Chapter 19
Draco!
"How do you know who I am?" Draco demanded, ripping his mask off and proving to me once and for all it was him.
I almost dropped my wand in shock "I know a lot of things." I said.
"Well do you know what this child is?" Draco asked as Mel struggled to sit up, drawing a wand.
I gaped, turning to Alvaro, who was as shocked as I was. Who knew that Mel had a wand?
"Do your worst." Draco said, laughing.
Mel narrowed her eyes. "Serpentsortia." she said.
I gasped, remembering that Draco used that spell on my brother when we were all in second year. A large snake burst from the tip of her wand and slithered towards Draco, who blasted it.
I gaped. Mel was good.
I gasped again when Draco narrowed his eyes and pointed his wand at Mel "Crucio!"
Mel screamed, writhing on the ground in pain as I stood there, completely shocked at what I had seen.
"STOP!" I screamed, making Draco turn and glare me in the eye. "She's just a child, I won't allow it!"
"Who are you and who gave you the authority to tell me what to do?" Draco snapped.
I drew myself up. Draco didn't know who I was, so I could make him believe whatever I wanted him to believe. And I wanted him to believe I was a force to be reckoned with. "I am Harley Quinn, and I do not condone the use of an Unforgivable Curse on anyone in my coven! Especially a member of my coven that isn't even of age!"
Draco laughed, a cold mirthless sound. "Your coven? Well, I'll have you know, Harley Quinn that this girl's done more to me than you will ever know! And this is coming from the criminal who killed Jennifer Ravenwood and Jeffery Nott. That's rich, Quinn, really rich."
I narrowed my eyes as Draco used the Cruciatus Curse on Mel again. "Oh, what your girlfriend would say if she could see you now." I said dryly before smirking. I could play his game too. "But then again, she's not all too capable of saying anything anymore."
Draco whipped around, somehow my words had caused him great physical pain. "No, because she killed her!" Draco said, nodding to Melody.
I gaped. He wasn't here to kill Melody because she deserted Voldemort. No…
He was here to avenge my "death". he thought I was dead! I could have a lot of fun with this!
I burst out laughing. I shocked myself by making it sound evil, and laced with malice and cruelness. "Oh, Malfoy, you insolent fool. This child didn't kill Hannah Potter."
Draco snarled. "Yes she did, shut up and let me finish off this child! CRUCIO!"
I laughed some more, taking a step forward and drawing my wand. "Oh, no she didn't." I said, trying not to burst out laughing at my game and ruin the mood. "She didn't lay her wand on your little girlfriend. I did it. It was me!" I laughed some more, twirling my wand in the air. "I even used her own wand to do it."
Draco snarled at me "YOU LIE!" he growled, leaving an unconscious Mel alone and stepping towards me.
"That's the thing, Malfoy. I don't." I said, laughing. "I killed her. And I laughed while I did it. I found her with Emily Ravenwood and Raven Onark. And," I pointed my wand at him "Harley Quinn takes no prisoners. She screamed so loudly when I killed her stupid little friends. She begged me to spare her life. So, I asked her," I said "I asked her what she had to live for. And she spoke of a lover of hers that was so romantic and gentle, I could only assume she meant you. And she begged. She didn't even die with dignity, she screamed for me to spare her life. She screamed for you, Draco Malfoy. Shall you hear her final words?"
"YOU LIE!" Draco shouted again.
"I don't." I laughed before putting on a good performance of my shrill scream "NO NO, PLEASE! DRACO, PLEASE! NO! DRACO SAVE ME!" I laughed as Draco came at me.
"Shut up! I'll kill you! I will!" Draco said. "Avada-" he stopped when he tripped on a root mere feet in front of me, knocking me to my back and knocking my mask askew so half of my face was visible.
Draco hurried off me and shot up. "You!" he gasped.
I laughed, really meaning to be warm and joyful. "Surprise." I said, taking my mask off and tossing my hair back. "Shocked to see me?" I asked.
"But I…but I almost killed you!" Draco said, still wrapping his head around the fact that Harley Quinn was me.
