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The Source - Chapter Twenty One
"Speaking"
<Thinking>
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Draco was sitting in a chair in the common room and waiting for Felicity. He was dressed very casually in black pants, a grey turtleneck and a black jacket. His hair was loose and kind of messy (he still looked good, though) because he was constantly running his hand through it, trying to clear his mind of Ginny. The stairs creaked and Draco looked up to see Felicity coming down. She was wearing a very form fitting back dress and high heels. The dress was held up by spaghetti straps and reached just above the knee.
Draco stood up and was looking intently at Felicity. She made her way towards him and stood there for him to look at.
"So, ready to go?" she asked.
"Yeah," Draco managed to say. "You look great, Lateris."
"Call me Felicity," she said with a smile.
"Sure, shall we go then?" he then held his arm out for her to hook onto.
Felicity nodded and linked her arm into his; they then headed out of the common room to go to the party.
The party was held in an old and abandoned classroom on level two. It was charmed to look like a nightclub, with tables, chairs and love seats and there was also a bar where they served juice and butterbeer. There was music playing loudly and luckily the room had a silencing charm on it or else the whole school would have been woken up.
Draco had danced with Felicity and had a couple of drinks with her as well. During the time that he was in her company Ginny didn't cross his mind even once. They had been at the party for a few hours and were now sitting in a seat facing a couple that were snogging. Draco could read the words 'Mystical Starlight' sparkling on one of their shirts and then Felicity said she wanted to go. They left the party and she said she wanted to go to the Astronomy tower.
They arrived at the tower and both looked out from the window. They were standing very close and Draco could smell her hair.
"What shampoo do you use?" Draco suddenly asked.
Felicity was a little surprised that Draco was asking such a question but just smiled brightly.
"Do you like it? A girl in the Hospital wing gave it to me when I went down to get a spare bottle of the normal shampoo. It smells really nice doesn't it?" she said while playing with a bit of her hair.
Draco could only stare at her and nod. He knew that Ginny used the same kind of shampoo because when she had slept in his bed last time, she left her smell there and he could smell it when he went to sleep that night. It was also this smell that helped him catch her trying to sneak into the Slytherin common room.
He was shaken from his thoughts by the feeling of Felicity moving even closer towards him. He looked at her and was met by big brown eyes.
"You know, Draco," she whispered, "Ever since I met you on my first night here I haven't been able to erase you from my mind." Felicity was very close to him now and had her hands on his chest.
Draco kept looking at her and didn't move.
"I just wanted to tell you that I really like you." She moved her face closer to his until they were only an inch apart. "And I was wondering of you like me too?" she whispered hoarsely and then kissed him.
Draco closed his eyes and accepted the kiss. It grew more passionate so he placed his hands onto her waist. She then linked her hands behind his head to press him closer to her. Hands were roaming and their breathing became ragged. After some time, they broke off the kiss and were both breathing heavily.
"So, what do you think," Felicity managed to say between breaths.
"I think you are great," Draco answered.
Felicity smiled widely and pulled Draco down for another kiss.
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For the next few days Draco spent as much time as he could with Felicity and the whole school soon came to the conclusion that they were a couple. The time he spent with Felicity was all right; they talked about normal stuff, which wasn't very important and then mostly snogged. Draco didn't mind the relationship he had with Felicity, it was much like the other relationships he had had with girls at Hogwarts. Felicity was beautiful, smart and liked quidditch which suited Draco quite well. She had opinions of her own and didn't flaunt around like Pansy, which was good, but Draco knew that it was all just a game. It wouldn't last. She was probably just using him for the fame and money, but he didn't mind because he needed someone and she needed him, it was all just a bargain.
<What I have with Weasley is also a bargain,> he thought sadly.
Draco had Auror training that morning with Harry but he really wasn't paying attention and was being yelled at a lot by Mr. Gilding.
"What's gotten into you, Malfoy?" Harry whispered.
"Nothing," Draco answered gloomily.
Harry glanced at Draco worriedly but left him to himself. Draco started to concentrate more because it would help him forget about Ginny for a short while.
After some time of attacks and defences with Mr. Gilding, Draco was sensing that something wasn't quite right. He glanced at Harry in between attacks and gave him a look; Harry returned the look signalling that he also felt that something wasn't really right. Mr. Gilding was attacking a bit more forcefully today and they were barely able to defend themselves.
Harry thought it would be better that he tell Mr. Gilding to ease up a bit because he and Draco had already received a number of burns and cuts.
Mr. Gilding just laughed in an evil way. "Why would I want to ease up when I have the chance to get rid of you two pestering kids?" He then cast a very strong spell that sent Harry and Draco across the room where they slammed into the wall, hard.
Draco and Harry were stunned for a short time but then quickly got up. Mr. Gilding was launching another attack at them and they both brought their wands up to cast defence spells they had learned. They weren't strong enough to hit the spell backwards but were strong enough to shield themselves.
"What do we do now, Malfoy?" Harry asked.
"How am I supposed to know?" Draco answered back.
"Well we can't hold this shield up forever. We have to go and find Dumbledore or some other teacher," Harry said.
