Rendezvous ⤖ Draco Malfoy

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Malfoy took to his feet from beside Pansy. His fists were clenched as he took in what that bitch had done. He stood up, searching around him. How dare she attack Pansy like that in front of everyone?

She's a menace that needs to be stopped.

He aimed for Magnolia. "Do not get involved, you hear me?" Once the girl had nodded, her stormed towards the girls dormitories.

"Draco!" Many people called out his name, but he didn't stop in his war path.

He needed to teach that witch a lesson. He counted the doors until he reached the one he knew Pansy resided in; the one that Marshall also shared.

He shoved open the door with his shoulder.

Hope's hands were wrapped tightly around her father's throat. She was pure rage, her eyes shining a bright blue as she seeked to kill the hybrid.

Yet, to the wizard who had just barged in, the image was completely different. He stumbled at what he was seeing – or what he wasn't seeing. The stupid witch had her hands wrapped around air. She was holding onto nothing.

"What the fuck are you doing Marshall?" Malfoy snapped, his anger simmering.

Hope's face slowly turned to face Malfoy, her hands not loosening their grip and her eyes still shining. "Get out." She snarled.

"What is wrong with you?" Malfoy stepped closer until he was centremetres from the witch.

"Kill him." Klaus whispered to the witch. He had stepped out of her grip and stood behind her, tempting her. "He's seen too much; he'll find out if you're not careful."

Hope gritted her teeth as she stared at Malfoy. "I don't answer to you, Malfoy." She ignored the thing behind her, whispering dangerous things in her ear.

"Yes, you do when you attack another student." If looks could kill, Malfoy had it.

But Hope wouldn't back down.

"There are lots of ways little wolf. You could slit his throat, rip out his heart – personal favourite of mine – decapitation, or even the killing curse."

"Shut up!" She burst out, her head snapping to face Klaus.

"Watch it, Marshall." Malfoy sneered. His hand twitched towards his wand hidden away in his pocket. How dare she speak to him like that?

Klaus circled his daughter. "He will hunt you down, if he finds out. If anyone finds out what you are, you are dead. Mikaelson's do not back down. Kill him before he kills you."

"No." Hope's hands clenched and unclenched.

"Kill him now, Hope!"

"SHUT UP!" She screamed the words as she spun to face Klaus, but he was gone. The space that he had vacated was empty.

"What the fuck is wrong with you, Marshall?" Malfoy asked, grabbing his wand and pulling it out of his pocket.

When Hope turned back around, her eyes were still bright blue, her chest was heaving and the black veins were creeping up her neck toward her face.

Malfoy's eyes widened and he took a step back, his wand arm slowly raising up.

Hope's head tilted as she studied the wand. "You think you can stop me, Malfoy?" Her voice had changed. Hope was no longer present.

"Marshall..." Malfoy's mind was spinning in circles. Something was definitely wrong with Marshall, but he couldn't figure out what. And this wasn't the first time he had seen black veins appear on her skin. Her eyes turning blue was a first though.

"Come on little wolf. Kill the wizard."

"I'm not going to kill him!" Something switched as Hope was present again, her eyes flickering back to their usual colour.

"Kill—" Malfoy spluttered as his heart dropped.

"Petrify me, Malfoy." Hope stepped into his wand until it rested on her heart.

"I'm not going to petrify you, whatever this is."

"You need to do it. If you don't, this thing—" She waved down to her body and the veins. "is going to take control and make me kill you. I do not want to do that, so please, do it."

A loud banging on the door pulled both of their attention away. "Malfoy! We gotta take Pansy to the Hospital Wing." Theo Nott called out.

Hope grabbed onto Malfoy's wrist, pulling him back towards herself. "Do it now, Malfoy."

He watched her eyes flicker between her usual blue to the striking bright blue. Something was seriously wrong if she was begging. "This isn't over, Marshall."

Hope's lip curled in disgust. The Hollow had its grip on her tight.

"Petrificus Totalus."

He watched as her body froze over and fell back hitting the floor. Malfoy couldn't even comprehend what was happening to her. Any thought that came to his mind, he shook it away believing it wasn't true.

The door opened and Theo strode in put paused at the sight of the witch on the ground. "Do I want to know?"

"No you do not."

With that said, the boys left the dormitory and helped take Pansy to the Hospital Wing.

-

Hope had slept in the Room of Requirement for the night. As soon as Malfoy's spell had worn off, she had cast herself invisible and crept out of the common room. A common room where everyone was too scared to be by themselves. No one sat alone, they were all in groups.

She had lost it. The Hollow had lashed out and she couldn't reign it back in. Everyone had seen.

She didn't know what to expect when she walked into the Great Hall for breakfast, but this certainly wasn't it. As Hope had taken her seat beside Magnolia, the Slytherin's around them had scrambled out of their seats and moved as far away as possible.

"How long do you think before I'm expelled?" She asked as she pulled pancakes onto her plate. Might as well make it a good last meal.

"Hard to say, really. You gonna tell me what that was last night?" Magnolia responded. She had not touched her food since she had sat down. She had been waiting for her friend to make an appearance.

"It was nothing."

"That wasn't nothing, Hope. I've never seen you react like that. What happened?"

"I don't want to talk about it, alright?" Hope snapped and stood up from the table.

All eyes fell upon her as she stormed out of the Great Hall.