Chapter 32

The Traitor Revealed

"Let her go, Diamond!" Draco shouted, wand pointed at Alvaro.

"Go ahead, Malfoy, kill me." Alvaro said. "I'll be taking her with me, anyways."

"You don't have the skill!" Draco growled.

"I have plenty of skill, lest you forget I killed Nott's father." Alvaro said.

"You don't have the motive!" Draco snapped.

"Of course I do. She didn't leave you for me, she deserves to have her whoring ass dead." Alvaro smirked, drawing my knife from my boot and holding it to my throat.

I started to struggle as Alvaro held it to my throat, pressing against my neck. "Make another move, my beautiful little victim and I'll slit you up right now!" he snarled.

"You don't have the nerve!" Draco said.

"Believe me, Malfoy, I seduced your girlfriend and took her virginity. I'm nothing but nerve! Aren't I, Lucius?"

"Indeed." Lucius Malfoy said, coming in from the grounds via the hole in the walls. "Well, well, Hogwarts' star-crossed lovers, at the brink of being forced apart permanently. Well done, Alvaro, well done."

"Thank you." Alvaro said.

"YOU!" I said, starting to struggle again to get to Malfoy.

"Father, what is the meaning of this!?" Draco demanded.

"Simple, Draco, I want your precious little love dead." Malfoy said, taking a step towards me and brushing a hand across my cheek. "Such a shame such good looks had to be wasted. You would have made the ideal mistress, Potter."

I cringed away from his touch, lashing out and kicking him in the sack. "Pedophile!" I snapped. "Alvaro, I trusted you!" I said, starting to fight out of his grip again.

"How'd you do this without the coven knowing?" Draco asked coldly.

"Simple." Alvaro said. "Blaise was right. I've wanted your girlfriend since she was a first year! And not in the way you did, Draco. I wanted her tied to the dormitory bed so I could fuck her brains out every single night."

"I KNEW IT!" Blaise said as the coven turned around.

"How could you!?" I asked. "We trusted you! I saved your sister's life!"

"She was never my sister. Right after she was born to Lucius and Narcissa, my mother took her away, telling Draco that the baby was stillborn. And getting you in bed was easy. Remember when the little brat knocked you in the river?"

Draco glared as there was silence, bar the screams and shouts from the battle. The coven had drawn their wands and pointed them at Alvaro.

"What do you mean?" Draco demanded.

"The day your slut became Harley Quinn was the day she found Mel and I." Alvaro said with a laugh. "Mel knocked her in the river, and that made her sick. I took her to my tent and gave her a cup of tea. And the rest as they say, is history."

I paled. "You spiked the tea!" I shouted.

"Oh, very good, Potter." Alvaro said. "You and Malfoy aren't the only ones phenomenal at Potions. I spiked her tea with a similar potion used in Shrek two. Except, she wouldn't fall in love with the first man she kissed. She desired the first person to kiss her." Alvaro smirked.

"Your plan could have backfired, Diamond!" Draco snarled. "She could have found me and kissed me."

"And that's where planning your death came in, son." Lucius said. "We pulled you out of Hogwarts to get this plan rolling, torturing her whereabouts out of you was just a ruse for the Dark Lord to plant in Miss Potter's head, and then we modified a memory to make it look like I had killed you."

"With you figuratively out of the way, I had my chance to kiss her and make her aroused as fuck." Alvaro smirked.

"However, there was the issue of breaking you to keep you from going to find her." Lucius said. "So we sent Jeffery after her to get her out of the way. I knew about your stupid little mirror. All your aunt and I had to do was talk loud enough for you to hear about Miss Potter's death, knowing you'd check your mirror to find her dying or dead on the ground."

"What we didn't expect was that Scaboir would leave your wand in the cell with you." Alvaro said, rolling his eyes as he held me absolutely still. I couldn't fight out of this embrace. "Incompetent idiot ruined the whole plan."

"Why do this?" I asked, trying to fight out.

"Because." Lucius said. "With the Hogwarts' lovers split up, they'd dash the hopes of the Light side. But seeing as we couldn't get you to split up willingly, we'll have to make a more reluctant…permanent approach. Do it!" Lucius growled, turning to Alvaro.

