Draco Malfoy and the last Chanter

Chapter 11: Goodbye

As I was walking through the forest, branches ripping my robes, scratching my skin, stumbling on roots, I heard footsteps behind me, but when I turned around I couldn’t see anything. The deeper I got into the forest, the more difficult it became to keep moving.

When I reached a clearing, and I was right in the middle, the slender figure of my father appeared between the trees. His white blonde hair shone brightly, and his eyes were blood red. Behind him, appeared other Death Eaters, with the same look of thirst of death in their eyes. Between all the Death Eaters, was their Master, You-Know-Who. He was the most horrendous person that he had ever seen: he had snake nostrils, and a grin that had a file of white pointy teeth. He had a snake-like tongue that slipped out of his mouth. I looked at him terrified. He smiled evilly, and said with a hissing voice:

“He iss to young. Luciuss, you told uss he would be of usse”

“He will grow, Master. He can be a spy at Hogwarts” responded Lucius, kneeling down at You-Know-Who.

“We already have a sspy. You have dissappointed me”

“I am sorry, Master. What shall we do now?”

“If he iss willing to collaborate, he can alwayss be a ssubsstitute of our actual sspy”

“Of course, Master. Draco, give your hand to have the Dark Mark” said Lucius.

“NO!” said somebody behind me, and I discovered that it was Lucy, with Harry, Ron and Hermione behind her. You-Know-Who flickered his eyes to Harry, but then settled them on Lucy.

“Well, well. We have very sspecial guesstss. If it issn’t the famouss Harry Potter. But the mosst unexpected iss our friend the lasst Chanter” You-Know-Who said as he looked at Lucy. “I ssee, you have found true love. Dangerouss thing to play with, love iss. I once fell in the deathly handss of love. A beautiful girl, Marylie Hazle, but she went off with that Rodrik Chanter, just becausse he was a Ssingger. I wass ssure for your parentss to be the firsst to die. Luckily for you, you were with your grandmother, on vacation. But finally I will be able to take revenge of Rodrik. Come to fulfill your desstiny?”

“Do not touch Draco, Voldemort, I’m warning you” said angrily Lucy. I flinched with his name, as so did Ron and Hermione.

“Thiss will be fun! I’ll tell you ssomething. Ass you know, you are no match againsst me and my Death Eaterss. I will let you defeat me with one ssingle sspell. Nothing elsse, or your beloved Draco will die”

Lucy nodded, tears in her eyes. She took out her wand, and said quietly Instrumento. I knew at the instance what she was going to do, but I didn’t find it the place nor the time. A rock guitar appeared in her arms and a microphone too. She took a breath and started to play with her hands. She took another breath and started to sing:

You were my conscience,

So solid now you’re like water.

We started drowning,

Not like we’d sink any farther.

But I let my heart go,

It’s somewhere down at the bottom.

But I’ll get a new one,

Come back for the hope that you’ve stolen.

I’ll stop the whole world,

I’ll stop the whole world

From turning into a monster,

And eating us alive.

Don’t you ever wonder how we’d survive?

But now that you’re gone,

The world is ours.

I’m only human,

I’ve got a skeleton in me.

But I’m not the villain,

Despite what you’re always preaching,

Call me a traitor,

I’m just collecting your victims.

They’re getting stronger,

I hear them calling.

I’ll stop the whole world,

I’ll stop the whole world

From turning into a monster,

And eating us alive.

Don’t you ever wonder how we’d survive?

But now that you’re gone,

The world is ours.

Well you found us strength and solutions,

But I liked the tension,

And not knowing always the answers.

When you’re gonna lose it,

You’re gonna lose it.

I’ll stop the whole world,

I’ll stop the whole world

From turning into a monster,

And eating us alive.

Don’t you ever wonder how we’d survive?

But now that you’re gone,

I’ll stop the whole world,

I’ll stop the whole world

From turning into a monster,

And eating us alive.

Don’t you ever wonder how we’d survive?

But now that you’re gone,

The world is ours.

When she finished the song, all the Death Eaters were rolling on the floor, covering their ears with their hands. You-Know-Who was also with his hands over his ears, weak, but not rolling on the floor.

“Your love iss dead, my ssweet girl” he said, and crackled up laughing, his wand in the air and he said something. A green light flashed, and I heard a loud scream.

I woke up, and found Lucy lying on the floor, dead. I ran to her, tears streaking my cheeks, and I bent down to get her pulse, but Hermione told me:

“She’s alive, but barely. She put herself between you and the Killing Curse. She won’t last long”

 Hermione’s voice sounded in my head like a death sentence. And then I fell. The legend was true. She had sacrificed her life for me to live. She opened her eyes weakly, and I hugged her hard. She barely could speak, but she took out her wand and pointed at my hand. I felt something cold in it. When I opened it, it was the two half-heart necklaces I saw in my dad’s dungeon. She whispered <Put it on>, and I did, and the other one I put it around her neck. She smiled weakly, and told me, before dying, <I love you>, and she was dead. I saw her for a second very fat, but it was just my imagination. I kissed her softly on the cheek, and turned the necklace around. There was a flash of light and I felt cold ground under my feet.