Death Eaters Daughter Part Two

Two Hundred Six

"Draco?" I said going closer to him
He backed away

"Done with Fred and need a new toy?" He asked "didn't think you'd stoop low enough to be with Longbottom, guess the rumors are true"

In this light I could see how broken Draco truly was
He had bags under his eyes, purple in color
His skin looked pale almost sickly, and his cheek bones were more pronounced now
His uniform was clean, but I could see through his cleanliness
I could feel his emotions that were all over the place, anxious angry confused saddened it was hard to find any trace of love underneath it all
But even with all of that, he was still the most handsome guy I knew

"Piss off Malfoy" Neville said getting off the ground
I tried stopping Neville but he pushed passed me, going up against Draco

Draco took out his wand
"Don't test me Longbottom, I'm in a real foul mood"

"I'm not scared of you"

  "You should be" Draco pointed his wand at Neville and fired off a few spells
Neville dodged them, I moved out of the way to not get hit by any of them
I watched as Draco tried to hit Neville again and again, but unlike Draco Neville studied a lot last year
He was part of our defense group and by the end was one of the top students in duels

  "Draco" Snape said
I looked to where his voice was coming from and saw Professor Snape walking towards us
  "Come" he said

Draco put his wand away and walked towards Snape
I was surprised by how easily he gave in, Draco looked like wanted to actually hurt Neville
Neville turned to me
  "You ok?"

  "I'm fine" I said feeling defeated "if I could just talk to him..."

  "I don't think that's a good idea" he said dusting off his robes "he's not the Draco you used to know"

  "I don't care, he could be a death eater and I would still love him"

  "Would you?"

I watched Draco walking with Snape who seemed to be having an unpleasant conversation with him
I just felt so bad for him, he's alone in whatever he has going on
Even if Snape is in on it, he's alone he doesn't trust Snape
He doesn't trust anyone easily

I picked up my book bag and walked back towards the castle
I knew that Neville was going to tell Harry about this encounter
I knew that Harry would talk to me about it as well
But I didn't care
All I want to do is make sure my best friend is ok...

I was sitting in the common room now
The fireplace was blazing hot, I was directly in front of it trying to stay warm
I heard the door open, and a few students walk in
I knew who it was before he even started speaking
  "Cora" Harry said "Neville told us what happened, Malfoy is an ass. He's attacking Neville for no reason, you still think he's good?? You still think he cares for you?"

  "He does, he's proven it" I said staring into the fireplace

  "How?"

  "Don't worry about. Just know that I trust him"

  "I'm not letting you get close to him, I'm trying to protect you like Sirius would have wanted like your dad wants"

  "My dad doesn't give a SHIT about me" I turned to him

  "He does, and he would want me to watch out for you"

I looked to Hermione and Ron
Neither of them said anything
  "What makes you think you know him?? Were you there when my dad told me he blamed me for Sirius's death?!" I got off the ground "were you there when he told me he didn't want to see me anymore because of that?!"

  "No" he said "but he loves you, he can't not love you"

  "What makes you so sure?" I felt my eyes welt but I refused to cry this year
I'm stronger than that now

  "because hes your dad. You're lucky to even have one"

I grabbed my book bag from the ground and stormed out of the common room
I walked my way towards the owlery, it was passed curfew but I didn't care if I got caught
I needed to send it a letter

Dear Remus

I wrote to you but you're ignoring me
That's just my life now you know
Draco's ignoring me
You're ignoring me
I'm just a piece of shit aren't I?
Well don't worry this will be the last time I try
This is my last letter to you
I didn't mean for Sirius to give his life for me
I didn't mean it.
But you don't care how that emotionally scarred me do you?
You don't care that I wake up in the middle of the night out of breath from reliving that day
Seeing Sirius' eyes stare into my soul
You don't care that I'm emotionally wrecked from that day
You just don't care
So fuck you

Cora

I took out another parchment

Dear Sirius

I know this letter won't leave the owlery
I plan to burn it the moment I'm finished
I'm so lost
Dad hates me
He actually hates me for what happened that day
I'm broken from it, you always knew what to say I wish I could go to you for advice now...
Draco won't talk to me
He told me he's protecting me, and that I need to stay away
But he attacks Neville who is just talking to me
He attacks him like he's jealous of him for being around me
He can't have it both ways
He can't not want me but want me
I broke up with Fred...I decided that I couldn't be with him when I still had strong feelings for Draco
But now I don't know what to do
Draco never left my side when I was down, I want to be there for him but what if I just make it worse?
I can't lose him too...
I miss you

I took the parchment and ripped it up into small shreds
I took my wand out and burned the pieces on the ground and watched as the wind took off with the ashes

I looked up at the night sky, it was cloudy not a star in sight
  "I need help" I said to the night sky