Chapter 10:

It's Gone

Zeta awoke on the cold ground, her robe draped over her. She groggily shook her head, trying to remember where she was, and what had happened. The stars shown brightly in the dark sky, as she could see nothing for the forest was dark. She noticed all she had on was her robe and in horror remembered what happened. She quickly felt the ground for her clothes, and felt a human body next to her. Zeta felt it move, and closed her eyes, hoping he wouldn't wake up. He did. Zeta quickly froze, praying he wouldn't see her, or at least not notice she was there. Draco felt around for his wand, coming very close to touching her, and couldn't find it. He mumbled something, and stood up. Zeta quickly laid back down on the ground, trying to pretend to be asleep, her chest rising and falling quickly. She could hear Malfoy throw his robe on, and take out his wand.

"Lumos..." She heard him say, and could feel the bright light on her face.

"Arwin, get up, I know you're awake." Draco told her dully, as Zeta sat up.

She shot him a dirty look, and held her robe around her chest, this was not good.

"Now what Draco?" She snapped at him, wondering what would happen next. "Do you plan on giving me my ring?"

"No..." He said shortly, beginning to walk off. "I was just planning to leave." Zeta boiled with anger, and took out her wand, and created light at the top. She found her clothes and quickly threw them on. She put her robe on over them, and ran after Draco.

"Malfoy!" She shouted, once he was in sight. "You're just going to leave?!"

Malfoy turned around, and walked up to her, an angry look in his eyes.

"I have gotten all I wanted out of you, slut." He hissed at her, "You've lost it, and that's all I ever wanted." Zeta stared back at him in disbelief, as she raised her hand to slap him. He grabbed her wrist.

"Don't waste your energy on those more important." He spat, and threw her hand down.

"JERK!" She screamed tears streaming down her face. "I HATE YOU!"

"I know." He told her with a cold smirk, and pushed her to the ground. He got down on his knees, and kissed her, roughly, as he moved his hand up her thigh, only to piss her off. Zeta pushed him away angrily. He stood up, laughing, and Zeta looked up at him, as he had no emotion or pity in his eyes, just cold, cruel, hatred, just what a Malfoy was supposed to be. He turned around and left, leaving Zeta to sit in the forest, crying to herself.

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Zeta Arwin knew this was going to happen. She knew somewhere in the pit of her stomach that when she had met that blonde haired boy, things were going to get complicated. The way he continued to taunt her, the way he was always trying to get her angry, she knew this was going to happen. Draco had known from day one that this was what he wanted. It was the trademark of a DeathEater, to get what they want, and then leave. This was the terrible truth of Draco Malfoy. He wanted it to have been Zeta, he wanted it to have happened, and it did. It was the destiny he wanted, he needed. The mark he had been branded with showed the truth that he would never feel bad for anything, he no longer had emotion, no longer had pity, just true, cruel hatred. He didn't care how he got something, as long as he did.

Zeta knew all of this before she even knew him. She didn't know his face, or know her future, but she knew, in the bottom of her heart, she knew something would darken her path.

"Choose the light..." Her father had told her, hours before he died, "Not the dark. Don't choose first instinct... Choose...light. You can change your destiny..."

She knew she could have changed it, and she didn't. She fell into her destiny, and now she was drowning in it, trying to get out of the water, as the weight tied to her ankle kept pulling her down, down into the darkness. That weight was Draco Malfoy. But, in an instant, the chain was broken, and she got to the surface, only to find she was alone, terribly alone.

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Zeta awoke with a start. She sat up, and yelled out in pain. She felt a singe of pain run through her body, stinging her back and her neck and chest, and fell back onto the bed behind her. She looked around in the darkness, wondering where she was. The moonlight shown in the windows as it hit her face. Zeta realized she was in the hospital wing, and tried to adjust her eyes to the darkness. Turning her head slightly Zeta noticed she was alone. She couldn't figure out why she was there to what happened to her, but her bandaged rib was terribly agonizing. Zeta in terror remembered the forest, Draco, and everything came flooding back to her. Her eyes grew wide as she wondered what had happened, what Draco had done.

Zeta sighed to herself, playing with the bandage on her hand. She had no idea what had happened, why she was so banged up, and why she was in such pain. Even sitting up made her head spin. Zeta looked at the ceiling, as she slowly fell back into a deep sleep.

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Zeta began to run in in forest from a dark hooded figure. She looked behind her as it glided, slowly catching up to her. She looked back forward, and saw her father. She ran to him, as he turned his head, shaking it, and the figure got closer and closer.

"DAD!" She screamed at him, as he still ignored her.

"You fell into your destiny...It's gone Zeta..." He told her, his bright blue eyes shining in tears.

"I didn't mean to!" She screamed, tears streaming down her own face, as the figure came closer, slowly inching towards her, "It was a mistake! I DIDN'T MEAN TO!!!" Her ring fell off her finger, onto the ground, but it continued to fall, out of her grip. The dark figure pulled out a sword, slowly, and it raised it to Zeta.

"DAD!!!" She yelled, not making a sound, still crying. The blade glowed in the moonlight, as the figure raised the sword, lining it up with her neck. She tried to run, but could not move. She looked back at her father, who had turned into Malfoy. She looked at him pleadingly, as he began to laugh. The dark hooded figure dropped the sword.