Always. (A Draco Malfoy Story)

Hope.

Within a few days, I've been summoned to the Manor.
I cut out of class early from Hogwarts and apparated straight there.

I arrive in the same meeting room where Greyback motions me over to the crowd of other Death Eaters.
"Oi, Joy! Look at what we brought you."

I strut my way across the room when I saw the long blonde hair.
It was Luna.

"Wow, you can follow simple orders. I'm sur—" I stop talking once I saw bruising and scratches on Luna's face.

I whip my wand out and sent all the men surrounding her to fly back across the room.
In a thundering voice I yell out, "I was wrong... you CAN'T follow simple orders!" I walk towards their limp bodies as they struggle to get up, "I said I wanted her unharmed and untouched. Is that not in your elementary vocabulary, you pathetic dog?!" I point my wand to him and break his bones one by one, the other Death Eaters feeling the same pain.

"Remember this the next time you defy me. Got it?!" I bark out.
"Yes! Yes!" He cries out. I retract my wand and strap it back to my thigh,
"Bring her to the basement."

They nod and bring Luna down the steps to the basement, as I followed them and made sure they didn't hurt her anymore than they already did.

We got to the basement of the Manor and they threw her to the ground. I tried not to wince for her, so I kept my expression cold. "Leave us."
They all walked up the stairs and I made sure they fully left before enchanting a silencing charm.

"Hello, Joy. Thank you for that." Her voice was weak and soft, but still held the same dream like sound. I try not to show any concern for her, "You shouldn't thank me. You should be scared of me, Lovegood."

She smiles sweetly, "You're too kind to be threatening, Joy Deveroux."

My eyes widened, "What did you just say?!"

She repeats my question, "What did I say?"

I scream, "Luna! You remember me?!" She nods. I don't know how to process this... "How?!"

She calmly explains, "They put me under the Cruciatus curse. If you go through it long enough... you begin to remember things you've forgotten."

I pull her in for a hug, "Great Merlin, Luna! I love you!"
She giggles, "Thank you, but I'm quite fond of Neville."

I take my wand out and heal her cuts and bruises for her. "I'll be the only one to check in on you, so you won't go hungry or anything. Just act like you don't remember me, ok?" She nods and I left the basement.

I quickly noticed Snape about what Luna said.

There's been rumors about the Cruciatus curse counteracting the memory charm... but there's never been any evidence that it's actually worked! Until now.

-

Since I was already at the Manor... I decided to pay a visit to Draco.

I'm still bloody fucking pissed at him for cheating on me with... well me, but I just need to make sure he's still alive at least. I haven't seen him in weeks.

To avoid getting caught by Lucius and Narcissa, I just decided to flash into his room instead of walking over.

He was sleeping in his bed when I got in. He looked paler, more sickly.
You could tell he hasn't eaten anything in days.

I sigh and charmed for some strawberry tarts to be waiting for him on his bedside table once he wakes up.

I realized how cute he looks when he's sleeping, and decided that he doesn't deserve to look cute right now, so I sat in his desk chair and threw a crumpled up parchment at him, which made him jump up from bed.

He sat straight up and turned to me, visibly scared.
I waved to him, "Dreaming of me?"

His face automatically softens once he saw me, "Always am."

I point to the tarts on his table and he looks in that direction. I say, "You're obviously not eating, so I got you your favorite."
He smiles and pops one into his mouth.

"I want you to tell me about her."

He fills down on his tart, "Pardon me?"

I repeat myself, "Tell me about her."

He fixes his hair and sits at the she of his bed, leaning his elbows on his knees. "What do you want to know?"

"Anything. Everything."

Draco cheated on me. Point blank, period. He didn't know that Rosie and I were the same person. So technically, he did cheat on me with an entirely new person to him.
I just don't know when or if I should ever forgive him for this.
Maybe it'll help if I knew what he thought of "me", when I wasn't me.

"Her name was Rosie... She's actually Snape's daughter." I try to act surprised, "Snape has a daughter?" He chuckles, "Yeah, everyone else was shocked too."

I motion for him to go on.

"It was like she was replacing you in their world. She was rooming with Tori. She was friends with Potter. The Goons liked her... everyone liked her. Just like how everyone liked you." He dropped his head in guilt, "I think that's why I kissed her back."

His voice got soft, "She was like you in so many ways... but I was beginning to lose hope of getting you back cause the cabinet wasn't working and I still had to kill—"

I cut him off, "I get it, Draco."
I smile at him and he weakly smiled back. I stood up and took out my wand to apparate home.

"Where are you going?" He stands up and walks over to me.
I reply, "Home?"

He looks down at the ground, "Does this mean we're ok now?"

I sigh, "I'm still mad at you, Draco... but you being honest makes me feel a bit less mad."