Royals (Draco Malfoy x Reader)

Chapter 40

As Buckbeak feasts on a ferret, Harry, Hermione and I duck behind a pile of pumpkins. Peering into the hut, I laugh lightly as I see Hermione and Ron embrace awkwardly. I turn, only to find Hermione analyzing the moment with considerable fascination. "what?" she asked defensively I held my hands up in mock surrender "nothing" I grinned. I look towards the hill where Fudge and the others approach. "Here they come. I better hurry." Harry moves to release Buckbeat "No! Fudge has to see Buckbeakbefore we steal him. Otherwise, he'll think Hagrid set him free!" Hermione explains, Harry nods, then looks toward the hut. Inside, Hagrid is handing Scabbers to Ron.  "That's Pettigrew--" As he begins to raise I grab him quickly "No, Harry! You can't!" I speak fiercely "(Name)! that's the man who betrayed my parents! You don expect me to just sit here..." he trails off and tries to move again "yes! you must!" Hermione pulls him down, I point inside "Harry, you're in Hagrid's hut right now. If you go bursting inside, you'll think you've gone mad. Awful things can happen when wizards meddle with time. We can't be seen." I growl at the boy who nods slowly. I turn and watch as Fudge and the rest draw closer, I frown and glance into the hut "Fudge is coming and... we're not leaving... why aren't we leaving?" I look at Hermione for answers, she picks up a jagged stone that laid beside her and hurls it through the open window. smash! The sound of a glass jar shattering is heard within the hut. "are you mad?!" Harry whispers and I pick up another stone and throw it to the back of Harry's head. "that hurt" he playfully slapped me and I giggled "yes, yes very sorry!" Fudge's party arrives, raps on the door. "C'mon. Any minute now we're going to be coming out the back door. " Quickly, Hermione, Harry and I dash into the trees directly behind us just in time to see themselves -- along with Ron -- exit the back door and slip behind the pumpkin pie where, only seconds before, we were hiding. AsFudge appears at the window and picks his nose as before, Hermione ponders the back of her own head. "Is that what I look like from the back?" I shushed her quickly. Past Hermione turns, and our Hermione ducks she accidentally stirs the branches, then peeks out and sees herself staring curiously at the branches dancing oddly, Hermione listened to herself talk "Nothing, I just thought I saw...Never mind." We watch ourselves run up the hill and we slip out of the trees back to the pumpkin patch, "now harry!" Hermione demands Harry vaults into the patch, the Crows stir cawing at his ankles and pecking at his feet "It is the decision of the committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures that the hippogriff Buckbeak, hereafter called the condemned, shall be executed this day at sundown." Fudge speaks As Harry approaches, Buckbeak studies him curiously, a ferret leg dangling from his beak. Harry bows. The ferret leg disappears into the Hippogriff's mouth and Buckbeak returns Harry'snod. As Harry takes Buckbeak's chain... flint-eyed crow pecks at his hand "get off!" Harry hisses and waves the crow away and yanks on Buckbeats chain "'The Committee's appointed executioner shall dispatch the condemned by means of beheading." "come on buckbeat! come on!" Buckbeat refuses to move. "'As witnessed below.' You sign here, Hagrid. Very well, gentlemen. Let's step outside, shall we..." The Hogwarts bell began to ring and we all exchanged glances and Harry tugs harder. "Excuse me, Minister. I believe I must sign as well... " Dumbledore speaks, Harry pulls at the chain, straining mightily. I jump up and grab the dead ferrets bowing to Buckbeat quickly "Here, Beaky... Come and get the nice dead ferret... yum yum..." I sing to the Hippogriff, Harry and Hermione look at me as if I'm mad but Buckbeat begins to trot after me. We lead  Buckbeak away when the back door suddenly opens. They freeze... were we caught? Fudge's eyes drifting their way, when -- as before -- Dumbledoreraises his hand and directs the attention of the others away from Buckbeak "Professor Dippet had those blackberries planted when he wasHeadmaster..." Dumbledore coming to the save again. We shoo buckbeat along just as Dumbledore finishes he chats about blackberries. 

"Let's get this over with, shall we?" our view is obstructed by the low stand of trees but this time we watch the Executionerapproach the pumpkin patch and stop. Quickly, the confusion in his masked eyes turns to anger "But... where is it? I just saw the beast not moments ago --Hagrid?" Fudge looked at Hagrid "Beaky!" the man whimpered, Hearing Hagrid's husky voice, Buckbeat strains at his tether, whimpers eerily. I toss him another ferret "How extraordinary!" Dumbledore says a hint of amusement in his tone "Come now, Dumbledore. Someone obviously released him." Fudge glares at Hagrid "Professor, I swear! I didn't!" Hagrid stutters, "I'm quite sure the Minister isn'tsuggesting that you had anything to do with it, Hagrid. How could you? You've been with us all along." The headmaster spoke in a matter of fact tone. "We should search the grounds --" The Minister begins "Search the skies if you must, Minister. In the meantime, I wouldn't say no to a cup of tea, Hagrid. Or... a large brandy." Dumbledore turns to the executioner "It seems your services will no longer be required." The Executioner lifts his blade and -- with a brutal fury-- plunges it into the flesh of a pumpkin with a sickening chop. We run quickly through the forbidden forest Buckbeat trailing behind us. "Now what?" Harry questions "we save Sirius" I answer "and how do we do that?" "no idea!" Hermione chants. We glide through trees and finally end up at the edge of the forest staring out at the Whomping Willow that was trashing violently. Hermione disappears down the hole followed by me, a figure approaches the tree "its Lupin!" Hermione whispered As the Whomping Willow begins to thrash, it's violenceoddly muted at this distance, Lupin takes a stick, pokes a knot on the trunk. Instantly, the Willow calms. "Wait until Fred and George hear about that one" Harry laughs "here comes snape!" Hermione points at her finger at the figure who comes running down the hill after Lupin.

 "and now we wait"