Life is a riddle

A whole lot of tears

Ia pov
I walked down the hallway, not really paying attention to anything. Suddenly I collided with someone. "Sorry" I muttered looking up. "Ia..... I need you to get Leo and Delilah. Tell them Draco is in the hospital wing and he's in a bad condition." My father said in an exhausted voice. I noticed he had blood on his hands. I nodded and ran to Ravenclaw tower. I rushed pushing past everyone. I knocked the brass door knocker. "What came first the Phoenix or the fire?" The door asked. "It goes in a circle." I said quickly. It let me in. I ran in and looked around for Leo. I saw him sitting on an armchair.

"Leo" I said out of breath. "Draco is in the hospital, he's loosing a lot of blood." I stopped to take a breath. "WHAT!" Leo yelled. He stood up and held me by my shoulders. "Ia go tell Delilah. She needs to know." He shouted as he ran out of the tower. I ran after him heading towards the Slytherin common room. When I reached there I yelled "pureblood" I kept running forgetting that I had to wait. Faceplant. "Ahhhh fuck!" I yelled. I ignored the stinging in my nose and kept running into the common room. I looked wondering where she was. "Oh wait. She's probs sleeping." I muttered running to the dorms. I ran to her private dorm, slamming open the door. I ran up to her bed and started to shake her sleeping figure. "Delilah wake up!" I yelled. She looked up and glared at me.
"What!" She grumbled rubbing her eyes. "Draco's in hospital wing. He's really badly hurt." I said quickly. She froze.

Delilah pov.
I froze. 'No....... No.' I thought to myself. I got up quickly, well as quickly as a pregnant chick can. I felt tears start to cover my cheeks. Me and Ia started heading towards the hospital wing. When we reached there Leo was already there. He was crying. Like literally crying. I walked up to him and hugged him. I then looked at Draco, what I saw made me want to cry more. Draco lay there eyes closed, covered in blood stained bandages and looking paler than usual. "Draco" I whispered weakly. Madame pomfrey walked up to us. "I'm afraid, he may not make it. He's lost a lot of blood. Unless his wounds heal quickly, he may die." She said solemnly. I started crying more. I sat beside him, unable to stop the tears running down my face. "I'm afraid you will have to leave." She continued. I slowly stood up. Leo grabbed my arm and Ia grabbed my other and they helped me out. We all walked to the black lake.

Leo pov.
I sat down and pulled Delilah onto my lap. I hugged her. "Calm down Delilah. It'll be alright." I said in a soothing voice, trying to convince myself as well. "He's gonna be fine. He's gonna be fine. They won't let him die." Ia said. Delilah stayed silent, tears still streaming down her face. "I can't do this without him. If he dies, I don't think I could go through with this pregnancy without Draco." She muttered. I rubbed her back.
"It'll be alright Delilah. If he does...... Well die. You'll still have me and Ia." I said trying to calm her down, but surprisingly failing. 'My brother might die. I'm gonna lose my twin.' I thought to myself. "I'm gonna fucking kill him" Ia said, standing up and running off.

"If Draco dies. I promise you Delilah, I will help you with this child. If he dies I will take his place." I continued soothingly. She shook her head.
"No. I can't make you do something like that." She whispered looking at me. "You belong to Ia." She continued.
"Come on you need to sleep. It's late. Go back to the castle." I said sliding her off me. I helped her stand up and walked her back to Slytherin common room. Once I made sure she was in her room, I walked back out. I walked to my dorm room. I sighed sitting on my bed. I pulled off my shirt. "Cicatrix mea corpus, apud mea magia ego preaceptum." I muttered holding a hand to my heart. I felt my skin start to burn, as I was marked my own magic. I tore my hand away knowing the spell was complete. As I stood up, I looked in the mirror seeing the blue markings, that had formed where I had held my hand. I sighed, putting my shirt back on and walking out of the tower.

Ia pov.
I stomped through the hallways, still crying. I had just shown my half brother what happens when you mess with my friends. I looked up seeing Leo. "Oi Leo!" I yelled running up to him. "How could you say something like that?" I continued as I stopped in front of him. He gave me a confused look. "What you said to Delilah, about taking Draco's place" I yelled. He closed his eyes, looking really annoyed. "First. I offered that because I knew my brother would want Delilah to keep the child and be looked after. Secondly. Delilah rejected my offer anyway. And thirdly. You know I love you, your my red maiden." He said in an annoyed but calm tone. I crossed my arms.

"I'm still upset that you said that to Delilah in the first place." I grumbled. He groaned in annoyance.
"What the fuck was I supposed to do? Just leave her. Tell her to look after herself. I'm not sure if you've noticed but I'm not a dick head like my brother. I respect my brother and everything he cares for, and he may not show it but he does the same for me." He yelled. I took a step back knowing that the only time he swore, was when he was really pissed off. "I know that you love me and I know you're not like Draco. I just......" I started saying but he interrupted me.
"It doesn't matter. I shouldn't be arguing about something this stupid when my twin is on his death bed. I'll talk about it later Ia." He said walking off.

Delilah pov.
I sat on my bed unable to sleep. I got up and walked to my closet, I looked at the very bottom. I saw it, A box I swore I would never open again. It's been four years, I haven't touched it once. But for some reason I still carried it around. I sighed picking it up. I opened it revealing and old knife. It was elegant in its own way. It's handle had been carved from onyx and emerald, and the knifes blade had a glint of red. I sat back down on my bed and rubbed my stomach. I raised my arm and went to cut it, when suddenly the knife was removed from my hand. I looked up seeing Astoria. "You shouldn't cut. It's bad for you. You should just concentrate on looking after yourself and the child." She said calmly. Now usually I would get super pissed off at someone interrupting me, but something in her voice calmed me down.

"Ugh I know. But I just couldn't help it. Everything is going bad, my head constantly feels like it's running a million miles an hour and it's not helping the fact that Draco is in the hospital wing." I said starting to cry again. The brunette girl hugged me. "And do you think that any of the people who care about you, mostly Draco. Would want you to start cutting yourself? Hmm" she said in a soothing voice. I shook my head. "Exactly. You need to stay strong for him. Think positive" she continued releasing me. She got up and started to walk out, knife still in hand. She stopped. "If you need to talk to someone...... Just ask" she said closing the door behind her. I sighed and lay down again, very slowly falling asleep.

((K. Hopefully you like this chapter, I thought it was sad. Just letting you know, probably within the next four or so chapters, the baby will be born. Yay. Sorry if you get really like depressed because of the fact Leo scared himself and Delilah tried to cut herself. Also I'm sorry for not mentioning Nitro for awhile. Also..... A little translation for the spell Leo cast. It's Latin and the meaning is. 'Scar my body, with the magic I command.' So a reminder to comment, please. Also ummmm oh yeah..... Read IaSnape story! By the way, the picture for this chapter, I drew it. Well bye.))