Draco's POV
Black.
Darkness.
And an alone me.
That's all I could see, until I heard a scream.
A painful one.
That scream was too familiar to me, but I still couldn't place it.
I walked around the dark space and the screams grew closer and closer. My eyes widened when I saw Olivia on the ground. My Olivia. My darling.
"No!" I yelled and tried to run towards her but she seemed to move away from me.
"No, darling come back!" I ran as fast as I could but no luck.
She disappeared and I fell on the ground.
Another scream.
It was hers. I could feel her pain in those screams. I ran around the dark space again.
And there she was. On the floor again, but this time Fenrir Greyback on her. Raping her. She screamed and screamed, but he didn't budge.
I was about to jump on him to push him off of Olivia, but I was held back by someone.
"No! Not her!" I screamed while she cried and cried and I couldn't do anything.
"Draco?" she called me with tears in her eyes.
"Draco, help me" she cried and I didn't move.
Darkness again. She disappeared again and my knees gave out.
"Draco" a voice said and I looked up.
It was him.
"Did you finish the task?" he asked and I shook my head.
"No?" he asked again.
"Crucio" he said and I didn't feel any pain.
Why not?
And I looked up. His wand pointed to her.
She was squirming on the ground and screaming.
"No, no, no, no, no. I'll do the task. Please don't do anything to her" I cried while I was held down on my place.
He stopped and I sighed for a second but then again...
"Crucio!" he said and she started screaming again.
I stared at her as I watched her getting cruciated. My eyes filled with tears while hers looked for any relief.
"Please stop, she's all I got" I said and tried to free myself from people that were holding me.
He stopped and she got up.
"Avada Kedavra!" he said and her body fell to the ground.
"Nooooooooooo" I yelled on top of my breath and ran to her.
"No, no, no, no, no, no. Please don't be dead, please" I said as I lightly slapped her cheeks. She didn't move.
Even though I heard him cast the Killing spell, I couldn't help but wonder if I heard it wrong.
I was shaking her body but she didn't open her eyes.
And then suddenly, her body vanished and I was in a bright room.
There were pictures of us everywhere. On the wall, hundreds and hundreds of pictures. Happy memories.
"Draco" a sweet voice called from behind me and it was her.
I walked up to her and she offered her arms and I took it. I felt relief at the thought of touching her. At the thought of having her in my arms again. She muttered something and I woke up.
I opened my eyes and saw Olivia resting her forehead on mine.
"Olivia!" I bolted up and took her in my arms. I hugged her tightly and pulled away.
"Y-You're okay" I said stroking her face and her body to see signs for any pain.
"I'm okay, Draco" she said sweetly and kissed my head.
"It was just a nightmare" she completed caressing my cheek.
"N-Nightmare?" I asked as I saw Blaise and Pansy standing beside me.
"Yes, just a nightmare. Nothing happened to me. I am safe and you are too" she said rubbing my back and offered me a glass of water.
"Drink it" she said and I gulped it down like I had been thirsty for water for decades.
"Do you need more?" she asked as she saw me gulp down the drink.
"No" I said weakly.
"Alright, now sleep, okay? Everything is perfectly okay" she said and got off the bed.
I grabbed her wrists and pulled back down.
"Stay" I pleaded and she nodded.
"Okay" she cooed and I hugged her.
She gave a single nod to Blaise and Pansy and they left the room.
She picked up a towel that was on my bedside table and wiped my forehead that had been sweaty due to the nightmare.
"Now, lie down, I'm right here" she said and I lied down. She lied down next to me and I looked at her.
I sighed and pulled her closer and rested my head on her chest. She stroked my hair and placed small kisses on the top of my head.
"I'm sorry" I said crying on her chest.
I didn't mind showing my weakest self to her. She knows me and she accepted me the way I was. I broke down in front of her in the RoR, still she took care of me.
And today, I lashed out on her, when she was just asking what happened. But still she came here to help me today.
Olivia's POV
"No problem, love" I said and kissed his temples while he laid his head on top of my chest and wrapped his arms around me.
"How long haven't you eaten?" I asked calmly.
He stayed silent.
"Draco, I'll not get mad, just tell me" I said again rubbing his back.
"E-Eight days" he said quietly.
I was angry. How could he do that? How can he not take care of himself?
I sighed loudly and moved him from top of me.
"No" he whined, "Where are you going?" he asked and I smiled.
"I'll be back in 10 minutes with some food" I said and apparated to the kitchen.
I scared a poor sleeping Dobby.
"Sorry, Dobby. I didn't mean to startle you" I said nicely and he smiled.
"What can I do for you, Mistress?" he asked nicely as I took out some eggs and a bowl.
