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Chapter 19

The next day, Draco decides to go downstairs and join the others for breakfast. Besides being hungry, he knows that his aunt and uncle will drag him and Luna for training. He doesn't know when this exercise will end, only Merlin and his aunt know, and he doesn't intend to know, he just hopes it will not be long since he and Luna are talented wizard and witch, training them is not difficult.

As he and Luna are downstairs, the atmosphere is pretty good today and it makes his mood even better. He pulled a chair for Luna before he took a seat beside her. His eyes scanning the room for a moment, Rabastan, Blaise, and Theodore not present. He wondered where they were, maybe they were whoring around, he thought dryly. Those three can't live without screwing witches at Knockturn Alley, only Merlin knows how many women they've slept with. He is glad that he is not like them. He's not the kind of guy who likes to shove his cock on random women, it's just disgusting, you never know maybe they have a sexually transmitted disease, he shuddered at the thought.

"If you're looking for them, they go for training," Lucius said as he saw his son's eyes staring at the empty seat for a moment.

Draco snorted. "I'm not looking for them,"

Lucius smirked at what he said. He's a bad liar, at least in his eyes. "Where have you been? I didn't see you most of the day yesterday?"

"With his wife, of course," It was Bellatrix, her eyes fixed on Draco and Luna. "They are newlyweds after all,"

"That's something inappropriate to talk about at the table, Bella," Narcissa scolded her sister, aware of Luna's discomfort who just looking down.

"I didn't say anything inappropriate." Bellatrix defended herself.

Narcissa rolled her eyes while smearing jam on her toast. Instead continued her conversation with her sister, she turned her attention to Luna. "You look lovely today Luna." She's happy that Luna slowly starting to look healthy, she could see the blush on her cheeks began to appear.

Luna smiled kindly to her. "Thank you," she replied quietly.

"I told you that they're-"

"Bella," It was Rodolphus. He's tired of his wife bluntness.

"I'm not done yet," Bella protested.

"I know what you want to say," Rodolphus answered coldly.

Draco looked angrily at his aunt. Why is she getting annoying every day? Why can't she leave him alone? Why? "If you guessed that Luna and I had sex last night, yes we had," he snapped in annoyance.

Luna choked on her orange juice and looked at Draco in disbelief, while Lucius just chuckled and Narcissa was about to faint.

"That-"

"Inappropriate, I know that, Mother," Draco said in exasperation.

Bellatrix laughed happily as a child. "That's good then. Calm your nerves," she said.

"Let's stop talking about this before Cissy cuts your throat, Bella," Lucius said, glancing at his wife who hadn't found their conversation amusing.

Bellatrix made a face and continued the breakfast.

While Luna, she felt extremely embarrassed, since last night she has been uncomfortable after her encounter with Dean and seeing his reaction to her, and now she feels increasingly uncomfortable with Draco's bluntness. How she wished what was happening between them in their room only they both knew, didn't need the entire Manor to know.

After breakfast, just like yesterday, Bellatrix and Rodolphus lead them underground again. And Luna gets restless, she can't focus. Her mind will return to last night with Dean. If Dean reacts that way, surely the others will react worse. Ginny will disappointed at her, Harry will see her as a traitor, everyone will hate her. She's used the hate from people around her, but she's not sure she'll stand it after knowing how much her friends hate her. She sighed heavily as she clasped her wand tightly, trying her best to focus.

"Are you okay?" Draco asked after noticing her face that look sad and uncomfortable. Does she feel that way because of his bluntness? Certainly not, but he's still worried though.

She looked up. "I'm fine," she replied, giving him a small smile, hoping he would buy her lie.

"Well if you say so," he said as he prepared.

The duel between Bellatrix/Rodolphus and Draco/Luna has begun. Draco and Luna are getting better, in fact it's just Draco, he managed to hex Rodolphus once and jinx Bellatrix once. Unlike Luna who doesn't even know what to do. She was confused, she couldn't concentrate at all, her mind was somewhere else. Thinking of her friends who might have labeled her as a traitor, she is not a traitor.

"What happened to you?" Draco grabbed her and shook her violently. He had noticed her, and she wasn't concentrating.