I smiled. "I really was asking for it." I said, tears welling up in my eyes before I threw myself into his arms, sobbing. "I thought you were d-dead!" I sobbed, so happy to see him.
"I was told you were dead!" Draco said, wrapping me tightly in his arms. "They told me the child killed you."
I touched his face. "Is it really you?" I asked.
Draco tucked a lock of hair behind my ear, smiling down at me. "Would a Death Eater do this willingly?" he asked, pressing his lips down on mine.
I sighed contently, melting as he wrapped his arms around me tightly, not wanting to let me go. It really was him.
"Mel!" Alvaro's voice killed the moment as he ran towards a still unconscious Mel and lifting her into his arms.
Draco looked to me, as if suddenly apologetic and we went back to camp with Alvaro and Mel, me lifting the protective Charms from around the camp. During that, Draco told me how he had gotten there.
He was tortured by Voldemort after all. But it was ten times worse than what I saw. And as I said before, he almost died. But during his imprisonment, he was plotting to find me. The Death Eaters forced him out of Hogwarts and dragged him back to the Manor when Lucius found Draco's plans to bail and find me. He was a blood traitor now.
"So now I'm stuck." Draco said. "My Father's disowned me because he saw my plans for escape, I was in the dungeon of the Manor for three weeks in solitude before I got the strength to get out."
I looked to him. "Really? How did you get the strength, you said that you were starved."
"I overheard my Father talking to Aunt Bellatrix." Draco growled. "He said the child killed you. That's when I snapped. I grabbed the mirror and saw you bloody on the ground and I instantly grabbed my wand…the Snatchers aren't the brightest infernos you created and Stunned as many Death Eaters as I could to get to you before she killed again."
Emily, Raven and Drosie were sitting by the fire pit, playing cards as we ran into camp. Drosie was the first to notice Draco. She screamed.
"MALFOY!" she screamed in shock. "You're alive!"
Draco whipped around, narrowing his eyes. "Drosie!" he growled, drawing his wand. I stopped him.
"Draco, Drosie's with me." I said, hanging my head.
Draco whipped to me. "WHAT!?" he shouted.
"I saved her from Greyback, so she owes me a life debt, ergo, she's in my coven." I said. "You already know Emily," I said, gesturing to Emily, who's hair instantly went to Malfoy blond as she nodded in greeting.
"Then who's the girl dressed like a Goth chick?" Draco asked, jerking a thumb to Raven.
"That would be Raven Onark." I said. "She's Canadian and can control elements like me!"
"That's me, the Copycat Kid." she said, rolling her eyes and smirking at Drosie. "Gin!" she said.
"FUCK, ONARK!" Drosie said, tossing her cards into the pile. "How do you keep beating me?"
"Simple, you suck at everything!" I said, smirking.
"Go fuck a duck, Potter!" Drosie said.
"Animal sex, really?" I asked with a groan.
Drosie nodded. "Ding dong, Malfoy's not dead! Which Malfoy? The good Malfoy! Ding Dong the Good Malfoy's not dead!"
"Oh, God." I said. Drosie came up with this stupid song as we walked through Sherwood three days beforehand before finding Alvaro and Melody. Except instead of singing about Draco not being dead, she was singing about us.
"Ding dong, Malfoy's not dead! Which Malfoy? The good Malfoy! Ding Dong the Good Malfoy's not dead!" Drosie sang.
"SHUT UP!" Emily and Raven shouted together.
I rolled my eyes. At least the girls weren't bored. I took the opportunity to check on Melody.
With Draco on my tail, I went into Alvaro's tent as he checked over Mel. Alvaro looked up in the mirror and saw Draco over my shoulder and growled, drawing his wand.
"YOU!" he said, pointing his wand at Draco's face through my arm. "You did this to Mel! You tortured my sister!"
"Alvaro!" I shouted, putting my hands on my hips. "It's a misunderstanding!" I said.
Alvaro growled, pushing me aside and making me gasp.
I had made the biggest mistake of my life, giving Alvaro my virginity! He was nothing more than a Dudley in Draco's clothing! (sort of like a wolf in sheep's clothing but I personalized it, what d'you think?)
