Let it be • Draco Malfoy

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George and I looked over Harry and Hermione's shoulder. Ron sat at the other side of the table. We stared down at the newspaper Harry was holding, it was spotting, one of Sirius Black. I shivered slightly, we were sat in the library. Harry was worried, I could tell. We were all there when Arthur Weasley took him to the side to talk to him about it. George cleared his throat and sat down, staring at his hands which were shaking slightly. I'd noticed they'd been doing that a lot recently, especially when he was thinking.

"He won't come to Hogwarts. The place is too protected at the moment, there are people one every door and there's dementors all over the place. He wouldn't be dumb enough to try and get in here." George reasoned and I shrugged sitting down next to him.

"There's a lot of secrets about Hogwarts that someone like Sirius Black would know about. He could be in here right now." Helios said approaching from behind me and I rolled my eyes.

"Thanks for that Helios, very comforting," Harry said sarcastically and Helios just chuckled, sitting on the desk next to George who was nervously chewing his lip.

"Don't worry too much about it, they'll get him before he can get anywhere near Hogwarts," Helios said and Hermione shook her head.

"You can't be sure of that." She said and Helios nodded, standing up straight.

"You're right, I can't. But at least I can have a little faith, Harry will be okay. Now, get your annoying asses to class." He said and I just rolled my eyes. Helios messes up George's hair before he left and I could see George tense up before smiling to himself.

"Your brother is the only nice Slytherin I know," Ron said as we began walking to class and I just laughed, knowing that was probably. True.

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I stood in front of the large and wardrobe. Neville has just gone, his boggart being Snape. But once he cast Riddikulus, Snape worse Nevilles grandmothers clothes. I'd been nervous about this lesson all day, Lupin had told us what it was going to be yesterday and then Hermione decided to tell me all about it. I didn't know my biggest fear, how could I? I didn't think I had anything to be afraid of.

"Oh come on Watson." Draco piped up and I turned around and glared at him, making his look of annoyance drop from his face as he stumbled back in freight. I turned back towards the wardrobe and glanced down at my wand, taking a second before looking at Professor Lupin who nodded. The cupboard flew open and I waited for my fears to come out of the dark, slowly, a hooded figure stood out. Slowly it took off its hood, to reveal my father, I swallowed harshly, all colour from my face draining quickly as I froze.

"Oh you poor naive girl, so caught up in her own mind." He said and suddenly the room melted away and it felt like just him and I. "You were the reason your brother left, not being able to protect him and yourself, you couldn't protect yourself if you tried." His words were full of spite, full of hatred. "Such a disappointment." He spat. He moved closer, his hand raising as he went to slap me, but I pulled out my wand quickly.

"Riddikulus!" I yelled as I cast the spell on my father, who quickly shrunk down to a mouse. I pointed my wand at the mouse and sent it flying back into the cupboard. The room was silent as I stared in shock, swallowing harshly.

"Eurydice?" Lupin asked as I stood extremely still. I took a deep breath and cleared my throat, holding back the tears that were making its way to my eyes.

"May I be excused?" I whispered. He nodded and I nodded back, grabbing my bag before I quickly left the room and ran to my dorm room. But I couldn't continue without being stopped by Snape who was just strolling the halls, quite creepily May I add.

"Miss Watson, aren't you supposed to be in a class?" He asked with a cruel voice and I nodded.

"Mr Lupin excused me," I said, tears stained my cheeks and he just rolled his eyes.

"Continue." He said, walking away from me. I stood still for a moment before making my way to the dorms. I sat in my until lunch came around, that's when George silently walked into the room, but I knew he was there. I was facing away from the door, staring out of the window that lit up the dorm room.

"Didn't think it'd be your dad?" George asked sitting behind me at the other side of the bed, I nodded and took a deep breath, bowing my head slightly as tears began to run down my cheeks again.

"He ruined our childhood, Helios more than mine." I cried and George made his way around to me. Pulling me into a hug. We sat for a while in the comfort of the room, before I finally pulled myself together and we made our way down to the great hall. I avoided any eye contact with Helios, knowing damn well that Draco had probably spread it around the whole of the Slytherin table what my boggart was.

"Eurydice." Helios voice whispered over the table and I looked up at him, he was leaning over George. He nodded towards the door and I nodded. I didn't have much of an appetite, people whispered as we passed them and I let my gaze fall on Draco's. He had a smug look on his face, but when he saw my face. All emotion dropped from his face. We made our way out to the courtyard and I sat on the edge of the fountain while Helios looked back at the school.

"Why dad?" He asked quietly, knew he already knew the answer.

"He hurt you for so many years, you protected me from him. I was so glad when you left, no more bruises on your skin and you seemed so happy. It was just all the years of abuse, it scarred me." I whispered and Helios sat next to me.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could take all the memories from you, replace them with good ones." He said and I shook my head.

"You shouldn't have to," I said. He pulled me in to a hug and I closed my eyes. Just glad he was still here to hug.