Loving Lily: A Snily Story

Chapter 107 - Scrapes and Bruises

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Ron and Hermione gasped for breath as they raced into their encampment, determined to break up the brawl.

As Ron quickly bent down and attempted to separate Tom and Draco, Hermione shouted, "STOP IT! STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU! THIS IS MADNESS!"

Draco snarled as Tom managed to land one last brutal slap across his face before he allowed Ron to pull him away.

Both fighters panted and scowled as they shot each dangerous glares while Hermione and Ron exchanged nervous glances.

"What the bloody hell are you two on about?!" Ron asked in an exasperated sigh as he shrugged the dirt off of his shoulders that had been kicked onto his clothes during his brief time kneeling down on the forest floor.

Draco and Tom looked over in his direction before Hermione reprimanded them, "What would Harriet say if she were here?!"

Tom and Draco scowled at each other once more before Draco let out a breath and asked, ".....She's not here though, is she, Granger? And she won't be anytime soon.....thanks to him." He growled as he nodded at Tom.

"It must be very inconvenient to watch her blossom with the fruit of our love, Draco Malfoy." Tom challenged with a grin that was undeniably sinister.

Ron braced himself as Draco snarled, ready to intervene again if the battle resumed but Hermione sought to sustain the fragile peace with words, "Would you two please stop?! Stop it! It doesn't matter who Harriet's with or....any of that nonsense! Malfoy!" She called.

A frown formed on her lips as he looked over, "Rolling in the dirt isn't accomplishing anything! If this war is lost, where do you think that will leave you?....Where will that leave any of us?"

Draco frowned into her reprimanding stare.

Hermione's expression softened as her heart filled with sudden pity.

Draco quickly looked away as shame overcame him while he clambered to his feet in a subtle attempt to reclaim whatever dignity he could still possibly scrounge together.

"I came to let you all know the bleak situation grows bleaker and Harriet seems to weaken as time goes on." He scowled.

"Are her wounds not healing?" Tom hissed as Ron and Hermione frowned.

"They're healing fine!" Draco spat. He shot Tom a glare of unbridled jealousy as he added, "She has other issues to deal with, in case you've forgotten! We're all trapped in this now, thanks to you!"

"I took nothing that was not freely given, Draco Malfoy." Tom answered with a smug smirk.

Draco ground his teeth as he prepared a biting retort.

If Hermione and Ron hadn't rushed between them to prepare the rabbits they had caught, Draco would have gladly taken another swing at Tom.

Although he was not prone to violence, he wanted nothing more in that moment than to cave Tom Riddle's smirking face inside his skull.

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Harriet frowned as Lily held her hand while Severus applied a bit more tonic to her wounds the next morning.

"Did Malfoy ever come back?" She asked.

"Not yet.......He's still away, sweetheart." Lily smiled.

She and Severus looked at each other briefly before Lily glanced at Harriet again and assured her, "His errand may have taken a bit longer, that's all."