The Consequence Of Power

Forever And Always

I wake up feeling like something is about to happen, someone is coming for me. I find myself in Severus's office, asleep, I must have fallen asleep in here when I cleaned it. I stand up and then find myself in the corridors of the school, I don't know how I got here or why I am here, I feel the need to walk to the front doors, to greet someone, I wasn't sure who or why but I walked to the doors. As I approach the doors and open them, I see him, Draco. She woke up, looking around the room, sweating and breathing heavily. Why did she have such a dream, what if it wasn't a dream, no it couldn't be real, he was told never to return, plus he probably never wanted to see her again. Something in her heart kept telling her to go and see and listen to her vision. Fuck it, she stood up, grabbing the diary and her wand. She ran out of Severus's office toward the front of the school, her heart told her to keep running, that he would be there, for her. She reached for the doors but stopped, trying to catch her breath, hesitating to open the door. She felt crazy for thinking he would be there, deep down she wanted him to be there, but it just sounded crazy. She slowly grabbed for the door handle, shaking with anxiety, she swung the door open and her eyes widened, there he was, Draco standing at the bottom of the stairs walking up "Draco?" She gasped, his head shot up and he stopped walking "Rhiannon?" He smirked but looked stunned like he was caught doing something he shouldn't be doing, well he really shouldn't be there. His eyes fluttered and so did hers, she tried so hard to not break down right there. They just stood there, frozen in time, it felt like a dream. She lifted her nightgown and ran down the stairs, jumping onto him, the air got smacked out of her lungs from how hard their bodies hit each other. She wrapped her arms around his neck, smelling his signature scent she missed, vanilla and mint. He held her close to him. She could feel the relief in his embrace that he was happy she wanted this as well. She pulled away and stood in front of him, she just looked into his eyes, and tears leaked down her face
"Before you say anything. I need to say something, something I should have said long ago" She took a deep breath, he just stood there with his hands on her hips, desperate to hear what she had to say. She licked her lips and inhaled "I am so sorry for pushing you away Draco, and I never realized how much you have done for me and how you have saved my life so many times. We used to despise one another but now I just can't get enough of you. The moment you left I regretted hating you and holding a grudge against you. Draco I don't care about the mark anymore or where you came from, it does not matter anymore, I love you, Draco Malfoy I love you" She tried to catch her breath, her eyes danced back and forth as he stared at her, she could tell he was in shock on what she had just confessed to him "Draco? say something" He just looked at her for a few seconds "I am sorry, I just need to find the words after that" She felt scared she messed up, that what she said was too soon "Im sorry if that was too much, or if that was too soon. I just really needed to confess that to you" She looked down, he lifted her chin so her eyes were back on his, he shook his head no to her words "No. that wasn't too soon, Rhiannon, I came here because I needed you, I can't live with myself if you are not with me, I loved you the moment I saw you enter the Great Hall, I just didn't know it until the night we danced. I love you, Rhiannon" Her breath quickened, her lips formed a smile of relief to hear those words exit his mouth. Both of them looked at each other's lips, slowly moving closer together, the tension was the best they had ever felt before. Gently their lips touched, he put his hand on her cold cheek, using the other hand to pull her body closer to him, leaving no space between. Sparks filled her stomach, her body felt the calmest it had ever been in months, something was telling her this was where she needed to be, where she finally belonged. She pulled her lips away "Draco" She looked at him with concern "Yes?" He said under his breath, still looking at her lips with his hand on her cheek "What happens now, with me and you, and what will your father do?" He smirked "Rhiannon, my father will not come between us anymore, and me and you, we can be whatever we want now"
"Really? Whatever we want?" Her eyes lightened, hearing those words gave her security. She could finally be happy. "Yes, just say the words and we go from there, whatever you want Rhiannon. I promise whatever you want I will be, even if you want me dead" He smirked again, that smirk got her every time. She took a large pause before she spoke "Draco Malfoy, will you be my forever and always?" He let out a laugh and looked back into her eyes, he was trying so hard to hold his tears in "I will, I can be that" They both smiled, feeling so much better being able to finally love each other like they wanted to for so long. "It's almost morning now, are you allowed back into the school?" She asked him "That I don't know, probably not, maybe ill have to speak to Dumbledore, but I doubt he will let me"
"We will figure it out, I'll come with you, for extra support of course" She giggled "I can do it myself you know" He caressed her cheek "Well, I know that, I like being in control though" She bit her lip with a smile "Oh? You think you can control me?" He said as she backed up "Want to test that hm?" She raised an eyebrow "Try me" Draco clearly forgot how powerful she was "You will regret that" He looked at her confused "Pick your nose" His finger instantly went up his nose "What, how?" He stopped smiling "Slap yourself"
"NO!" He slapped himself in the face "Again" She laughed, holding her stomach from how hilarious this was "You better stop or else Rhiannon!"
