Chapter 24 - Why Things Change
A/N: Thanks to my beta Jacy. You rock!!! Sorry that I took so long to
update, it was really hard to update with school and shit.
Anyway, at the end of the last chapter, I left off where Draco, Hermione,
Harry and Blaise find Luicius Malfoy waiting for them in front of the Head
Boy and Girl dorm…
Another Death Eater had arrived at Azkaban and Lucius that
his daughter was pregnant with Harry's baby. Disgusted and furious
with his daughter, Lucius needed to uphold the Malfoy name by killing Harry
and even his daughter. Mysteriously he found a way to escape and headed
for Hogwarts. On with the story...
"Draco he's back," Hermione said in a terrified voice.
"That's right Hermione - daddy is back," Lucius said in a cold voice,
"Potter get your filthy arms off my daughter." But Harry brought Hermione
closer to him, his arm wrapped around her very tightly.
"I'll never let you go," he whispered to her ear.
"Potter did you not hear me, I said to let go of my daughter," Lucius
said. "Oh, I don't have time for this - Draco, hex him. I would but my
wand is broken."
Draco looked at Harry and then at HIM.
"No," Draco said softly
"What did you say?"
"I said no, I'm not going to listen to you anymore," Draco shouted.
"Don't you dare speak to me in that tone, boy!" Lucius yelled.
"I will speak to you however I please," Draco yelled back.
"I'm warning you boy, if you talk to me with that tone one more time…"
"You'll what? Hex me? I like to see you try," Draco yelled.
Little did Draco know that Lucius killed a man and stole his wand. Lucius pointed it
at Draco and yelled, "Crucio!" Draco was getting weaker by the minute.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"DRACO, STOP PLEASE STOP, HARRY DO SOMETHING!"
Everything went by so fast, Harry could only think of one spell. He
didn't have any other choice. He had to do it
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," Draco screamed. Lucius pulled his wand away from
Draco and pointed it toward Hermione.
"AVADA," Mr. Malfoy began to say at Hermione.
"AVADA KEDAVRA," Harry reacted quickly; a bright green flash sparked out
of his wand and took a direct hit at Lucius. His shaking hand dropped
his wand and bent over to Draco side.
"Draco, Draco, come on mate," Harry said in a shaking voice.
"Draco, Draco, oh Merlin we need to take him to the hospital wing
quick," Blaise said hysterically.
"I don't think I could levitate him all by myself, my hand is shaking
too much," Harry said.
"We heard screaming - oh no." Clayton said just as he came into the
empty corridor.
"Oh Great Gods, Draco!" Jacqui screamed.
"Clayton, help me levitate Draco to the hospital wing," Harry said in a
hurried voice.
"Harry after you take Draco to the hospital, you better go to
Dumbledore's office," Hermione said still with a weary tone.
"No, I have to stay by his side," Harry said grabbing his wand.
"Harry listen to me, you used one of the unforgivable curses, and you
could lose your wand, or worse!" Hermione said.
"I don't care, I need to stay by his side," Harry said looking down at
the injured Draco. "He would have done the same for me."
"Harry this is no time to be noble! You need to get to Dumbledore's
office now!" Hermione said
"NO, IM NOT GOING ANYWHERE, THAT'S WHAT BEST MATES DO FOR EACH OTHER,
STAY BY EACH OTHER SIDE NO MATTER HOW BAD IT IS!" Harry yelled. "Okay
Clayton, at the count of three. One, two, three."
"Wingardium leviosa," they said in unison.
"Err… Harry we can't just leave HIM in the middle of the corridor,"
Clayton said worriedly.
"Right…Jacqui could you levitate him to the hospital wing as well?"
Harry asked.
"Oh... all right." Jacqui said hesitantly. "Wingardium Leviosa," she said.
A few people were in the hallway, their mouths covered by their
hands; among the onlookers were Ron and Ginny. Hermione slammed the doors
open and called for Madame Pomfrey.
"HELP HIM, PLEASE HELP HIM!" she yelled.
"O dear what happened?" Madame Pomfrey said in shock
"Lucius Malfoy used the Cruciatus curse on him," Harry said setting Draco
down.
"That's impossible Mr. Malfoy is…" Before she could finish Jacqui came
in with Mr. Malfoy's dead boy.
"Is he?" Madame Pomfrey said, too afraid to ask.
"Dead, yes - he had his wand directed at Hermione and was beginning to say
the killing curse so I reacted quickly and used the killing curse on
him," Harry said looking down.
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"What happened?" Ginny asked Ron.
