Love Never Dies. (Draco Malfoy Fan Fiction) (Watty Awards 2013 Winner)

Chapter 24: Liquid Luck.

A/N: i finally got this chapter down it was hard to find stuff to write in here. I hope you're liking the story so far, thank you for reading and please vote and comment! Thank you! x

Rachel's POV

"How're we gonna you know..." Draco whispers into my ear as Dumbledore makes the useless announcements. 

"I gave it some thought recently... We could always use someone else to do all the dirty work, you know?" I wink at him. "And it won't land us in Azkaban," I add giving him an extra clue. 

"I think I know what you mean," he smirks, getting my message. 

We'll use the Imperius Curse on someone to assassinate Dumbledore. It doesn't have to be a direct kill, just a sip of a deadly potion or the touch of a cursed gift? Who knows? But this plan cannot be known to anyone but us. Soon, we were dismissed to go for our classes. It was Potions. Perfect, Snape would be there. He was like our mentor! 

Draco and I rush down to the dungeons and get there before everyone else. When we reach the classroom, Snape already had the instructions written down on the blackboard to brew a new potion for that day. 

"Good morning Miss Farrell and Mr Malfoy," he sneers as we skuttle into the classroom. "It's fortunate that the both of you came early today as there is something I have to speak to you with," he continues, gesturing for us to join him in his office. He points to the two leather chairs at his desk and asks the both of us to sit there. With that, he closes the door and locks it with the flick of his wand. He then makes his way to his table where he sits down and placing both hands on his table, glares at us before he continues speaking. "I hear that the Dark Lord has given the both of you a mission to complete."

"Yes sir but how - " Draco asks but was cut off mid-sentence.

"Apparently the Dark Lord wasn't careful enough when organising the meeting with the both of you. As such, many of us have found out about this. We would like to assist you in this mission. I have been assigned by Narcissa to help the both of you," Snape continues, his jet black eyes darting from the Draco and back to me. "I am informed that there is in fact a Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the cabinet here at Hogwarts."

"Professor what's a - " I asked only to be cut off mid-sentence by Snape. 

"You'll find suitable information of the cabinet from the library where you will be discussing a proper plan from now on in a corner away from majority of students," he says in a long string of words, his deep voice moving at an unimaginable speed. "Now I want you to join the class for our lesson." 

He unlocks the door with the wave of his wand and Draco and I step out to be greeted with nearly two dozen pairs of curious eyes. The eyes of students follow the both of us as we walk back to our desks that we unfortunately shared with Weasel and Potter. I guess they had no idea those were our bags on the table. When they see us sitting at the same desk as them, they give us a dirty look. So did Granger who was sitting with some obnoxious Lavender girl. From the looks of it, they're probably gonna end up fighting over whose textbook is newer or whose uniform was in a better state. 

It's unusual that the dirty looks don't bother me today. I guess it's because my mind was too preoccupied with the damn mission. I was so distracted I didn't even notice that Snape was no longer our Potions' teacher. It was a rather aged man he wore a muggle-like graduation-ish hat and long deep maroon robes. His nose sulked on his face but other than that, he seemed gullible enough to use under the Imperius curse should Draco and I need to use it. 

"I'm Professor Slughorn and I'm going to be your new potions' professor," he smiles gleefully at the whole class before gesturing for us to walk forward to his large desk where four cauldrons sat with their lids on. He opened the first caudron and from it fused out a lovely gas. It appeals so much to me. "Now can anyone tell me what this is?"