Death Eaters Daughter Part Two

Two Hundred Seventy Seven

"I have to go back" I said stopping in my path

"No" Percy grabbed my arm and kept moving with me

"He's hurting"

"Doesn't matter. He's not who you think he is anymore. If the wedding fiasco didn't make that obvious, then his attitude in there should have"

"How do you know he reacted badly?"

"I didn't leave the hallway, I was worried for you. Then Pansy got shoved out and she ran off crying, like she usually does when she comes in"

"How far along is she..?" I would refuse to let myself feel anything until I was back in Sirius' room

"I think three months" he said unsure

"So before their wedding?"

He nodded his head
"I'm sorry"

I looked away from his sorrow filled eyes, for whatever reason he really did feel bad for me. I could feel through his own shield he was never good at hiding from me

"Ron's here"

"So when you said we earlier you meant?"

"Harry Ron Hermione and myself"

"Who are they?" He asked pulling me into his own office

"Cattermole is Ron, Mafalda is Hermione and Harry is Runcorn"

He scoffed
"Harry would pick the worst person to disguise himself as. Next to yours, well I suppose Mafalda is bad too...Cattermole's wife is being questioned today. He should have been there to sit with her, none of you picked good"

"Harry and Ron picked these four out, so not my fault"

"Where are they?"

"Ron went to Yaxley's office, he needs his ceiling fixed and I don't think Ron knows the right charm for it"

"So we should go find him first"

"I'll meet you there" I said opening his office

"Don't you dare" Percy went to chase me but I moved too quick
I was speed walking back through the hall and towards Draco's office
I wouldn't be able to leave here until I knew he wasn't in pain anymore

Percy didn't pursue me, I imagine when given the choice he picked helping Ron. I would have done the same for my sibling
I saw Draco's office in the close distance, no one was around so I walked as fast as I could to the door and turned the handle
It was locked

I looked around to be sure I was alone, when I knew no one would see me I pulled my wand out and unlocked his door
It was a complicated door to unlock, but after concentrating long enough I was able to find the right pattern

I slide through the door and relocked it
He wasn't in his office, I wasn't sure if he went looking for his assistant or was off doing whatever he does
All I knew was that my time was short lived here, I had to pick carefully what I would investigate

Originally I came to make sure he was ok, but if he's not here he must be
At least enough to walk around again

I went up to his desk and sat down gently, I felt miserable here. The energy of the room was intense, I wouldn't have been surprised to find a horcrux here too. I knew they radiated energy, always a negative one
I opened each draw and scanned for anything that gave off a bad vibe

All that was inside was papers, nothing interesting. Mostly just information about order members, I found one of my dad and was sure to burn it before it could be used against him
I did the same for Harry Hermione Ron, all the Weasley's, Tonks even.

I pulled out a final draw and saw a locked box inside of it
I pulled the box out and tried opening it, it didn't crack
I used my wand over and over again but it still refused
"Hmm"
I laid my wand on top of the box, it opened
"Oh"
The wand was originally Draco's so I suppose it still had enough of his energy to trick the container open

Inside was more papers, at first I didn't understand what a bunch of papers needed something so complex to hide with
The more I read the most confused I got
Cora Lupin
21
Dragon (deceased)
Weaknesses
-Full Moon
-Remus Lupin
- Hermione Granger
Wanted dead or alive
Torture on sight

I didn't understand why he would hold my report inside the box, I kept looking
I found notes that I had wrote to him in school, things I didn't realize that he kept
Going further passed the notes and papers I saw photos
One of them being the two of us walking the Yule Ball, Fred missed our entrance but Draco stood beside me
The photo was of him smirking at me, it was the moment I told him I didn't want Fred to walk with me

Another photo laid behind that one, this was of the two of us sitting on a window sill
My head was resting on his, this was fifth year I could tell by his hair

I picked up more, each photo was of the two of us
Except the last was just me
I was sitting in a chair, reading some sort of book about dragons with my knees pulled into my chest
My hair was tucked behind my ear, I was so focused on my book I wasn't aware there was someone taking my photo
It looked like my sixth year, the year Draco changed
He wasn't around me much that year, but he saw me in the library and took a photo

I smiled looking through all of his memorabilia, I didn't own any photos of us anymore. They all disappeared when I went into hiding
The only thing I have is his letter to me

"Cora"

I jumped
The photos i held onto went soaring into the air, the box that was laying on my lap flung to the ground
I was too lost in memories I didn't hear the door open

"I'm not Cora" I cleared my throat, trying to backpedal my earlier reaction "I'm your assistant Selene"

Draco closed his door and locked it behind himself
He walked over to the front of his desk and placed his hands down in front of me

I looked at his hands, I wanted to place my own on top of his but I stayed still
I let my eyes track up his arms and to his face that was barely a foot from my own

I couldn't breath
I was intoxicated from his presence
He picked up one of his hands and put it into my hair, I leaned into his touch
"I didn't notice right away I've been under the imperius curse. I lost trust when you escaped the Manor, I'm being controlled now"

I closed my eyes before I started to lose my hold on my emotions
Knowing Draco's been cursed was hard to hear, worse knowing it was my fault

"You said our code word and that brought me back" he moved himself from the front of his desk to beside me
He got down on his knees and placed his hands on my lap
"I left immediately when I broke out of their hold. I went searching for you, seems you went back for me too"

I nodded my head

He rose up and brought me out of his seat with him
He gently caressed his fingers over my neck, I could see his eyes shift
"I'm so sorry"
He kissed my neck where his hands had hurt me before
"I wouldn't have done that if I..." he cleared his throat "I didn't mean to"

"It's ok" I said softly

"Why are you here?" He asked "you shouldn't be here"
His tone wasn't angry, he was worried

"There is something that my group needs"