"Put her down, Diamond, or else!" Draco ordered.

Alvaro smirked. "Or else what? You'll kiss me to death?" Alvaro asked. "I hope you like the sight of her cut up all to hell, Malfoy."

I whimpered, trying to fight out when Alvaro slashed my shoulder. "I warned you against fighting me, Potter." he snarled. "Care for a matching set?"

I gasped, gritting my teeth in pain as Alvaro put my dagger against my throat again.

"DIAMOND!" Draco screamed, finally taking action. "Accio dagger!"

My dagger flew out of Alvaro's hand and into Draco's, who handed it off to She-Cat.

"Let. Her. Go!" Draco snarled, taking a step forward.

Alvaro smirked. "Why don't you try to make me?" he asked.

Draco snarled again. "Diamond, we trusted you!" he said. "This whole coven trusted you!"

"I didn't!" Blaise said, holding his hand up. "So I hate to say I told you so, Draco…but I TOLD YOU SO!"

"Yes, Thresh." Emily said. "Gale we trusted you! And you stabbed us in the back, you own family, why?"

"Why?" Alvaro asked, tossing me aside. "Why!? I'll tell you why, Clove! Her!" he pointed at me. "I've been in love with her from the moment that she set foot in this castle. And she's been kept from me by him!" he gestured to Draco. "Draco Malfoy, he got all the pretty ones, the smart ones, the funny ones, I had been holding my tongue since I met him as he strutted around, getting the likes of beautiful women like Lexi McMaster, Rose Yaxley, Amelia Finch, Pansy Parkinson, Astoria Greengrass…" Alvaro stared off. "But then Potter here came along, with her pin straight jet black hair and beautiful metallic blue eyes, pale skin, intelligence…And Malfoy went along and decided to take her for himself when I knew they were never meant to be! They are the biggest taboo in the wizard world! A Potter and a Malfoy! The Chosen One and a Death Eater! And how she was able to stomach the fact that she was dating a Death Eater, I'd never know. He almost gets her killed time and time and time and time and time and time and time again, and she still is in love with him!" Alvaro looked to me. "Then, just before the Ministry fell, I got a preposition from Lucius Malfoy, if I helped him bring them apart, he'd pull some strings with the Dark Lord to spare her life so I'd get her to myself…forever."

Everyone was quiet, the shouts of the battle increased tenfold as my eyes went wide.

"Make your choice, Hannah." Alvaro said, lifting me up and holding me against him. "It's life with me…or you choose Blondie over there and choose certain death. It isn't too late for you to make the right choice."

I looked him in the eye and knew…he was evil...pure evil. He tried to kill me!

"Marry me." Alvaro whispered. "Forgive me...this was something I had to do."

I gasped. Evil boy wanted me.

I shuddered at the very thought of waking up in a traitor's arms, a traitor taking me night after night…having a rat's children. Someone that could turn on me. Someone that stole my virginity…destroyed my goals of saving myself for marriage.

But then there was Draco. The Draco that treated me as if I was made of glass. The one that saved my life repeatedly and protected me to no end. I could see waking to him every morning, seeing him on the other end of the aisle, waiting for me. Holding my hand as I gave birth.

Those two lives were completely opposite. A life where I had to live in fear as opposed to a life where I'd be royalty. The life with a traitor over a life with someone who'd protect me. What to choose? That was obvious!

"NEVER!" I screamed, bringing my powers together and pushing him away with a huge gust of wind, bringing a fireball in each hand as I glared at him. "I'll never marry you! Ugh, I can't believe you touched me!" I said, brushing myself off after calming down some. "I don't love you, Diamond." I said. "I'm in love with Draco Malfoy and nothing's going to change that!"

"Except the grave!" Lucius said, grabbing my arm as Alvaro shot up.

"NO! You said that if I slept with her you wouldn't hurt her!" Alvaro said. "I lived up to my end of the bargain. Now it's your turn."

