Promise

CHAPTER 1

Little Draco looked up from the game he was playing and smiled. He loved it when she came over. She always made the big mansion a little less lonely. He got up and walked over to her, giving her a hug. She giggled and hugged him back.

"Drakey, you're going to squish me." she said.

Draco hugged her tight for another second before letting her go again.

"I have something for you." he told her as he took her hand. He led her up to his room then got something out of his desk drawer. It was two boxes. One was small and square while the other was long and rectangular. He gave the small one to her first. She opened it and her eyes widened. Then she smiled and looked at him.

"Drakey, we're too young to get married.." she said as she picked up the beautiful ring. It was small enough to fit her pinky finger. It was a simple silver band with angel wings carved into it. Young Draco blushed and quickly explained himself.

"I-I know that. It's a promise ring. You give it to someone important and make a promise. Then you both wear the ring. Once you that, you can't break your promise and the ring doesn't come off. It grows with you."

She looked at him for a long time, letting the full meaning of his words sink in. Then she took a deep breath and squared her shoulders.

"I promise you that no matter what happens I will love you. Always. And I'll marry you one day, OK?" she said before slipping the ring on. Draco's smile was bright enough to light up the entire mansion. He looked straight into her eyes and said

"I promise you that I will be with you for as long as you love me, because I love you. Always." then he also handed her the second box. She opened it. Inside was a locket on a delicate chain. The carving on the locket matched the ring. On the back there was only one word engraved. "Forever".

"I-It's a locket. Inside is a pic-picture of me and inside mine is a picture of you. Only I can open yours and only you can open mine. This way even if we're far apart we're still kinda sorta together." Draco stammered out. She hugged him then. Tighter than she ever had before. Draco didn't see the tears that came out of her eyes as she did this. He didn't know how much his life was about to change.

A few days later when Draco asked his parents if he could go and see her, they looked at him as if he was crazy.

"Draco dear, who are you talking about?" his mother asked him. His father's face looked concerned. Draco started to panic and ran up to his room where there were pictures of he and her together but when he looked he saw that she wasn't in any of them. Draco searched all through the mansion. In the library where she loved to sit and read, in the garden where she loved to play and even in the kitchen where she would bake all sorts of things. But he couldn't find a trace of her anywhere. All he had left of her was a ring he couldn't take off, a locket he couldn't open and a promise he wasn't sure he could fulfill.