A Curse of Love (Draco Malfoy)

I'm Sorry

"Professor Dumbledore wants to see us?" Draco asked.

"Yes! Later, after lunch. He said that you will be available at that time." Blaise Zabini informed us.

"Well, we will be available at that time. No problem. Thanks for the information Blaise." I smiled at him.

He walked away and went to the dungeon where our Potions class will take place.

"What does he want from us? Will he talk about our curse?" Draco said worried as we walked inside the dungeon.

"We'll know about it." I said. We parted our ways. I sat between Ella and Claire.

"Good morning. We will brew Hair-Raising Potion. I want you to read carefully the instructions. We will test your potion 15 minutes before the class ends. Be ready, start!" Professor Snape tapped his wand on the board.

"I wonder what will happen to my armpit if I succeed." Violet joked. We giggled.

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"Well, I'll be going now." I said after eating my lunch.

"OK. Just meet us later at the common room." replied Claire.

I got up and went up to Professor Dumbledore's office. I saw Draco standing already near the staircase.

"Hi love. Snape told me the password. Its caput draconis." He said.

Suddenly, a large moving staircase appeared behind the gargoyle. Draco and I climbed on the stairs and went upward. A large door appeared in front of us. Draco tried to push it when I stopped him.

"Knock first please!" I whispered angrily.

"Sorry." We knocked on the door and we heard a welcoming voice.

"Come in please." Professor Dumbledore said. We came in quietly.

"Sit down." He summoned two chairs in front of him. We sat down and looked at his blue sparkling eyes.

"So, I heard you two are the Slytherin Royalty, right?" we nodded.

"Is this matter related to the curse?" He said. We stared at him in shock.

"Umm. Professor ho-" Draco stuttered but Dumbledore interrupted him.

"That does not matter Draco, now that you were bound to live with each other. Do you have any regrets?" He asked.

“Nothing Professor. I accepted it already but my parents still haven't." I replied.

"I'll try to discuss it with them as soon as possible. What about you Draco?" Draco looked at him seriously.

"I don't regret picking Saph as my bride-to-be. I will wait eagerly for her parents to accept me." Draco replied.

"We'll see. I advice that you will not let anybody else know about this. Just follow me. It will be your own benefit. Don't let your mark be kissed by other people. It will lead you to trouble. Be sure to chant the vow of your curse correctly and carefully. Do you understand me?" He said.

"Yes." we replied in unison. He gave us an old parchment.

"That will be the vow. Well, off you go!" He said.

"Thank you professor." I said. We left the office thinking what to do next.

"Should we chant the vow already? It seems that it's too early for us to do that. Do you think our marks will be kissed by someone?" I asked curiously.

Draco looked at me and smiled. "We should wait for the right time to chant our vow. Also, we need to be careful with the people who wants something from us or hates us. They may know our secret. For the worse, they may kiss our marks for revenge." Draco said. Who it might be? Pansy? No. Pansy doesn't know anything about us.

We arrived at the common and sat on the couch.

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"Guys, I'll be going now. Be sure to inform Draco if he asked where I was." I said to Ella, Violet and Claire.

"Sure! Just do well in your Slytherin attitude!"Claire said enthusiastically.

I laughed and left the common room.

I arrived at the Defense Against Dark Arts classroom. It's dark inside.

"Hello??" I called but no one answered. I decided to sit down on one of the chairs and waited. Few minutes had passed and no one's replying to my call. I stood up not wanting to feel the cold atmosphere in the classroom. As I walked to the door someone grabbed me to a dark portion of the room.

"Umm... Who are you?" I asked cautiously. I heard someone panting heavily.

"Draco?" I asked.

"No. It's me, Harry." He said. "Lumos." I flickered my wand to see if it is Harry.

"Harry! How are you?" I said to him. Yeah it is Harry.

"Well, I heard that you are the Slytherin Princess as of now, is that true?" He asked me. I nodded at him blushing.

"Why? I thought you'll make a good friend of mine. Even though you're in Slytherin. Why did you proclaim yourself as the Slytherin princess?" He said pushing me hard at wall.

"Because I like him! We're just first years, so it’s very common to have crushes or to like other people." I shouted. I pushed him hard away from me.

"So, it means I have the right to like you?" Harry asked sadly.

"Yes but nothing more. I'm sorry." I replied coldly as I walked out of the classroom.