harry potter character imagines!

[ four ] the task - d.m.

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i sat, looking down at my lap. i played with my fingers as i waited for the meeting to start. malfoy was to my left, and my parents were to my right. all of a sudden, i heard the large double doors to the biggest hall of malfoy manor open. my heart skipped a beat. i hated going to these meetings. i heard nagini hiss as her scaly body slithered across the long table. i felt voldemort walk slowly behind me. my stomach lurched.

voldemort sat down eventually after walking up and down the table intimidatingly. i looked at the grains of the wood on the table in front of me. i traced them with my eyes, something i had done many times at this point. the meeting started, and i listened quietly.

i heard draco's name, and i saw his hands clench under the table. i listened harder. voldemort said he had a task for draco. something that would need an assistant.
oh god.

"i think we all know who would be best for that," voldemort said in his cold voice. i felt absolutely sick. i knew he was talking about me. "y/n," he hissed. "would you like to help draco on his task?" he posed it as a question, but i knew it wasn't. i looked up into voldemort's cool, dead eyes.

"yes, i will," i said quietly. my father nodded approvingly next to me.

"good, good. you will get more information soon enough. i expect you two to work together well and efficiently. if you don't, bellatrix here will hurt your little friends."

bellatrix laughed maniacally next to him, twirling her wand in her hand. "i'll get the granger girl," she hissed, leaning threateningly towards me across the table. my stomach tied in knots, and i nodded quickly. the meeting continued for a little while longer, and i felt increasingly worse and worse by the second. i hated this. i hated all of it.

eventually, the meeting was adjourned. i got up and quickly headed out of the hall and out the closest door leading outside. malfoy followed behind me.

"l/n, wait. we need to talk about the task!" he tersely spoke after my retreating figure. i rushed out the door, and immediately bent over and started vomiting in the bushes nearby. doing tasks for the dark lord... what has my life come to?

draco looked down upon me from the doorway with disgust. when i finally stood up straight, wiping at the corners of my mouth, he roughly grabbed my arm and pulled my face close to his.

"listen here, l/n. if you mess this up for me, i will be the one to hurt your friends. do you understand?" he looked into my eyes menacingly. i stared back, emotionless.

"yes."

"good. now clean yourself up. we have work to do." he let go of my arm just as roughly as he had grabbed it. i took a deep breath before heading into the start of my inevitable downfall.

time skip brought to you by the fact that i got airpods🤭

we were told what the task was a few days later, and i almost puked again. we had to kill dumbledore. dumbledore. one of the best wizards out there, one who helped me get through some of the toughest times i've ever been through. i knew i couldn't do it, but i also knew i couldn't let voldemort hurt my friends.

malfoy and i have been working together for the past several days to make sure everything is perfect. we've also been working to get some other tasks done in the room of requirement. one time, i tried to tell malfoy that what we were doing was wrong.