Let it be • Draco Malfoy

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A horrible feeling washed over me as I rushed through the halls, everywhere seemed so empty, there was no one walking around, the air was cold and dark. My heart was in my throat, the explosion ringing in my ears as I tried to shake it from nt mid. George and I had been up most of the night, discussing our futures from Hogwarts. I never knew what I wanted to do, people used to ask me when I was younger but I never could answer the question. I knew I wanted to be a writer, stacks of notebooks piled up on my bedside were filled with stories, some were fiction and others were based on the things that were going on around Hogwarts in the years I had been here. George wanted to travel the world, him and Helios had it all planned out.

As I rounded one of the corners, my gaze fell on the group of people walking towards me. Snape led the death eaters as they walked down the hallway towards us, his gaze focused on me and he nodded, leaning over to one of the male deth eaters. Before I could even breathe, his wand was pointed at me. I yelled out as he yelled the spell, terrified of what it could possibly be. 

"Brachiabindo!" He yelled out, quickly my body felt restrained as I struggled agasint the invisible ropes,  tears in my eyes as I tried to break free from them. The maledeath eater threw me over his shoulder as i squirmed further, but I couldn't break free. I watched the ground as we made our way out of the school, walking down the hill to Hagrids hut. The sound of footsteps running down the hill made the death eater accidentally drop me, winding me and making me groan in pain. 

"Eurydice!" Harry yelled out and I looked at him quickly as. the death eater went to pick me up again, I was terrified, seeing Draco standing still in fear as he watched both HArry and I. 

"Harry!" I yelled back, but before anything could happen, Bellatrix set Hagrid's hut on fire, making Draco stare at the mess in shock. "Fuck." I whispered as tears ran down my face as I closed my eyes tightly shut. 

"Go on!" Snape yelled and so they did, I looked back at Harry as best as I could. Smiling at him sadly, not knowing if that could be the last time I saw him. I thought about Ron as we walked away, I promised him I'd be with him through the war, I thought about Helios and George, how maybe I'd never see them, never watch Fred and Goerge prank their mother on her birthday, never et another knitted jumper from Mrs. Weasley, never red books with Remus over cups of tea. My heart wrenched as I sobbed, my whole life I had felt so alone, but now, I know I was never alone. 

"Please let me go, please!" I yelled and the death eater just shrugged me off his shoulder and onto the ground, making me groan in pain once again as I landed on my side. I lay on the floor and stared up at the sky as he grabbed the back of my head and sat me up. I looked at Draco who stared back at me, the tears in his eyes making me angry as the death eater gripped my hair. "You don't have the right to stand their and cry!" I spat, I watched as the death eater pulled his hand back and quickly everything went black. 

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The room was silent, completely silent as I lay on the large bed. Everything seemed so grey, so dark. The rain battered agaisnt my window as I tried to figure out a way I was supposed to get out of here, my eye throbbed as I gently brushed my finger over the black eye I was given. The room was freezing as I sat up, the blaket falling from my shoulders, I looked down at what I was wearing, someone had given me clothes to sleep in. I looked over to the other side of the room, my gaze falling in my stuff which was neatly placed to the side, no idea of how it had gotten here. I looked at the black furry things that was curled in a bll at the bottom of my bed. 

"Oscar." I whispered and the cat immediatley perked up, jumping up so he was close to me. His face brushed against mines as I hugged him closr to my body, the only sense of comfort coming from him. I looked around the room again, everything was so fancy. I satup further and looked at the chair that was sat next to me, clothes were placed over it and there was a note sat on it. 

'I laid out these clothes for you to change into, when you feel comfortable to do come down and get something to eat.' 

The handwriting was very delicate and thoughtful, but my heart dropped slightly as I read it. I placed the note down and examined the clothes, it was my own clothes, a jumper and leggings. I pulled them on an looked over at Oscar who was already ready to leave the room. I took a deep breath before oprning the door and following him out, he seemed to know his way around, he would look back at me every few minutes to make sure I was following him, of course, I was, I had no idea where I was going. When we turned a corner into a large sitting room, anxiety immediately consumed me as I stared at Draco who was stood staring at the fireplace, his mother sat on the sofa by him. Oscar meowed loudly as we entered, making Draco turn quickly. 

"Eurydice, dear. Sit." Narcissa said as she stood up, offering the other end of the sofa for me. I didn't look at Draco, but I could tell he was staring at me. Narcissa stared my black eye and just as I was going to sit down, I caught a glimpse of it in the mirror. My heart sunk as I realised how bad it was, I slowly walked over to the mirror, gently touching my eye. The whites of my eye were extremely bloodshot. 

"Why am I here? Why can't I go back home? Please let me go home." I begged as I made my way over to Narcissa, still not letting myself look at Draco. "You would be worried if Draco was kidnapped, think about how Mrs. Weasley will feel." Tears fell down my face as Narcissa sat me down by my shoulders. 

"Snape has told us to keep you here, under the rules of the dark lord himself." Her voice was both of warning tone and gentle tone. I stared at her and then finally let myself look at Draco, his eyes were pained and full of regret. Oscar jumped up on my lap, distracting me as I quickly averted my gaze to the cat that was nuzzling close to me."You can write to whoever you want, just know that the dark lord will know what you say." She continued and I swallowed harshly. 

"How long will I be here for?" I asked quietly, her and Draco looked at each other with wide eyes, confused as to why I seemed to just give up so easily. I knew there was no point in fighting, I'd probably end up dying if I did.