For The Greater Good (A Draco Malfoy Story)

Walked Out Of My Life

        We walked around the halls and corridors with tension emanating from every pore in our body.

Then, we heard it.

Bang!

Without a second's hesitation, Gabriel and I took off running until we arrived to the cause of the commotion on the seventh floor. A man in a dark cloak came sauntering through the ominous fog that laid low to the ground. We stood there, staring at one another until it finally registered in our brains who he was. "Stupefy!" Gabriel shouted, pointing his wand towards the man. He grabbed my arm and we continued running, past the man's unconscious body against the stone wall. We looked at each other and I knew we were thinking the same thing. How did a Death Eater get into Hogwarts?

When we turned the corner, we were almost struck dumb at the sight. Death Eaters and teachers and students fought tooth and nail in front of the entrance to the Astronomy Tower. Immediately, Gabriel joined the fray and started dueling brilliantly. I went and joined him and knocked a Death Eater, who had thrown a curse at Professor Flitwick, unconscious. I dueled left and right and when they started to retreat, and fight near the castle's front doors, the door to the Astronomy Tower opened and more Death Eaters filed out.

Including a certain blond-haired boy.

Oh, Draco.

Tear tracks stained his pale face as Snape ushered him out of the castle by the collar. For a brief moment, I thought Snape had caught him but then I realized, he was going with the Death Eaters.

"TRAITOR!" a scream tore through me, drawing everyone's attention towards the retreating figures. Draco's eyes latched onto mine over his shoulder and I knew he was trying to apologize, but there was no absolution here for him. I knew what he was. I knew he was up to something. And yet, I let him follow through with it so blindly. Behind me, I heard a vicious growl tear the air and knew my brother was no longer there. Gabriel snarled as a tiger and leaped through the air, his claws sinking into any unfortunate Death Eater that fell in his path. Screams filled the air as first years and other students watched with petrified eyes from their portrait holes. Their whimpers blended with the shouts of curses and I felt that enough was enough. The teachers and those willing to fight ran after the Death Eaters and I ran with them like I had never done before. I knew Gabriel would soon follow.

I followed them through the Forbidden Forest until they passed by Hagrid's hut which brightened the night with the unruly flames licking up it's thatch roof.

"SNAPE! HE TRUSTED YOU! SNAPE!" Harry's anguished scream drifted through the wind as he followed them too. He was a few feet ahead of me, his chest heaving up and down as he tried to wound Snape.

Snape effortlessly threw back a counter curse and sent Harry flying back onto the ground where he writhed in pain. I pushed my legs to run faster as Snape stepping towards him and muttered something in that drawling voice of his.

"Stupefy!" I shouted but the curse bounded off of the despicable man. Sliding onto the hard ground by Harry, I pointed my wand at Snape but he walked out of my path and gripped Draco by the arm. And right before they vanished, I watched Draco cry. I watched him mutter an apology that would die in the wind before it could even reach me. And I turned away and let him go.