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Paige proceeded to walk to the hospital wing. When she arrived she saw Crabbe and Goyle. And Draco was already dressed and well.
'Good,' Paige said, walking towards them. 'You're allowed to leave the Hospital wing?' She looked around for madam Pomdfrey when she saw her unconscious in her office. 'What?'
Before Paige could react, Grabbe and Goyle grabbed her and shoved her into a chair.
'WHAT THE HELL, LET GO OF ME!' Paige shouted, trying to get out of their grip but they were way stronger than her.
'I'm sorry, Paige.' The cold voice of Draco sounded.
'Draco!' Paige grunted. 'Draco, what is the meaning of this?'
Draco took out a small bottle out of his pocket. Paige looked terrified, she knew what was in that…
'Draco…,' She whispered, '...please.' He opened the bottle containing Veritaserum.
'Draco, please, don't do this… Don't do this to me!' Paige started begging, panic running rapidly through her body. 'You can't do this to me! Please! PLEASE!'
He ignored her. He took hold of her cheeks, forcing her mouth open.
Tears emerged from the corners of her eyes. 'Draho..' She tried but he forcefully emptied the liquid of the bottle in her mouth. Then he held her mouth and nose shut. Paige had no other choice but to swallow. He let her face go when he noticed she did. She gasped for air when he released her.
'FUCK YOU, DRACO! YOU SHITHEAD!' She spit at him, fuming with anger. How could he do this to her? He was supposed to be her best friend!
She couldn't read his expression. He looked emotionless. The only thing she could see was how pale he looked.
'Do you know what the prophecy said?' He asked her.
'No, I don't!' Paige answered looking livid. 'I thought we were friends!' She shouted, trying to get out of Grabbe and Goyle's grips..
'Is the potion working?' Ask Goyle while Draco answers to Paige, 'I thought this friendship didn't work for you!' He sounded bitter.
'No, I take it back! Okay? Just don't do this to me!'
'Make her tell a secret.' suggested Crabbe after Draco and Paige fell quiet.
'Who did you set on fire at your previous school?' Draco asked her to make sure the potion worked.
'Madison Rex.' Paige scoffed. 'But that's not much of a secret, now is it? Lots of people seem to know!'
'Yeah I hoped that if people would bother you about it you'd run back to the Potter brat.'
Paige froze, trying to process what he just said.
'You? You told them?' She said softly, she couldn't believe it.. Her best friend told them? This was not the Draco she knew, this was someone else, this had to be someone else.
'Yes Paige I did! You had an assignment to do! Sometimes I think you just want to get yourself killed!' Draco snapped before leaning over Paige, grabbing the backrest of the chair she had been forced on.
Paige swallowed hard, looking into his cold grey blue eyes, the same eyes she had always looked at ever since they were friends. But the sparkle, the light, in his eyes was gone.
'But it seems the potion is working…So you still haven't gotten the answer about the prophecy.' He said disappointed.
'No, I do not.'
'Did you even try getting the information?'
'No!'
Draco growled, 'Damn it, Paige…'
Paige looked away, she felt disgusted by him… She never thought she would see him like this. How could this be her Draco? The boy that cried when he heard she had to go to another school? Her best friend!
'Paige, I care about you⎼' Draco started but she spat in his face. He backed off, wiping his face clean. 'DAMN IT PAIGE!'
'How dare you, Draco.' Her body was shaking but her voice sounded steady. 'Don't dare say you care for me, pulling this shit!'
Draco looked scared for a slight second, but recovered fast. 'Just tell me if there is any useful information.'
A tear fell down Paige's cheek. 'Harry… and Dumbledore are… on a mission right now… they found something.' She grunted.
'What did they find?' Draco asked curiously
'I don't know.'
Draco started pacing, thinking.
'Draco,' Paige tried, what was her friend doing, why was he doing this? 'You don't have to do this!' She felt desperate, she had to try something to get her friend out of the state he was in.
