This is a special chapter. It's in Draco/Harry/Cody's POV. You'll see. It's basically the same scene from different points of view. It's pretty short, but you'll survive.

Draco's POV

I couldn't see anything fast enough. I was taking my rounds like I usually did. Being one of Umbridge's inquisitors gave me free reign of the school at night. Hopefully, I would find Emma in the process. She'd been gone for hours. I searched each hall but found nothing of importance. There were lots of students walking about the castle when they were supposed to be in their common rooms, but I really didn't care for them. I ignored the dark classrooms that obviously had more than just tutoring going on in them by the experienced seventh years. My mind was only focused on the horribly strange brunette I called my girlfriend.

I didn't understand Emma one bit. She was stubborn, unrelenting, and overbearing. I'm not even sure what is what that drew me to her. All I knew was that I've wanted her ever since my third year at Hogwarts. She's so difficult to be around.

I knew that she hated to be with me, but I knew that against her better judgment, she still wanted me just as much as I wanted her. I thought that I would never admit that I was in love with a girl like that, but I was sure that everything that I once believed in went out the window the moment I gave her that letter.

Still she fought me off. I thought I could bring her around soon enough, but she found Potter and Granger better friends than I was. They probably were, but I knew her better than them. I saw, firsthand, all the secrets that she held inside her heart even if she tried to hide them. She was always running away from me and into the arms of those Gryffindors. I always told myself that I would never let anything happen to her. No matter how selfish she was, I would never put her in harm's way, whether it was the Slytherins or even the Dark Lord.

I idly passed through the corridors. For a long time, all I could hear were the light tap-tap of my shoes against the stone floors and the whistling of the cool breeze outside the walls. Then, I saw Tanya, a sixth year inquisitor. She ran from the end of the corridor waving me down. Her badge shone brightly in the green and silver metal. It was slightly comical to see the girl bob down to me with her unsteady legs and long robe getting in the way of her abnormally huge feet.

"Draco, you've missed it. A group of students have been rounded up for conspiring against the Ministry. Harry Potter is supposedly the leader of it. Dumbledore actually thinks he can build an army against-"

My throat was dry. "Who else was with them?" I urged. I'd already known that Emma was a part of some gathering with the blood traitors and the Mudbloods. I'd let it go on for a long time. I'd even gone as far as sending Umbridge off course when I saw her leaving the secret room. Now, they'd gone and gotten caught.

"Loads of people. I was just coming to get you. We saw a glimpse of a collapsing door. I think it was Cody again. You're going to have to teach him a lesson again Malfoy. Pansy is searching the halls now for him-"

I shook my head and ran back down the corner. I could feel it down to my very core. Emma was with Cody. I knew better than anyone that Cody was not Pansy's target. I rushed down the stairs and down another corridor. My feet wouldn't move any faster against the pavement. I got so close that I could hear Pansy's shrieking. Then I heard Cody shooting spells.

"Avada Kadavera!"

Above all the shouting I could pick out the fiercest voice of the three. "No, Cody! Stop!"

My heart dropped into the pit of my stomach. I rounded the corner. My hands slid against the stone to steady my stop.

~~~~~5 Minutes Earlier~~~~~~

Harry's POV

"I can't believe those Slytherins ratted us out!" Ron hissed in a whisper. "I swear I'm going to break Emma's neck."

"Hey. Don't say that. I'm sure they didn't say anything. Why would they? They've been with us for so long." Ginny argued under her breath as a short plump fifth year named Mark pushed them along. He didn't seem to care that they were talking. He knew there was something in for them within a few minutes.

"She's right. If they were going to say something, it would've been sooner. It doesn't make sense to do it now." Harry agreed eyeing Delores Umbridge carefully. "What do you suppose she's going to do with us?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to break Emma's neck." Ron seethed, glaring down past the crowd of students.

"It's not her fault Ronald." Hermione defended. She touched his arm only to have her hand shoved away.

"Sure, take her side."

"Ron, I'm just being fair. When have you ever tried to like her?"

"Maybe I don't want to like her."

"Just try and give her the benefit of the doubt."

Then Umbridge turned around, her eyes beaded and a frog-like smirk on her face. They were not even close to her office, but everyone stopped in fear of her making their punishment worse. "You lot best shut your mouths. You're in enough trouble as it is. Eh, Dumbledore's Army?"

"Professor-" Harry began.

He was cut off by a loud cry. It sounded more like a howl of pain right around the corner. Everyone turned their heads to the sound.

~~~~~5 Minutes Earlier~~~~~

Cody's POV

I saw as Pansy approached Emma. I couldn't even breathe. My stomach twisted into a hundred knots. The only thing that I could think was, 'Oh crap, not again.'

Emma, on the other hand, showed no sign of fear. I was never sure where all the confidence came from, but that's why I liked Emma so much. She reminded me of Ginny, unafraid.

The tension between them was so dark. They glared at one another and pulled out their wands. I pulled my wand out of my robe and pointed it at Pansy.

"You think you don't need Draco? Yeah, that's rich." Pansy screeched and threw a spell at Emma.

I couldn't see what happen fast enough. Emma countered and dodged all the spells coming at her. Then everything changed in a flash. I chased after them as they went down the halls dodging each other's spells.

I lifted up my wand to push Pansy back, but it all back fired. All I could hear was Pansy sending the killing curse at me. All I could see was Emma jumping in the way. I swear that I blacked out after that. I could hear screaming.

"Emma, no!"

Draco's POV

My body didn't work with my mind. My mind was telling my body to move. Instead, I just stood there unmoving staring at the scene before me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. In all the years that I had known Pansy, I didn't think that she had it in her, but there it was- rather, there the person was lying there on the ground.

"Emma, oh my god. Emma." The boy screamed. The sound broke through my eardrums. Cody was shaking Emma furiously. Pansy caught my stare. I didn't return her smile. It was the most callous thing that I'd ever seen.

"Aww, stupid girl jumped in the way. I tried killing the boy. I think someone has been around the Gryffindors a little too much."

"Pansy." The only words that left my lips. She laughed and walked right past me.

"What are you going to do? You can't kill me. I'm the only heir worthy of Emma's old position. See you later boyfriend."

My throat was too tight to speak. I dropped to my knees before Emma.

She lay unspeaking, unseeing. Cody held her limp body. I touched her rosy cheek and brushed away her long brown hair.

"How could you let this happen?" I asked in a barely audible voice. At first, I thought that I was speaking to Cody. Then, as I gazed down at the girl before me, I realized that I was asking no one but myself. I was responsible foe this, for everything. And of all the things that seemed to be important, like Pansy escaping the school and the hell that I would receive from my father and Emma's parents, I couldn't think of anything but of her in that moment.

Now, she'd slipped out of my hands again. I just couldn't seem to keep a hold of her. Now, she was gone forever…