"Nothing," she replied, pushing his hands away.

"If you keep going like this you will get us killed," he said roughly, irritated at her. She had been good yesterday, and now she's acting like a Muggle-born who just knew magic.

Luna completely ignores Draco's anger. She moved away from the pillar and was ready for her training. But as before, her mind will return to last night's events. And she's fed up, if she goes on with this, she might get hurt. She takes a step back slowly while avoiding hexes and jinxes from Bellatrix and Rodolphus.

But before she manages to take the third step, she hears Bellatrix throwing a curse at her, a curse she's never heard of yet familiar to her. In a second, she found herself lying helpless on the floor.

Draco's eyes widened in horror at the sight of Luna collapsing on the ground, blood filled the floor, wounds like a sword cuts filling her tiny body. It was the same curse when Potter attacked him in the toilet in his sixth year. What is that? Sectumsempra?

He ran towards her and knelt beside her. "Luna." He cradled her head on his lap and patted her cheek lightly. But she just lay back and moaned helplessly. "What are you doing?" He shouted angrily at Bellatrix. "What the fuck are you doing to her?"

"She should have dodged it," Bella sneered, not even care her blood continued to flow.

"Let me see her," Rodolphus said as he tried to heal her with healing spell, but it didn't work.

"Do something," said Draco, who was getting increasingly worried and panicked.

"It's not working," Rodolphus muttered.

"Of course it doesn't work, I cursed her with the curse created by Severus, I suppose only he who can heal her," said Bellatrix innocently.

Draco glared at her. How dare she?! He ignored Bellatrix's words and carried Luna back upstairs. Her blood was dripping on the floor and staining the carpet, but he didn't care. "Father," he yelled for his father, hoping his father could do something since her body got colder. "Father!" He shouted louder.

"Don't yell, Draco, I hear you," Lucius said in annoyance as he headed for the source of his son's voice. But his steps stopped when he saw what Draco had brought with him. "What happened to her?"

"Father, do something," Draco said, completely ignoring his father's question. Currently nothing is important to him other than Luna. The curse would kill her slowly, and he doesn't fancy be a widower at a very young age, he needs her.

"Put her down," Lucius muttered as he reached for his wand from under his robe. He put the tip of his wand on Luna's chest that murmured a spell, but it was useless, nothing happened. The wound wasn't closed and the more blood that was dripping. He also started to panic; he is not good in healing.

Narcissa who heard the commotion immediately followed her husband and almost fainted when she saw her daughter-in-law lying in a pool of blood. "Merlin, what happened?" She put her hands on her mouth, her bright eyes widened.

"Bella cursed her with a curse created by Severus," said Rodolphus, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, glaring at his wife through the corner of his eye.

"She should have dodged it," Bellatrix said casually while twisting her wand.

"You should train them not to hurt them," Lucius mumbled coldly at Bellatrix. "Let's see if the Dark Lord will be happy to hear this,"

"The Dark Lord wants me to train them," said Bellatrix matter-of-factly.

"But he didn't ask you to attack us, did he?" Draco asked roughly, he started to sweat, his hand clasped Luna's small hand.

"This is not a good time to argue," Narcissa said. "You must summon Severus he knows how to heal Luna." Narcissa remembers when Draco is cursed with the same curse, Severus heals him.

"Because you did this, Bella, you go to Severus's house and bring him here," Lucius commanded coolly, his expression darkening, his eyes staring dangerously at Bellatrix.

Bellatrix was intimidated, but she refused to show it. Instead, she spins on her heels and goes to get Severus Snape.

While Draco is still clutching Luna's hands tightly, he puts her head on his lap. He had never been this scared in his life, even when the Dark Lord had given him a mission that he thought 'impossible' he wasn't scared as now, at least he knew that Professor Snape would help him and protect him. But now it's different. He knows how it feels to be in his wife's place, it's between life and death, he knows what it feels like when your lungs refuse to work and breathe becomes the most difficult thing you do.

Draco looked down and whispered lovingly to her. "It's okay, everything will be fine, they will bring Professor Snape, he will heal you." He forced a smile, pretending that everything would be okay. "Don't close your eyes, Luna," he whispered as her eyes closed halfway. "Stay with me," he added and quietly gave her a kiss on the lips when the others didn't see, at least that's what he thought.

