sprinting down the halls of hogwarts. every minute checking behind you to make sure you were alone. faint crashes and screams echoed what felt like every other second. this was your new normal for the past three hours- trying to survive.
you were looking for any familiar face. but you passed none, well no living ones at least. suddenly, the halls of the once lively school grew quiet. the only other sound you heard was the fast tapping of your shoes running down the halls. the quiet any other time would've been peaceful and welcoming, but right now it was ominous and eerie.
you rounded a corner and were met with the entrance to hogwarts. the quiet was still there, even outside, the world was quiet- still almost. the sun was just starting to peak around the clouds. it felt like the dark had finally been lifted.
you turned around and saw almost everyone you loved sitting in the great hall, which was now a makeshift infirmary. you spotted a group of red-heads and instantly knew they were the weaselys. a sigh of relief escaped your mouth as you made your way over to them. ron's head shot up in your direction and a visible wave of relief washed over his now less-tense body.
"y/n," he breathed out before wrapping you up into a hug. you immediately returned the hug. closing your eyes and taking everything in. a newfound sense of security took over you now that you knew at least one of your best friends was alive. you opened your eyes- still in ron's embrace- and glanced over at his family. mr. and mrs. weasley holding each other, percy, charlie and bill were all in some sort of conversation, ginny was sitting with fleur. and george. george, the once happy-go-lucky twin, was now blankly staring in front of him with no emotion. his face was pale, eyes showing nothing at all. he was sitting alone. alone. never a word you thought you would've used to describe a weasley twin. they were connected at the hip if one moved the other did.
you separated yourself from ron to study his face. what emotions he was portraying, if any at all.
"ron...fred?" you said shakily. you didn't exactly want him to answer you just needed to know. ron didn't say anything. the only thing he did was shake his head side to side looking down at the ground. "no. he- he's not gone. he can't be- he was just here." you felt more tears fall from your eyes adding to the ones you didn't know were falling before.
"i'm sorry," was all ron said. he didn't exactly know what he was apologizing for, it just felt right to say. a few minuets have passed. during these passing minutes you just glanced around the hall. seeing hermione, luna, and neville lifted weights off of your chest. your best friends meant the world to you and if they were gone you'd lose yourself, with out a doubt.
the air in the great hall shifted when a bloodied and bruised harry stood in the doorway. people flashed him thankful smiles and gave him welcoming hugs. harry turned his head and looked right at you. much like ron a visible wave of relief washed over him. he ran up to you and embraced you as well. without a second thought you returned it.
"oh, thank merlin's you're alright. i hadn't seen you since the war started and i- i just thought that you had-" harry said into the crook of your neck. you and harry were the closest out of your friend group. the two of you did almost everything together. you had a brother/sister relationship. the two of you were very very protective over one another.
"i'm right here, harry." you reassured. the two of you made your way over to where ron and hermione were now sitting before you stopped in the middle of the hall.
a bang of realization hit you like a freight train. you hadn't seen your boyfriend, draco, since the two of you were separated in the middle of the war. you got so caught up in the lives found and lost in the great hall that it slipped your mind. when in reality, you had been thinking of him every second. every time you saw a family member wailing over their lost one you thought of draco. when you saw half of a couple being reunited with their other half you thought of him. you didn't want to think of the worst, so your subconscious made you 'forget' about him for the time being. you turned around and ran through the doors of the great hall to look for him.
you didn't know where to look. you checked every room that hadn't been destroyed. you ran outside to check the grounds and the courtyards. but he was no where. now was when the fear really started to kick in. you retraced your steps, but this time instead of looking in the rooms and halls you looked at the ground, hoping you wouldn't see his blonde hair peeking out from underneath the rubble.
you entered the last standing room you saw. you glanced down and around the floor before you saw the back room that was connected to the larger room.
you were met with your worst fear. a lifeless body laying at your feet. but it wasn't just anyone, it was draco.
his once bright blonde hair was now red and dirtied. his mouth was slightly parted and his cold eyes stared up at the ceiling. you fell to your knees and cupped his face in your hands. you were in shock but nonetheless heartbroken, torn, emotionless. you let out a scream like sob- shaking while doing so.
"come back to me. please, dray? you're not gone, you can't be."
no reply.
"i'm so sorry for leaving you. i need you here with me."
no reply.
"i love you. i can't live without you, draco. you come back to me. you hear me?" you say anger now bubbling in your voice. you didn't know why you kept trying he was gone and you couldn't do anything to stop it. you lay your head onto draco's and just closed your eyes. wanting to be pulled away, but you couldn't do it yourself.
"riddikulus."
draco's body slipped away from your grasp and was replaced with a soft pillow. you were so lost in your thoughts you didn't realize what had happened. you heard footsteps running towards you but you didn't move. the owner of the footsteps stopped when they were next to your weeping self. they crouched down and began to pull you away from the pillow you were cradling.
"no. stop, i can't leave him, please." you said fighting the arms around you, until you opened your eyes and saw the pillow. "wha- wait," you turned you head and saw none other than the boy whose lifeless body you were just holding.
"draco," you said before turning around to pull him into your arms. the both of you were still seated on the ground. you cradled the back of his head and he wrapped his arms around your body. you held him like he may slip away with just a blink of an eye.
"shh, darling. i'm here. i'm here." he says rocking the two of you back and forth to calm you. you pull your head out of where his neck and shoulder connect to look at him. to take him in and make sure he's actually really there. you study his face- minor cuts and dirt splotches littered his greek god-like features. you placed your hand where it once was and pulled him in to connect your lips. he was taken aback at first by your suddenness but kissed you back with all the love he had in his body, which was all for you.
the kiss was full of passion and love. the two of you were so scared of losing each other that this kiss felt almost like a goodbye, but it was the complete opposite. you were the first to pull away, you rested your forehead onto draco's to just look him in the eyes.
"please, never leave me." you whisper
"never." he says.
"i love you, draco."
"i love you to the moon and back times two, my love."
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hey guys, don't worry, i'm alive :P
while i was writing this i was like should he live or die? and then i was like why not both? so yeah :)
how are all of you? I hope you are are well. xx
