amnesia | d.m.

chapter 15

a/n: thinking ab adding a song per chapter that reminds me of Hogwarts, dracotok, or the story. i discovered most of these songs through tiktok btw. anyways this one is personal fave, give it a listen if you haven't!

it's called: Runaway
by: AURORA

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"I found out some more details about what Potter and the others were up to," Draco told me a few days later as we walked through the busy corridors of Hogwarts. The weather was still chilly but warm enough to tolerate. It had been days since our kiss and I didn't exactly know how to feel. I know it didn't necessarily occur romantically, but think about it if Draco is straight and I were a boy...would he have kissed me while I had a panic attack? We practically sat in each other's arms for about an hour. He played with my hair, and I listened to his heartbeat.

For some reason it felt so right.

But ever since that day, Draco barely sparked any gesture at being affectionate though he oddly refused to leave my side for the times throughout the day that we did get to see each other. And this mere decision of his, bothered Pansy Parkinson like crazy. Ambretta on the other hand, was a story for another time.

"You're still on about that?"

"Don't you want to know what they were talking about? I mean for Merlin's sake we heard their entire conversation about you, Terra."

"And yet, you still choose to hang with me," I joked mildly while earning a glare from him. My smile drooped immediately. "Okay, noted. Definitely not in a joking mood today." I sighed as we continued to push past the swarms of students. "Yes, of course I want to know. I've been dying to ask Harry and Ron in Potions for so long, it's not like I've forgotten what they said."

"Then why aren't you putting as much effort as I am putting into this?" he asked with irritation.

"Because, it's been so long since I gained new memories I'm just...afraid of what I'm going to hear, or whatever's next. I guess you can say I'm casually running away from my problems because I'm sort of content with my life right now. Or at least, in the moment I am. I mean except for knowing about the fact that my father is a threat to Hogwarts, I think I'm okay?" I mumbled.

Draco sighed as he pulled my arm and stopped us to sit on a bench against the wall. "I'm sorry." he said. I wasn't used to him apologizing. "I forget how hard this is for you. I just...want to get to the bottom of this."

I mustered up a smile at his apology. I could barely still wrap my head around the fact that Draco had gone from being someone I held a deep dislike for, to becoming my close friend.

"So what other details did you find out?"

"Wherever Potter is leading them, it's not just the Gryffindors. He's got some students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw too. The Room of Requirement is a secret room. I saw Cho Chang the other day enter it, and when I walked over the room was gone. It disappeared. From what I know, it sounds like Potter is building an army in there. He must know something that you don't, about...You-Know-Who," he said, carefully keeping his voice low so only I could hear him.

"Wait a minute, I think I heard about this room. It only appears if it is needed to be used. Or something like that...why would Harry be building an army? Especially in secret?"

"Why do you think?" Draco murmured. He eyed me with intensity.

"To fight him," I whispered.

My eyes snapped up as I watched Cho Chang and Cedric Diggory walk by together, oblivious of me staring at them. They were smiling at each other, widely, and exchanging a lighthearted conversation.