretting that he would never see his Mother again.
"Avada Kedavra…" A green jet of light shot out of the end of Voldemort's wand, hitting Harry squarely between the eyes. A slight smile was apparent across his features as he fell, face down to the floor, the ropes having relinquished their hold upon him. Draco cried out, desperately trying to get free of the spell holding him. He dropped suddenly to the floor, landing in a crumpled heap.
"Leave him…" Draco barely noticed Voldemort and his followers leaving him alone in the darkened room. He crawled painfully up the stairs, blood dribbling even more forcefully out of his mouth, causing him to choke on it. He reached Harry, whispering his name. He took hold of the limp hand, tears spilling over onto his cheeks. He leant down and softly kissed the brunette's cheek, then softly on the lips, carefully closing Harry's dead, staring eyes. He lay down next to Harry, curling into his side, wrapping his arms around him and lieing this way until the pain became too much for him…
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