Haha, thanks for the one review for that last chappie :) Hope you all like it, I'm planning on one last short chapter after this. :) R'n'R!
Draco scrambled down the chipped stone stairs down into the dungeon, his breath was uneven with worry. His eyes raked the cold floors for sign of the blonde as he ran through the shadows.
Finally he found her swaying crosslegged on the ground facing Potter and Weasley, both their once bound hands now stripped carelessly of there imprisonment.
Draco neared the trio quietly, wondering if he should forget it and just go get Griphook like his Aunt had demanded. Potter's head snapped up and locked eyes with Draco's cold grey ones. Ron swiveled around to see what Harry was looking at.
The red head grimaced as he caught sight of Draco. "what do you want?" Ron hissed, narrowing his eyes.
Draco shrugged, fiddling with the cuff of his sleeve. "I came to see Luna." He gave what he hoped was a friendly smile to the wild girl. She blinked twice before grinning back madly.
Ron fumed at this, "Stay away from her you creep, she hasn't done anything wrong!" He bellowed, shifting himself so he was blocking Luna from view. "God she's basically my sister!" Ron continued, thinking of how Ginny could have been the one to be snatched off the train.
"Bloody hell weasel, I'm not here to hurt her!" Draco choked out in mock hurt. "Just wanted to see that she was all right, you know after all that." He motioned up the stairs reffering to the prolonged screams of Granger.
"Oh I'm very much alright." Luna piped up, her eyes trained on a loose stone in the wall. No one seemed to pay her any attention.
"I was just going to bring Luna upstairs to one of the spair rooms. Someone will be here for you two soon, thought she'd be better off not being here when they arrive." Draco muttered, reaching for Luna's hand to pull her to her feet. Her eyes flipped to Draco, for once she seemed to be looking at him and not past into the darkness.
"Luna stays with us." Harry spoke quietly as Draco bent to help Luna up.
Draco gawked at Potter. "Seriously! Bloody hell, do you want her to be killed?" He cried, bringing a hand to his face.
"I've got a plan, Dobby's coming." He stated. Luna, who was still clutching Draco's hand, spun around to face Harry again.
"Dobby's coming." She seemeed to be speaking to no one in particular. A silly grin plastered to her face as she skipped back over to the two trio members, pulling her hand from Draco's. "I havn't seen Dobby in ages, we were going to knit socks out of the fur of the Crumpled Horn Snorckack. Though I never did get any wool, and I ended up here instead." Luna finished off dreamily, looking around puzzled at her surroundings as if she was just questioning her whereabouts.
Luna was beaming with happiness as Draco turned away from the happy group with scowl of distaste and a heart filled with misery. Of course it would be a house elf that would win Luna over. Not safety, not money, the Malfoy name, or even someones love. The girl did what she pleased and thats what killed Draco the most, the knowledge that it wasn't him that she wanted. She went with Potter at the thought of knitting with an elf.
Draco scowled again to keep the pained look off his face as he went to retrieve the stupid goblin for Bellatrix. He all but hexed the creature up the stairs by the time they were leaving the dungeon, and he was in no mood for pity when he stepped back into the torture made living room.
He was slumped moodily in the corner of the room, a perfect spot to watch Granger cry and Griphook examine the sword under the vulture eye of his aunt. The goblin shook his head and Bellatrix screamed, grabbing the proclaimed fake sword and throwing it at the farthest wall. She turned on Granger, screaming something inaudable at her before once again bringing her wand to her snaked tattoo.
Suddenly a loud pop emitted throughout the room and in a puff of smoke stood Harry, Ron, and Dobby.
Potter threw a hex and Weasley ran towards the slumped Granger girl. He lifted her and started back to Harry. Curses were flying back and forth now and Draco has just enough time to crawl behind one of the sofas before a green flash blew past his head.
The Golden Trio had reached the house elf by now and they were about to disapear again for who knows how long, and to be honest Draco couldn't wait for them to be gone. That is until he realized who wasn't with them.
"Draco?" A sing song voice drifted through the room, the door to the dungeon creaked open.
Oh God no! Draco's heart plummeted and beamed at the same time. Luna hadn't gone with them!
The blonde peered around the door, her bug eyes searching the room.
Bellatrix's head snapped to the girl and she grinned. "Our princess returns." She purred quietly, turning to stalk over to the Lovegood girl.
Draco rose from his hiding spot, stumbling to reach Luna before Bellatrix did. He dodged a curse or two before being hit square in the chest by a stray spell, sending him flying back into a bookshelf.
He groaned in pain as a blinding light filled the room. The elf was clutching a wand, Bellatrix was howling, Luna was being tugged towards Hermione and Ron by Harry. Luna's desperate, craze filled eyes connected with Draco's in one last panicked scan before she was sucked away in a swirl of magic.