I took a step back and ran off.
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Alvaro POV
I glared at Malfoy, unable to believe that he would do such a thing to my sister. Well, I had done something worse…I slept with his girlfriend.
"Alvaro…mate, I am so sorry." Malfoy started.
"I don't care, Malfoy!" I snapped, turning from tending to Mel. "And you know what, I slept with your girlfriend! I seduced and slept with your girlfriend!"
Malfoy looked completely angered, and stormed off, making me turn back to Mel.
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Hannah POV
I paled, sinking into Alvaro's mind. He had told Draco about what had happened!
What had I done!? I made the biggest mistake of my entire life and now Draco was going to hate me forever for it!
I bowed my head down and sobbed. I hated myself. I was so stupid for giving Alvaro my virginity! If only I could have turned back the clock and kept myself from going with Alvaro.
I felt someone sit next to me and, although I tried to stop crying, I only found myself crying harder.
Draco wrapped an arm around me. "Why?" he asked.
"H-He s-seduced me!" I sobbed, wiping my eyes. "I-It was the b-biggest m-mistake of my l-life, and now I g-gave him s-something I c-can't ever g-get back! I-I'm s-so s-sorry!" I said, wiping my eyes and taking a breath, calming down.
Draco and I locked eyes, and somehow, Draco could tell that I meant it, because I was wrapped in his arms in a moment. "We will never speak of this again." he murmured, kissing my forehead and pulling me into his lap.
I sighed in relief, resting my head on his shoulder as I calmed myself down.
"Harley." Draco said, ruffling my hair.
"Hmm?" I said, noting my alias.
"Love you."
I laughed. "Love you too." I said before becoming serious. "Hey, we should really check on Mel." I said.
"Yeah, you do that, when I was in there Alvaro all but ripped my head off." Draco said.
I rolled my eyes, standing up. "Ok, stay here, you big baby." I teased, going back to camp.
"I take offence to that!" Draco called to my back.
"Good!" I said before disappearing out of sight.
I went back into the tent and Alvaro glared at me. Mel was conscious and sobbing in Alvaro's arms.
"He's not staying." he said sternly.
"And why not?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"Because he hurt Mel!" Alvaro growled. "You expect me to just watch him strut his way into this gathering after what he did?"
"He's your best mate!" I snapped. "And my boyfriend!"
"I thought that was me, Hannah!" Alvaro growled, setting Mel down.
"Too loud!" Mel said, sitting on the bed and clutching her bear.
"Not after what shit you pulled! Draco's in this mess, too, Alvaro, you'll just have to accept it! He's staying with us and that's that!" I said conclusively, stomping my foot and turning around.
"I won't allow it!" Alvaro screamed.
I whipped right around, drawing my wand. "You what now?" I asked, snorting.
Another thing I hated. When someone ordered me around.
"I. Won't. Allow. It!" Alvaro said, crossing his arms.
I burst out laughing. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you were the one that was making the group decisions!" I said. "My apologies, may I see the scar along your neck from when you were spared from death when you were a year old? Oh, wait that wasn't you! THAT WAS ME!" I shouted. "AND I WILL BE DAMNED IF SOME PHILANDERING PRETTY BOY IS GONNA TELL ME WHAT HE WILL AND WON'T ALLOW IN MY COVEN!"
Mel started crying at the shouting going on between Alvaro and I.
"Now look what you did!" Alvaro shouted.
"This coming from you!" I growled back.
Melody collapsed on the bed, shaking.
"MEL!" Alvaro and I said together, watching her as she sat up, her eyes blazing red and glaring at me.
"The Dark Lord will reign victorious, the Potter twins will be destroyed one after the other, and all who stand in His way will be vanquished!" Mel said, her voice deeper as she smirked at me. "Tick, tock, goes the clock, they chased her and they found her, tick tock, goes the clock even for Hannah Potter."
I gasped and Alvaro and I looked to each other. "Hannah, run!" Alvaro said, grabbing Mel.
I backed away and heard Mel's chant.
"Tick tock, goes the clock, her young Dragon's filled with dread, tick tock, goes the clock, in five minutes she'll be dead!"
