coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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Draco runs out of the owlery, holding the letter in his hand. He looks for the closest person he can find, hoping for Weasley but finding Luna first. "lovegood!" he shouts, catching up to her.

"yes malfoy?" she smiles. "she's alive, y/n is alive" "what?" a voice asks from behind him, he turns to see Ron, Hermione and Harry standing there, shocked expressions.

"what do you mean she's alive malfoy?" Hermione asks. "look" he passes Hermione the letter, and she reads it out loud. her voice slows down and softens at the words, "a strong sleeping spell", and she continues reading.

"what if this isn't from your mother?" Ron asks. "it's her handwriting, and it makes sense..." "i believe it" Harry says, "i can still feel her... i don't know why i'm connected to her but i feel her, she's alive" "i thought that was just a gut feeling?" Hermione asks.

"it was at first, but reading those words i can just feel it, she's alive i know it". "so what do we do?" Draco asks, his voice sounding determined. "well... we try to contact her" "how do we do that?"

"do you have any idea where she would be? you worked for Voldemort, do you know where he could've taken her?" "no... i know he had another hiding spot that wasn't malfoy manor but i never went there, i don't know where it is"

While the group think of a plan to save you, the Death Eaters are at the table thinking of a plan to storm Hogwarts again.

Snape apparates into the room, bowing a little before Voldemort. "someone tipped the students off, they know she's alive" "what?" you ask, sitting up properly from the spot on the floor you're tied to. "they know?"

"silence" voldemort demands. "so... we fight sooner than we thought, what are their plans Severus?" "i'm not sure, i overheard them in the corridor speaking of a letter they got, warning them that she may be alive"

"i suspect my sissy has something to do with that!" Bellatrix shouts, sounding angry. you stare at Snape, he never shows any emotion in his face but you truly wonder what he is thinking.

"stop them from whatever they're planning Severus" "yes my lord" Snape gives you a side eye look, before disapparating out of the room. you wonder what the look meant, if it meant anything at all.

Back at Hogwarts, Snape finds Ron and Draco walking together and grabs them both by the neck of their cloaks, pulling them into his office. "ow!" he lets go of them roughly, looking at the both of them fixing their collars.

"what do you want?" Ron asks. "i know that you know y/n is alive" "wait... how do you?" Draco asks, but remembers he's literally a DeathEater. "how did i not realise before... you know where she is don't you?"

"yes" "tell us!" Ron shouts, "no". Snape's naturally calm voice is intimidating, they have no idea what he's feeling, no one ever does.

"why are you talking to us about this?" "i'm warning you not to do anything stupid" "like go after her? of course we will do that" "you don't even know where she is Weasley" "so tell us... yeah, tell us" Snape stays awkwardly silent, the tension in the room rising.

"if you promise not to do anything stupid, i will take you to her" he finally says. "wait, who's side are you on?" Ron asks, his voice sounding completely confused and in disbelief. "i have reasons to protect the girl" "like what?" Malfoy asks.

"i can't tell you that, but they're going to kill her and all of you if you just show up there so for god sakes, do not do anything stupid yet. i will help you get to her, just stay put, and tell Potter so he doesn't go being heroic and getting himself killed. now out"

Ron and Draco look at each other with confused expressions before leaving the room. "Something feels off about that" Ron says, but Draco shrugs. "i think he's being sincere, let's go find Potter"

Bellatrix unties you from your chains and lifts you off the ground, holding your forearm tightly. "ow, what are we doing?" "getting you into some new clothes missy" she pulls you into another room up the stairs, handing you some black pants and a black hoodie. "put these on"

you start to slowly get changed, but she shouts at you to hurry up so you do so. "where are we going?" "nowhere, but we suspect they're coming here. we need to hide you in the underground cellar incase anyone plays hero" "then why am i dressed to impress?"

"we don't need you dying of hypothermia down there before i get the pleasure to kill you myself" she shoves you out of the door of the room, pulling you down the stairs.

she heads to the living room area, lifting up a piece of rug which underneath has a crack in the tile. she lifts the tile up, it leading to a brand new set of stairs. she pushes you into it. "go down and stay silent, or i rip out your tongue"

you don't even think twice before rushing down the steps, the room becoming extremely dark when she closes the bit of tile and covers the crack with the rug. you walk down the creaky steps, trying to find any source of light.

Bellatrix was right about it being cold in here, you can see your breath even in the pitch black. you walk over to a desk which has a fading light on it, you pick it up and hit it, and it brightens the room a little more.

"thank god for that" you whisper, holding the light in front of you while you look around. you don't see anything that can interest you, or warm you up, so you just sit in a corner with the light beside you. "please come save me harry..." you whisper to yourself.

"did you hear that?" Harry asks, stopping in his tracks and looking around him. "hear what?" Hermione asks.