Because Of Him~2 (Draco Malfoy)

Chapter 14~ Bird

Draco's POV
February 14th 1997

"Weasley..Weasley" I hissed at Ginny Weasley from down the corridor, she was talking to some Gryffindor girls before she glanced back at me before whispering something to her friends before preceding to me.

"Yes Malfoy?" She questioned

"Mail this to Haley for me will you" I said handing her a small envelope. Weasley shifted uncomfortably in the position she was standing in before softly taking the envelope in her hand.

"Anything else?" She asked tucking the envelope into her pocket.

"Have you heard anything?" I asked

"Malfoy, how many times do i need to tell you that I've heard nothing and I can't tell you in the first place" She said rolling her eyes.

I returned the eye roll before I started to stalk away, but stopped before turning around to see her almost halfway back up the corridor, I wanted to say thank you but decided not too.

I took the lonely walk back to the Slytherin common room. Due to this year I had lost most if not all of my friends, Haley was the only person in the whole school was hadn't completely abandoned me. Everyday I would ask Ginny Weasley about Haley and everyday she would have the same answer Draco I don't know anything about Haley, and even if i did I can't tell you It was understandable why she couldn't tell me, I think they all somehow found me responsible for their house burning down.. but i had no idea, I'm sure I would have but I don't think the dark lord fully trusts me yet, not until I do the task given to me by him, the one I was chosen for.. If I had known that the Weasley's house was going to be attacked and Haley was there, I never in a million years would have ever let her be there when it happened and I just needed her to know that.

March 18th 1997

I woke up at five in the morning ready for another unbearable day in the Room of Requirement.. I got dressed quickly.. It was cold, but I was so close to finishing.. to fixing the cabinet that I needed to go for the whole day in order to do so. i quickly made my way all the way up from the dungeons to the 7th floor. The door appeared once I paced by it three times. I walked in swiftly pushing through emoji of the junk the was thrown around.. what had this place become?.. A dump? It was far more different from when Haley and I spent almost all night in there.. It was beautiful there were so many books.. she always asked me why I wasn't looking at book that were related to what we were looking for.. but I just liked to read.. i fell in love with books there as well as Haley.. my beautiful Haley, I missed her so much, I couldn't stand to be away from her for so long.. but maybe it was best that she wasn't here, she can't be here when everything goes down.. she just can't. I had to do the task before the end of the year, and i couldn't bear the though of her knowing what that task was.

I made it to the cabinet, I wanted to try one more thing, I messed around with the cabinet a bit before spotting a little bird in a cage to the far left of me. I walked over to the bird opening the cage door. I took it softly in my hands patting his head slightly "Hey little guy" I whispered as i paced the bird gently into the cabinet before closing it tightly. I closed my eyes as the bird started to chirp from the inside. And then there was a pause, no more chirping. I opened my eyes before taking another step towards the cabinet I opened the cabinet door to see nothing. I scoffed before again stepping away towards a bookshelf. I originally thought that my attempt didn't work again like the other hundreds of time that I had tried, but then my mind started to race.. but what if it did work? What would I do then?

I panicked slightly before almost running back to the cabinet forcing the door open roughly, and there it was.. the little bird laying motionless.. dead. My eyes widened. It worked.

My eyes began to well up with tears as the realization of what I had to do came over me. I started to sob. I had bottled up my emotions inside for so long that I couldn't hold it in anymore. I crumpled on the ground crying with the dead bird in my hands.

I couldn't lose Haley over this.. I just couldn't lose her..because I had already lost myself.