Pureblood (Lucius Malfoy) *COMPLETED*

CHAPTER 11 - RUNAWAY

Arriving at Hogwarts had instantly made me feel better. As I step off the train, Draco behind me, I smile happily at the sight of the castle through the tall trees before us. I was home. As I glance around, I notice we're the last people off the train, so the place is deserted. "C'mon," says Draco, looping his arm through mine, making me giggle as we walk to further through the wide forest, spotting filch and Snape stood at the end of the trees. My spirits lift when I see my favourite professor, smiling as I greet him. "Hey professor."

He smiles back, a rare thing he ever did, only for the exception of his favourite student. "Miss Rivera." Draco nudges me and smirks, making me blush as I punch him back and he let's out a sharp 'Ow!' He looks at Draco with a straight face. "Mr Malfoy." Draco nods as we watch filch rummage through our belongings, picking through my clothes. "What's going on here?" He asks, and I can't help but wonder the same thing. Filch looks at us with in disgust as he speaks. "Standard checks. To make sure students aren't bringing anything they shouldn't be.." His voice is a long drawl.

"Standard checks? For what?" Draco asks again and I stay silent, not wanting to be involved, watching filch paw through my belongings with his filthy hands. Now its my turn to grimace. "Nothing you need to worry about." Snape speaks in his low, robotic voice, silencing Draco but not me as I watch filch pull out a pair of my black lace underwear. "Hey!" I scream, yanking them out of his hand and thrusting them back in my suitcase. He stands back, his face turning red as Draco snickers behind me, making me more furious. "Yep. She's clean." I zip up my stuff and give him an evil stare as I pull my suitcase to my side, Draco collecting his own, which had been searched before mine.

When we arrive at the castle, there is something different. I can sense it. When we walk in, the loud chattering and bustling sounds are gone, replaced by a low hum. I frown and look at Draco, whose expression matches mine. It seems quiet. We tug our suitcases behind us as we make our way straight over to the Slytherin common room. But when we arrive, there's hardly anyone in there. About 20 - 25 people coming in and out with their suitcases tucked under their arms. We walk in further, I collapse into my favourite armchair whilst Draco sits on the sofa opposite me. "Hey Kells?"

"Hmm?"

"Is it just me or is something different here?"

I sigh, looking around at the miserable faces dragging their feet to their dorms. I get why Everyone's so gloomy, I suppose after Dumbledore's death, they all lost hope for the war that was to come. Many feared that we would lose, and thinking that, I was more scared that my fellow schoolmates would join the dark side for survival.

"Hmm... yeah. I think there's less people."

He nods in agreement and I sit back, pulling my sleeve over my hand and resting it under my chin, thinking. I wonder what was to happen when this war did come. What would happen to Draco, who's decision had been made for him already as to which side he would choose. Just like his father. They would both be fighting against me, killing my friends in front of my eyes. And I know they would offer me a chance to join them. But I was not that type of girl - joining the wrong side just so I can live.

I'd rather die than join them.

More importantly, I wonder what Lucius will do. Seeing me stand on the opposite side of him, fighting for justice whilst he has been given strict instructions to kill me. My eyes fill with tears as I think of the outcome. Would he kill me? After all this time, and I still didn't know whether or not I meant something to Lucius. If it was all just a bit of fun, or if we actually had something. In the end, to stop my heart from breaking any more, I decided it was just a fling. Nothing was meant by it and clearly it would stay that way. But does that mean he would kill me? Maybe he would let me off because I was Draco's friend - let someone else kill me instead.