A Lion and a Snake

Chapter 40

Draco's POV

Harry stood up and made his way back towards me, his eyes wide and empty. It broke my heart to see him like that, so... emotionless.

"He saved me." I said quietly. Harry nodded. "My father killed him." Harry nodded again. "I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault." Harry said dryly. "The teachers will catch your dad."

"But you don't want them to." I said. Harry shook his head. "You want to be the one to stop him." Harry nodded. "Harry..."

"I know." Harry sighed.

"Harry, you can't." Granger said. "He'll hurt you."

"I know." Harry said again. But his eyes remained unreadable.

"Lets go." I whispered.

Harry stared up at me. "Really?"

I nodded.

Even I thought my father needed to pay.

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Harry's POV

Draco and I raced down the corridor in the direction Lucius had gone. Draco has wanted to plan, at least a little, but I reminded him that the teachers were looking for him as well, and that is we didn't hurry we wouldn't ever reach him in time. And I needed to get justice for Joshua.

"This way!" I called running through a secret passageway I had learned about front the Marauders map.

Draco followed me through it.

At first we couldn't see anything, because the room was pitch black. Then a blinding flash of white light shown through the room, and a red hot pain erupted all over my body.

I vaguely heard someone call my name before I passed out.

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Draco's POV

"I wouldn't do that, Draco." My father said softly as I ran towards Harry. I stopped mid-step.

"What did you do?" I demanded.

"A spell." My father replied simply. "I figured we could talk."

"The time for talking ended when you made me get that mark." I spat.

Lucius snarled. "Oh, is that how you want to play it then?"

I said nothing, instead readied my wand for a fight.

"Ha, yes, you do." Lucius said smirking. He whipped a wand out of his pocket with a flourish.

"Crucio!" He yelled.

At the same time I yelled, "stupify!"

The jets of light ricocheted off of each other and bounced on the walls.

"So the boy knows how to play." Lucius said. "So do I.

"Avada Kedavra!"

I jumped out of the way and the green light blasted a hole in the floor where I had been standing a second ago.

"Exploso!" I yelled, my wand pointed at Lucius' feet. He jumped back, but the force of the spell threw him off and he flew into the air before using a spell to keep himself from hitting his head.

"Avada-"

"Expelliarmus!" Came the voice of the one and only Minerva McGonagall. My father's wand flew out of his hand and into hers. The teachers rushed forward, subduing him. I ran to Harry's side, picking up his head and setting it in my lap.

Harry's eyes fluttered open. "What happened?"

"You were hit with-something." I said.

"Oh." He rubbed his head and looked into my eyes. "Did we win?"

I laughed. "Yes." I said, glancing back at my father who was being tied up by McGonagall, Slughorn, and Flitwick. "We did."

"That's good." Harry sighed. He reached up and pulled my head down, and we kissed once more.

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Okay so that was the last chapter!! Hope you liked it! I am going to write a epilogue and maybe some bonus chapters, depends on if I feel up to it or not.

But hey! I got so far! This fic is 40 chapters, with a lot going on. A lot of mistakes, but I think a lot of good stuff happened too!

Thanks for reading! (Reminder that I will be writing an epilogue, so don't archive this yet.)

See you when I finish the epilogue, fellow Drarry shippers!!