The Reason- X
Chapter 10
But then while he was chasing her he saw Blaise Zabini starring into space. Draco stopped to say hi and why he was out in the hall when everyone else was in the Great Hall. But when he snapped his fingers he turned to Draco with eyes that only got that look from one person. Voldemort.
Draco had no idea what to do. Although, his whole life he had been surrounded by dark arts, he had never been told what to do in a situation like this. Frozen he starred at his friend. <Bloody. Hell.>
"STUPEFY!!" a deep vice called to the right of Draco and Blaise. The red beam of light hit Blaise directly on target. He fell to the ground with a soft thud. Draco turned his head to see who was there but to his amazement saw nothing or no one for that matter. Then suddenly his defense against the dark arts teacher appeared out of thin air. The dark expression looked foreign on his face.
"Come on, Draco. We have to get him to Dumbledore." Were the only words that escaped his lips. Draco not being able to respond just helped him carry his classmate towards the office of the headmaster. <Flamae… did you see that? Are you there?>
<No, I'm not! I just left mind and my body behind and traveled to MARS!! Of course I'm here, you git!> Flamae responded.
<You weren't thinking and that's a common response to when someone doesn't answer!>
<Whatever> "Professor," Draco asked looking up at him, "You aren't you not allowed to throw spells at students?"
"On a normal basis? …No. But in my class or under circumstances yes."
<OK, right…>
<You should listen to him!> Flamae commanded.
<Maybe I would, IF I COULD HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING!!!>
<Sure! Well why told you tell whoever is talking then to shut up! NOT me!>
<YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS TALKING!!>
<Uh!> Draco rolled his eyes at her response. "Hmm…Draco I didn't ask before, but why do you have red hair?" Professor Hunter asked curiously amused.
"I have a very humorous friend, who would enjoy driving me off a cliff." He said as his eyes narrowed, remembering why he was out in the hall in the first place. "AHH! I lost her!" Shutting his eyes tightly.
"Ah…"
<You can't catch me! I'm going to class!>
<Oh bloody hell shut up!!>
"Draco, why don't you run off to class?"
"Oh, no! It's fine."
"No, I don't think that McGonagall will be too pleased if you miss class." His professor turned to look at him with a smug smile knowing Draco wasn't really looking forward to going to class. Draco began to trudge off in the direction of Professor McGonagall's classroom.
<Teachers! They think they know everything!>
<I'm trying to learn here!!> Flamae shot back quickly.
That night at dinner Dumbledore may an announcement about the incident with Blaise, excluding names.
"One of our students has been found under the possession of Lord Voldemort during the day. I must continue to caution all of those with or against the side I choose, that we will all face the consequences of what is to come and has already come about.
The student involved is currently back in his house- for the time being. The only cause for this is that we, while witnessing it, still have no proof that it occurred. Voldemort tends to keep his work very clean and without proper proof that he is working this way, we can't do much about it." Disbelief was written on the face of every student present- all, but three. Dumbledore simply sat down and continued to eat. And that was all it took for the Slytherins to smirk but still unsure of what this all meant.
Whispers continued of the announcement for weeks. People wandered around looking for more signs of what Voldemort was up to. Rumors flew in and swept through the school quicker than a snitch on the Quidditch pitch. Draco could tell that Harry Potter and his group friends were preparing for the final battle. Teachers became stricter with rules of the Forbidden Forest and after school hours and such. March began and rules got worse.
<Three ½ more months of school!>Draco thought excitedly.
<But doesn't that also mean you have 5 and ½ months left to decide whether or not you are going to become a Deatheater.>
<Ugh! Don't remind me! I think I'm going to do it though. I mean what bad can happen? You-know-who is going to win and beat Potter so if I'm on his side what's bad?>
<I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THINK THAT! Harry is GOING to win. And WHEN he does he is going to CRUSH Voldemort's snake in to TINY, TINY Minced pieces until his dead! Then they are GOING TO BURN HIS BODY SO THERE WILL NEVER, NEVER BE A CHANCE OF VOLDEMORT AGAIN! AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO KILL EVERY BLOODY DEATHEATER UNTIL THERE ARE NO MORE LEFT! And you know what we are going to do to certain people? WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THOSE B->
<FLAMAE cool it! Calm down! Bloody hell! Breathe woman!! BREATHE in and out! Better now?>
<NO!>
<So you seriously think Perfect Potter is going to safe the bloody day and kill the most powerful wizard alive at the age of 16?>
<He is not the most powerful wizard alive and yes I DO!!>
<out of your mind, you are Flamae!!>
<Well how come Voldemort couldn't kill him? How come Harry is still alive?>
<I dunno maybe he is ok but killing You-know-who? Come on get real!>
<OK?? MAYBE HE'S OK!! YOU ARE OUT OF YOUR BLOODY MIND!!>
<Will it make you feel better if I think about?>
<…Maybe…not that I care…about you>
<Sure…> Draco headed for his next class, Defense Against the Dark Arts. Today he and his classmates decided to show up invisible and try to pull one over on Professor Hunter. Draco preformed the charm and walked into the class. He didn't see anyone but he knew they were there because he was already late and it was just stupid not to come to DADA class.
