camellia withlock│draco malfoy ✓

14│payback

CHAPTER 14: payback

"You... foul... loathsome... evil... little cockroach..." Hermione walks up to Malfoy pointing his wand at his throat. He cowers under her wand.

"Hermione, no. He's not worth it," she stepped away from him. She turns around as if she's walking away, but then she hits him right in the face. The trio goes down towards Hagrid's hut while Melia stays behind. Crabbe and Goyle both ran inside. She takes out her wand and heals his nose. She looks at him with worry in her eyes. He smirks at her.

"I'm alright you know," she doesn't answer. He takes his arms around her and embraces her. They stay like that in each other's arms not saying anything, then Melia remembers what is supposed to happen in the films. She says sorry to Draco then she runs down to The Whomping Willow. After she immobilizes the tree, she runs inside and up the stairs to the room where the others are. She sees Sirius and Remus sharing a heartfelt hug. Melia runs towards Sirius. Tackles him in a hug.

"Sirius!" The trio looks at her and feels betrayed. "Hey there, Sugar," she smiles up at him.

"We trusted you and you betrayed us!" Melia tried to block out what they were saying. She knew that all of it would be explained later and that if he knew the truth, they wouldn't be saying that.

"Let us explain and then you can see if you will still trust her or not," Sirius tries to defend her.

"No, I have already made up my mind. STUPEFY!" Melia falls on the floor and hits her head in the wall. Harry's spell was full of anger and betrayal that she hit her head so hard that she fainted almost right away. She remembers someone kneeling down beside her and checking if she's alright. The last thing she remembers is someone talking to her.

"You'll be alright, Sugar."

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Draco sits beside her bed holding her hand. He was already in the hospital wing after his nose was broken. When Hermione hit him, she also hit his head back into the stone that was behind him. He got a small concussion and went to get it healed by Madam Pomfrey. When he was about to leave, Professor Snape came in with Melia unconscious. Draco wanted to know what happened but didn't get an answer. So now he's sitting here. Waiting for her to wake up.

Harry and Ron woke up some time ago. Looking at the picture unfolding in front of them. They never thought they would see Malfoy this loving towards someone. The door opens and Dumbledore comes in.

"Headmaster! You've got to stop them! They've got the wrong man!" Hermione tells him.

"It's true, sir. Sirius is innocent." Harry continues.

"We know the truth. Please, sir, you must believe us."

"I do, Miss Granger. But I'm sorry to say the word of three..." he looks at Melia, "four thirteen-year-old wizards will convince few others. A child's voice, however honest and true, is meaningless to those who have forgotten how to listen.

"Mysterious thing, time. Powerful. And, when meddled with... dangerous. Sirius Black is in the topmost cell of the Dark Tower. You know the laws, Miss Granger. You must not be seen. And you would, I feel, do well to return before this last chime. If not... well, the consequences are really too ghastly to discuss. Three turns should do it, I think. If you succeed, more than one innocent life may be spared tonight.

"By the way, when in doubt, I find retracing my steps to be a wise place to begin... Good luck." He smiles at them before exiting.

"What in bloody hell was all that about?"

Hermione doesn't answer, instead, she puts a chain around her and Harry.

"Sorry, Ron. But seeing as you can't walk..." she gets cut off. "Good luck, 'Mione, Harry," Melia says. Hermione nods her head at her. Right after they left, they came in the door of the hospital wing.

"How'd you two get over there? I was just talking to you... over there." Ron says.

"What do you think, Harry? Too much for him -- everything that's happened tonight?" Harry laughs at that before answering her. "Afraid so. Always been a bit of the nervous type, Ron has," Melia laughs at them before trying to get up in a sitting position. Her blue eyes meet his grey ones.

"Hey," He gets up from the chair and goes towards the door. He opens it up, takes one final look at her, giving her a genuine smile before leaving. Melia gets up from the bed and goes over to the other three. Harry looks at her.

"What was all that about?"

"Payback."

(A/N) Some of the lines in this chapter are from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie script, which mean that I don't own it. Everything else is written by me.