Escaping From Reality

chapter 38

"Cornelia.." Someone shook me awake, slapping me on the face so hard "Cornelia wake up"

I opened my eyes slowly ,still dizzy ,everything seemed so blur. I peered at the person and saw Phillip.

"Phillip?" I was shocked " are you okay? Where's Stephan ? Is Draco okay?" I kept asking to many question with fear.

"They took Draco.. Stephan went to find him." He said slowly

"WHAT?" I screamed in fear as I felt my body paralyzed and my breathing hardened.

"I'm so worried about them" he said dismayed "they might be in danger"

"Them? I thought you hated Draco" I said as I tried to get up quickly ,ready to look for them.

"No..not really. I was just jealous because he was a good man." He replied, trying not to look at my eyes.

"What happened when we came? I need to understand. What about all that blood" I asked, baffled a bit.

"A werewolf attacked us and we tried to kill it but we failed. It hid in here waiting for both of you and trapped us in the basement." He explained.

"He knows..." I mumbled, terrified. He could kill them both. He had threatened me. "Wait.." I looked around and then stared at Phillip with shock "where's the sword?"

"There was nothing here except you and Draco's strip of his shirt...bloodied " He said, looking at me with confusion and fear.

I started to cry and ran outside "come on we gotta help them" he followed me. I stopped a few feet away and looked at the sky. I whispered "let me see Draco and Stephan ". Fog collected in front of me and formed two pictures. Draco was in the first,in human form, tired and bleeding, werewolves circling around him. Some of them kept biting him ,others scratched him till his skin was almost gone. He tried to get up but a werewolf jumped on him ,pinning him to the ground and pressing against it huge filthy teeth. He tried to keep away his face and closed his eyes tightly. Almost chocking because the werewolf was pressing on his chest. My heart was being torn as I watched. I couldn't bear to see him and my eyes filled with tears. It was all my fault. I caused all that pain. I turned to look at Stephan. He was lost and scared but he was in a safe place. I looked at Phillip. "Where are they?" I started but he was staring at Draco, hands on his mouth and trembling. I remember he once said that he can't bear to see blood. I blew at the fog and everything disappeared. He calmed down and removed his hand.

"We gotta help them" I said as I patted on his shoulder to calm down.

"I'll find Stephan ,you go to Draco ..I can't do this I'm sorry" he said ,his voiced filled with fear.

"Okay.." I said a bit disappointed for leaving me alone but I knew he wouldn't be alright if he came with me. He went on his way and I went the other side. I found blood stains on the ground and on some leaves, so I followed them. I knew they would lead me to him. From a path to another, among trees, tracing the blood. I kept moving and glancing at every corner looking for him. Scanning the forest with my eyes till I found the place where he was being attacked by werewolves. A spot between two huge rocky mountains. No one was there but the ground was full of blood stains and bloody paw prints. Blood covering the ground ,making me remember the scene sticking my heart with pain. I saw blood swept as if someone was being dragged. Imagining the scene which made me scared. I ran towards that corner and saw a hole in the mountain from where someone's groans were echoing in the place. I went in, taking a slow step ready for any attack. It was dark and scary. I put my hands together forming a the shape of a small bowl and a green light ball was formed floating between my palms. I controlled it and made it fly towards the person's body to see him. It was Draco. He was bloodied and tired, lying half on the ground and resting his back on the wall. He was breathing heavily. His face full of bruises and gashes streaming out blood. I ran towards him and knelt beside him, scared and dismayed.

"Draco? Are you okay? Are you in pain?" I said quickly in fear, breathing heavily with concern. He couldn't answer, instead he groaned so hard and screamed in pain.
"Oh my God I'm sorry it's all my fault" I started to sob so hard " I never meant to get you hurt, I'm s-sorry"
He looked at me with his crystal blue eyes which always made me feel safe and secured but I couldn't feel safe while he was dying in front of my eyes. "Hang on a bit, okay? Please" I tried to think of a way to save him. Fear interrupting all my thoughts. I could barely put my thoughts together, looking at him and his soul was almost leaving his body...

'My hair! It heals' I remembered.

"Draco Draco " I said quickly ,breathing heavily "t-touch my hair..quickly." I pulled his arm and put his hand over my hair. He screamed so hard and he wasn't healed "what? That's impossible , you should be healed " I said in shock. I heard voice coming from the light ball. "You can't heal a person who doesn't want to be healed"

"What?" I was shocked and turned to face him "what does that mean? Why don't you want to be healed?"

"He- he has to k-kill one of us, if I don't d-die he'll come to you-u " he managed to say, his voice filled with pain and he was sucking hard in every breath. "I c-can't lose you again-n" tears streamed on his cheek.

"No no please Draco please " I sobbed " don't leave m-me please"

"H-hey hey calm down , I'll still be watching over y-you" he gazed at me and smiled, slowly lifting his hand and cupped my cheek. "I ..I love you Cornelia ..so much"

"I need you " I sobbed as I held his hand so tight. "Don't go"

"You-u know, I was always-s watching you-u . Always. Ever since I left when we were kids, I a-always kept an eye on you. I tried to stop you that d-day when you fell in the waterfall. Yes I knew. I'm sorry a demon prevented me. I loved you always Lia. " he managed to say. Every word spearing my heart with pain. Not my best friend.

"Draco I can't do this alone " I sobbed harder. "Just let me heal you"

"No " he yelled. "No I won't let you die. You have your country ,your family and friends ,they need you. I have no one "

"Forgive me Draco, I never noticed you. I'm sorry I'm sorry" I couldn't bear it. It was too much. He loved me all that time. He was watching over me. He kept me safe and what did I do for him? Watch him die.

"I never got angry with you" he smiled although his face was filled with agony. "Take care of yourself Lia .. I love you" he said, his neck loosened and his head fell. His breathing stopped. I put my ear on his chest and his heart wasn't beating. It speared through my heart.

"Draco? Draco?" I cried, slapping him on the face ,wishing he would wake up again. "DRACO NO DRACO" I lost my sanity. I kept screaming at the top of my lungs and hitting on his body. Draco was dead. He sacrificed his life for me. I stopped and rested on his chest "come back..please I need you" I whispered as my tears got his shirt wet. Losing him was like losing a part of my heart. The pain I felt in my chest was unbearable. He did it all for me. I couldn't lose him but it was too late... "I love you too Draco" I said ,hoping he would listen. I rested on his chest there,crying till I slept...