I turned around and started running until I heard Mel hiss:
"Imperio!"
At this, my mind went blissfully blank and I stopped, then I heard Mel's voice in my head.
Get back here, Potter.
I turned around, going back into the tent.
On your knees.
I obeyed, kneeling at Mel's feet as she smirked down at me, chanting again with her little song.
"Tick tock, goes the clock, away she ran again, tick tock, goes the clock, welcome to the end!" Mel sang before collapsing again, sitting up sobbing.
I groaned, grabbing my head as the blankness of the Imperious Curse lifted from my mind and all my thoughts and free will came flooding back at once.
"Holy Skinner." I said, watching Mel sob, her eyes back to their hazel colour again as Alvaro picked her up.
"Ok, for the sake of argument, so we don't get that again, Malfoy can stay." Alvaro said, consoling Mel.
I beamed. "Great!" I said, getting up off my knees. "I'll go get him." I added, going back to the clearing Draco and I were in.
"How's Mel?" Draco asked.
"She's fine now." I said, ignoring the whole possession part altogether. "So, the coven and I were talking…" I said, smirking.
"And?" Draco asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Seeing as you have nowhere to go…you're welcome to stay with us." I said, grinning at him.
Draco smirked, standing up and pulling me back to my feet as well. "Even if I was uninvited, I wouldn't have let you stay here alone."
I smiled as he wrapped his arms around me, kissing the top of my head as I wrapped my arms around his middle, breathing in the scent I'd smell in Amortentia, the most powerful love potion in the world.
He was mine. No one else's.
"I told you I'd find you." Draco muttered, stealing my lips with his.
I smirked into his kiss. Silly Ivy for ever doubting him. I knew he'd find me, even if it killed him. I melted into him, not wanting to let go for anything in the world.
Draco was the one to pull away, grabbing his knapsack and wrapping an arm protectively around me, we went up to camp.
"Ok, where do I pitch my tent?" Draco asked.
"Leave that to me." I said, grabbing his knapsack and Summoning his tent, dropping it on the ground and flicking my wand at the tarp. "Erecto."
The tent sprang up, typically marvellous (but then again, he is a Malfoy.) and settled into place.
I rolled my eyes. "Had to get the Manor tent, didn't you?" I asked as I heard the girls laughing.
"Well, well, look who we have here." Drosie said. "We got a new coven delegate, Harley?"
I nodded. "Very true, Drosie." I said.
Raven grinned. "We keep bringing in the delegates like this and Voldem-"
"RAVEN, NO!" I screamed.
"ort won't stand a chance." Raven said before paling. "I just said his name, didn't I?"
"YES!" Draco, Drosie, Emily, Alvaro and Melody said together before I grabbed my wand.
"Ok, ok, this is not a drill!" I said. "Wands out, Alvaro, protect Melody!" I said as we heard cracks and a Death Eater charged, looking me in the mask and smirking.
"Well, well, Harley Quinn." the Death Eater said, grabbing my arm and pulling me to him, running a hand up my stomach. "Not too bad a body." he commented. "Maybe the Dark Lord will let me have some fun with you in exchange for your life."
At this I paled, starting to struggle as I was dragged off.
"Oi, Zabini, look at the body on this one, eh?" the Death Eater said, holding me in front of him like I was a piece of meat or a new toy.
At this an Italian faced someone strode forward, the other Death Eaters behind him going to grab my coven. "Ah, yes, Harley Quinn!" he said, looking me up and down. "Yes, a young, lithe body. She'll be perfect."
"Get away from her!" Draco shouted, fighting away from the Death Eater holding him just as Zabini ripped my shirt off.
"Avada Kedavra!" Draco shouted to the Death Eater holding me, who immediately jumped out of the way with me, Zabini going in the other direction.
I struggled a little more before finally grabbing my dagger. "You won't be having any evil perverted babies!" I said, stabbing the Death Eater in the nuts.
The Death Eater screamed like a little girl, dropping me and grabbing his bloody nuts as Zabini grabbed me, tying me to a tree, Draco yanking my dagger out of the other Death Eater's crotch.
