The Consequence Of Power

He Must Stay

Draco sat there and watched the clock, there was one more minute before midnight and Granger was still not there, if she did not show up by midnight, he would leave with or without her. He stood up and grabbed the cloak. He put it on as he rushed to the wall, manifesting the door. After the door appeared he opened it and saw Granger running toward it "You're late Granger, let's go" He put the hood on and started to walk, she quickly caught up with him "You promise you will not do anything stupid out here?"
"I can't promise you, but I promise her I won't" They sped to the Hospital Wing "There was something we were supposed to do with her tonight, did she tell you?"
"She told me she needed my help with something yes, do you know what it is?" He asked "Yes, she told me she needed to get a book from the restricted section of the library, something about horcruxes, apparently that is what we need to destroy to kill Voldemort for good"
"Horcruxes? That is what it is? well, I never thought about that, I mean it could be possible, Voldemort is very old"
"Wait, you know about them?"
"Yes, I used to spend all my days reading in the restricted section, I have come across the book, basically the wizard or witch who wants to live forever will put their soul in different objects and when the objects are destroyed, they will die blah blah blah, something like that"
"Brillant Draco, I never thought you knew such a thing"
"I am smart you know, you are just too busy trying to be smarter than everyone else to realize"
"Hey, don't get all rude, I do not do that......well, maybe a little" She giggled "Exactly" He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "I will look inside first before you go in, just in case there are people"
"Granger, I don't care, I need to be with her"
"She cares, remember that" Hermione walked over to the doors of the Hospital Wing and opened them, she quietly walked in. She was gone for a minute or so, he stood there, hiding his face under the hood in case people walked by "Alright, come in" Hermione peeped her head out the door, he didn't waste time, he rushed through the doors and bolted to Rhiannon's bedside. He pulled his hood off slowly "Draco keep that on" Hermione stood behind him "Shut it Granger" He sat there and looked at her, she looked pale and her skin was ice cold, his eyes instantly started to water and he grab her frail hand and kissed it "Please be okay" He whispered. "Granger, how long has she been asleep?" He turned his head to face Hermione "At least 5 hours, maybe more" He rested his head on Rhiannon's lap, trying not to cry as he pleaded for her to be okay. Hermione walked next to him, she put her hand on his shoulder "She will be okay Draco, she is strong". Draco and Hermione stayed with Rhiannon for a while, he did not move from where he was sitting. Ne cried on and off, checking for her pulse once in a while to make sure she was still alive. Then they heard the doors open, Hermione could see Dumbledore "Draco get under the bed" He quickly got under the bed, and Hermione hid under the bed next to Rhiannon's. They laid there, trying to hold their breath. Dumbledore approached Rhiannon's bed, he stood at the foot end of the bed. Draco peeked through his feet to look at his, trying to stay very still and quiet. He wondered what Dumbledore was doing. "You can come out" Both of their hearts stopped, how did he know? Hermione was the first to get out from under the bed, of course, she listened "You too Malfoy"
"Fuck" He whispered, he got out from under the bed and stood next to Hermione "I am very shocked to see you two, together, well, I must ask, Draco what are you doing here?"
"I was going to speak with you, I came back because I was having issues with my home life and I needed to see Rhiannon"
"Ah yes, it has come to my attention that you and Miss Black are a couple they call it, young love, it is very strong indeed" His eyes widened "Sir, how do you know that?"
"Well, just like I knew you two were hiding under the beds, what a very terrible hiding spot by the way, I am sorry Draco but you must leave the school"
"Sir-" He tried to speak "Professor, he must stay, Draco can't leave, you told us our first year that we were welcomed and protected under your wing under any circumstances, Draco belongs here, plus you can't split up young love, it is very strong as you said" Hermione but in, this time Draco didn't mind Granger. Dumbledore stood there, squinting his eyes "That is true, I did say that and Draco did nothing, after all, I suppose he could stay....under one condition, you stay in your own dorm at night, I better not catch you in Rhiannon's dorm" He chuckled "Yes sir" Draco smiled. Dumbledore started to walk away "Wait sir, I have suspicions that someone did this to Rhiannon" Hermione said, Dumbledore turned around and walked back "And what do you think happened to her?" He asked "Well, with her symptoms, deep sleep with no signs of waking up, I have a feeling someone must of slipped her some sort of potion" Hermione tried to think what potion would do such a thing "It couldn't be.....it has to be....draught of living death! that would explain her symptoms" Hermione said with excitement from figuring it out "And how can that possibly happen, I need evidence of this"
"Can't you check her blood? Or something to prove it is what I said it could be?"
"That is a possibility yes, I will need to extract her blood, it will be a very easy procedure"
"Will it hurt her" Draco stepped in "We have no idea if she could feel pain in this sleep, it is a possibility but I highly doubt it" Dumbledore walked over to the bedside and looked down at Rhiannon "You don't have to watch Draco. He needs her blood to prove she was poisoned" Hermione said "I'll be fine" Dumbledore lifted her sleeve and held her arm and lifted his hand from his side, he hovered his finger over top of her arm, as his finger went down there was a cut being formed on her forearm. Draco winced as be watched blood leak down her arm. Rhiannon twitched as the cut bled "Stop it you're hurting her" He shouted as he stepped closer "Draco he needs to do this" Hermione said as she pulled him back. He just turned away and closed his eyes. Dumbledore touched the blood and tapped it onto his tongue, he smacked his lips to saver what he was tasting "You were right Granger, it is draught of living death" He looked over at Hermione and turned turn back around "So how will we save her?" Hermione asked "I know just the thing, you two stay here and I will be back" Dumbledore walked out of the Hospital Wing."Well, you are welcome Malfoy, I just bloody saved your girlfriend and I also saved your ass as well"
"She is not saved yet but as much as I hate to say this Granger, thank you" He felt disgusted that he just said thank you "Of course, I did it for Rhiannon though, I know how much she loves you. I still despise you after all the years of bullying and being called mud blood"
"Yeah, im sorry for that, Rhiannon really helped me change you know"
"I noticed way before you two noticed your feelings for each other, it was very obvious you changed"
"I really do love her, I never really had those feelings for someone, it's weird, sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be loved, like I don't deserve it"
"Everyone deserves love, even people like you, no one is as cold as they may seem, you aren't a bad guy Draco, you just needed someone to help you see that"
"She did" He looked over at Rhiannon and smiled.