"Olivia, Dobby. Every elf here calls me by my name. You should too" I said as I broke the eggs into the container.
"Okay... What can I do for you, Olivia?" he asked again and I smiled.
"Draco hasn't eaten in days, so help me toast some bread and please put the kettle on the gas" I said and he followed.
Within minutes, I made Draco some food that would give him some energy.
I took a tray and placed the toast, hot omelet, tea, biscuits, green apples and pumpkin juice on it.
"Dobby, please help me and apparate with me to Draco's room" I said and he shook his head.
"Sorry, I cannot come to Master Draco's room, he'll-" he said with fear but I cut him off.
"He won't do anything, Dobby. Trust me" I said and he apparated us to his room.
Draco looked at me and sighed and then looked at Dobby, who was hiding behind me and smiled at him.
"Thank you, Dobby" Draco said making Dobby smile a little. He sighed and left the room.
I did change him.
"Here" I said placing the tray on the bed and said, "I made this with whatever all I could find right now"
He kissed my cheek and happily ate the food.
"Now, come on. Back to sleep" I ordered while I placed the tray on the table.
He laid down and opened up his arms for me to cuddle.
"Cuddles?" I teased and giggled.
"Oh, don't act like you don't enjoy them" he said pouting a little.
I slept next to him and he snuggled into my arms and rested his head on my chest. The pair of us fell asleep quickly.
A few days passed and Draco had still been trying to repair the cabinet. I was sitting on the couch that was in front of the cabinet, reading when Draco burst into tears.
"Draco" I quickly got up and kneeled down in front of him. I saw him holding a dead bird in his hand.
"Draco..." I said stroking his back, "It's gonna be fine"
This is all I had been doing over the past few days, reassure him.
Draco tried again and gave up after a few more times. We parted ways and went to lunch.
I didn't see the trio, so I sat next to Ginny and looked at my plate. I had no intention of eating. I was playing with my food when a boy tapped on my shoulder. He was from Gryffindor, a second year.
"Miss Granger told me to tell you that Ronald is in the hospital" he said sweetly and my eyes widened.
"Hospital? Do you know what happened?" I asked looking at Ginny and she shook her head.
"Thank you, sweetheart" I said and placed a kiss on his head and ran to the hospital.
"Bloody hell, what happened?" I asked as we saw Ron unconscious on the bed with Hermione by his side and Harry standing at the foot of the bed.
"He was poisoned" Harry said as few professors came near the bed.
"What?" I asked as I sat beside him, taking his hand in mine.
"Quick thinking on your part, Harry, using a bezoar" Dumbledore said looking at Harry.
"You must be very proud of your student, Horace" he completed looking at Slughorn.
"Yes, yes, yes. Potter's acts were heroic. But why were they necessary?" McGonagall asked.
"Why indeed?" Dumbledore asked and took the bottle of mead that Slughorn was holding.
"This appears to be a gift, Horace. You don't remember who gave it to you?" he asked and smelled the bottle.
"It was a gift, Yes, but actually, I had intended to give it as a gift myself" Slughorn said and I was still looking at Ron.
"To whom, I might ask?" Dumbledore asked and what Slughorn said next made me realize.
"To you, Headmaster" he replied sadly.
It was the mead that Draco left for Dumbledore. A wave of guilt filled my body and I stroked Ron's hair, as I was too to blame a little.
"Where is he?" Lavender cried as she entered the wing.
"Where's my Won-Won? Has he been asking for me?" she completed and the professors made way for her.
"What is she doing here?" she asked looking at Hermione.
Hermione scoffed and said, "I might ask you the same thing"
"I happen to be his girlfriend" she replied cockily.
"I happen to be his... friend" Hermione said sitting down. I looked at Hermione and rolled my eyes.
"What about you? You're here, now that you know he's all interesting" she said looking at me.
Before I could say anything, Hermione cut me off and said, "He's been poisoned, you daft dimbo!" and I snickered.
"And for the record, I've always found him interesting and don't you dare talk to my best friend and his sister like that" she completed and looked at me.
"Get her girl" I said loud enough for everyone to hear.
Ron fiddled a little on the bed and murmured something. I quickly knew what it was.
"See, he senses my presence" Lavender said coming closer to the bed.
"Don't worry, Won-Won. I'm here" she said making me roll my eyes.
"Her... Uh... Hermione" Ron said and I smiled widely.
Hermione sat next to him and took his hands in hers. Lavender gasped a little and went running out of the wing.
"Oh, to be young and to feel love's keen sting" Dumbledore said as everyone stood there awkwardly.
"Well, come away, everybody. Mr. Weasley is in good hands" he completed and everyone left the wing except Hermione.
I knew what I had to do. I had to tell Draco. I knew that after curfew, he was going to try again.
