Going Rogue

chapter vi

Draco POV

Draco wasn't sure how it happened, but Asterin managed to get the group to The Three Broomsticks. He was beginning to think Asterin was going to use her pouting to get what she wanted from him. However, he was finding it quite difficult to tell the little minx no. 

Currently, the blonde male was sitting in a lounge chair, one leg over the arm as he watched his little Slytherin laugh with her older brother. Draco twirled his snake ring around his index finger, something he did when he was deep in thought. 

"What happened at the Manor, Malfoy?" Zabini sat next to him, his voice soft as to not let Asterin hear.

"It's not good, Blaise. The Dark Lord is getting impatient. He wants to move on with our plans - now," Draco sighed and rubbed at his face. He was exhausted.

"We haven't even begun the plans. How the hell are we supposed to move forward!?" 

"You don't think I've been trying to figure that out?!" Draco glared over at his best mate, daring him to raise his voice again. "Our army is growing larger every day, it is only a matter of time before he decides enough is enough and brings the army to Hogwarts. Whether we are successful in our plans or not. Although, he hinted our demise if we can't follow through."

"What about Asterin?" Both males turned their gaze to the giggling girl, Draco's face instantly falling.

"She is to become a Death Eater in one month's time."

**

Asterin POV

Noticing the tension between Zabini and Draco, Asterin managed to distract Theo with a fourth year Slytherin girl and made her way to the boys.

Draco saw her coming and quickly sat up, signaling to Zabini they would finish their conversation later.

"What are you two talking about so heatedly?" The blonde let out a squeal when Draco pulled her down on his lap when he noticed how high her skirt goes when she's sitting. His brows furrowed instantly and he tried pulling her skirt down but it simply bounced to its original place.

"Honestly, Draco. I'm wearing tights. No one can see my skin." Asterin rolled her eyes and crossed her legs, flashing more of her thigh.

"For fuck's sake, Asterin. I hate your fucking skirts," Draco growled and flung his jacket over her lap. 

"Why are you being such an arse? What did your father tell you to make you so angry?" Asterin scoffed and flung the jacket off before standing up.

"Don't talk about what you don't know." It was no longer her Slytherin boy - it was the Death Eater sneering up at her.

"How else am I supposed to fucking know if you never talk to me about it?! We're supposed to be in this together. Let me help!" Asterin glared down at him. Draco stood up, his height towering over her by just a couple inches.

"I don't need your fucking help. Mind your own business." And with that, he grabbed his jacket from the floor before leaving the pub with a slam of the door. 

Asterin blinked, her eyes staring at the chair he once occupied. Tears gathered in her eyes as she peered over at Zabini who remained silent through the whole encounter. 

"He didn't mean it, Aster. He's just stressed," he told her softly, "and we all know he blows up when he's stressed." 

"I just wanted.. to help," she whispered back as the first tear fell from her eye. 

"I know, darling, but this is something he has to do on his own. You'll understand when you-" Blaise cut off, his lips thinning at almost telling her what her future held. 

"When I become a Death Eater." Asterin scoffed and grabbed her purse from the table before leaving the pub in the same manner.

"Theo! Millicent! We're leaving!" Zabini quickly grabbed Theo by his scruff, ignoring his whines as he was happily whispering sweet nothings in a poor Slytherin girl's ear. Milli chugged the rest of her butterbeer and chased after the two males. 

"Wait. Where did Draco and Asterin go? Aw.. ew! Did they leave early to go fuck?" Milli scrunched her nose as she stumbled after Blaise. 

"They had a fight and I rather not have a pissed off Malfoy on my ass if we don't find Asterin before she gets into trouble." With those words, Theo shook off his annoyed look and went into big brother mode. 

"Asterin Dahlia Nott!" Theodore called out, his voice booming across Hogsmeade by using the Amplifying charm.

"I've known that girl since year one and I never knew her middle name was Dahlia!" Milli scoffed. 

"Now is not the time, Millicent. Just find her!" The trio split up, checking inside stores, but no one had seen her. 

**

When it had begun to grow dark, the trio decided to give up and see if she went back to the common room. Exhausted and quite annoyed, the three barged into the common room only to find Draco glaring into the fire and his snake ring twirling around on his finger. 

"And where the hell have you three been?" He murmured, but it wasn't soft. They could feel the anger in his tone.

"Looking for your girlfriend after you pretty much told her to fuck off!" Milli huffed and stormed past Blaise and Theo to head to her dorm. "Is she up in the room sobbing her eyes out?"

"She's not there. I've already looked." 

Theodore was about to lose it. First Draco tells his sister to fuck off and now it's like he doesn't even care that she's missing.

"Something you need to say, Nott?" Malfoy stood and stared at the fuming male with a mask of indifference on his face. 

Theo took his wand out and pointed it towards Malfoy - his best mate.

"I don't care if it is the Dark Lord's wishes. You will stay away from my sister. I thought she would bring out the old Malfoy, but it seems that mark on your arm has changed you for the worst." 

"Do put your wand away, Nott. We may be the same age, but I've been mentored under the Dark Lord. You can't get a spell out quick enough." Draco scoffed and turned his back, just to piss Nott off further.

"Stupefy!"  Nott shouted, not caring how much trouble he would get in for throwing a hex to a fellow student. 

"Expelliarmus!" Draco shouted back, successfully disarming Theo. The male stared in disbelief that Malfoy managed to take his wand away so quickly. They all knew the Dark Lord trained Malfoy himself, but it was still surprising how quick he had gotten.

"The Dark Lord will hear about this, Nott, and pray he doesn't kill you on the spot," Draco's lips curled into a sneer before he dropped Theo's wand on the couch and headed towards his dorm.

"Do let me know when the little trouble maker decides to come back. There's a storm blowing in and we wouldn't want her to catch her death," was the last thing he said before they heard his door slam shut.

"What the fuck happened? Why is he being such an arsehole to everyone?" When no one answered Milli, she scoffed and made her way back to her dorm. Hopefully Asterin would come back soon.

"What did he tell you at the pub, Zabini?" Theo turned his head just slightly to look at Blaise to see he wasn't surprised at their outbursts.

"The Dark Lord wants to move ahead with the plans and... Asterin is to become a Death Eater in a month," he whispered the last part. All anger and frustration fell from Theo's face as his body dropped in a chair. 

"I'm to.. what?" They both turned, seeing a dripping wet Asterin the doorway, her face pale and eyes full of fear. "I have to become a Death Eater in a month?"