Girl With One Eye (Draco Malfoy Love Story)

part 29

~~~~Draco's P.O.V~~~~

Silence surrounded us as i fell to my knees, the light encasing the barrier SHE placed up to protect us, i sobbed and wailed at the loss of the woman i loved. A tearful and angered Harry suddenly had me pinned "you did this! Because of you she became like this!" However his ranting rage seemed to still for a moment as he seen my face, he released his grasp from my collar and looked at me for a moment before rememberance crossed his face, his eyes darted to my wand in his hand and he held it out to me cautiously. I didnt move to take it.... i couldnt... i didnt care if i was just a muggle without it anymore... nothing mattered to me anymore except.....her...... my mother and father fell to their knees beside me and wrapped their arms around me, a strange feeling since my family never really showed much affection for one another, "you....cared for her... didnt you?" He asked suddenly making me look to him, it was painful since they looked so similar but i did it all the same and nodded as more sobs wracked through my body. The barrier eventually corroded away after the light disappeared, i slowly rose to my feet and felt my breath catch in my throat at i seen the carnage before us....the ruins that were once the castle... had been covered in white flowers creating a field of white, petals snowing down on us and the beautiful sight as we looked out, "shes....shes dead..." ron muttered before recoiling at his words, it didnt sound right, none of us wanted to beileve it. "We ignored her... for all those years" hermione gasped through her tears "and now... shes gone" harry finished...he seemed hurt and angered at himself before he collapsed to his knees "im sorry tia! Im sorry! I didnt keep our promise.... im sorry" he wailed painfully, i didnt want to believe it though, i didnt want to believe she was gone forever.... i stood shakily to my feet as i looked out, something soft brushed my hand, Axel, the great giant canine creature nuzzeled my hand affectionately, i soothed my hand over his fur but it didnt give me comfort like it use to all those years ago. Thats when i noticed it.... my ring.... the one that Celestia had made me, i hadn't taken it off since the day i put it on, a faint beam of light spluttered from it, my eyes widened and Axel began to bark, the moon had reached three quarters across the sky, it had been a long battle but i felt as if i needed to find her before it set....if i could.... and if this ring was a way to find her i was going to follow it no matter what, i left behind everything, my wand, my family, the frantic calls from behind me as i took off, everything...i was willing to leave everything if it meant her. The light was weak and cutting in and out of visability, i ran faster and faster, my legs burning, my eyes bluring and my heart racing from fear and excitment, i didnt hear the others following me nor did i care. The light suddenly....cut out, my heart stopped, 'what....what was it anyway?!' I pulled my hair in frustration...a habbit i had gotten over time, until Axel barked happily, i peered over at the dog to see him boucing and barking happily as he looked infront of us, my gaze locking on the indentation in the snow white field of flowers, i cautiously made my way closer to the odd shape, wprried of what i may find 'is it her? Is it poasible? What if-' my mind was cut off from thinking the worst, of what state i would find her in if it was her. I drew closer and closer, heart pumping and blood running cold before.... i felt my heart akip a beat as my eyes clapped onto her, peacefully laying in the flowers, her clothes still tattered and torn, her skin still grey and her hair still white but...she was unharmed.......but she wasnt awake, "Tia?" No reply "Celestia?" Horror was my expression, tears filled my eyes as i realised the girl i loved more than my own life...laid lifeless before me "oh god...." sobs and crys sounded behind me as myself and her brother dropped to our knees beside her, we each held her hand as we mourned having her gone from our lifes, "that time....at your house..... the reason you held her like you did... it wasnt to get back at me was it?" "No.... i care about her more than anything in this world.......i...i-i was thinking about how to tell her... before she placed the barrier up....... i was going to ask you if..." i couldnt complete my words... the thoughts of the life i could have had with her being too painful to bare, "you were going to ask me if you could date her?" I nodded slowly "but i guess... it doesnt matter now... she really is gone". Everyone had come over to the girl we had all come to love, and began to say their goodbyes, "Tia....i... i am so sorry i didnt keep my promise... im sorry i left you alone all those times and im sorry i wasnt the brother you deserved... ill miss you... forever" her brother placed a gentle kiss after everyone had finished....and then....it was my turn. "I...i cant say goodbye to you tia...no matter how hard i try i just cant, your the only one that made everything melt away, all my pains and worries, you accepted me for