So, I walked out of my dorm and out of the common room, to only see Harry following Draco and he had no idea.
I quietly followed Harry and made sure he didn't see me or where Draco was going. Draco had reached the seventh floor and was waiting in front of the wall for a door to appear. Harry was about to see where he was going so I made a sound from my shoe and Harry turned towards the voice where Draco entered the RoR.
I stood behind the wall for a minute and saw Harry leave. I quickly entered the RoR and went to Draco.
"Draco, you have to be careful" I said and he furrowed his eyebrows at me.
"What do you mean?" he asked as he sat down next to me.
"Harry, he was following you today and he already is suspicious of you being a Death Eater" I said looking at the cabinet.
"Bloody Potter" he said and went to the cabinet.
He tried a few more times and couldn't succeed.
"Draco" I called him again and he turned around.
I put my hands in my pocket and took out a vial. I looked at it and then at him.
Liquid Luck.
"Here" I said and he kneeled down in front of me.
"No, no, darling. You earned it" he said closing my fingers around it.
"Nothing, I repeat nothing is worth seeing you like this" I said and handed it to him. He reluctantly took it from my hands and looked at it.
"Just... think about the cabinet, not about the other task" I said sadly and he wrapped his arms around me.
"What would I do without you, darling?" he said and I cried knowing that I will be as much as blamed as he would be.
"Now, do it later. Let's go to bed" I said and I pulled away from the hug.
I went back to my dorm and cried the whole night, careful not to wake Ginny or Hermione up.
After a few days, Ron was out of the hospital. We were sitting for lunch when Katie walked in.
"Harry, it's Katie" Hermione said and he looked up from his book.
"Katie Bell" she completed and Harry ran to her and my breathing increased.
If she tells Harry that Draco was the one to curse her, then he was done for. Draco had been mending the cabinet all morning. He entered looking sad and his eyes directly fell on Harry and he turned around.
Draco looked at me, loosened his tie and paced out of the Great Hall, Harry following behind.
I got up but Ron pulled me down.
"Sit down, Liv. Harry's got it covered" he said and I sat down reluctantly.
A few minutes passed by and all I could think about was Draco. By the looks of it, it looked like that Harry had caught on.
Before Ron could pull me back, I ran out of the hall and searched for the both of them. I was walking by the lavatory when I heard a thud and then Draco crying. His cries were too familiar for me now, as I had been listening to them at nights.
I opened the door to see a bloodied Draco on the floor with Harry standing next to him.
"No, no, no, no, no" I ran to Draco and fell to the ground, near him, not caring about the blood that was getting on my clothes.
He was crying. His shirt was covered in blood and the floor mixed his blood with the water that was flowing around him.
"Draco..." I cried and cupped his cheek.
"Darling..." he said weakly but couldn't complete as he was in too much pain. I couldn't think straight. The love of my life was dying in front of me, he was giving up, right in front of my eyes.
"I-I love you, Draco. Come on, don't-" I said and he smiled slightly. He looked like he was gonna die.
"I... know, Oli..." he said and cried as the pain stinged him.
"What did you do?" I yelled at Harry still looking at Draco.
"What was the spell?" I asked angrily looking at him.
"Sectumsempra" he said and I widened my eyes.
I looked back at Draco and he was pleading, "Help me, Olivia. Please, it hurts"
"Vul... Vulnera" I said but couldn't complete. I was distracted by the blood around us, by his cries, his whimpers. His blood was all over me, making me nauseous at the feeling. I couldn't cast the spell.
"Do something! Don't just stand there! Call Snape!" I shouted and Snape entered the bathroom.
He looked at Harry and he ran out of the bathroom.
"Sir... please" I cried holding Draco's hand.
"My child, he'll be fine" he said and kneeled down near Draco.
"Vulnera Sanentur" he said waving his wand on Draco. He cast the spell a few times and the blood went all back in his body.
I was still holding his hand and cupping his cheek.
"Miss Montgomery, please take Mr. Malfoy to the Hospital Wing now" Snape said and I broke my stare off of Draco and looked at Snape.
"He still needs to be mended" he said placing a hand on my shoulder.
I nodded and picked up Draco, he stood up weakly and put an arm around my shoulder and I helped him to the wing.
"Oh, dear" Madam Pomfrey said as she saw my bloodied clothes.
"I'm fine, Madam. It's Draco" I said and placed him on the bed. Madam Pomfrey mended him and I sat next to him.
After she was done, she looked at me. She placed a hand on my shoulder and stroked my hair.
"Dear, he'll be okay. You need a change of clothes" she said and I shook my head.
"I'm not leaving him, not even for a second" I said and she smiled lightly.
