crave

one hundred seven

a/n: sorry for the time skip but i'm trying to keep it interesting

several months later
elizabeth and draco have spent everyday building their relationship, he helped her clean out her father's office, he's helped kai get over some things, he's proved that he does love elizabeth. she's spoken to cam, he said he just feels it's best if he doesn't stay near draco, she agreed. cam's safe. elizabeth has made the house more of her own, hanging up pictures of her and draco, her group of friends, kai and esmeray, caleb, it looks great. draco and elizabeth moved their stuff into the master bedroom (of course replacing all of elizabeth's parent's furniture) and kai got a bigger room. the three of them are all as happy as they can be under these situations.

voldemort's been on the look out for harry potter, telling anyone who sees him to turn him in. but there's only been one sighting of him, when he was brought to the manor and draco lied. that night, when draco came back home to elizabeth, he cried on her shoulder, wondering if he had done the right thing. elizabeth assured him he had. elizabeth learned that snape has been running the school, and they have been practicing spells on the first years. she wished she could go help them, but draco made her promise to stay far away from the school.

i smile as i look at the rearranged library in front of me, it looks great. the hard chairs have been replaced with cushioned ones and bean bags. i put a new table and rug in. hung up a picture of me, draco, kai, cam, caleb, and esmeray all above the fireplace. it looks great.

"elizabeth" draco's voice calls out, he sounds panicked. and he's not supposed to be here until later so i quickly walk out of the library and to where he is. "whats wrong" i ask and he sighs "harry's at the school. and voldemort just told people to turn him in. and no one would. so the slytherins have been sent down to the dungeons. and- it's happening, elizabeth. the wars starting" he says and i freeze. "i have to go. i have to be there but i had to let you know. and please, elizabeth, stay here" he says and i look at him.

i smash my lips onto his and he pulls me closer to him before he has to pull away "i love you" he says and i nod "i love you too" i smile and he disapears to the school. "kai" i call out and he walks out from the living area. "i have to go. i'll be back soon. hold down the fort for me" i say and he looks at me. "he just told you not to go, liz" he shakes his head, i didn't know he heard. "i have to. i'll be back, kai. i promise. see you later" i say, running to grab my wand and then to the fireplace to use floo powder to get to the school.

i appear in the slythering common room, completely empty. i walk out of the common room and it's hectic. students walking all in the halls, running, trying to get somewhere. i sigh, i don't know where to go, what to do. i go the opposite way of the crowd, figuring they're running away from something. and i have to figure it out.

i run outside to see professor mcgonagal, and a couple other witches and wizards, setting up boundaries and getting ready for an attack. this is really happening. holy fuck.

i run to her and she looks at me "elizabeth" she says and i sigh "how can i help? please, tell me" i say and she smiles. "go to the hospital wing, grab everything you can and bring it to the great hall. i have a feeling we're going to be needing them" she says and i nod, running off to the hospital wing.

i'm out of breath and sweaty as i get there, my hairs a mess, my heart is racing. but i have to help. my family has been nothing but trouble to the wizarding world and i have to make up for that. i pack everything i can into two carts and push them towards the great hall. as i run i see harry and his friends sitting in the hall, covered in soot. i have no time to stop and see what happened, i keep running.

i get to the great hall, setting the carts to the side. the school shakes and i can feel the barriers mcgonagal built starting to break. i could die today. fuck.

i take a seat, letting out a breath, calming my heart. but that's when the school starts to shake more, and i feel the barrier break completely. holy fuck. i stand up, ready to go out and fight who ever is coming in.

"sweet, sweet, elizabeth"

the voice sends chills down my spine. no. god no. don't let this happen. it's all in my head. it's all in my head. my lip trembles as i turn around, my father stands a couple feet away from me, an evil smirk on his face.

my whole body freezes, i can't move. i stare at him, speechless, oh god. he looks at me, wand in hand, walking closer. move, elizabeth. go, run. i can't. i'm frozen. "so now you can keep quiet" he laughs and i put my hand on my wand. "expelliarmus" i yell and his wand is thrown across the room. and finally, i run. i run out of the great hall, i can hear him behind me, chasing me with every thing he's got.

"you can't run forever, elizabeth" he yells. as i run i look outside, people fighting all over the place. people on the ground hurt. dying. i don't see draco, so hopefully he's okay.

i look behind me, my father closer than i'd like him to be. i don't have time to stop and do a spell. so i turn to run outside, hoping to get mixed up in the fights.

he follows me.

i run faster, through the crowd of fighting people, through the lights, through the darkness. but he stays behind me. i let out a breath as i grab my wand from my side and yell a stunning curse, hoping to push him back a little ways.

it does and i run, i run until i can no longer run anymore, in the middle of the woods. i let out a breath as i lean down and slide down beside a tree, catching my breath. how did he get out? how did he know where i was? did he go home first and see kai? oh god. kai. fuck. i hear walking and i freeze, holding my breath to make sure not to let anyone know i'm here. i carefully turn my head to see harry walking through the woods, and voldemort standing right in front of him. what the fuck is he doing?

i watch as they speak, they're too far away to hear.  my head is pounding, and my heart still hasn't slowed. but i'm able to figure out what's happening when the green flash comes out of voldemort's wand and harry collapses. oh my god. no. no. no.

i can't hold in my cry but i quickly cover my mouth. "what was that" voldemort's voice rings closer to me, i hold back the tears.

the sound of foot steps get closer before voldemort is standing right beside me. "ahh, we have a visitor" he says as he looks down at me, i can feel the fear running through my body. "up" he says, grabbing my arm and pulling me up. "you're coming with us" he tosses me to one of his men that hold both of my arms behind my back, "draco, will love to see you here"