me, and now....your gone.... i just want you back...why cant you understand that?!...its my fault your in this mess, if i had just refused taking you to him then youd probably still be alive. And then to top it all off...you say you love me before you did this....HOW IS THAT FAIR?! YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME AND THEN YOU LEAVE ME ALONE!" I panted through my tears in agony "why tia?....why did you waste your life for someone like me? How did you fall for someone like me? YOU LEAVE ME AND DONT EVEN LET ME TELL YOU HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU IN RETURN!" I had never known pain like this...it was worse than the crusio curse, "i dont wanna live, i dont want to breath unless your next to me! I dont wanna sleep or dream unless i see you and feel you...i....Celestia....i love you so much...." as the words left my lips i leant down and placed a final kiss on her grey lips, that was when something strange and beautiful happened. Flickering lights flew from her chest much like the ones she had placed into the others, they were a variety of colours like last time but......they all surrounded one white light, "tia..." i breathed realising who this light belonged to, the soft and warm feeling it radiated confirming my worries, the coloured lights began to form into the shapes of people, their hands linked. Her parents, Cedric, and Sirius stood before us smiling amd waving sadly, her mother reached forward and tapped the white light softly making it shiver before taking shape into a fractured and broken version of Celestia, Axel stepped forward and licked his owners face affectionatly making her giggle musically, i was transfixed as those surrounding her began to crumble into petals and meld together forming white lights that fit perfectly into the broken and fractured parts of the girls spirit infront of me. Once she was fixed she looked down at her body before locking eyes with me "did you mean it? Do you...love me? Even if i looked like this forever?" Her voice had a haunting echo to it but i snapped back into reality "Tia...i love you no matter how you look... to me your beautiful.. but it was your heart i fell in love with" she smiled warmly and casted her eyes once more at the moon before disappearing, into the soft wind that blowed. My heart stilled, was she gone? Was that the last piece of closure she needed to move on? I casted my eyes to the girls body a last time before breaking down completely, my screams echoing through the ruins as i sobbed, i curled up into myself refusing to beileve what i had seen 'shes gone..... shes gone and she isnt coming back' memories of the time we spent together flooded my memory

"Draco....when things get difficult and things get rought....please dont leave me here alone...." she seemed tearful "i won't...i promise" "thank you"

"Celestia? Can you song that song again? I cant sleep" "sure...hey Draco?" "Hm?" "...nothing" "no tell me or i really wont sleep" she giggled a little "well...if anything happens...hold onto my lullaby even when the musics gone okay?" "Your not going anywhere so i dont have to worry"

"I said id never let you go....and i did... but i guess... no one can hurt you now can they?....."

Thats when i felt a hand being softly placed on my cheek, gasps from the group behind me made my sobs slow to nearly a hault, i slowly opened my eyes to find a pale hand cupping me cheek softly, i placed my hand over it and sure enough it was real. My eyes followed up the arm till it reached the beautiful face i missed so much...Sparkling emerald eyes framed by black ebony hair, it sprawled around her in an inky pool as she laod amoungst the flowers, "i love you too Draco Lucius Malfoy" my heart soared as i seen she was awake, "Tia... your... your...Thank god!" I lifted her high as i stood on my feet before spinning happily with her laughing, i drew her close to me as we span till we came to a stop, both of us captived in the others eyes, our faces drew closer until "ahem!" Looking over we found snape, my parents, remus and harry standing there looking at us scoldingly. "Before any if that kissing takes place youll need OUR permission malfoy" harry said teasingly making him grimance "i did say i would ask you first pot-" a sharp nudge to my ribs from the young woman next to me making me pause "...Harry" "good so you can start by letting me talk to her a moment right? Good" "And Draco...your mother and i would like a word with you too". We reluctantly parted to our families and i was soon dragged into a squealing hug from my mother and a proud smile from my father "we...KNEW IT!" "Now remember son you always treat a lady as...." 'oh dear merlin save me' the rants continued for ages, i thought my suffering was over but it appeared not "....and finally! ...give her this" i took the small box from my fathers hands, it was a ring with the Malfoy crest on it...it was an heirloom really. "Give this to her when the time is right....do you understand Draco?" I nodded slowly and smiled to them, they accepted her and my feelings for her. Now i just had to hope Harry, Remus and Snape accepted me like she had, faults and all.