He turned to her, his nose wrinkled. 'You have no idea what I can and can not do!'
'No Draco, please… Whatever you are planning to do you don't have to! You'll be 17 soon and then we don't ever have to go back! We could get out of this mess together! Get out before he marks us⎼'
Draco froze in his place, he hesitated for a moment before he rolled up his sleeve exposing the dark mark.
Paige gasped, no this was bad this was really really bad. He was marked… he was a death eater… She felt dizzy, No, no, no, no, not Draco!
'See Paige! I can't get out of this even if I wanted to! He marked me already! He can find me! I have to do this…'
Paige sat frozen, Draco was a death eater… This couldn't be, she didn't want to believe.
'Right, the information we have can work for us now.' Draco spoke to Grabbe and Goyle. 'So he's not here tonight… Perfect… we can just wait for him and get the others here.' Draco turned to Paige again. 'I will advise you to stay here Paige.'
He nodded to Grabbe and Goyle, they let go of her and started walking with Draco.
Paige stood up walking after them. 'No way, Draco. I won't let you do whatever you are planning to do!' She grabbed her wand but was too slow. Draco had already turned around, his wand out.
'DEPULSO!' Draco yelled, wand pointed at Paige. She felt herself get pulled backwards, she crashed into one of the medicine cabinets. Flying threw the doors, landed inside of it, bottle scattering by the force of her body.
Laying motionless in the debris, a stream of blood oozed from her head. Draco stared for a moment, frozen like he had a mental battle inside of him whether to help her or not but finally turning back around and walking away with Grabbe and Goyle.
Paige felt an agonising pain coming from her head. She tried standing up but fell forwards immediately. She had the taste of blood in her mouth. She slowly brought her hand up to her head. It stung when she came close. She opened her eyes, one eye was washed in red.
How long had she been out? Did she still have time to get to Draco?
She started to crawl towards the office of Madam Pomfrey. When arriving she tried to wake her up, hoping they had only knocked her out and not something worse.
Madam Pomfrey jumped up. Looking around alarmed. 'That boy!' She hissed. Then noticed Paige on the ground. 'Oh dear.' She helped her up, placing Paige on her chair. She looked at her head wound. 'Just a moment, this might sting a bit.' She said, taking out her wand. She pointed it at the wound that started to mend itself.
Paige felt instantly better, 'Thanks' she mumbled, trying to stand up. She did feel dizzy still but she had to push it aside. She had to warn Harry, Dumbledore, someone!
'Please stay seated⎼' Madam Pomfrey tried but Paige was already moving.
'I have to go, thanks again.' She called behind her as she ran out of the hospital wing. She had no idea how long she had been out but when she reached the hallway it was utter chaos. Students, Aurors, Professors were all fighting against Death Eaters. Was this what Draco was talking about?
She looked around but she didn't see anyone she knew here. She walked on trying not to get hit by any spells flying around. She turns a corner, where she finds Ron and Hermione.
'Paige!' Cried Hermione running towards her, Ron behind her. 'There you are⎼ Paige what happened.' They saw that half of her face was covered in blood.
'Draco knocked me out!' Paige explained. 'What's going on?'
'Death eaters in the castle.' Ron said, 'They came out of the room of requirement, together with Malfoy.'
'I didn't have the time to tell Harry about Snape!' Hermione panicked, 'I'm so sorry!'
'Hermione, it's okay!' Paige said, Hermione hastily pulled something out of her pocket.
'Felix Fortune, there is still a little bit!.' Hermione pressed it in Paige's hand. Paige shakenly opened the bottle and was just about to take a sip when a spell hit the bottle and it shattered.
'What?!' Paige started but Ron pulled her quickly to the side, just missing another spell almost hitting her in the face. They looked around, it was Ashley!
'Your mother.' Hermione whimpered.
Paige stood in front of Ron and Hermione, 'Well, remember I told you that I found out something about my family?'