"Diamond, Diamond, Diamond." Lucius said, grabbing my dagger and tossing my wand aside. "You should have learned after I killed your last girlfriend that I never live up to my end of any bargain."

"Put her down, Father!" Draco shouted.

"I don't think I will." Lucius smirked.

Draco grabbed my wand, pointing his own at his father. "Put her down now!" he shouted.

"And who's stopping me?" Lucius said, throwing me aside.

"I am." Draco said.

Lucius started laughing. "YOU!? My only son is turning against me. Love's changed you, Draco."

"For the better." Draco growled, sending a Stinging Hex his father's way as I rubbed my aching shoulder.

Lucius went flying and Draco went straight for me. "Are you ok?" he asked.

I nodded. "Yeah. Fine." I said as Draco lifted me up.

Alvaro saw this and ran off again.

"Traitor!" Draco shouted to his back. "TRAITOR!"

"We have to start fighting." Blaise said. "We've got past this encounter by luck and chance."

"And who knows how long this luck will last?" Pansy asked.

"I say we start fighting now!" Rose said.

Draco and I locked eyes as I became instantly afraid. I didn't want him to let me go, I didn't want to let him go. Who knew what would happen if we let go of each other?

"I don't want to let go." I whispered, burying my face in his shoulder.

"I know, I don't either, but we have to, love." Draco whispered, kissing my neck. "I have my mirror on me in case you need me."

"I need you now." I whispered.

"I know." Draco said, caressing my face. "But we got to fight."

I nodded as Draco kissed me hard, putting his hand at my neck as I was put back on my feet.

"Go." Draco whispered when he broke the kiss. "Go now before I can't let you."

I nodded, taking a step back and turning to the coven, grabbing my wand. "Alright, I say we work in partners."

"Oh! Oh! Can I have Hannah?" She-Cat asked.

"Keep her safe, Capodebt?" Draco asked.

She-Cat nodded. "No me, Malfoy! MEOW!"

We all laughed. "Alright, go with my blessing." Draco said, grabbing Blaise and running into the battle.

I grabbed She-Cat and we started running into the battle. "I say we look for Haymitch." I said.

She-Cat nodded, Stunning a few Death Eaters as we ran through the battle, looking through classrooms for Harry, Ron, Hermione or Ivy.

"Hey, Han." She-Cat said as we looked.

"Yeah?" I said.

"I don't think I've ever told you how much I love you." She-Cat said as we opened one more door, entering the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"Meh, you've had your own special She-Cat way of saying so." I said before looking into the dark. "Harry?" I whispered. "Ge-Ge? Are you in here?"

"Well, I love you to pieces." She-Cat said, hugging me as I whispered.

I hugged her back, smiling. "I love you, too, She-Cat." I said, grinning at her. "Harry? Ron? Hermione? Ivy?" I whispered. "Are you in here?"

I heard someone step out from behind a pillar and saw a masked stranger.

"Oh, fuck." I said. "Wands out." I said, drawing my wand.

She-Cat nodded, drawing her wand.

"Who's there?" I asked.

"Oh, don't you remember me, Potter?" a very familiar female voice said, her hood coming down to reveal a long locks of blond hair.

I gasped. "YOU!" I said.

The girl's mask came off and there stood a tall girl with long blonde hair and cold blue eyes, a smirk on her dark red lips.

"Hello, Potter." Scarlett Zimmerman smirked, drawing her wand. "It's been awhile, hasn't it?"

"Zimmerman." I snarled. "Yes, yes it has."

"Too bad I have to kill you now." she said. "Avada Kedavra!"

I screamed, closing my eyes to brace for death when I heard a familiar voice screaming.

"MEOW!"

I opened my eyes to find She-Cat jumping in front of me, taking the curse for me.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" I screamed as she fell to her back, still conscious.

"She-Cat!" I said, falling to my knees at her side and gathering her in my arms. "She-Cat! She-Cat, speak to me! SHE-CAT!" I said, starting to cry, shaking her.

"Meow." She-Cat said, looking up at me before her eyes went dull and blank, her head flopping back.

"No…No! NO!" I screamed, shaking her. "She-Cat! She-Cat!" I sobbed.