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

Chapter 25: The Cursed Necklace.

A/N: This chapter was hard to write and I tried my best to follow what was shown in the movie and book and manipulating it to fit the story. Hope you liked it. Please comment and vote! Thank you! x

The Dark Lord was getting impatient but Narcissa managed to persuade him that we needed time to plan and we really did. Draco and I hardly started on anything since the year started besides finding possible ways to murder the headmaster. It was a Saturday and we got to go to Hogsmeade for the day.  

A thump outside my dormitory door shook me awake. Who was that bloody idiot who wasn't careful again? Esme was still asleep so I drag myself out of bed and shuffle my way to the door. I fling the door open and I see Draco on the stairs again, he fell down again. Silly bloke still thinks he can come up the girls' dormitories.

"What?" I ask annoyed at him, my hair in a mess and my breath smelly. 

"Hurry, there's something I need to talk to you about," his face grew serious and I knew exactly what he was talking about. 

"Okay," I close the door and grab a fresh set of clothes and my wash up materials. 

I run to the bathroom and wash up within three minutes. I change into a white shirt and put on a sweater, pushing up the sleeves and I wear a pair of jeans. I tie my hair up into a waterfall braid and run out of the bathroom, putting on the necklace with the key and checking that my ring was still on my finger. I grab my bag and run out of the room. 

I reach the bottom step of the dormitory and I see Draco waiting by the side as usual. He had a perpetual frown on his face but when he sees me, his charming smile appears on his face. Without saying another word, he takes my hand and leads me out of the castle and into Hogsmeade.

"What was that you wanted to tell me about?" I ask him as we were out of the castle. 

"Shh," he quietens me and places a finger on my lips. 

He then leads me to a very quiet alley and whips out something from his jacket pocket. It was a package. 

"What's that?" I ask, referring to the paper-wrapped box.

"It's a necklace, it's cursed. One touch and you're dead," he tells me, his hand shaking. I knew it was something he didn't want to do. "My mother sent it to me this morning through owl mail. Wants us to use this to complete the mission."

"How...?" I ask. How can we get the necklace to Dumbledore without being caught? The headmaster doesn't even like us, why on earth would he accept something from us?

"The Imperius Curse," he takes his wand out and points to a girl who I recognise to be Katie Bell.

"I'll do it," I take my wand out and grab the parcel from him. "I know what to do." 

I go into the Three Broomsticks and the first thing I see is Potter, Weasel and Granger. They look at me suspiciously before returning to their conversation.

I walk into the bathroom and placing the parcel on the sink, I peek out of the bathroom window. I see Katie Bell walking straight into the Three Broomsticks. I open the door and stick my wand out. "Imperio!" I whisper. Katie jerks upright. Using my mind, I get Katie to tell her friend she needs to use the bathroom. She then walks straight into the bathroom. I duck and I hide in one of the cubicles. I get Katie to pick the parcel up and take it in her hands. I 'tell' her to give the parcel to Dumbledore and she 'says' she will.

I release her from the imperius curse and she walks out of the bathroom, the parcel in hand. Perfect. If she really passes the parcel to Dumbledore, the mission is a success. 

I walk out of the bathroom and go back to the alley where I left Draco. He was still standing there. 

"Done," I tell him, looking into his grey eyes. 

"I love you," he whispers, he was leaning in to kiss me but an ear-piercing scream broke the romantic atmosphere. My head snaps into the direction of the sound. I run out of the alley, grabbing Draco's hand. The scream was never-ending. 

I look to my left and I see Katie in the snow, her small body dragged from left to right and back in the cold snow, her face pale and her black hair covering her face. Her body was then dragged up into the air, her arms opened out as if she was being crucified. Her hair was floating all around her face and her mouth was open in a continuous scream. Her friend was screaming too. Beside her friend was the opened package. Around them stood Potter, Granger and Weasel. Hagrid was making his way to them. He gestures for Potter not to touch the wrappings as he takes Katie's frail body in his hands.  

I look to Draco whose eyes seemed to pierce through the air into mine. "What are we going to do?" I ask him worriedly. 

"Act like nothing happened," he tells me, apparating back to the gates of Hogwarts. We walk back into the castle and not saying another word, we go to Snape's office.

He wasn't there when we reached so we waited outside. He arrives just two minutes after us, a stern expression on his face. 

"Come in," he flings the door open with his wand and gestures for us to sit on the two leather chairs in his office. "From what I have witnessed and seen, Miss Bell was under the imperius curse?" 

"Yes, sir," Draco and I echo. I knew where he was going with this and I knew he knew what we did.

"I understand that the both of you are in a rush to complete the mission for whatever reason but you have to learn to be more efficient in how you carry out your assassination!" he could have shouted.

"Yes sir," I keep my head bowed but Draco lifts his up in rebellion.

"But, sir, we still had no idea how to murder - " he stutters at the end, unwilling to let curious eavedroppers find out anything nasty. 

"Take this," he whispers so soft I could hardly hear him. He slips his hand under his table and pulls out a glass bottle. "It is a bottle of mead, poisoned mead." 

My eyes bulge out from their sockets and I could have gasped. He's assisting us in an assassination? How did he know it in the first place? I was grateful to have his guidance though. Readily but with his hands shaking, Draco takes the bottle from Snape and shoves it into his pocket. 

"Find a way to slip it to the headmaster," he tells the both of us, answering an unasked question. With that, he gestures for us to leave his office. 

Draco and I do as told and we skuttle out of the classroom immediately, closing the door behind us. It was already getting rather late and I was tired. Since the day was over and it was a Saturday, Draco asked me, "Want to go somewhere?" he winked at me before taking my hand and starting to run.