"Alright then, can you keep this shield up by yourself for a few seconds while I perform a spell on him?" Draco asked. Harry was now struggling with keeping his wand up.
"I'll try. You'll have to be quick though," Harry said through clenched teeth.
Draco nodded. He had to do this quickly. Draco then stopped his wand from performing the shield and the instant he did that, the force of Mr. Gilding's attack pushed Harry back. Draco then swiftly bent down and performed a spell.
"Locomater mortis!"
This locked Mr. Gilding's feet together and his attack stopped because he had fallen down onto the floor. Draco used this time to help Harry up and they both ran towards the door.
They were running towards the door when Gilding reached out and managed to grab onto Draco's foot making him fall down. Harry turned around to try and lift Draco up but Draco stopped him.
"Go find Dumbledore, quickly!" he said.
Gilding had released the lock from his feet and was pulling at Draco's leg. He also had his wand ready to hex Harry but Draco kicked his arm and his wand went flying.
"Go, Potter!" Draco yelled.
Harry then ran out of the room to go get Dumbledore. Draco had managed to crawl away from Gilding and was getting up, but when he did manage to stand up, Gilding had Draco in a headlock and was threatening to suffocate him.
"You pathetic little traitor. I wasn't supposed to kill you but I think it will add to the bonus," Gilding hissed out.
"You won't get away with this," Draco managed to say between breaths. Gilding just chuckled evilly.
"Yes I will, but only after I get what I came for." He then started heaving Draco out of the room and was heading towards Draco's Head Boy room. On their way there they came across a few students and Gilding stunned all of them.
They finally reached Draco's room and Gilding forced Draco to say the password to let them in. Once they were in the room, Gilding shoved Draco onto a chair and held him there with a strapping spell.
"What do you want?" Draco asked. Gilding was messing up Draco's room looking for something.
"The box your father left for you." Draco struggled with the straps.
"What do you want with that and how did you know I have it?" Draco asked him. Gilding was getting frustrated because he couldn't find it. He whirled around and leaned in very close to Draco's face.
"Tell me, young Malfoy. Where is the box?" he growled. Draco smirked.
"Like I would tell you that."
Gilding backhanded Draco's face and blood was dripping from the side of his mouth. Draco continued to smirk.
"You can hit all you want, Gilding, I'll never tell you where it is." Gilding was getting furious. He grabbed Draco's face and glared into his grey eyes.
"You really are Lucius Malfoy's son. Both of you are such arrogant fools." Draco spat on Gildings face.
"Who are you to insult my father?" he hissed. Gilding wiped the spit off his face and punched Draco on the eye.
"You piece of trash. There's nothing a little torturing can't fix."
Gilding raised his wand and performed the Cruciatus curse on Draco.
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Meanwhile, Harry had run as fast as he could to Dumbledore's office. When he reached the statue, Dumbledore was already standing outside talking to many teachers.
"Evacuate all students to the west wing of the castle. Do not allow anyone to come to this side until I have said so. Is that clear?" Dumbledore was instructing them. Dumbledore then turned quickly to face Harry.
"I know all about it, Harry. We must hurry now."
Harry nodded and started heading off in the direction of their classroom. Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall followed behind him.
They reached the classroom but clearly Draco and Gilding were not there anymore. Dumbledore looked around a bit and decided to walk further down the hall. Not long afterwards they saw students who had been stunned, lying on the ground. Dumbledore instructed Snape and McGonagall to attend to them while he and Harry followed the trail of students.
Harry and Dumbledore reached the Head Boy room and looked at each other. Dumbledore waved his wand and the portrait swung open fiercely. They entered the room and saw Gilding holding a knife at Draco's neck.
"Well, hello there, Dumbledore," Gilding said smugly.
"Let Draco go, Gilding," Dumbledore said. Gilding laughed.
"I can't let him go. He's going to be my escort to safety." Gilding yanked Draco up from the chair and the knife dug into his neck, drawing blood.
Draco was weak from being victim to the Cruciatus curse and had trouble walking. Dumbledore and Harry were backing away so Gilding could get out of the room.
Dumbledore and Harry were following Gilding and Draco at a good distance. Gilding still had the knife at Draco's neck and was threatening to kill him if Dumbledore made a single move.
They reached the grounds outside the school and then Gilding stopped. He lifted his wand with his other arm and called for his broom. It came whooshing down and he straddled it with Draco sitting at the front.
"Fly it, Malfoy, or I'll slit your throat."
Draco held onto the broom while Gilding sat behind him with the knife still at Draco's neck. To steady himself, Gilding used his other hand to hold onto the back of the broom.
They lifted off the ground while Dumbledore and Harry watched. Harry then called for his own broom and straddled it quickly. He kicked up off the ground and was going after Gilding and Draco.
Harry caught up with them and had his wand pointed at Gildings head.
"Let Malfoy go," he yelled. Gilding smirked.
"Alright, since you asked for it." He then pushed Draco off the broom. Harry was going to dive for him but Gilding used his wand to suspend Harry in the air, making him unable to fly down to catch Draco.
"Malfoy!" Harry screamed as he struggled to move. Gilding just laughed evilly.
End of Chapter Twenty One. Thanks for reading and I Hope you Review.
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