Curse Of Pain

Chapter 44

Draco's POV

"No. No, he can't be-" My breathing hitched in my throat. 

Harry can't be gone. No, all of them. Scorpius, Teddy, all of them. They can't be gone! This is just a nightmare. I can't-

"Draco?"

"No! What am I going to do now!? I can't lose them!" I couldn't breathe anymore. I just couldn't stop hyperventilating. Dark spots grew in my vision.

"Draco. You need to calm down." Someone said, but I couldn't match the voice with a face.

I clutched my hair in my hands, practically yanking it out.

"Draco!" My head whipped to the other side, my left cheek stinging.

Someone just slapped me, knocking me back into my senses.

"W-What?" I stuttered looking around me. Hermione was kneeled beside me, the others stood around me standing with a bunch of Aurors. "Did you just hit me?" I asked Hermione.

"It's certainly not the first time." She remarked. "Sorry. We needed to get you to calm down and that was the first thing to pop in my head." She told me.

"Thanks, I guess. That brought back memories."

She smiled lightly at me.

"We need to find Harry and the kids." Ron stated, interrupting us.

I stood up along with Hermione and faced the rest of the group. "Where do we even begin looking?" Blaise asked.

"I don't think we'll have to look." I mentioned.

"What do you mean?" George asked.

"Crabbe wants me to watch Harry die before killing me and possibly the rest of you. He'll reveal his whereabouts soon. It's all a part of his plan."

"Why did he take Harry in the first place? He's already dying." Ginny asked.

"Killing time. Harry's got an hour. Maybe two if we're lucky. Crabbe wants us to show up at the perfect moment where we'll no longer have time to help him." I explained.

"So what do we do then?" Ron questioned.

"I need to finish Harry's potion. It's the only thing that can save him now." I expressed.

"We'll come up with a plan for when Crabbe reveals his location. You go finish the potion and get back here as soon as possible." Hermione strategized.

I nodded my head in understanding. "On it." I left the Weasley Burrow and apparated back to my work at St. Mungo's.

"Healer Malfoy. Are you working the late shift tonight?" One of the medi-witches asked.

"No sorry. I just forgot something." I commented zooming passed her.

I went straight for the room beside my office that I have been working on the potion. It needs another hour to simmer before I can add the final ingredient, but I'm out of time. I'll have to add the final ingredient now and pray that it won't mess up the concoction. 

After stirring the potion a few more times, I added the last needed ingredient and continued stirring the potion in a clockwise position. I changed the temperature of the fire to a hotter degree before switching my rotations counter-clockwise.

It's almost done. I just hope I'm not too late. 

A few moments more and the potion was finally finished. I wiped the sweat off of my brow before bottling some of the potion in a glass bottle and putting a cork on it. I stuffed it into my robes and left the small, humid room.