I Knew You Were Trouble (Draco Malfoy)

Chapter 31

A few months passed since my last encounter with Draco and I can honestly say that I'm over him. Or at least that's what I've been trying to convince myself. After lying to him in order to issue my revenge a lot of things have changed. For one, I am officially a trained and licensed Auror. Kinglsey and Snape have worked hard in training me. Kingsley has taught me spells and defenses that have kept me alive so far. Snape taught me Occulmency and even though I'm still a bit rusty with Legimency, I still nailed it. I am untouchable on the battlefield. 

Whenever Kinglsey and the rest of the gang, which usually consist of me, Fred, George, Arthur, Bill, Percy and even Fluer, we would kick some serious death eater butt. In the past four months I have captured 13 death eaters and I only killed 4 of them. In my opinion they should have all died but according to Kingsley they deserve a trail. I sighed. The only thing they deserve is to die.

Anyways, I laid on my bed after reading a muggle book named 'The Scarlett Letter'. I hated it. I mean honestly, Hester should have killed or at least tortured Dimmsdale for his betrayal. How could he let her take all the blame? Coward! But it's her fault too. She put way too much trust into him and betrayed her husband. They both deserve the cruciatus curse. I sighed remembering the times I had used that spell on countless death eaters. It's sad really. I am numb now. I don't feel anything, I just attack. 

Draco has also changed from what I've heard during Snape's little meetings. Snape told me that Draco has started to show up at the meetings now and that whatever the Voldermort asks him to do, he does it without a second thought. He told me that Draco's just the shell of the man he used to be. No one but me knows what caused this sudden change in his attitude but they obviously like it seeing as he's acting like a loyal death eater. 

See, this is exactly why Draco and I can't be together. Even though we have yet to cross path again on our many death eater hunting trips, I am positive that we will one day. And when that day comes one of us will have to exterminate the other. It's a sick thought really but I'm just being realistic. Part of me feels content with the amount of death eaters that have perished at my hands but that same evil side of me, the one who cracked when my father died is thirsty for revenge. And I have a feeling that killing Draco will be my only way of quenching it.

"Alice!" I heard Snape yell from the bottom of the steps. 

"Yeah Sev?" I answered carelessly.

Snape and I have gotten close and we understand each other more. The more I spend time with him the less painful the hole in my chest feels. He could never replace my father but he's the closest thing to it. I stood up when he didn't answered immediately. This meant that the Aurors were here and I quickly grabbed my boots and my jacket. It's death eater hunting time!

"Alice," Snape began once he saw me descending the steps. "Tonight the dark lord ordered a few death eaters along with Nagini to impersonate Bathilda Bagshot. If my suspiscions are correct, Harry Potter and his friends shall visit Godric's Hollow tonight."

I raised an eyebrow at him, "And why is that?"

Instead Kingsley answered, "Harry's parents died around this time. Harry is bound to experience some painful memories so in order to ease them, he will need to go to their resting place for consolation, just like you when you go to the cemetery for your father. It helps."

I nodded feeling bad for Harry. "Alright," I said determinedly. "What's the plan?"

Snape smirked, almost proud of me. "You shall accompany Kinglsey and a few people from the Order to Bathilda's house. If anything out of the ordinary occurs or if Potter is in any danger you guys shall step in." I nodded and he placed a firm hand on my shoulder. "Be careful Alice, I think Draco might be there tonight."