adored by him | *under editing*

fifth year × 69

"Make it a powerful memory!" Harry called. "The happiest you can remember! Allow it to fill you up!"

Nadia thought long and hard about memories ranging from her parents, to the trio, to Ashton and Sam and to Draco. Nothing was working at the moment. All she was able to produce was a thin, silvery wisp of light.

"Keep trying, Seamus." Harry encouraged before approaching the twins. "Your turn now, George."

Nadia watched as George performed the spell perfectly, sending a coyote sprinting around the room.

Nadia regained concentration and thought hard about her father, but those memories weren't as happy as they once were since Jakob was murdered.

"A full-bodied Patronus is the most difficult to produce but shield forms can also be equally useful against a variety of opponents." Harry bellowed, grinning at all the silver, whispy animals running around the room.

"Fantastic, Ginny!" He praised, beaming as the most regal horse pranced out of her wand.

Nadia smiled fondly as she remembered the night of the Yule Ball, when Draco and her danced all night and then he confessed his love. The night he became her's.

Focusing on that memory she uttered the incantation. "Expecto Patronum!" Her smile couldn't have been any wider as a small, scops owl glided around her head.

Nadia and Hermione shared a beam as a small otter surrounded the bushy-haired girl. Nadia also laughed when Ron's jack russell terrier bounded around and knocked Neville off his feet.

"Remember, your Patronus can only protect you as long as you stay focused. So stay focused, Luna. Think of the happiest memory that you can."

"I'm trying." She replied dreamily, performing the incantation and producing a cute hare.

However, the silver animals all soon disappeared as a noise sounded. It was a bang which kept getting louder, causing dust to fall from the stone walls and the mirrors to shatter.

Harry and Nigel stepped forward cautiously, noticing a small hole in the wall.

"I'll make short work of this." Nadia's heart dropped. "Bombarda Maxima!"

Harry pushed Nigel back in order to protect him from the flying debris.

Umbridge and the Inquisitorial Squad were standing there, smirks etched into their cruel faces. Nadia' heart plummeted even further when Draco roughly dragged Cho into view. His eyes darted around the group but froze when he spotted Nadia. Her frowned but almost immediately covered it up with a smirk at the sheepish-looking Cho.

Harry looked like his whole world just came crashing down.

"Get them."

•••

Harry and Cho were dragged off to Dumbledore's office whilst the rest of the Inquisitorial Squad took the group back to their common rooms.

Draco took Nadia, Ashton and Sam back to the Ravenclaw common room, a scowl plastered onto his pale face.

When they reached the door, Ashton and Sam answered the riddle with ease and entered. Nadia stayed behind.

"Draco." She whispered with a pleading tone.

He ignored her.

"Draco please just talk to me. Let me explain--"

"Explain what?" He snapped, turning abruptly. "Explain how you went behind my back. How you lied to me. To my fucking face at one point. Explain that, Nadia because I'd love to hear it."