"I don't know, but it didn't look good," Ron said worriedly, "Let's go
to the hospital wing and see if we can find out what
happened."
"I've never seen Harry with that face before," Ginny added, "He looked
so scared and hurt." They ran through the corridor and were able to
sneak into the room unnoticed and hid behind some curtains and were
surprised to hear what Harry had to say.
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"Oh Harry, you must go up to Dumbledore immediately," Madame Pomfrey
said.
"I'm not going anywhere. I have to stay by his side," Harry said, his eyes beginning
to water.
"Draco will be transported to St. Mungo's. There's nothing you can do
now but go to Dumbledore."
"I'm going with him," Harry said sitting at the edge of the bed staring
down at his unconscious best friend, "I can't leave his side. Draco
come on mate, please wake up." Harry shook him lightly. He held it in long
enough. It was too much to take in so he just broke down into tears
looking away from Draco.
"Please Harry, please go to Dumbledore," Hermione begged.
"No," Harry said wiping his tears, his back toward everyone. Then he
felt a hand placed on his shoulder and all the sadness was washed away.
"Come on, Harry," Dumbledore said. They walked to the back of the
infirmary. Before Harry could explain, Dumbledore told him that he already knew
what had happened and already owled the Ministry to explain the
situation.
"But how did you know?" Harry asked
"I sensed it, so I notified the Ministry immediately," Dumbledore
added, "But Harry, you do know what this means, don't you?"
"Yes, I have to go away," Harry said in a sad voice. "For how long?"
"I would imagine three weeks, if I know the Ministry system with this kind
of situation," Dumbledore said.
"Do I have to?" Harry said with an un-wanting tone. He didn't want to
go to Dumbledore's Manor - he'd been there during his Sixth Year when he was
preparing for his defeat against Voldemort, but he didn't want to go now. He
wanted to stay with Draco and make sure he was alright.
"Do I have time to say goodbye to Hermione?" Harry asked.
"You won't have to - she is coming along," Dumbledore said with a smile.
"Who was there when you cast the spell?"
"Well there was Blaise, Draco and Hermione," Harry said. "Clayton and
Jacqui came about two seconds I cast the spell."
"Well Blaise, Hermione, Clayton and Jacqui be coming with you. They
will be questioned at the hearing so I want them to lay low and stay away
from the media until then," Dumbledore explained.
"When do we leave?" Harry asked. "Wait what about Draco? I would hate
leave him by himself alone in that hospital bed."
"My nephew is already waiting in my office. He will be looking after
Draco at the Manor," Dumbledore said.
"What about HIM?" Harry said, referring to Lucius.
"The ministry will be taking him in the next fifteen minutes, so it would be best to
leave now," Dumbledore said.
Harry nodded and went back to Hermione, Blaise,
Jacqui, and Clayton. They were watching Madame Pomfrey prepare a
portkey to St. Mungo's.
"Harry, when do you leave?" Hermione said sadly.
"We leave in about 10 minutes," Harry said with a smile.
"What do you mean we?" Clayton asked.
"I have a trial in about three weeks and Dumbledore thinks it's best to have
everybody who was involved kept away from the Ministry and the press, just
for safe keeping or something like that," Harry explained.
"So where are we going?" Jacqui asked.
"Dumbledore's manor," Harry said, "But we have to leave now."
"But what about Draco? I can't leave him by himself in that hospital,"
Blaise said still had tears coming down her face.
"He's coming as well. Someone will be looking after him at the house,"
Harry said with a smile. "We only have ten minutes to pack. When you're
Done, meet me at the entrance of Dumbledore's office"
Hermione, Blaise, Clayton, and Jacqui nodded their heads and sprinted
back to there dormitories. Harry entered his room, got out a small duffle
bag, and shoved in as much clothes as he could grab. Checking if he had his
wand, he headed back to Dumbledore's office. A minute later Hermione,
Blaise, Jacqui and pair of moving legs came walking into the corridor.
"Let me give you had with those bags, mate," Harry said taking five
suitcases.
"Thanks," Clayton said, "Why did you ladies bring so much..." Before he
could finish he saw Harry signaling him to stop what he was about to
say. That was a question you didn't ask a girl unless you're looking for
a long explanation about always being prepared for every occasion.
"Well let's go," Harry said. "Gingerbread."
They stepped onto the moving spiral stairwell and saw Dumbledore helping a
very attractive young man transport Draco through the portkey. He was
tanned and with light brown hair and dark green eyes. Hermione knew she
had seen the man somewhere, but she couldn't remember.
"Long time know see Hermione," the young man said with an American