Dragon's Promise

Chapter 36

EDITED

Delaney's P.O.V

The hurt look on their faces was too much to bear. I felt tears fill my eyes and angrily dashed them away. They wouldn't even let me process! I concentrated and transformed into an animagus and they probably hated me even more for hiding the fact that I was one. I had just lost the two of the best friends that I'd ever had by keeping secrets. Just by not saying a couple of words I had destroyed something amazing. Why did I do that? 

I sprinted into the forests surrounding the school and once I was out of sight I changed back. I let out a sob and slid down the trunk of a tree. Pulling my knees up to my chest I whimpered and let my hot tears roll down my cheeks. I yanked up the sleeve of my cranberry and blue robes to reveal the dark mark on my left fore arm. I hated it. So did Albus and Scorpius. They hated me. But why did I care what they thought? I steeled my nerves and wiped away my tears. What did I care what anybody thought? 

I laughed. If only they knew. They would bow down to me. They will one day. Because one day, I'll be a queen.

Albus' P.O.V

Why would she keep something like that from us? Unlike Scorpius, I was more sad than angry. I felt that we could have helped her whereas Scorpius was practically boiling with rage. How could this be the same girl? The same girl who vowed to make Daniel's expulsion as humiliating as was possible. Hell, the girl wanted to be an auror! And yet there she was. Dark mark and all, not to mention being an unregistered animagus. 

"And she speaks French!" 

"I don't see what that has to do with anything Scorp..." 

"Yet another secret she withheld from us!"

"It wasn't really a secret Scorp... she's from Canada, a lot of Canadians also speak French..."

"And she's pureblood! She told us that she was a muggle born! Liar! No death eaters are muggle born!" 

I sighed. Arguing with Scorpius was pointless when he was like this. I'd just have to wait for him to calm down. I knew that she was a muggle born witch. I had researched her family name when we had gone back to the common room. We had decided to stay in the Wampus common room as it was probably safest to stay in the house known for it's warriors rather than a dorm with a guy who tried to kill us. Scorpius had been pacing by the fire ever since we got in. He had gotten abnormally protective of me and my feelings of late and I thought it had been because of our bond. I stood up and walked over to Scorpius who kept pacing. I reached out an arm and grabbed his, pulling him with me back to the couch. 

"Scorp, I think you're overthinking this."

"No. She, she kept this from us! We could have helped!" 

"Yes, we could have, but to be fair, we have only known her for a little over a week." 

"Why do there even need to be death eaters?" He asked quietly, snuggling into my side. I kissed his forehead and thought for a moment. Why did there need to be death eaters? 

"I don't know Scorp. I don't know." I responded darkly. Whatever this was it wasn't good. And Delaney was stuck in the middle of it. 

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It had been days since anyone had seen Delaney, even her close friend and roommate, Lucia. Lucia was nice. She had long dirty blond hair and light blue eyes with a dash of freckles across her nose and was really funny. We didn't ask about Delaney's being a death eater for fear of ruining another friendship for her. Well, I didn't want to anyways, Scorpius would have had no problems with it. I don't understand what is up with him, I mean, sure I'm hurt that she didn't tell us but I think Scorp's kind of over reacting. I sent an owl to Scorpius' aunt Hermione to see if she knew anything but I hadn't heard back yet. 

"Hey guys, do you know why she would have disappeared?" Lucia asked while we were sitting in the common room. I didn't respond. I didn't want to tell her that her best friend was a death eater. 

"I don't know." I lied through my teeth. I hated lying. Scorpius was lying on the couch beside me, his head in my lap. His breathing was even so I assumed he was asleep. Just then there was a pecking at the window. I saw my owl looking very tired peering through the window with a piece of parchment attached to his leg. Carefully lifting Scorpius so as not to wake him, I crept over to the window and let the owl in and read the letter.

Dear Albus,

I did some research on your bond to see if it's anything particular about the phoenix bond that encourages the over protectiveness  at certain times and I found this: Once every 2 years in and around April, May, June and July, a member of the bond begins to feel protective. This is because this would be the time of year when true phoenix would have their eggs but even that only happens every two years, becoming spread out between longer lengths of time with age. Of course if you have the bond you won't have eggs but the female becomes over protective of her mate. Or in your case, his mate. 

I hope that this helps you, it will most certainly help in the future as you still have your lives ahead of you. Be safe and help Hogwarts win the tournament!

Hermione 

P.S Don't tell anyone I said to help Hogwarts win, as minister I'm not supposed to show favouritism...

I smiled. This made sense. Letting out a sigh I sat back down on the couch and began to play with Scorpius' hair. It was really soft and fluffy. I leaned down and gently kissed him on the lips which woke him up enough to kiss back. When we pulled away I smiled softly. 

"No matter what happens just know that I love you Scorp." I whispered and he opened his eyes. 

"I love you too."

I actually finished this a couple days ago but decided to make you wait! Muhahahahaha! Anyways,  keep reading, voting and jeez like only one person ever comments! C'mon you can do better than that! ;) Bye!

~Orchestral Beats