Disclaimer: Do not own or profit . . . (Only OC's and plot twists are mine)

Author's Notes: Sorry it's taken me so long to post this, but between graduation, work, moving out of my apartment, and family issues this is the first chance I've had to post. Plus, my beta felt like taking a break, so I was hung out to dry. Sorry about the wait.

Recap: Emma and Draco were talking about a Plan B in Myrtle's bathroom before she left to take a nap in the room of requirement. : )

Chapter 14: Sectumsempra

She thought of going to the dorms but decided that she would get better rest in the Room of Requirement. She really didn't want to risk coming across any more emotions, even if everyone was in the Great Hall for dinner. She would be able to get an hour of uninterrupted sleep in the Room of Requirement without any rogue emotions.

Harry found Draco on the Marauders map with Moaning Myrtle. What? THAT is an odd pairing he said. He rushed to the bathroom to spy on Draco.

"I can't do it, Myrtle. . ." Draco cried.

"If you tell me what it is, I could help. I want to help you two!" Myrtle said.

"I can't do it. . .and if I don't do it soon, he will kill me. . .and I can't let her die. . ." Malfoy heard Harry come in and fired a shot at him.

Harry dodged and tried to use Levicorpus on Draco, who blocked it easily. "You shouldn't spy on conversations, Harry," Draco warned as he shot off another curse.

"Sectumsempra" Harry cried waving his wand wildly as the spell randomly entered his head . Blood spurted from Draco's face and chest. He collapsed to the floor. Harry froze where he stood.

"MURDER! MURDER IN THE BATHROOM!' Myrtle yelled. Snape burst in, and rushed to Draco's side.

After muttering a spell over the wounds he helped Draco to his feet. He kicked the door open. "Granger! Find Emma," he called.

Hermione was walking with Ginny back to the common room. They both took one look at Draco and rushed to the common room like the banshee was chasing them. Harry was too stunned to pay attention and wonder. He just thought Emma would want to know. Harry waited until Snape returned.

"You have no idea what you have just done, Potter. Where did you get that spell? I never thought the Chosen One would dabble in the Dark arts. Bring me your school books. All of them," Snape snapped. Harry rushed up to the dorm.

'Draco?' Emma said weakly.

'Emma, are you alright?' he rasped

'What about you?'

'I'm fine' they said at the same time.

'What happened?' Emma asked.

'Potter'

Hermione and Ginny rushed to the dorms but didn't see Emma in the common room or the dormitory. "Where could she be?" Ginny asked. "We don't have much time! Did you see how much blood Draco was losing?" she said trying not to panic.

"What's wrong?" Ron asked coming in from dinner (sneaking away from Lavender).

"We have to find Emma!" Hermione said. "She wasn't at dinner, where could she be? We don't have time!" she said panicking. "We could already be too late."

"I'll check the map," Ron said and they all rushed up to the boys dormitory. Happy it was empty, Ron rummaged through Harry's trunk knowing he wouldn't mind when they explained they were looking for Emma (although he wasn't sure why yet). "What happened?"

"Draco is hurt badly . . . He . . . he might be . . . I can't even say it," Hermione said.

"What?" Ron asked. "What does that have to do with Emma?"

"They are bonded Ron!" Ginny said exasperated. "She is lying somewhere dying as we speak. Have you found her?"

"No!" he said shocked. "What do you mean bonded? That is just wizard fairytales. . . she's not on the map," he decided.

"Where could she be. . . ." Ginny trailed off. "I know!" She said running out. They followed after her as she rushed out of the portrait.

"Where are we going?" Ron asked.

"There is only one place that doesn't show up on the map, remember?" Hermione said.

"Yeah, Harry has been mad following Draco around, remember? Something about the Room of Requirement. . . oh," he said as it clicked. They rushed there as fast as they could and found a door in the wall. Ginny rushed in first and stopped in shock. Hermione and Ron crowded behind her.

"Holy Merlin," Ron said. Emma laid on a bed covered in blood, her sheets seeped in her blood. He rushed up and picked her up.

"Wait," Hermione said. A second later an invisibility cloak appeared and she draped it over Ron and Emma. "We can't let the rest of the school see her like this," she explained. Ron rushed off to the Hospital wing with Hermione and Ginny running in front of him to clear the pathways. They knocked into people so Ron wouldn't while carrying Emma. They ignored the comments and gestures people were yelling at them for their rudeness.

They finally arrived at the Hospital Wing and Ron shrugged off the invisibility cloak. "Her wounds aren't bleeding anymore. What could have happened?" he asked.