'Yeah,' Hermione croaked, they took a few steps back as Ashley made her way towards them, wand at the ready.
'Apparently she's not my mother!' Paige's face contorted to anger.
'What?!' Ron and Hermione said together.
'Ow, well… well, she found out my little secret.' Ashley said coldly, stepping closer towards them.
Paige felt anger running through her veins. 'She…' Paige added through gritted teeth. 'She murdered my real mother!'
Hermione gasped. Paige almost now blinded with rage, stepped towards her supposed mother, raising her wand. 'Go, this is my fight!' Paige told Ron and Hermione.
'Good luck,' They muttered, leaving her with Ashley..
'So now you know the truth, little doll.' Ashley spat, wand pointed at Paige's heart. 'Guess the jig is up!' She started firing spells, Paige deflected them. She had never felt so much anger in her life and not just an hour ago she thought that was the most angry that she'd ever felt.
Paige had to keep deflecting her spells she was firing so fast. Sometimes Paige felt a warm pain where a spell had just grazed her. But Paige wouldn't back down.
Ashley was first full of confidence but slowly it started to wear down. Paige had been so angry this year. This year had been so miserable and Ashley was to blame for most of it.
Paige saw an opening firing her attacking spell. Ashley fell over, falling against a pillar. Paige walked towards her, 'Expelliarmus!' She shouted, the woman's wand flew out of her hand.
Her wand pointed at Ashley, her face contorted.
'Well done, my daughter.'
'Don't call me that, I'm not your daughter!'
'I did raise you, my child.' She said almost calmly.
'I AM NOT YOUR CHILD!' Paige felt beyond rage. Would she have it in her to end it.. to end the woman that called herself her mother.
'See, I see the rage in your eyes, Paige. You are my daughter.'
'SHUT UP!' Pointing her wand in a threatening way.
A scared look formed on the woman's face. 'No please… Paige…'
Paige was shook by this reaction, lowering her wand slightly but a second later Ashley bursted out in laughter.
'Maybe you're right, you're not my child! You're too weak to be my child!'
Paige looked disgusted at her…
'But you are definitely your fathers daughter…' Ashley said coldly, a grin on her face.
'What did you do with my father?' Demanded Paige.
'If you kill me you'll never know…'
'Shit..' Paige muttered but then the pillar behind her mother blew up as a spell hit it. She saw her mother run towards her wand and disapparate. Paige tried to dodge the flying stone but one hit her right in her ribs. She fell down, groaning loudly. Hands pressed against the place it hit her. When she looked at her hands, she saw the colour red.
She tried standing up but fell to her knees, feeling more blood dripping through her fingers.
Trying to get up she leaned against a wall. She felt her strength slowly leaving her body. She slid down to the ground back against the wall. Her eyes started to get blurry… She saw someone with big brown hair running her way. Paige couldn't hear what she was saying, everything sounded muffled.
They pointed their wand at the wound, Paige felt it closing up. It felt less smooth than when Madam Pomfry mended her head wound.
Sound starting to come back, her eyes focussing seeing Hermione. She looked pale as a ghost.
'Paige, you okay?' She asked, helping her up.
'Yeah, thanks to you.'
'Did your mother do this? I mean not your mother.. That woman?' Hermione stumbled, still holding Paige up a bit.
'Well, no… It was an explosion. I tried to dodge.' She pointed to the half pillar.
'Well I closed the wound, it won't be scarless.'
'Hermione, please. I'm glad I'm still alive.'
Suddenly the door to the astronomy tower slammed open. A few death eaters including Bellatrix walked out, after them Draco and Snape emerged.
Paige's heart sank to her stomach. What was Snape doing with the Death eaters? Seconds later she saw Harry emerge as well. He was running after them.
'HARRY!' Paige yelled but right at that moment another explosion occurred.
When the dust had settled she saw only a glimpse of Harry disappearing through another door. Paige started to run after him. Hermione called after Paige, but she didn't respond.
