Mudblood & Me | Completed

Chapter 60 - Harry, why are you here?

Draco's POV

Harry had come up with his plan, so now we all had to find some way to carry it out. It was going to be hard and there were definitely some gaps in this plan, where we had to have to rely on what other people were doing. His plan wouldn't fall into place until Voldemort arrived so we had to attract his attention, and Harry's idea was to announce himself in the middle of a whole school assembly. They had one every morning so we were going to stay here over night and mix in with the others in the morning, by wearing uniform and hopefully we could get rid of the Death Eater teachers while we were at it so that the school was completely safe. But one thing that had unsettled me, when Harry was talking about his plan, he mentioned that he kept seeing Voldemort in his dreams searching for the Elder Wand so he was probably going to retrieve that from Dumbledore's grave if he hadn't already. The thing that unsettled me about that, was if the stories were true, I had killed and disarmed Dumbledore so the Elder Wand should rightfully belong to me. It wouldn't obey Voldemort's command and would make spells go wrong, and he knew it was me that killed Dumbledore so he would want to kill me to get true control of the wand but Harry didn't know that and I didn't want to worry Hermione. 

I didn't think we were going to be staying the night so I hadn't brought anything to change into so I climbed into bed next to Hermione, in a spare double bed they had found for us, in my jeans and hoodie I had been wearing all day. It wasn't particularly comfortable but I was so tired, I fell asleep almost immediately as I stared at the carved ceiling which was casting shadows in all directions due to the various light sources around the room. I could hear Hermione's deep breaths beside me as I fell asleep so I knew she was asleep too. Harry and Ron were sat on the bed they were going to share talking about something or another, I would have paid attention to see if it was of any importance but sleep was more important to me. 

I woke up to Hermione shaking my shoulders, I opened my eyes that were groggy with sleep and saw her outline in front of me and many people moving around in the room. I blinked a couple times to clear my vision and saw that she was in a Gryffindor uniform which puzzled me for a second, until my brain caught up with my eyes. Assembly, we needed to blend in as school students so we wouldn't be spotted. Hermione was holding up a Gryffindor uniform for me which was a strange sight but I would be easily spotted among the Slytherins, my old friends and others from Death Eater families would definitely know who I was. I stood and stretched myself out, then I changed into the uniform while Hermione went to check that Harry and Ron were dressed and ready to go. It seemed strange to now be wearing the uniform of the house I used to hate so much. The others were gathering at the door ready to go, I went to join Hermione and crouched a bit so that I wasn't visible due to my height because my hair was pretty distinguishable as a Malfoy trait. But I didn't feel the need to change the colour this time.

We all moved as a group to the Gryffindor common room where we joined the members of the house that had stayed in the dormitories to go down to the hall together. I felt very out of place walking in among all the Gryffindors but it was a good idea to make sure we weren't noticed. The school still seemed as though it was the same as it had always been if you just looked at the building but if you paid more attention you would notice the Death Eaters lining the walls watching as everyone walked past and everyone walked in silence, the old chatter that used to fill the halls was gone. It put me on edge, I was worried a Death Eater might look at me for too long and realise who I was but they weren't paying that much attention. They were just looking for someone to take a step out of line that they could punish and I walked in the middle in silence so they had no reason to pay attention to me. I still kept my head down to be on the safe side, until we reached the hall, then I looked up. The houses lined up in four separate groups and the teachers stood in a line at the top of the hall, with Snape sat on Dumbledore's old chair on the raised platform. He stood when everyone was in the hall.

"To start off this morning's assembly, I must bring a topic of great importance to your attention. Harry Potter was thought to have been see in Hogsmeade last night, his intentions must be to find his way into the castle, so if you see him anywhere report it to a member of staff -" There was a commotion ahead of me, near where I knew Harry was stood.

"I think I see him, Professor." Harry shouted, as he moved to stand in the gap between Gryffindor and Slytherin. There were audible gasps around the hall, some from the teachers. But Snape didn't look shocked. "It seems you don't have very good security." He said, then Ron, Hermione and I joined him, which drew more surprised gasps. "Because we all managed to get in. And some others." The doors of the Great Hall were thrown wide open and the members of the Order of the Phoenix walked in, I was surprised about that, I didn't know they were coming. Snape lifted his wand pointing it at Harry as he backed away, he was about to curse Harry when McGonagall strode in front of him and began cursing him, before he could do anything to Harry. She was much faster than him, he only had time to protect himself as she backed him against the wall. But he had learnt Voldemort's trick and turned himself into black smoke and smashed through the window and escaped. McGonagall rushed towards Harry hugging him tightly.

"Harry, how are you?" She said, a concerned look on her face. Students stood around the hall watching them, a buzz of conservation building. I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen now, hopefully Snape would go to Voldemort and then Voldemort would come here. Then Harry could get his plan into action and hopefully we wouldn't all die in the process. 

"I'm fine, thanks Professor." Harry replied. McGonagall glanced around her.

"While it's great to see you, Harry, why are you here?" McGonagall asked.

"I need to get Voldemort to come here, Professor, all his horcruxes are destroyed apart from his snake." Harry replied, McGonagall looked instantly worried at the mention of Voldemort's name. 

"You want to bring him here, Harry? Is that sensible what about all the students?" McGonagall asked Harry.

"This is the best common ground to have this fight, McGonagall, those that don't want to fight can go somewhere safe. And there will surely be some that want to help." Harry said.

"They are just children, Harry." McGonagall said.

"And I was a baby when Voldemort tried to kill me, he doesn't care, he'll kill them eventually if they are not loyal to him." Harry responded, McGonagall looked away from Harry, she knew he was right. 

"Do what you must, I'll sort out the -" McGonagall was cut off as a loud voice resounded through the hall, it was Voldemort. He had definitely found out then, Snape had fulfilled his job. Now we had to fulfil ours. 

"Bring Harry Potter to me now and I will let everyone else go, I will give you 20 minutes." Voldemort said, this caused a panic in the hall as people called for someone to grab Harry and others moved to protect him. McGonagall took control in an instant, shouting orders for those who didn't want to fight to be taken down to the dungeons by Filch and those who did to prepare themselves. A large proportion of Slytherins and a couple people from other houses were led out of the hall but some Slytherins stayed behind and everyone else gathered in groups unsure of what to do. 

"Teachers, let's protect our home, join me outside and use any spells you can. We will not give up easily." McGonagall said as she strode from the room followed by the other teachers, members of the Order of the Phoenix following behind. I stood by Hermione in the centre of the Great Hall unsure of what to do next. When Voldemort didn't get Harry he was going to destroy this whole castle and every person who stood in his way, I just hoped Harry managed to sort himself out before it came to that.