"Well, this is interesting! Professor Hunter had entered the class. "Visibility multipo."
And everyone became visible. The students in simultaneously murmured what. Their professor had not yet told them that spell. "Today we will be taking a break from this for you have demonstrated that you know what you are doing. We will be working on Occlumency. Can someone tell me what it is?" He looks around the classroom and no one raises their hand. "Oo-K well it is the magical defense of the mind against external penetration. Does anyone know what that means?" He looks around the classroom and finds only a few students with raised hands. "Yes, Hannah, go."
"I think, it means that it is a defense system for your brain so people can't get into it?" Hannah answered unsurely.
<Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winner! Do we have learn this?> Draco thought.
<Yes! You saw yourself what happened Blaise!>Flamae replied.
"Correct! Now judging by the amount of hands I got earlier I sure no one knows what the spell against it is, right?" Looking around he knew he was correct. "Legilimens!" he said as he pointed his wand directly at the person in the front row… Draco Malfoy.
<WOW!> Flamae thought. Suddenly Draco's mind was reeling, oddly enough; most of the memories were not his. And there was only one other person he could think of that they might be.
An owl swooped down in front of him while he was under an invisibility cloak…
Snape sneering at him…
Feeling anger course through his body as he watched Ron, Hermione, and Harry walk off to Hogsmeade without him.
Watching the Quidditch Cup…
Waking up to see a bloody Harry Potter and a phoenix standing over him as he lay on a cold floor in a room he had never seen…
He was scowling at himself and his father in a book store…
And then he blacked out…
He awoke on the floor of the DADA room with his professor standing over him. "Are you ok?"
<Yes, you idiot! I'm just peachy! You only invaded my mind and Flamae's!>
<What is going on?>
<Short version? Hunter shot Legilimens at me which in turn went all the way to you so I saw your memories. Got it?>
<Right…>
<Confused?>
<Completely>
<Thought so>
"I said are you alright?" Hunter proceeded to ask again.
"Yes!"
"Maybe you should go to the Hospital Wing?"
"No! I'm fine!"
"Ok then!" He said as he stood up to address the class. "As Mr. Malfoy demonstrated, it can cause you to faint."
"I didn't faint! I passed out!"
<You fainted>
<I DIDN'T!>
<DID TOO!>
Word travels fast in Hogwarts, so by dinner, everyone in school knew Draco "passed out" in DADA. The person probably gave him the worst word on it was Ron Weasley. But the funny thing was Draco wasn't the only one. Along with him were Terry Boot, Susan Bones, and Seamus Finnigan. But some random 5th years fainted as well. People knew that they must have been the other person on their "thought chain." So in reality, everyone who had done it. But since he was Draco Malfoy… well, I think you get the picture.
More preparation was being made every day to help with the war. But only so much seeing as the spring break was soon approaching. Draco decided he was going to stay at Hogwarts, he knew going home would be just annoying knowing that the September deadline was coming fast too.
<You're staying at school too?>
<How did you know?>
<You name was on the list under "staying">
<Oh>
<There are only, like, 25 people staying. Because people want to be with their families, you know with the war.>
<Right>
<Yea. You know I still can't believe you don't think Harry is going to win the final battle!>
<How do you know that it's going to be Harry? Maybe it will be me? Or some other guy in our school? Or a teacher? Or maybe it won't happen at all?>
<Oh yea, YOU! I can see it now- "Draco Malfoy saves the world by defeating one of his father's best friends, You-Know-Who"? Come on? And WHEN it happens it WILL be Harry!>
<Sure… I still don't think Perfect Potter as perfect as he is, is not THAT good!>
<He is and he is 10 times as good as you are or will ever be, BEEP!>
<WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS SOOOOOO FUNNY!! YOU KNOW WHO I AM SO WHY DO YOU INSTIST ON IT-FLAMAE!>
<Because it makes you mad. DUH!>
<How considerate.> He thought sarcastically.
<How about a bet?>
<On what?>
<Who wins?>
<Fine, I bet who ever it is it won't be POTTER!>
<So you do think it will happen?>
<Shut up!>
<OK, well I bet it will be Harry. 5 galleons>
<5 galleons it is.>
Sorry I'm late! I was away for 2 weeks at the end of December so I couldn't do any of my story or nothing like that! REVIEW!