just a warning there is one bad word right at the end... Nothing graphic just one swear word.

A week later...

Draco gnarled his teeth in frustration. It had been a week since they had captured Lavender and her lapdog and still they were no closer to rescuing her. Everyday he had gone down to the cellar where they were imprisoned, yet he could get nothing from them. Harry was pilfering some of his departments Veritaserum supply today since they hadn't managed to force anything out of them and the moment couldn't come soon enough for Draco. He didn't care that Lavender had been in his year at school, he wanted to tear her apart for what she had probably done to Hermione. The depth of his hatred for her took him by surprise, his desire to hurt anyone who had hurt her made him scared. What if this experience made Hermione realise how much better she could do than him? He loved her, that much he had admitted to himself, but he had no clue about how she felt for him. He had read that near death experiences could change people's mindset and emotions about things; honestly he couldn't think about that right now. All he could think about was making sure she was safe. That was all that mattered to him. The atmosphere in Harry's flat was tense. Ginny had been rushed to St Mungos and they still didn't know what she had been cursed with and how being pregnant would affect that. Draco found himself surprised yet again by his fear that she wouldn't be ok, he found himself respecting and liking the Ginger Weasley. Somehow if she was ok that gave him hope for the future.

"I've got it!", Harry burst into the flat.

Draco immediately jumped to his feet and together they ran down the stairs to the cellar. Lavender was sitting there and on seeing them burst out with wild laughter. She tilted her head and batted her eyelashes at them.

"My my you two have turned out well. Especially you Draco, I can quite see how Hermione found herself so smitten" she continued her giggling.

Harry gave Draco a confused look. Draco didn't care, he grabbed the vial out of Harry's hand and shoved it down Lavenders throat.

"Where. Is. She" He said slowly. His calm tone was bubbling with carefully controlled hatred.

"Just now she is in a large complex. She can be found in cell number 234."

"Where is this complex?" Asked Harry eagerly.

"Centre of the biggest city in the whole of England. You can find her where nobody dares to go in the border between two magical opposites. She is hidden deep, deep under the ground. You'll never find her." Said lavender in a flat, dull voice.

"London she must mean London!" Cried out Harry when they had returned upstairs, "She must be somewhere between Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley!".

Draco did not share his joy, indeed his face expressed the opposite of emotions.

Harry noticing this was confused, "What?"

Draco gave a sigh at Harry's lack of knowledge, "Its a border of magical opposites Harry."

Harry gave Draco an even more confused look, "So...?"

"Bordered of magical opposites are dangerous places. Really dangerous. Voldemort loved the border between the Alleys. Rumours say that he built an underground house or something when he was working in Borgin and Burkes. Apparently it's the only place where he felt truly safe. A place where goodness met evil. Where the line between what was possible and what was impossible faded."

Harry sank down onto the floor, fear and disappointment was etched into face, making him age by ten years. The mention of Voldemorts name brought coldness into the summers day, fear into somewhere that was supposed to be warm and safe.

"I thought I was rid of him." Harry whispered

Draco sat down beside him, stretching out his legs. In the half-light his blonde hair shown with a dull glow, "You are rid of him. You defeated him, he's gone. Whatever we will have to face, it will be less than whatever you have faced before. The memory can't hurt you. Yeah, we'll probably have to face some epic curses and monsters but that's no biggie. Nothing you haven't done before."

Harry gave a short laugh, "Isn't it funny how things change. Gonna be honest never thought I would be sitting having more than a slightly civil conversation with Draco Malfoy."

Draco gave his own laugh, "I imagine past Draco is watching this conversation and thinking how have you fallen so low as to feel for a mudblood."

Harry turned to him, "You love her don't you?"

Draco ran his fingers through hair and stared at the ground for a few moments before answering in a loud clear voice, "I don't see how anyone couldn't, she's just so...you can't describe her in the words you and I speak. She's like a breath of wind in a hot summers day, you want to catch her and hold her forever but she's always one step out of reach, out helping someone else. She challenges the things she's sees about her, she has that vision of a perfect world and she'll do whatever it takes to make it happen. I love her. I love her laugh. I love the way she scrunches up her nose and eyebrows when she's reading something that interests her. I'll do whatever it takes to make her happy."

Harry raised an eyebrow at that, "Anything? Even if it's not to be with you?"

"Anything. If she wanted someone else, I'd respect that. Besides what else am I supposed to do? Lock her up and never let her go?" Draco said that with a slight sigh as if that was exactly what he would like to do, but knew he never would.

"We'll rescue her. I promise."

The two sat in silence for a while. Car horns blared and people chatted but they were both lost to it, in their own separate worlds.

"Well isn't this cute? Drarry is real!" Spelled out a drunk Ron as he tumbled into the flat, crashing into the side of the table, "Ouch that hurt. Ohhh poor Ron. Poor little Won-Won."

Draco slowly got up and walked over to where Ron was waltzing by himself.

"You bastard." He said before punching him where he knew it would hurt most.

"Sorry Harry he deserved it." Draco turned around with a shrug and a smirk at Harry before walking out the door

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