Optionless with Draco Malfoy

27. Destroyed

Draco

I was in such a daze, still in shock. I stared at the spot where Albus Dumbledore stood seconds ago.

Quickly, Snape said, "You can no longer stay here."

At first, I didn't budge. As everyone left the room, Snape grabbed my collar and forced me through the winding staircase.

Bellatrix shot an electrifying green light from her wand, forming the same mark which was printed on my left arm to the dark night's sky. The image illuminated in the darkness.

Snape led all of us through the corridors, students who were wandering the corridors stared at all of us in horror. I tried to keep my head down, avoiding students' piercing gazes.

Bellatrix and Fenrir Greyback seemed to be having too much fun scaring off younger students who ran in the opposite direction, once they saw us. An Auror had crossed our path. Bellatrix saw his Ministry Badge. She used a strong stunning spell which blasted him into a wall.

All of the Death Eaters pranced through the Great Hall, destroying everything in the room, from smashing plates to breaking the tables. The candles which once brightened the room had been blown out. There was no light. Everything was gone, destroyed.

Bellatrix sent a fiery bolt to the large window and it all shattered to the ground.

We were a few floors above the courtyard. Students glanced up in horror at the Dark Mark.

As we passed the courtyard and began on the pathway to Hagrid's Hut, I stopped abruptly to turn around. I could see professors trying to make their way through the crowd to assist the people who were injured.

Bellatrix turned to me and said, "Draco! Draco! They'll kill you if you stay," I took one last look at Hogwarts and followed the group.

I could hear Potter screaming things at the entire group, but no one bothered to face him except for Snape. Juliette was much ahead of the group, and I hoped that she didn't hear, him interfering wouldn't make her feel any better.

"Go on!" Snape instructed, pulling out his wand. I kept a sharp gaze on Potter, hoping that he wouldn't do anything stupid, but it was Potter.

I continued along the path, following my mother and father. I turned my head once more and saw him shooting curses and hexes at Snape. Snape simultaneously continued to block the spells or shoot weaker curses at Potter.

I could hear Potter shouting things like, "Fight back you coward!"

My gaze was still focused on the two duelling, but it had shifted once I felt a heatwave. Hagrid's Hut had been lit with fire.

Memories past through me. During my third year, the oaf had thought it would be smart to show us a Hippogriff, which had broken at my arm. I hated him, since, but in this case, I felt pity for him.

Juliette

I watched everything happen. I didn't stop anything, I just watched. I heard a familiar voice which belonged to Harry, screaming, "You're a coward!" and "He trusted you!" Directed to Snape.

I thought about what he was saying, all those words were practically meant for me too. I regained his, Ron, and Hermione's trust only months ago. But then I just witnessed Snape murder Dumbledore, and I did nothing.

When I turned around, Harry and I's eyes locked, but I couldn't yell anything back to him. It was like I was frozen. His face read disappointment. I was able to bare his look, so I turned back to the path which led to the Forbidden Forest.