Dark Light - a Draco Malfoy Fanfic

Shell cottage

At Shell Cottage, it was me, Harry, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Dean, Mr Ollivander the wand maker , Griphook- the Goblin along with Bill and Fleur.

Bill came to me and told me Fred would be here in a while. 15 minutes later, Fred had apparated into the cottage. He rushed forward and hugged me.
"Ev, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." He said.
"I should have come with you. Maybe I could've prevented it. Maybe you wouldn't have been so lonely." He said.
"It's okay. I'm fine now." I said and smiled.
He looked confused and he looked at me and instantly his expression changed.
"You don't know yet." He said.  "Your mum, Ev."
The smile wiped off my face as I came to the realisation.
"No!!" I screamed. "No! No! No!"
I fell to my knees. Fred caught me. He fell on his knees too as he pulled me into a tight embrace.

"I'm so sorry, Ev. I'm so sorry. They found her body in the forest." He said.
I cried uncontrollably. Only recently had we become closer than we had ever before. And now she was..... gone.

Fleur pointed to a room. Fred pulled me up and took me to the room. He made me lie down on the bed. I curled up into a fetus position as I sobbed. Flashes of her smiling face in my eyes. I pulled him to the bed and hugged him as tight as I could and cried. He rubbed my back ,consolidating me.

Harry, Hermione and Ron had been talking to Ollivander and Griphook. That evening they came to me.
"I'm really sorry about your mother Ev." Hermione said.
"You need to be strong. We need to fight the dark."
"Fred will be here with you. We need to go do something very important."
"Take care Ev." They said and gave me a hug.

Then the 3 were gone. Luna would occasionally come in to talk to me. Other than her, it was just Fred. Everyone else thought it was best to let me mourn alone.

Fred would bring me food. Update me on the news of the outside world , about what was going on at Hogwarts; occasionally, he'd hug me or give me a kiss. Every time we kissed, I'd be reminded of Draco and the last time I saw him; how disheveled he looked, how frail and tired he was; how scared he was. But I dared not speak of it to Fred because he was trying so hard. Unlike Draco, it was him who was with me, taking care of me, protecting me and caring for me. All I could do was try and reciprocate it.

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For the next few weeks when we couldn't do anything but to wait for news, Bill being a master curse breaker, would teach us how to duel. He would prepare us for what was to come. We all learnt a lot from him. We grew stronger by the day. My sadness turned into rage, a rage to avenge the people I loved- my mother, Cedric and Draco- for what they had done to him; for the situation they had put him in.

Fred and I had gotten closer than ever before. We would walk by the beach in the evenings, talk all night, often even falling asleep together on the same bed. I realised, unlike my life with Draco, life with Fred was a lot more slow; a lot more normal. And that was what I longed for at the moment- normalcy.

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One day, Fred brewed some poly juice potion to disguise ourselves so that we could visit my mother's grave. I swore to her that I would  avenge her  and placed a flower on her grave. I hugged Fred as we stood there watching the sun set.

"I guess I am the cursed one. Everyone I love gets taken away from me." I said , tears rolling down my cheeks. "Promise me you will always be by my side."

"Does that mean you love me too?" He joked.
I hugged him tighter.
"I promise I'll do everything I can to keep you safe and everything I can to always be by your side." He said as he gave me a kiss.

We apparated back to Shell cottage. Bill rushed towards us.
"There's news. Harry and the others are at  Hogwarts. There's a passage from the Hog's Head. Aberforth has sent for us. We need to go now." He said.
We grabbed our wands and nothing more and apparated to Hogsmeade. Mr and Mrs Weasley, George, Lupin, Tonks, Shacklebolt and some other Aurors were already there too.

We took the shortcut from there to Hogwarts. We entered into the room of requirement. Many of the students and teachers were present there. Professor Mcgonagall rushed in. "Snape has run away!" She said.

"We need to protect the castle while Harry finds what he had been looking for."

"What is he looking for?" I asked.
"Ravenclaw's lost diadem" Cho replied.
"Do you know where he is?" I asked.
"The room of requirement, I suppose." She said.

I nodded. Gave Fred one last kiss.
"I think I must finally accept this really is real." He said and kissed me back.
"Stay safe." He said.
"You too." I replied.
I ran towards the Room of requirement and concentrated on what I needed, walked about it 3 times and the room opened.
I ran in and called "Harry! Hermione! Ron!"
"Here!" Someone replied.
I ran in the direction.
"I came to help." I said.

We started searching for it frantically.
Silver crown, blue stone.
Silver crown, blue stone.

Something caught Harry's eyes and he moved towards it. He opened the box when I heard Draco's voice.