✔️OBSIDIAN HEART (Draco Malfoy) BOOK 1 |WATTYS 2021 SHORTLIST

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WARNING: This seems like a random warning right now but it will make more sense later. This chapter gets a bit spicy/steamy, though it is not completely explicit. I don't want to give too much away but there is a discussion about sex and some steam.  Please do not read that part if it will upset you, it is very clear where it starts but I'll put a little '*' just so you know. Thank you for reading.

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•Hogwarts, Hidden Tunnel,•

"This place definitely wasn't on the Marauders Map," George mumbled, glancing around the stone tunnel Lavinia had shoved them into, it ran beneath the Black Lake but she did not tell them that. The tunnel itself was not important so much as it was hidden and they could go from there without the issue of being caught by Umbridge.

"It is one of Dumbledore's tunnels," she lied smoothly, taking the kettle from beneath her cloak that the headmaster had given her. Waving her wand over it, it glowed a faint blue for a moment, a portkey ready and prepared to take them to the old headquarters; if all went well, Sirius, Remus and hopefully Draco should already be there. Lavinia was not sure what the others would make of that but she refused to leave him there in the castle alone.

"What is going on Lavi?" Harry protested, anger sizzling visibly through him. "What does Dumbledore mean about you being trained to fight? You're a member? You! But us, we're not even allowed to sit in on the meetings! I've fought him, I'm the one who saw him return you they let you on the Order? And Draco? How come he gets missions and tasks? What the hell Lavinia?" he demanded and the Weasley's widened their eyes in shock but said nothing to help either of them.

"I understand your anger Harry," she sighed, "I asked for you all to join," that was the truth. "I do not know why Dumbledore does the things he does but he thought it better if I kept it a secret. I'm sorry, Harry, everybody. And as for Draco... As I said before, that is for him to explain but I can assure you he is on our side, I know that you trust Dumbledore and it was Dumbledore who brought him onto our side,"

"I suppose if old Dumbles trusts that ferret then we can too," George huffed and Fred nodded along. Ginny was next to agree and after exchanging a glance, Ron and Harry huffed approval, though said nothing, resigned. Lavinia's lies lived on to see another day and she was not entirely assured that she was glad for it.

"Are you ready?" she questioned, holding the portkey out to them, they each threw out a hand to hold onto it. It would be so much easier to go to the tunnels as the headquarters but with nobody there, it was not feasible. After Christmas, she told herself-- she would assure that the moving process began. There was no use in waiting. Nobody answered before the portkey was whirling them away.

Lavinia felt the others crash to the ground and braced her weight on her knees. The kitchen of Number twelve was dark and gloomy but it was easy to see the three people sitting at the table, waiting. They looked perfectly calm, perfectly dressed and waiting in their travelling cloaks. They could not have arrived much earlier than they had, they were yet to even light the fireplace. Lavinia helped Ginny to her feet and she smiled her appreciation.

"What is going on?" Sirius questioned, pushing back his windswept hair. Lavinia made her way to stand in between Remus and Draco. She whispered gently to the werewolf as she listened to Harry tell the story she already knew about his vision and the snake. It was most certainly not a good thing, this vision. Lavinia had tried to warn Dumbledore, as had Severus but now something had finally come to pass from that mind link between Harry and Lord Voldemort. Hopefully, it would be enough to incite a change.