Because Of Him~2 (Draco Malfoy)

Chapter 28~Coming Back

September 1st 1997
The Hogwarts express
12:00pm
Draco's POV

Once I finally got on the train to go back to Hogwarts after the longest summer of my life at the Malfoy Manor.. the first person I looked for was Haley.

But I couldn't find her.

I was sure that she would turn up somewhere. But I urgently needed to see her after what happened in June. I needed to know if she hated me, we didn't write at all over the summer, mostly because I didn't know where she was living and all the mail that was moving through the Malfoy Manor was being monitored so she couldn't write to me anyway,

I wouldn't have gotten it. But I was finally back at Hogwarts where I could physically touch her and make immense with her.

"Malfoy.. Malfoy, you alright?" I was rough out of my thoughts by Mackenzie Forest who was sitting across from me next to her friend Casey.

They had both been at the Malfoy Manor a lot this summer, their families had a long history with mine, and of course them and their parents were tied into this whole mess the same as mine were. Except unlike like me Mack and Casey wore their dark marks proudly, people on the train expecially second and third years stayed for away from us..

they knew what we were, but with Snape being headmaster we couldn't be touched, That was when the whole train went black and the scene outside became grey,

The train shook as they got on, three of the many death eaters who had been sent by Voldemort to look for Potter since about mid July. Part of me prayed that Potter wasn't stupid enough to come to Hogwarts this year..

They laughed and talked In deep voices as they made their way throughout the train. I heard Neville Longbottom from The Gryffindor compartments telling them that Harry wasn't there, that none of them were.. what did that mean, were granger and Weasel not here either?.. Haley? I waited until i was sure they left until I looked through every compartment, she was nowhere to be found.

There was no feast that night, we were all told to go straight to our dormitories.. As the Slytherins were all crowded in the common room I still didn't see her,

I walked past everyone as i wasn't interested in mingling. I remembered her dorm from when her and I would go in there all the time to study or sleep or just talk as her roommate was never in there.

I remember the way she decorated for every season and every holiday. Her Christmas decorations were my favorite. I walked quickly to the fourth door on the left and opened the door that wasn't even locked yet. Dark and empty.

She wasn't here, she wasn't coming back.