He had finally done it. He had fixed the broken cabinet AND his parents standings in the Dark Lord's eyes. Draco was SUPPOSED to be feeling happy, SUPPOSED to be feeling proud, SUPPOSED to be feeling triumph but Draco felt none of that.
He felt an utter sense of fear and disgust at what he was doing.
'No! He will know. I have to do it.'
A voice screamed inside of him.
Taking a deep breath he leaned towards the vanishing cabinet to open its doors when he suddenly heard-
"Stop Malfoy!"
He growled and whipped around at once shooting a red burst of light from his wand.
Hermione Granger effortlessly blocked as she gave him a look of deep revulsion.
"Harry was right, it IS you, you slimy little git"- said Ronald Weasley as he put away a piece of parchment and came up behind Granger, standing beside her.
Draco gave a sinister smirk -" You think a mud blood and YOU will be able to stop me?!" He took a step forward- "The Death Eaters are coming and I'll be the one to show them the path, Me!"
He saw Weasley take a step forward and aim a spell at him,
"protrego", he thought in his mind and went to block the spell but his hands seemed to slip as his wand fell and he took the full force of the spell to his face.
He fell back and hit his head on the cabinet and looked up, his eyes watering.
"DONT. CALL. HER. THAT"- Weasley bellowed as Granger came up behind him and pointed her wand at Draco- "It's ok Ron, Harry was right. We will have to tell Professor McGonagall about this right away."
He was panicking, he couldn't let his plan fall apart like this, not like this. He let out a wild cry as he jumped on Weasley and knocked him to the ground while scattering Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder. The yell of Weasley was drowned out by his punch as he wrestled away from the thrashing git and took out his withered Hand of Glory to show him the cabinet.
A sudden cry of "Incendio" set fire to his coat but Draco, with a final effort
jumped at the cabinet and pulled it open. A woman jumped out from the cabinet followed by others into the surrounding darkness. Draco rolled around trying to put out the magical fire as he groaned in pain.
"Well done, Draco!" Said a woman's voice but she was cut short by an angry yelp as a red burst of light came out of the darkness. Draco felt a shoe tred on his fingers as he roared in pain and gripped at anything he could find in the surrounding darkness.
The darkness suddenly cleared to reveal Granger locked in battle with a hooded woman while Weasley yelled spells at another Death Eater while three other hooded figures charged at them without even a second glance at Draco.
Draco yelled in pain as he struggled to get up, be gasped as he pointed his wand at his back.
"Amycus, help!" He screamed as he tripped and fell on his face.
The Death Eaters, oblivious were too agitated to notice him as they watched their spells miss their targets repeatedly. Draco suddenly looked up to see Granger point her wand towards him as he felt the fire go out but the spell had cost her... as she suddenly took a hit to her back from Alecto and collapsed, Weasley let out a yell but his moment of distraction led to him taking a hit to the chest from Amycus.
Draco got up, still shaking looking up at the Death Eaters surrounding him. Amycus looked at him as he glared - "We were supposed to be alone, Draco".
Draco replied with a stern face -" we would have been had not this... this mudblood intervened." Draco walked towards Hermione's unconscious body and spit.
He moved towards the door "Cmon, let's go, we are late already." Amycus, Alecto and Yaxley followed while Greyback stayed back.
"Might finish them first, fresh blood eh?" He whispered as he moved towards Weasley and licked his lips.
"We have strict orders Fenrir, you can fulfill your blood lust on the way" - growled Amycus as Greyback relented and followed Draco out of the door.
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The deed was done, Dumbledore was dead. Draco thought fearfully of what the Dark Lord might say when he got the details of Draco's meeting with Dumbledore as he hurried along the stairs accompanied by Snape. They erupted from the staircase into a war zone with spells flying left and right as Draco tried to follow Snape.
He passed along various fighters locked in duels while dodging killing curses flying around him like fireworks. Suddenly in the midst of going down the second staircase there was a bellow behind him-
"REDUCIO!"
The staircase cracked and split in half as he felt Snape's hands release him as the steps exploded and he fell facefirst onto the adjoining corridor.
He woke up next clutching his wand as he looked around. The corridor was empty and he got up, nursing a bump when suddenly the truth hit him.
They had abandoned him.
He was now alone in a castle filled with enemies who wanted to kill him.
He crouched as he saw a crowd of whispering students coming through the oak doors as his mind exploded with fear and panic.
He got into a run through the corridor heading for the only place he could hide- the room of Requirement.
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That's the first chapter done. So what do you guys think? You all can leave a review in the comments...
Next chapter incoming.
Also slow burn alert.
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