"It's funny because you said I can't control you, well looks like I just did" She was in pain from laughter "Freeze," She said, watching him frozen, he was still able to feel and use his eyes and mouth. She stepped closer to him and kissed him on the lips "I will get you for that" He tried to move his lips "Unfreeze" She whispered, running away into the field as Draco chased her, she felt so free and like herself again, it felt like a dream. She was with the person she loved and he always managed to bring her spark back, it was so depressing without him. Draco caught up to her and grabbed her waist, pulling her onto the ground, the diary fell next to her and he was on top of her "I told you I would get you for that" He put one hand on her neck, pinning her to the snowy ground, they were now covered in snow "Yes, but I still can control you" She looked down at his lips "Yeah Yeah" He lowered his head and started to kiss her passionately, he got between her legs and she put her hands on his shoulders, he got more aggressive with his kisses which fluttered her stomach, how starved he was for her, it made her feel powerful how she made him act, like he needed to survive off of her. Draco started to kiss her neck, with each kiss he landed on her neck, he bit, he licked, there was no control anymore with him it seemed. Draco opened his eyes and glanced over at her arm, the arm that had "Mud blood" carved into it, he instantly stopped "What's wrong?" She asked him, confused about why he stopped, she followed his eyes and noticed he was looking at the carving in her skin "Draco, Im okay" She grabbed his face so he was now facing her, and his eyes became angry "How dare he do this to you. I am sorry I wasn't here"
"Draco, I'm okay, I had to just deal with the pain to protect what they were looking for"
"You found the diary before them? is that what that is?" He said, looking over at the dairy next to them "How do you know about the diary?"
"Lucius, he was talking to the other death eaters and I was invited but I declined, I should have come, then they wouldn't have carved your arm like a piece of meat"
"Draco don't blame yourself. Now you can call me your little pumpkin" She tried to joke it off with nervous laughter to cheer him up, so they could enjoy this moment without problems
"Rhiannon, this isn't funny" They both sat up, sitting in front of each other, snow all over their clothes and her hair went from black to white "Draco, this on my arm doesn't define me as a person, neither does yours, I may be what they call a "mud blood" but I will always be stronger then them" She placed her hand on his arm where his dark mark was "Do you really not care about my mark anymore? what if one day you decide you care and this was all for nothing" He looked down "Draco, I only see you, I don't care about the mark, I care about you, this was all for something, you mean something to me" She smiled at him, moving closer, he looked up and she kissed him softly but passionately on the lips, the warmness of their lips. He pulled away and stood up, wiping the snow off his suit "Shall we go for a walk?" He bent over, putting his hand out for her to grab "Walk where Draco?" She stood up, grabbing the diary, holding his hand "The Forest" They started to walk
"But remember something bad happened when we entered there alone" She was hesitant to go with him "Rhiannon, I promised to protect you, and I stand by that for as long as I live, nothing will happen" They entered the forest, it started to become morning and the snow was falling from the sky, but the weather wasn't freezing cold, it was just right. "So, why did you want to come into the forest?" She asked Draco "Because we shared some good memories in this forest, the night I saved you from your broken arm from flying like a moron, the night we kissed, I just wanted to make more good memories with you" They stopped walking and faced each other "You have some snow in your hair" She ran her hand through his hair, dusting the snow out of his hair, as they admired each other's faces, she heard a humming sound from behind her and recognized that sound, she quickly turned around and saw Ezra. "Draco look it's Ezra, can you see her?" She ran toward the Thestral with open arms to hug the creature "Yes Rhiannon, I see her"
"You can?" She was happy she could finally show her friend to someone who could see her "Draco come say hi" She started petting and hugging Ezra.

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Draco stood there from afar and watched her interact with the creature she so dearly loved he could tell. He admired how sweet and caring she was, it always stunned him how he knew something new about her every time he saw her, there was never a moment in time where he was bored of her. He walked closer to Rhiannon and the Thestral, scared he would be attacked but it seemed like the creature was trained almost, it was so gentle with Rhiannon. "Rhiannon, how is she not attacking you?" He clearly had not taken a class on mythical creatures before "Draco, these creatures aren't scary or cruel, they are just misunderstood, and Ezra here, me and her get along quite well, she understands me"
"Understands you? like you can communicate with her?" He started to pet Ezra, she wasn't as cruel as he thought, he heard about these creatures and how hideous they were, but now that he could see them finally, they were beautiful and not cruel. "Yes, something like that, I can hear her thoughts and speak to her, she likes you actually" She smiled and chuckled, still reading Ezra's thoughts "You are the most wonderful girl I have ever met you know, you never fail to amaze me" He looked over at her, he watched the snow fall onto her, her cheeks were a rose pink, her lips were red, and her skin looked as pale as the snow, she wS so beautiful in his eyes, how could someone like him be so lucky to have a girl like her he thought, he was so in love with her.