They got outside. Hagrid's hut was on fire.
Shit, Paige thought, hoping Hagrid wasn't hurt.
'Impedimenta!' Paige heard Harry yell. One of the death eaters stumbled and fell. Harry jumped over him, still hot in pursuit.
Paige followed, trying to keep up. Her ribs still hurting.
An outline of Hagrid appeared, a Death eater was aiming curse after curse at the gamekeeper; but Hagrid's immense strength and the toughened skin seemed to be protecting him.
Snape and Malfoy, were still running; they would soon be beyond the gates, able to disapparate.
Harry raised his wand again, 'Stupefy!'
He missed; the jet of red light missing Snape's head by a few inches. 'Run, Draco!' Snape shouted before turning around.
'DRACO!' Paige yelled at the top of her lungs. Draco turned to look at her but he didn't stop, and reaching the end of the terrain one of the death eaters grabbed him and disapparated.
Paige looked back at Snape and Harry. They both had their wands raised at each other..
'CRUC⎼' Harry started but Snape parried his curse; knocking Harry backward off his feet. He landed hard on the ground but got up almost immediately.
Paige stood a few yards away, out of breath, clenching her side. Harry wanted to use an unforgivable curse?
'CRUCI⎼' Harry tried again, but Snape blocked the spell again.
'No unforgivable curses for you, Potter!' Snape shouted.
Harry tried another spell but to no use. 'FIGHT BACK!' Harry screamed at Snape.
Paige felt a sorrow in Harry's heart. What happened on that astronomy tower? Why was he so angry right now?
'FIGHT BACK YOU COWARD!'
'Coward, did you call me, Potter?' Shouted Snape. 'Your father would never track me unless it was four on one, what would you call him, I wonder?'
Harry tried another spell but Snape blocked again. 'I keep blocking if you don't keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!' He sneered.
Paige saw another Death eater point his wand at Harry. An excruciating scream came from Harry. He fell to the ground.
'NO!' Paige screamed, pointing her want to the death eater, 'Stupefy!' The death eater fell down frozen. She ran towards Harry, falling on her knees next to him.
She looked at Snape, he almost had a look of pity in his eyes, before he called to the Death eater to retweet.
Harry stood up again, his eyes full of fury. He pointed his wand again. 'SECTRU⎼'
Snape blocked again, Harry wand flying out of his hand. 'You dare use my own spells against me, Potter?' Snape asked, walking towards them.
Paige trying to shield Harry. 'Yes Potter, I invented that spell. Me the half blood prince.' Paige felt her stomach turn, so it was Snape!
'KILL ME THEN!' Paige heard Harry scream behind her, his voice cracked. 'KILL ME LIKE YOU KILLED HIM! YOU COWARD!'
'DON'T⎼' Snape screamed, his face in pain. '⎼CALL ME COWARD!' He pointed his wand at Harry, getting closer.
'NO!' Paige screamed standing up, completely shielding Harry.
He stopped looking at Paige, he looked disgusted. After a while he turned around again. He started running.
Paige turned to Harry who was trying to get up to search for his wand. She looked back to Snape, he had disapparated.
She again turned to Harry, he was sitting on his knees, wand in hand with a defeated look on his face.
Paige ran towards him, kneeling next to him. 'Harry? You okay?'
He didn't look at her… 'Snape… he…'
'Harry?'
'He.. killed…'
'Snape killed someone?'
'He killed Dumbledore..'
Paige froze, not believing what she was hearing…. Snape killed Dumbledore… Dumbledore was dead?
Harry finally looked up at his girlfriend. He saw half her face drenched in blood. He stretched out his hand, touching her face. 'Are you okay?' He sounded out of breath.
Paige grabbed his hand, pressing it in her skin. 'Yeah, I'm fine.'
Relieved fell on Harry's face, she could see tears form in his eyes.
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