Narcissa smiles weakly when she accidentally sees her son whispering and kisses his wife; she is actually pleased with the choice of the Dark Lord. Maybe marrying Draco with Luna is the only thing that doesn't hurt her family, although Draco refuses at first, but she can see that they are starting to get along.

While Lucius paced the room and would turn to the clock every now and then, he was too worried to watch his son show his affection for his wife. Besides, I doubt that he would react like Narcissa; he would think that Draco is weak because he shows his affection in public. He and Narcissa have different ways of thinking.

And Rodolphus, he decided to overtake Bellatrix after she left. He worried that his wife would rant and make Severus upset and refused to help. Bellatrix can be very annoying more than a teenage girl sometimes.

All three are forced to wait in silence and anxiety. Draco becomes impatient, he has been waiting for almost 10 minutes and there is no sign that Professor Snape is coming. Automatically his mind thinks of the worst scene, what if Professor Snape refuses to come and Luna will run out of blood then she dies? Dear sweet Merlin, he doesn't want that to happen.

He saw his wife's face growing pale, she looked more like a corpse than a human, and it made him more afraid and worried. "Just wait a little longer, he'll come, hold on," he whispered, not realizing that a tear dropped on Luna's face, it might just rain, he thought as he stroked her cheek.

Luna was just lying helplessly; she had never felt such pain before, not even when Bellatrix tortured her in the dungeon. It's actually almost as painful as Cruciatus Curse, the difference is it's making her bloody out of control and probably killing her slowly. She forced her eyes open and looked at Draco's face, her vision began to blur but she was sure she saw him crying. She tries to smile and tells him that she's okay, but her voice refuses to get out of her throat, just the moans and heavy breath sounds that are heard. She also tried to squeeze his hand, but she was too weak to move as simple as that.

"Hold on, my Luna." Suddenly her mother's voice echoed in her head, and she swore that she saw her mother standing behind Draco, looking at them with her warm smile. And Luna did what her mother wanted, holding on.

Not long after that, Professor Snape came followed by Bellatrix and Rodolphus. Lucius stopped pacing and said one thing he wanted to say. "You have to heal her,"

"I did plan to heal her," Snape said coldly as usual. He walked towards Draco and Luna. "Put her down," he ordered.

"What?" Draco wasn't willing to leave her side.

"I can't heal her with you clutching her like that, it's very disturbing," Snape said dryly and emotionless.

Before Draco could speak again and say he was being unreasonable, Lucius snapped at him. "For Merlin's sake, just do what he says, Draco, your wife is dying,"

With a frown, he left Luna's side, choosing to stand beside his mother. Narcissa took Draco's hand and squeezed it gently, trying to comfort him. But apparently it's not working since he's still staring instinctively at Luna and the frown on his face shows that he looks more worried and scared than angry.

Snape put the tip of his wand on Luna's chest and muttered a spell under his breath. He mutters the spell repetitively. Slowly, the wounds like a sword cuts on Luna's body began to close; her blood began to return in her body. But even after being healed, she still looks pale, no difference from before.

"Are you sure you heal her? She doesn't look different from before," Draco asked impatiently.

"It takes some time for her to recover completely. She has been waiting too long and losing blood quite a lot," said Snape."Next time, don't use this curse to train. You are assigned to train not to kill,"

Bellatrix just made a face and left the room irritated while mumbling something about being weak and eye candy. Narcissa shook her head at her sister's behavior.

"You have to take her to your room," Snape ordered Draco. Draco is happy to comply. He carried Luna close to his chest. He felt a little more relieved after hearing her regular breathing.

"Give this potion to her, this will heal her faster." Snape handed him a vial of red liquid.

And without hesitation he left the room and turned to their room. The others could hear from him after Luna had fallen asleep, he thought as he recalled his mother's worried face. He laid Luna slowly on the bed. He looked at her face and was surprised to see her asleep. He caressed her face and whispered softly, "What am I going to do without you?"


A/N – I'm not rushing their relationship, am I?