coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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Draco and his family are sitting at the large table in Malfoy manor that you once sat at, although a group of death eaters and Voldemort and sitting with them.

Draco fidgets with his fingers under the table, while they all wait for someone to update them. "quit fidgeting" Lucius whispers sternly, causing Draco to flinch slightly and sit his hands still in his lap.

Severus Snape walks in the room, gaining everyone's attention. It feels weird to Draco having to be in a room with his teacher for such an evil reason. "Severus... update on the boy?" Voldemort asks, Snape sitting at the table.

"He's doing well, not doing much to prepare for a fight though" "maybe he knows he will lose... and the girl?" "girl my lord?" Snape asks, confused as to who he means. "miss y/l/n" "well, she's fine i suppose. aside from what you've been doing to her" "i'm just bringing out the real her, the person she's meant to be"

Draco feels nervous at the sound of your name, wanting so desperately to speak up. "Draco... you're associated with miss y/l/n... perhaps there's some things you could tell us. weaknesses, strengths?" Draco stays silent, staring at the table in front of him. Lucius nudges him, causing him to shake his head in response.

"you're not going to tell me?" Voldemort asks, watching Draco stay silent once again. "i guess i'll have to figure it out for myself... and just remember, you are a weakness of hers". Draco is well aware that, that is a threat coming from Voldemort, but he's more concerned about you then himself.

Back at hogwarts, you're entering one of the bathrooms. You wash your hands and grab onto the sink, looking into the mirror at yourself. "what's wrong with you?" you whisper, staring into your own reflections eyes. for a moment, you could've sworn your reflections head move a different way to yours, but you shake off the thought.

"what the hell is wrong with you?" you ask again, a little louder. you feel a flood of emotions fill inside you, a bunch of voices and thoughts in your mind, overwhelming you. your eyes start to water, but your mouth let's out a laugh. you continue to laugh, although you feel angry.

you look into the mirror, disliking what you see. you don't have anything against yourself physically, you just dislike who you've become as a person. you feel weak, helpless. you sniffle, chuckling a little before you impulsively punch the mirror infront of you, smashing the glass.

Shards of glass drop on the ground and the sink, causing you to gasp and jump back. you look over to see Cho walking in the bathroom, you haven't really seen her since the whole Cedric thing happened.

"are you okay?" she asks, seeing the broken mirror in front of you. you ignore her, sniffling and crouching down to clean up the pieces. your hand is once again bloody, and still bruised from the incident with Pansy yesterday.

Cho goes to the sink beside you, washing her hands. you pick up the small shards first, sitting them in the sink. you crouch back down to grab the larger ones, before you hear Cho clear her throat.

"y/n... i just want to apologise again for everything that went down. i know it was a long time ago but i haven't had a chance to truly apologise"

the sound of her voice is sending chills up your spine, a bunch of deafening voices and thoughts inside your head. your grip tightens around the large shard of glass in your hand, while Cho continues speaking.

"i never meant to hurt you, truly... i just love Cedric. and you seem happy with Malfoy now so i guess you got over it but... i'm still sorry-" you interrupt her by jumping up and pushing her to the wall, holding the large shard to her throat. She looks stunned, scared. "y/n?"

"shut up!" you shout, scaring yourself with how loud you are as well as Cho. you notice a small incision on her neck that was accidentally made with the shard you're holding, and it helps you snap out of whatever you were just in, psychotic break, trance. The doors to the bathroom open aggressively, Ron and Harry running through.

"y/n!" Ron shouts, but you don't look over at them. you stare at cho, hearing her breathe heavily, scared for her life. you laugh a little, before breaking into tears. you step back a few inches, dropping the glass. Ron runs over to you, instantly pulling you into his arms, where as Harry approaches Cho slowly to make sure she's okay.

you hold Ron tightly, crying into his chest. He holds you just as tightly, honestly not wanting to let you go at this point. "we need to get her to Dumbledore" "no, he won't do anything useful" Harry responds, "well we have to do something!" Ron shouts, very obviously concerned for you.

"where is Malfoy when you need him?" Ron asks more calmly, still holding you while you let out your emotions. he rubs your back gently with one hand, stroking your hair with the other to comfort you.

"i'm going to get Cho out of here, just take her to the common room, i'll get hermione" "alright" Harry leaves the bathroom, taking a terrified Cho with him. Ron pulls away from you, but has his hand on your cheek, wiping your tears. "are you okay?" he asks softly, watching you shake your head in response.

"no, i need it to end Ron" "i know, let's just get to the common room okay?"