As the World Caves In

How can I help you say Goodbye

Skye

      Before I could exit George adds "Take care of yourself" which send shivers down my spine and makes my eyes tear up. "You too Georgie" I whisper as I put my hand on the door knob and turn it to exit. As soon as I leave the house I lean back so the front door supports my back when I slide down to the ground and teardrops start falling down my face. I bury my face in my hands as I wipe away my tears then I take a deep breath and see that my dad is only a couple of meters away from me. I look at the time it's 12:29, he gave me 30 minutes. "Who hurt you?" he asks angrily as he rushes up to me. "I'm fine let's just go home" I stand up, dreading to exist here any longer. He gently puts his hand on my arm to apparate us back.

      When we arrive home I'm deep in my emotions so I ask "Can I admit something?" in a shaky, upset voice and Snape looks at me trying to read my feelings "Sure" he answers simply. "I don't wanna be a death eater" I say with a teary voice softly but I immediately feel my father's hand on my mouth, covering it, making sure I wouldn't speak more which startles me. "You can't say that out loud" he whispers nicely "Just think about it" he continues and I remember he's great at Legilimency so I guess we'll communicate that way. "Try it" he says it so quietly that I almost can't hear him as he removes his hand. I grab my wand and focus as I say "Legilimens." I can see into his head but it's different from last time. Now his mind is peaceful and there's a message I can clearly get: Neither do I. I take a few steps back in shock "What?" I ask scared but his intention was probably to calm me. "Did you finish reading your mother's diary?" he asks while getting a tea for himself. "Not yet and they're more missing pages as I go forward..." I tell him. "Childish Tom.. Thinking you wouldn't find out" he scoffs. "She was the one that was supposed to tell you all this but I guess I'll have to" he sips on his tea. I take a seat on a kitchen barstool because I know there's going to be a story telling. He leans on the kitchen counter and starts "Tom forced your mother to join the Dark Lord's army and because she just found out she was pregnant she thought it would be smarter to stay with Tom. So he threathened your mom and manipulated her into joining although I tried to talk her out of it she said she wanted a good life for her child." He explains shortly "So she never wanted to become a death eater she just had to play the part in order to raise your brother like she wanted to. She threw her life away for you and your brother's well being. But she couldn't bear it when Tom started to abuse you so she contacted me and although she didn't tell me what your situation was she wanted to tell me that when the time is right I should be the one taking care of you. And I became a death eater to keep an eye on her and Tom among other reasons.." he finishes the story with teary eyes. "Your mother was the bravest person I've ever known" he adds with a smile.

             After hearing about my mother I rethink everything she did for us and appreciate the time I had with her. My eyes tear up as I go up to my dad and hug him tightly letting him know that he's not alone. "Thank you... for being here for me" I say with a shaky voice.

Draco

       My father being back here with us makes me feels uneasy, different. It's almost like he changed but maybe I did too. Once he found out that Skye and I are still dating he forbid me to talk to her. We had an argument about it but he was too persuasive I couldn't change his mind. ~"Please I need her! I couldn't have done it without her!" I cried but my father as usual didn't show any feelings. "You didn't do anything! You cowardly backed out!" he yelled as he came closer to me, the only reason he stopped arguing was  because my mom jumped in between us "Lucius, I think that's quite enough" she calmed him. ~ 

        Maybe he doesn't like us being together because Tom (the man who raised Skye) is one of his greatest friends and now Tom is mad at Skye and that could've influenced my father's outlook. So now I can't even send her letters, she must be concerned... We also won't be going back to school so I need to find a way to communicate with her.

Skye

      I'm glad that I can spend time with my actual father although he won't be home during school year which will soon be starting. However he's the only one I have at the moment because Draco hasn't been in contact with me and Alik didn't show any sign of him. But I can only see Dray when dad's gone, I'll sneak out, that's the best I can do. I'll wait until he's gone and then apparate to the Malfoy Manor hoping no one would find out.

       I wake up on a sunny August morning to the sound of something hitting my window. I grumpily sit up and see a bird knocking on the window with a rock in his beak. I open my widow and the bird flies into my hand "Hello little one" I fondle the small animal and I slowly realize it looks familiar. It's like one of the birds we used to make sure the Vanishing Cabinet worked. Am I imagining things or is Dray sending me a sign that he's okay? I take the small round shaped rock out of their beak and examine it. As soon as it touches my palm it breaks and uncovers a piece of paper. My eyes light up when my suspicions become true at the sight of the parchment paper. Can you come over? -D  My heart beats faster as I read the message. I guess I'll have to figure something out so I can see him.