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emerson's pov
my parents had acted weird all summer , i was permitted to hangout with anyone , not even draco because they thought it was too dangerous. but now here we were , walking with the malfoys through the quidditch world cup, going up to the ministers box to watch the game. something felt off about today , the way my parents were acting had me suspicious , but when i saw how tense lucious seemed , all my fears were practically confirmed, something was going to happen today. everyone decked out in their teams colors, excitedly roaming around the area. no one had any idea what was coming to them & neither did i.
my parents had gone off to 'find someone' so i walked with draco and lucious to the ministers box. we were passing under another group , when i heard ron say " blimey dad how far up are we" and lucious stopped dead in his tracks , i looked up at my group of what once was close friends , and now was , well complicated. "well put it this way , if it rains , you'll be the first to know" lucious said slyly up to them , with him a draco having their usual smirks plastered against their face. harry looked down his eyes meeting mine , in almost a sympathetic way, draco noticed this aswell as he wrapped his arm around my waist and glared up at him. "father , emerson & i are in the ministers box. by personal invitation of cornelius fudge himself" draco said as we walked over the bridge under neath them lucious hit him with his cane making his arm move from around me "don't boast draco" lucious said , i tried not to scoff , as that's all that lucious ever did aswell. "there's no need with these people" he said finishing his sentence, which made a lot more sense and seemed a lot more lucious. "do enjoy yourself won't you, while you can" he said booking his cane to harry's sleeve , pulling him back from walking away, i tried to look away from whatever scene was going on , but i felt glares against my back as we walked away , draco wrapping his arm around me once more but tighter as if scared i was going to disappear from his grasp.
we were sitting watching the game when cornelius whispered something to lucious , causing them both to usher away. "is it today?" i asked only looking forward towards the game playing in front of us, it took him a second to realized what i meant , and he gripped my hand in his, not looking away from the game aswell. two teenagers , too scared to say anything about what they knew was going to happen. i would much rather be with harry and all them currently , but i knew especially right now , me and draco needed eachother. things were still tense but not cause of what happened between us, from fear , from pure and utter fear of what was going to happen to us once my father came back, an unspoken worry neither of us needed to speak of, i saw the look in his eyes , and that told me more than he ever could have admitted.
we were watching the game , still anxiously gripping to my hand, when my mom bursted into the box pulling us out "i can't believe he left you too , he should've taken you somewhere safe" she said through furious mumbles under her breath, me and draco exchanged worried looks , knowing it was time. she took us far into the woods , us trying to hide , as fire began to erupt through the air with screams of people seeing death eaters , and trying to get away without being a causality. i wanted to run back and help them , and i think draco could see that as he wrapped his arms around me to pull me back from, as i began to sob into his chest. i could hear the screams of families , children , as my fathers worshippers caused chaos around them. i heard a shot go into the sky, and looking up i saw a skull with a snake coming out of its mouth plastered against the dark sky, moving throughout it. i glanced to draco his eyes practically glossed over looking up at the sky. you'd think i'd be more enthusiastic of my father coming back , and i had to pretend i was for most people. but when him coming back risked the lives of the people i loved , a family reunion seemed a lot less enticing. i saw my mom and narcissa emerge from the smoke in the trees, so i pulled away from draco trying to look less helpless in this situation , still taking his hand in mine , i needed any comfort i could get and i could only find that in the blonde boy currently. our mothers apparating us to the malfoys manor. us all clung together. i saw lucious and constantine , already there seeming a little too excited over the events that had just occurred. their faces with smirks across them as they basked in the utter horror show they had caused, looking over to us , constantine smiled , it wasn't a soft smile like his preusual , it was a wicked and evil smile. "emerson, you asked me when he was coming back. and dear, he's back" he said to me , i tried not to show it on the outside but his worked cracked through me like lightning , bringing a fear of my father that wasn't as present before , even knowing how evil of a wizard he is . but i didn't let that show , instead i spread a smirk across my face "wonderful" i said looking up at the two men starring right back at me , draco tensed up next to me , but i squeezed his hand in reassurance, then glanced over at my mother a tinge of fear in her eyes. everything was changed