Zabini grabbed my hair and yanked it back, exposing my throat to him. "Hmm, poor Delmonte…"
I gasped. Delmonte? As in, Fyaro Delmonte? The boy who hit on me most of fourth year?
Draco ripped the mask off and there stood someone who looked like Fyaro, but it wasn't. Fyaro's hair was dark brown and his eyes the same, this man's hair was brown with watery blue eyes.
"His father." I mouthed.
"Exactly, poor man won't be able to take you…but I still can…right…now." Zabini said with a smirk as I was gagged.
"NO!" Draco shouted, starting to draw his wand when Mel collapsed again. When she stood, her eyes were red.
"You will not touch her!" Mel said, her voice deep again. "You know our instructions, you are to find the Potters and bring them in." Mel growled before chanting. "Tick tock, goes the clock, watch Delmonte move slower, tick tock, goes the clock, now Zabini's life is over!"
I watched mutely as Mel's incisors grew to the size of a snake's and she lunged at Zabini, biting him in the neck.
Zabini screamed, grabbing his bleeding neck.
"That is a taste, Zabini, of what befalls you should you and your posse leave now!" Mel hissed.
Zabini nodded shakily and, grabbing Delmonte, he called his posse of Death Eaters, and one by one they vanished with a crack, leaving us with the crazy Mel, and me still tied to a tree.
"And as for you…" Mel said, grinning at me.
I gulped. I was fucked.
"I just wanted them gone so I can kill you myself." she smirked.
I whimpered.
"MELODY!" Draco growled. "YOU LEAVE HER ALONE! You won't lay a hand on her!"
At this, Mel drew her wand, sending a Stinging Hex Draco's way, getting him in the shoulder. After that, Draco stayed silent.
Mel laughed. "Tick tock, goes the clock, the Malfoy boy claims that he loves her, tick tock, goes the clock, now watch as he runs for cover!" Mel said, taking the gag from my mouth. "I want to hear you scream when I bite you." Mel smirked, pointing to my jugular vein. "Right there."
I paled, swallowing. "You won't get away with this!" I said.
Mel laughed before striking at me, biting into my jugular vein and releasing…VENOM!
I screamed in pain, feeling the burn of the venom course through my veins.
"HANNAH!" Draco shouted.
"Tick tock, goes the clock, the child's slowly dying. Tick tock, goes the clock, the Dark Lord now is smiling."
My vision started to fog around the edges and my body slackened as I lost consciousness.
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Draco's POV
"Hannah!" I shouted, watching Hannah and Mel slump forward.
Mel shot up, hugging Alvaro and I went straight to Hannah, cutting her loose and picking her up.
"Your sister's a nut!" I snapped. "She killed her!"
"No I didn't!" Mel said defensively. "Calm down, it was a pre-venom! It's to prepare the body for the lethal strike, she'll be fine in a few hours."
"And if not?" I demanded, glaring at her.
"If not, Raven and me will go nick an antidote for a…?" Emily started, cocking an eyebrow.
"A Brazilian boa constrictor." I said, remembering when Hannah told me about when her and Potter freed the snake from a Muggle zoo that would become the Dark Lord's beloved pet snake, Nagini.
"I'll go with you." Drosie said. "There's always a need for backup."
The girls nodded and Alvaro said. "Then I'll go bathe Mel." he said coldly, glaring at me.
I glared back. "And I'll get her out of here." I said, standing up with Hannah as Alvaro and Melody went towards the river, the girls Apparated and I went back to base camp and into my tent.
I laid Hannah down and draped the comforter over her before checking the puncture wounds in her neck. She looked like she was bit by a vampire.
I smirked as I grabbed a cloth. Hannah as a vampire. That'd be something to see.
Blood red eyes, pale, indestructible flesh, sharp fangs and thick, waving black hair. The lust she'd have for blood would be kind of sexy.
I shook my head of the thought and returned to stopping the bleeding. I grabbed the extra Dittany that Hannah had given me before we left Hogwarts and dabbed it along her neck, making the wounds scab over and heal.
