a secret place (Draco Malfoy)

twenty-three

I ran as fast I could, I was no runner but the thought of these death eaters finding me and probably killing me, really shook me. Within many turns and many slips through the empty dark halls I began to feel uneasy.

The students already left, for summer break. While I was here waiting for him. God was I stupid. All of a sudden I heard Bellatrix's laughter, shoot. They were close, meaning one step close onto finding out I am here, and witnessed everything.

I began to freak out, with every turn I started to hear her laugh over and over again. It sounded like she was breaking something, the dishes? I'm not too quite sure but all i could think about is getting out of here.

When I finally made my way out of the school grounds I ran to the forbidden forest, with every step my sandals began feeling the pokes of the sharp branches. My legs were now all scratched up, and bloody. I couldn't care about that, no. Right now I have to get out here, at this point I can't be the hero here, no I have to survive to become the hero.

I ran for what felt like hours, but really I could still see the school. My legs were all wobbly. I had to take a rest. I began to looking at my wounds, it stung a lot. I had no water, no shelter, no food. Nothing.

"What are you doing?" He comes up to me. Oh no, it was Draco. "Get out of here, or they will-"

"Kill me? Like they killed Dumbledore? You were going to kill him, you were really going." I let out some tears.

"You saw that? I knew someone was there."

"That doesn't matter, don't you get it? Dumbledore died, he practically raised you, and yet you betrayed him"

"It was Snape who killed him, you saw that, you saw everything."

"You know what I cant believe I ever believed you. You promised you weren't gonna kill him, you promised!" I yelled.

"I had no choice, Isabella. Don't you get it he was going to kill me, You-Know-Who was going to kill me!"

"For gods sake its Voldemort!"

We both got quite, I hated the fact people wouldn't dare talking about him, hell they wont even pronounce his name. With the cold breeze going though my caprice also filled blood and some grass stains my legs began to sting, hard. Draco sees that and tries to to help me.

"You're hurt" he says, how could he? He witnessed Dumbledore's death, plus wanting to actually kill him. How absurd was he? I can't even stand looking at him.

"Save it, just go away. I can make it to Hogwarts express and get out of here." I answer him, I didn't even look at him. With my next step I let out a big gasp. My leg wasn't just stinging, my ankle was also sprinted.

"Isabella, don't you see it? You're hurt, stop being obnoxious. I know you may hate me, believe me I hate myself too." he approaches me. This time I let him, there wasn't a choice really. I couldn't move another inch, and if I stayed like this I could probably die because of them.

He kneels down, indicating me to get on his back. I try to stand up, the little strength I still have left I use it all up to just get up.

"Won't they notice you gone?" I ask him, still trying to stay mean, angry.

"They wouldn't even care, plus I told them I'm going back to the Manor." He replied.

After those words we stayed silent, we both couldn't bring ourselves to talk for our own reasons. It stayed like for a long time, we weren't even close to Hogwarts express. I looked back and saw my second home, the place was filled with death eater, loathsome death eater.