It Started With A Letter

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Well, everything is going amazing. I've got this stupid mark on my arm, with the command "let the Death Eaters into the castle and kill Dumbledore". Fan-fucking-tastic. So far, I'm halfway with the Vanishing Cabinet through which I'm supposed to let the Death Eaters in, but I can't manage to kill Dumbledore. I tried to give him a cursed necklace, which accidentally cursed one of Harry's Quidditch Chasers, and I tried to poison him, which, so I later heard, almost ended Ron. And right now, I was crying my eyes out in a bathroom.

'Love?' I spun around, wand in hand. Harry was standing in front of the door. 'Leave me alone!' He took a step closer and I raised my wand. 'Draco... Draco, love...' 'Leave before I use the Cruciatus curse on you!' Harry tensed slightly. Then he slowly raised his hand, without his wand. 'I'm warning you...' He didn't stop. Instead, he took a step closer and raised his hand further. 'Crucio!' Harry winced, obviously in pain, but he didn't stop. He took a deep breath, then looked at me. 'Love... please...' He started shaking. Then he took my hand, the one without wand, in his. He just held my hand, brushing his thumb against my knuckles. I couldn't take it anymore.

I dropped my wand, lifting the curse off of Harry, and he took a step towards me and wrapped his arms around my waist. My knees gave away and I collapsed in his arms. He slowly sank the both of us on the ground,pulling me in his lap and holding me. I buried my face in the crook between his neck and shoulder, and clutched onto his shirt. 'Shh... everything is okay, I'm here... and I will always be here for you...' He hummed a gently tune in my ear, rubbing the length of my back. I finally calmed down. 'I don't want to do this, Harry. I don't want to be a murderer and let the Death Eaters in the castle. But he will kill me if I don't.'

'It's okay. Everything is going to be okay. We will get through this. Together.' I calmed down completely, nuzzling his neck. 'What song was that?' 'Oh, a muggle song I know from my childhood.' 'Can you sing it to me?' 'Of course, love.' I pulled back, sitting up straight to look at him. He hummed a little, then sang.
'Back in the flower field,
Next to the lake,
That was were I
Had my first heartbreak.
Next to the flower field,
I would always go there,
At the side of the lake,
With some flowers in my hair.'

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'Come over to the right side, Draco. You are not a killer.' Dumbledore looked at me. 'I don't have a choice! I have to kill you! Or he will kill me...' The other Death Eaters joined us at the top of the Astronomy Tower, as did Snape. 'Severus... please...' Snape looked at Dumbledore, raised his wand, and simply said "Avada Kedavra" as if it was nothing. Dumbledore fell off the tower, all the Death Eaters ran outside to put Hagirds cabin on fire, Snape pulled me outside with him, and then there was Harry.

Shooting spells at Snape, not even bothering to look at me, and I knew he had witnessed everything what happened on top of that tower. Snape got him on the ground, all the Death Eaters Disapparated, and Snape turned around to walk towards me. In the second it took Snape to turn around, grab my arm and Disapparate us, Harry looked at me and smiled, blowing me a kiss. And that was the last I saw before Snape Disapparated us.