"Both of you are stubborn. Whenever you were in the hospital he denied going to his room, just like you are" she said and sat down next to him.
"I'm not moving from here till you get back, go ahead and come after changing" she said and I nodded.
I looked at Draco, he was sleeping. I placed a kiss on his forehead and headed out.
I went to the second-floor bathroom and washed my face. I looked at my clothes, it had patches of Draco's blood. It was all because of Harry.
"Myrtle?" I asked as I wiped my face.
"What?" she said annoyingly.
"Hi, how are you?" I asked her and she calmed down. Everyone had been bullying her from since she died.
"Thank you, Myrtle" I said and she looked at me in shock.
"For Draco" I completed and she asked, "How-"
"He told me. He told me how you helped him and how you guys were friends and how you've seen him cry" I said sadly, wiping the blood off of my hands.
"Is that his-"
"Yes" I said and she cried a little.
"He had an accident earlier today. I just wanted to say thank you for being there for him" I said and she hugged me.
"Thank you so much Myrtle, for being there for my love and helping him through. No one knows how he is, deep down" I said and left the bathroom.
My next stop – Harry Potter
I slammed the door opened of the Gryffindor Common Room.
"HARRY JAMES POTTER" I yelled and pulled out my wand at him. Ginny was sitting next to him, while Ron sat on an armchair with Hermione sitting on the arm rest of the chair.
"Did you think you could get away by hurting the love of my life?" I said and Hermione came to me.
"Liv, put your wand down" she said and pushed my hand down.
"Sectumsempra? Really Harry? Did you even know what the spell did, when you cast it?" I asked shaking my head.
"The book... it wrote for enemies" he said and I scoffed.
"Enemies?" I asked taking a step towards him.
"Enemies? Really? When we were 11 and serving detention, in the bloody Forbidden Forest, HE called Hagrid when my arm started paining. Our second year, HE gave me that sheet of paper that had the information about the Basilisk. Third year, HE distracted Lupin when he was about to attack you, near the Whomping Willow, he jumped in front of me when he was going to attack me later on. HE saved me from my rapist, he helped me heal. Near the Triwizard Tournament, HE was the one with me the night Cedric died. Fifth year, HE helped me, he helped us, by giving the positions of the Inquisitorial Squad, HE got me out of detention, he knows about me being his daughter, yet You-Know-Who is still unaware. He has been helping me and indirectly you, for the past 6 years, Potter and you say enemies" I rambled and yelled at him.
Ginny tried to defend Harry but I shut her up before she could say anything, "No, no. You better keep your mouth shut right now, Gin. It's between me and him. I don't care if you think he didn't do anything wrong, I know he does, everyone knows" I said pointing my finger at her.
"His father is a Death-"
"You're being so delusional at this moment. If Draco wasn't in hospital right now, it would've been my wand and your neck" I cut him off and left the common room and went to the wing.
Madam Pomfrey hadn't moved just like she promised.
"Thank you, Madam Pomfrey" I said and she smiled and went to check on other patients.
I looked at Draco and wondered. How much he's been through, how much pain he has had for one lifetime, how much torturing he took for me, how much stress he went through for me.
I stroked his hair and fell asleep holding his hand. It had been hours since I felt his body move a little.
I rubbed my eyes and woke up and saw him drinking some potion that Madam Pomfrey gave him, without disturbing me.
"Draco!" I exclaimed and pulled him in a tight hug. He hissed but hugged me back.
"Sorry" I muttered and pulled away quickly.
"How are you? Is there any pain? Should I do something? Shall I call Madam Pomfrey?" I asked too many questions at one time.
"I'm alright, darling. And calm down" he said and I sat down beside him.
"Sorry, Draco. That I couldn't help you, when you-"
"You did whatever you could. And if I saw in you in such condition, even I would've been shaken" he said smiling and I placed a kiss on his forehead.
"I did it" he said in my chest and he pulled me in a hug.
"You did?" I asked again as I wrapped my arms around him knowing that this was our last night.
He nodded and I hugged him tightly.
"Promise me something" he said and pulled away.
"Promise me that you will go to your dorm right now and will not come out no matter what" he said holding my hands and pulling me closer.
"Draco, I-"
"No, no. There's no room for negotiation. You're leaving now and staying in your dorm" he said sternly.
I hugged him for one last time and touched our foreheads. I looked deep in his eyes and he leaned in closer. He ran his thumb on my lips before leaning in.
Our lips touched and everything seemed to be okay.
There's a difference between kissing someone because they're attractive, and you're in love with them and kissing someone because words can no longer accurately express what you were feeling right now.
That was what was happening right now, that difference was just a thin line and we found ourselves right on that line, balancing our love for each other.