Secrets || Draco Malfoy

Twenty- one

I can't help but feel offended by Harry wanting to go on this crazy mission on his own. I'm his twin. I also carry the lightning bolt scar.

I wish I could say I was surprised about the Horcrux being a fake. It's beginning to feel like everything in our lives is against us.

Harry and I had to say goodbye to the Dursleys. I didn't really care. I felt bad for Hermione. She had to obliviate herself from her parents. That must've been hard.

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"Potters, you're underage, which means
you've still got the trace on you." Moody says to us.
"What's the trace?" Harry asks.
"Why, if you sneeze, the Ministry will know who
wipes your nose. The point is, we have to use those
means of transport the trace can't detect-brooms,
thestrals, and the like." Moody explained quickly,
"We go in small groups. That way, if anyone's out there waiting for us... and I reckon there will be... they won't know which Harry and Y/n Potter are the real ones."
"The real ones?" Harry asks raising his brows. I understand. Polyjuice.
"He's using Polyjuice." I say.
"I believe you're familiar with this particular brew." He says pulling out a small vial.
"No," Harry says. "Absolutely not."
"Harry." I say trying to talk to him.

"I told you he'd take it well," Hermione said.
"No. If you think I'm going to let everyone risk
their lives for us, I-I-."
"Never done that before, have we?" Ron says.
"No! No. This is different. I mean, taking that, becoming me-no!"
"Well none of us really fancy being you, mate"

"Yeah, imagine if something went wrong and we
ended up a scrawny, specky git forever," Fred says. "Or if we're a girl forever. Or that might not be too bad." Fred says looking at me.

"Everyone here is of age, Potter," Moody tells
him, "They've all agreed to take the risk."
"Technically, I've been coerced," Someone says.
smiling at us, "Mundungus Fletcher, Mr. and Miss
Potter. Always been a huge admirer."
"Nip it, Mundungus!" Moody snapped.

Hermione tips a piece of hair from Harry's head. I sigh and take a pice if mine and hand it to her.

She takes them to moody.

"Blimey, Hermione!"

"Straight in here, if you please." The liquid fizzes as Hermione drops Harry's hair inside. She does the same with mine. She stepped back as Moody gives the flasks a quick shake to stir them."

They all get in a group about to drink it.

"For those of you who haven't taken polyjuice
potion before, fair warning- it tastes like goblin
piss," Moody says passing the vial to george.

"You have a lot of experience with that Moody?" George says. Moody doesn't respond. "Just trying to diffuse the tension." He says.

Soon everyone had taken either one of the vials and the room is filled with many me's and Harry's. It's weird.

"Wow, they're identical!" Fred and George exclaim.
"Not yet, we're not," Moody said before dumping two piles of clothes on the floor. One pile was identical sets of my clothes and the other Harry's.

We all took a set. It feels weird. I don't want people to be me.

George who's in Harry's form, held up one of the Harry shirts, "You haven't got anything a bit more sporting, have you?"
Fred who's in my form stood up from the pile, "Yeah, I don't really fancy this color."
"Well, fancy this. You're not you," Moody spat, "So
shut it and strip."

Hermione and I both go to the corner and change. It's weird since we're both me.

"Harry, you're eyesight really is awful," Ron says.
Harry scoffs but I can't tell which is the real him.
"Right, then. We'll be pairing off. Each set of Potter twins will will have a protector. Mundungus, stick tight to me. I want to keep an eye on you. As for Y/n and Harry." He says.

"Yes?" Everyone says.
"The real Y/n and Harry. Where the devil are you, anyway?" I raise my hand and hear Harry say "here."
"You'll both ride with Hagrid," Moody instructed. "And Y/n hide that ring." He says to me. I quickly tuck it under my shirt. Hagrid and I walk over to Harry.

Hagrid begins telling us how much he cares about us and stuff.

"Yes, it's all very touching." Moody says interrupting Hagrid's kind words. "Let's go!"

Harry and I get on his motorbike.
Moody stood at the front of our line of groups. "Head for the Burrows. We'll rendezvous there. On the count of three!"

I take a deep breath and hear Harry do the same.

"One..." Moody called, "Two... three!"

Hagrid sets off as well as everyone else. We're closer to the ground than the rest of the lot.

It doesn't take long for us to get there.

Lupin is waiting with his wand pointed at us.
"Y/n is it really you?" He asks me.
"Yes." I say.
"Harry?"
"The one and only."
"Well, there are more right now." I say earning a soft chuckle from Harry.

"Y/n, do you have the ring?" Lupin asks me. I nod and pull it out. "Where did you get it?" I have to say it's from Draco. I don't think Lupin will be happy with that.
"Draco gifted it to me not long after last year started." I say. He sighs and nods.

I go inside while he asks Harry questions.

Molly is worried saying more people should be here by now.

George comes in. His ear has been blasted. I move out if the way to not be in Molly's way of her boy.

Harry and I walk to the corner.
"I feel bad." I say watching as Fred runs to his brother's side.
"It's because of us. I hate that they do it for us." Harry says.
"They do it because they care." I say softly.

Silence follows.

"So Draco gave you that ring? I always wondered who it was." He says.
"Yeah I wore it to Slugghorns dance." I say. He nods.

Soon Bill and Fleur walk in. They're faces making it obvious something bad happened. Harry and I quickly walk over.

"Mad-Eye's dead," Bill says. I take a sharp breath.
"No." I mutter.
"Mundungus took one look at Voldemort and
disapparated."

Lupin sighs sitting next to me.

Everyone falls silent. No one knows what to say.

Minutes go by.

"This is bull shit." I say standing up. Everyone turns to look at me confused.
"I'm sick and tired of everyone getting hurt or killed because they're try to help me and Harry. I'm done." I say. Harry nods agreeing. "Voldemort has no end unless we stop him now."

"First killing our parents, imprisoning Sirius, killing Cedric, freeing the Death Eaters, killing Sirius, trying to force Draco to kill Dumbledore, hurting George, and now killing Mad- Eye. I'm done." I say. Harry nods.
"So am I." He says.