I watched her for any sign of decline from the venom. But she laid there, her breathing deep and relaxed her heartbeat normal. She was fast asleep.
I smiled down at her, standing up and draping the comforter over her neck before leaving her to sleep.
…
A few hours later when Hannah's girls returned with the emergency antidote, I checked in on her one more time.
She gave a small grunt, the instant tell she was waking up.
But she stayed still for another minute, a small smirk on her face.
I grabbed the blanket and rolled my eyes. "I know you're awake, Hannah, get up." I said, yanking the blanket and knocking her out of bed.
"Hey!" she growled, looking at me.
I smirked. "Good morning." I told her.
She gave me a dirty look and shot up. "Did you just knock me on my backside?" she asked, flames of playful fury in her eyes.
"Yes?" I said, smirking up and taking a step back as she took a step forward.
"Run." she whispered in a growl.
"Oh, shit." I said, sprinting off, Hannah sprinting after me.
"YOU'RE DEAD, DRACO!" she screamed, gaining on me and grabbing my shirt, running forward and knocking me over before sitting on me. "Hi." she said cutely.
"Uh, oh…I'm screwed, aren't I?" I asked with a smirk.
Hannah leaned in, her eyes alight with mischief. "Like. A. Light. Bulb." she whispered before kissing me.
I growled, rolling over so I was on top of her as Diamond came onto the scene.
"Piss off, Alvaro!" Hannah snapped. "We're having fun, here."
"I hate to piss off the happy couple," Diamond said. "But we have a situation."
Hannah pushed me off her and shot up. "What sort of situation?" she asked.
"The girls lost the food."
"WHAT!?" Hannah screamed, running back to camp, me following her as she grabbed Drosie and slammed her into a tree. "WHAT THE SKINNER HAPPENED!?"
"Well, I put the food bag down by the tree we were going to tie it to, but when I went to grab the bag, raccoons had gotten into it!" Drosie said.
Hannah swore. "Great. Fucking perfect!" she said, leaning against a tree. "We only got the food last night!" she said before sighing. "Ok, Alvaro, Melody, Draco, get a damned mask. We have another heist to go on." she said, grabbing her mask and duplicating it, handing the twin to me.
I nodded, tying my mask on before helping Hannah with hers, kissing her temple and making her giggle.
"Ok, ok, let's roll." Hannah said, grabbing me and dragging me to where I had first seen her, Apparating us to Diagon Alley.
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Hannah POV
When we got to Diagon Alley, I turned to the boys. "Ok, this is going to be a harder trip, because they'll be after Draco now, because he's wanted for desertion." I said. "So, you boys and Mel steal the food, and I'll stand here and keep watch." I said.
The boys nodded and walked away, leaving me alone.
Stupidest thing I ever did.
I felt someone grab me from behind, jabbing a wand into my stomach. I tried to scream, but the someone clapped a hand over my mouth, soft hair brushing my cheek.
"I told you I'd get you, Quinn." Lucius Malfoy snarled in my ear before I was crushed in the feeling of Apparation.
…
I gasped for air and saw a large house in front of me. It looked cold, dank and depressing with a large gate in front of it and turrets higher than the ones at Hogwarts.
I gulped. I was at Malfoy Manor.
"Oh, Skinner. Oh, Skinner. Oh, Skinner." I whispered, backing away before starting to run.
I was blocked by the girl I knew had a thing for Draco…Electricia Munville. Her blond hair was pulled up into a braid and her blue eyes were narrowed with contempt.
"Going somewhere, Harley Quinn?" she asked, nodding to someone.
Suddenly, I felt an exploding pain in the back of my head and I dropped to the ground, the darkness swallowing me alive.
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Draco's POV
I stayed with Mel, hiding in a corner of an alley as Alvaro went to look for Hannah.
I had stolen Mel a doll that she was playing with quietly as I looked up and down the street for her.
"OH, FUCK!" Diamond shouted, running to where I was. "Malfoy, you're not gonna like this." he said, panic in his voice.
My heart dropped into my stomach. "What?" I asked.
"Hannah's gone. I can't find her anywhere."
