The snarl on his face was going to become a permanent fixture at this point. How dare she, how dare that no one, nobody, big headed psychopath even begin to try and have him confide in her. What did she want a damn tea party with her and her friends, somewhere for him to lay it all out on the line for her as if it would change anything. He practically growled the password to the dungeon and slammed through the doorway as it allowed him in. His prayers for an empty common room were not answered as Theo sat in one of the chairs.
"Don't you have class or something?" Draco snarled at him
"Don't you." Nott said looking him in the eye. Draco allowed his shoulders to relax and his posture to change as he walked and sat on the accompanying sofa. "We going to talk about the other night or just pretend it didn't happen"
"Nothing happened. I simply needed to get away from your ugly face before I barfed again." Draco said pulling a pillow in front of him and resting his head on the back of the couch.
"Mate you were practically screaming, I've been threatening first years into silence all week. But whatever, if it makes you feel better to play dumb then that's what we'll do." Theo said returning to his book bristled at the exchange. He shouldn't even be having this conversation with him, he should be working. He could no longer fight his eyes as they closed.
He could hear her screaming from his room. The manor tended to echo sometimes but this was an elevated sound, magnified as if it was calling for him. He tore from his bed and through the doors of his room. The hall felt endless as her screams reverberated into his skull, his head pounded in tune of his heart as his name bounced along the halls.
Scrambling his way down the stairs his foot caught on the bloody rug and his body flung forward, his head greeted the hard wood floor with a crack. His body seized up, his eyes watered as another screamed began. Pulling himself up he tore off again, running into the walls on his way to his fathers' study. The doors flung open of their own accord and she was there. Floating above the center of the room, he could hear the Cruciatus curse come but he could not move to shield her, to take the brunt of it for her. His body was as mobile as stone, as she writhed in pain in front of him. Screaming. The Snake's laughter rang all around him, through him. As the curse ended he was able to see her eyes, Narcissa's eyes, as the green light enveloped her, and the screaming stopped for good.
"NO!" he screamed. His arms flailed forwards throwing the pillow he was still clutching. Nott stared at him pail faced from the other chair. As Draco looked wide eyed around the still empty room, his breath catching in his chest as he tried to make sense of anything that had happened. "What is happening to me" He asked looking his friend in the eye for any sign. This was a mistake. He quickly lifted himself off the chair and back out the common room, ignoring Theos pleas for him to come back, to hell with Granger and Nott. If they wanted to follow him around the castle to find what he was doing so be it. He needed to finish this task, so he could be left alone.
A.N. I know this chapter is shorter, however two chapters in one night that I felt were ready to publish so I deserve a short one ;). Let me know what your thinking! I love hearing from people!