Her Locket

Prologue

I was running like my life was on the line. It kind of was after all, I betrayed the Dark Lord. As soon as I saw that Harry wasn't really dead, that there might be a chance of the Dark Lord will be defeated, I threw him my wand, well my mothers wand really, and I sprinted with everything I had in me. I heard eruptions of the spells that were yelled, I didn't turn back not once to see if I was being chased by my now ex fellow Death Eaters, scared it will slow me down to find safety as I had no protection of a wand. I was so caught up in finding my own safety that I completely forgot about the one thing I was living for, that one certain person. I skidded to stop, and turned around and ran back into the direction I was running away from. How fucking dare I leave the only person I loved more than anything, I left her there to fend for herself while I was being selfish for my own protection. I didn't care that I had no wand anymore, that I could easily die at any moment, I had one goal and one goal only, to find Y/N. I couldn't see much with all the sparks flying from wands, I couldn't hear over the yelling and war cries, the stench of fire, ash and blood was all I could smell, the smoke filling my lungs up like a balloon. None of that mattered though, I only wanted to protect my Y/N. I dodged spells like I was in a quidditch match  as if I was trying to catch the snitch. I looked everywhere for her, I prayed to god that she wasn't already dead. I stumbled over the bodies of my classmates and Death Eaters. I made sure to check that one of those bodies weren't her in the midst of racing towards my goal. 

It felt like I was running around for hours, searching every nook and cranny through this god forsaken school, my energy never ran out, running off pure adrenaline. I screamed and cried out for Y/N with what my lungs could muster, I had tears in my eyes as I was starting to lose hope. As I was running I collided with my mother and father. they stopped my and grabbed my arm.

"Draco, what have you done!?" My father screamed at me, horror in his eyes. "You disgraced us, now we are targets on BOTH sides."

"Let me fucking go dad, I need to find Y/N before it's too late." I yelled, trying to pull myself out of his grip.

"You and that stupid Y/L/N girl, you risked your life, your reputation to the Dark lord for HER?"

"Yes, and I'd do it again if I had too, I am nothing without her." 

"Draco darling, come with us to safety." may mother said softly but enough for me to hear over the screams.

"No, leave now before you get killed, I am not leaving without Y/N and that's final." I broke free from my father grip and ran once again to find my love, my mother called after me in anguish but I didn't care, if I had to die for Y/N then I would. 

I had ran around almost the entire building but there was no sight of her. Hope was almost completely gone and I cried. I screamed to the air while still running as a big 'fuck you, Merlin' I had turned a corner when I realised I was back where I had started, back at the main entrance of Hogwarts. I halted, seeing that Harry and the Dark Lord were duelling, I was glued to the spot. I had to see if Harry would kill him once and for all. I prayed with every fibre of my being that Potter would beat him. I was pulled out of my trance as I heard that familiar voice yell for me. I turned around and there she was, Y/N was cornered by Antonin Dolohov, a Death Eater I only met a few times. Y/N was loosing against him and she was loosing fast, I was across the other side of the court so I had to get there fast. I hurtled myself to get to her, I could her her agonizing screams as she was struck with Crucio curse, I screamed and fired out some spells to get Antonin to battle me. I was halfway away from her when everything suddenly went slow motion. I saw that green spark I knew too well shoot out of Antonin's wand, it hit her right in the heart and I knew, I was too late. I bellowed out in absolute and utter terror. I saw she looked at me with wide doe eyes, her eyes reading that she knew her fate. She mouthed the words 'I love you' before she slumped to the ground, loosing the life in her eyes as they turned dull and glazed over. Terror became pure rage as I screeched the spell 'AVADA KEDARVA' at Antonin, it hit him smack bang between his eyes and his body slumped down on top of Y/N. I scurried towards her and kicked the now lifeless body on Antonin off of Y/N, scooping her up into my arms. I brushed her Y/H/C hair from her face, hoping that is wasn't the killing curse that hit her, although I knew all to well it was. Her eyes had lost all the light she had in them once and he was now met with the horrid vacant stare at nothingness. I held her tight in my arms as I sobbed into her cold and still chest. I pleaded that she'd wake up and that she was just playing dead, I begged her not to leave me alone, I wailed that I loved her but none of those words would bring her back and I knew that deep down. In the midst of my tormented screams, I didn't realise that everything went silent. I would later find out Voldemort was defeated but that didn't even matter to me right now, right now my heart was shattering into pieces of broken glass. I was trembling and crying before I realised I was getting pulled back by Blaise and Theo, I tried to kick them off me as I was squirming to get out of their grips. I belted out every obscenity I could think of at them, demanding they'd let me go, but their grips never loosened around me. I screamed and battled against the grip until everything went dark.

I woke up in a haze, confused on where I was. In my state of fuzziness I could see I was in the Great Hall. everyone was crowded around either getting their wounds tended to or consulting a classmate. I sat up and I could see beds lined up almost everywhere on the ground, covered with blankets, I realised they were bodies. I looked around, I could see the Weasley's crowded around one of the beds, crying, but not as pained as George. I could see Fred's lifeless corpse upon one of those beds, as well as one of my former professors, but they were the only two I knew, the rest were faces I had just seen in the halls. My eyes fell on a particular bed, it was covered to the head but I could see the hair that'd I used to run my fingers through everyday, the hair that smelled of jasmine. I bolted up and rushed over to the corpse, as I knelt down and pulled back the covers to reveal my beautiful Y/N. She looked more peaceful now, as if she was just sleeping, but her chest never raised nor fell. I held her in my arms once again and sobbed quietly into her like I did before, I didn't care if they saw me, the obnoxious and proud Draco Malfoy, become the most vulnerable I had ever been. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I lifted my head to met my gaze with  Harry Potter, the boy who defeated Voldemort. His eyes were gentle and filled with sympathy, he looked at Y/N for a short moment and back at me. I couldn't say anything, I couldn't even look him in the eye. He understood somehow and walked away, I turned back to my deceased girlfriend and I looked at her with watery eyes, I brushed my hand over her cheek and cupped it. I leaned down and kissed her cold lips, the taste of salt hit me as my own tears were creeping into the crevices of my lips, I lifted my head and stared at her again. I just stared. I could see a glimmer of gold from the corner of my eye, it was her necklace. I gently took it into my hand and admired it for a bit, she never took this necklace off. I looked at the pendant, which was a locket, a locket she never let me look into in all of our three years of dating. I laid Y/N on my lap and unclasped the locket from her neck, I opened the locket carefully to find a tiny photo inside. Pictured was image of us inside, we were at Hogsmead inside of the Three Broomsticks, she was sipping a cup of butter-beer and I was kissing her cheek, we were dressed in warm winter clothes, I had a beanie and a black coat on and she was dressed in her green cardigan with a grey scarf wrapped around her neck, her hair was up in a mid messy ponytail where her curls fell just right around her shoulders. Her smile was wide and her eyes were glowing like the sun rays. This was our first date back in the third year. On the other side of the locket was just a picture of me, we were in my private prefect dorm and I was pressed up against my headboard, reading what seems to be a potions book. I was wearing grey sweatpants and a plain white t-shirt. I didn't know she had taken this photo of me. I smiled a bit and fisted my hand into a ball. I kissed the locket with a shaky hand and proceeded to clasp the necklace around my neck. I pulled Y/N back up to my chest and rocked back and forth, silent tears falling as I hummed quietly to our favourite muggle song she introduced me to, O' Children. I knew that today would be the last day I would ever feel happiness again.