"What? Two?" Pomfrey said surprised. She put Emma on a bed next to Draco.

"They can not be seen together Pomfrey," Snape said. Dumbledore had just walked in.

"That is correct. For now, no visitors. Snape, perhaps you should keep Miss Parkinson out for right now. You three may stay," he said pointing to Hermione, Ron, and Ginny.

Pomfreyfussed over the two of them until they fell asleep. "Look at them. They weren't in good health before this happened," she kept saying and tsking as she worked. Hermione, Ron, and Ginny stayed by Emma's bed. "What happened?" He asked. He looked from Emma to Draco, and back to Emma.

"Harry hexed Draco," Hermione said. "We saw Snape carrying Draco out of Myrtle's lav. He told us to find Emma."

Emma stirred and woke up. "How do you feel?" Ginny asked.

"Like I've been stabbed multiple times," Emma said slowly.

"Pomfrey says you guys won't scar," Hermione said kindly. "That would be hard to explain. I mean, you two walking around with the exact same scars in the exact same places."

"Where's Harry? Does he even know?" Emma asked.

"I'm sure he does by now," Ron said. "Snape has given him a mountain of detentions, and McGonagall has lectured him for almost half an hour."

Emma nodded. They noticed she kept putting her left hand out towards Draco, who's right hand was reaching out towards her. Ginny grinned. She got up and pushed Draco's bed closer to Emma's. Emma smiled. "Thanks," she said. She grabbed Draco's hand and started to fall asleep.

"This is majorly creepy," Ron said. "I mean, this is Malfoy."

"Ah, It's almost like Romeo and Juliet," Hermione said. "Minus the whole death thing.

"Almost," Emma whispered

Pomfrey came to give them a sleeping potion and Emma refused. When Pomfrey was going to force it in her, she suddenly changed her mind and left the two patients after kicking Hermione, Ron, and Ginny out. They returned to the Common Room. "Is it true?" Harry asked.

Hermione and Ginny glared at him. "How could you be so stupid!" Hermione yelled. "That book is dangerous! How many times have I told you that!"

"I didn't know!" Harry said. "I wish I hadn't done it." he stormed off to the boys dormitory and grabbed his invisibility cloak. He snuck into the hospital wing.

He found Emma and Draco asleep holding hands. He sat on a chair next to Emma's bed. "What are you doing here Potter," Draco asked with a sneer in his voice as he woke up.

"Figures, I come to talk to Emma, and I get you instead."

"Well, we are interchangeable," Draco glared.

"Why the hell didn't she tell me? Did you tell her to keep this quiet?" Harry asked. "I . . .I could have killed her."

"Thanks for the concern," He mumbled. "No. She never told because she thought it wasn't important. I am always a sore dinner topic."

"What happened exactly?" Harry asked.

"We are bonded," Draco said. "Whatever happens to one happens to the other."

"What?" he said. "But . . . things are never simple with either of you, you know that?" he said. "What does bonding mean?"

"Just that, we are bonded mind, body, and soul. If, say, someone was to hex me, it would also hex Emma. We share our thoughts, we can talk to each other mentally, . . . ."

"Why?"

"I'll let her tell you that part," Draco said.

"So, whatever happens to one of you happens to the other?" he asked.

"Pretty much. I mean, if she does something to herself, it happens to me, but if I do something to her, nothing happens to me and vice versa. Like this," he said rasing his sleeve up and showing him a tattoo of a serpent wrapped around his arm. (NOTE: POST LINK IN PROFILE). "Emma gave it to me but nothing happened to her. She has a tattoo on her back she wanted, but not on me."

"So if you Avada kedavra her, nothing will happen to you?"

"Why would I want to do that?" Draco demanded.

"I'm just trying to figure this all out!" Harry said in a harsh whisper. "I never would have done it if I knew . . ."

"It would hurt her," Draco said blatantly.

"I didn't even know what the spell was," Harry said defensively.

"What idiot goes around using unknown spells?" Draco hissed. There was a pause and

Harry saw a flash of blue in Draco's eyes. "Contrary to what you are thinking, Emma isn't completely angry with you. She'll get over it," he said. "She will be fine to play in the quidditch match, and you need to replace yourself," he said and lied back down.

"How . . ."

"Another long story," Draco said. "You can risk Voldemort tonight though, I won that argument." Harry just nodded, and squeezed Emma's hand before putting his cloak back on and leaving again.

Author's Notes: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I feel aweful, but I am literally being pulled out the door and don't have time to reply to everyone! (Sorry!!!!) I love all of the reviews though!! Each and every one of them. Expect an update soon because I want to start my year 7 before the book comes out.