As the World Caves In

sucker for pain

Dray

     When I could finally feel Skye being here I calmed down. I'm so happy she's fine and I didn't lost her. I'll do anything to protect her. Worrying about her even made me forget about my own problems. Well.. almost. Now that I know she's safe I've started to stress about what my parents told me.. They said that the Dark Lord needs an inside person to do something for him and it will possibly be me. Why does it have to be me? What if I can't do it?

Skye

     When we get back to school I can see that Draco's in distress. We sit down on a bench in a  corridor. "Hey are you okay?" I ask as I look at him, searching for his gaze. He doesn't say anything just slowly nods as he looks down. "Heey you can tell me anything" I reassure him while taking his hand. "It's nothing really, at least for now.." he responds mysteriously. "Are you sure?" I'm concerned about him but he just nods again as he looks away from me. I put my hands around him to make him feel protected and loved, because he is. "Hey Skye!" I hear someone shout my name. I look in the way where the sound's coming from and I see Hermione rushing towards us. "What's up?" I ask calmly. "I think you should come..." her voice filled with tears. I turn to Draco to say something but he beats me to it "Go!" he says softly with a faint smile. I caress his hand as a thank you then get up and follow Hermione. M heart is racing as we go up to the headmaster's office. "Can you tell me what it is?" I probe. "You'll see it" she says to me worried. When we get in the office I see Dumbledore standing there with Harry and another figure next to them. The unknown person seems like they're in bad shape: all black from dirt and coal also I can see traces of blood on their coat and face. "Sis?" the figure asks and as I step closer I realize it's my brother. I fall upon his neck "Alik what happened?" I ask concerned as I look at him, I touch his face, trying to get the dirt off but he hisses in pain. "Long story short: we're done for" he says heavy-hearted as he tries getting the dirt off me that got on my face by hugging him. "W-what do you mean?" I ask hesitantly with fear in my voice. "Listen.. He figured me out, He knows. Dad too.." as he says that I can feel my heart sinking and I start falling. "Whoa" says a familiar voice. Fortunately someone catches me and puts me down on a chair. I can't even focus. "So.." he starts as he squats down so we're eye to eye. I can't look up, the panic sets in. I can feel him holding my hands trying to calm me down. "Hey look at me! I'm here." he comforts me. I try looking into his eyes but everything's so blurry. "Please don't say what I think you're gonna say" I whisper faintly. "They know about me but they don't know about you.." he explains slowly. "You'll have to stay at father's and I'm-.. well I'm banished but it could have been worse." his voice cracks, I can feel he's suffering. "Alik I-I.... I can't do that" I cry out as I bury my face in my hands I can feel someone's hand on my shoulder trying to help me. "You can, I know how strong you are! And I'll always be there for you." my brother says encouragingly. "I can't do it without you" I look into his eyes and as tears are falling down my face the door opens and my boyfriend steps in. I quickly wipe my tears away "Skye what's going on?" he asks confused as he rushes up to me I can feel the supporting hand from my back disappearing. "A little family chat if you don't mind" Alik answers harshly. "Family?" Draco asks as he looks around the room. I take a look around there's Dumledore, Harry, Hermione, my brother and when I look behind me I see George which makes me gasp in surprise. "I thought you left" I smile at him gently. "Never" he responds simply with a secretive smile. "Anyone care to explain what's going on?" Draco asks again now with a more annoyed tone. "I-- I'll uh tell you later I just need to talk to my brother." I say to him hesitantly. He comes up to me to ask "Are you sure?" he whispers and I nod as a response. "Okay, see you later" he kisses me softly then walks out. "Yeesh Malfoy" Georgie scoffs as he rolls his eyes. "As I was saying.." Alik continues angrily. "Yes you'll have to stay with dad and pretend that you're on their side and I'll have to hide but.." when he gets to the end of his sentence he realizes that there are no positives, no but or what ifs. It's just bad and I'll have to accept that. "Can't I live at the Burrow or Malfoy Manor?" I ask in despair. "And what happened to you?" I add as I look at his scars. "Can my sister and I have a moment?" he asks everyone who's standing in the room. "You can use the balcony if you'd like" the headmaster offers. Alik nods and we go out to the balcony. The view from here is breath-taking, I could get lost in it but my brother brings me back to reality. "You okay?" he asks. "No" I respond almost immediately. "Everything about this is not okay. It's not fair Alik! I don't wanna lose you.." I say with anger because of all the pain I feel. He pulls me in closer to embrace me "It's gonna be okay" he whispers. "No it's not!" I get mad as I get out of the hug "You're the only family I have left.." my voice breaks. "It looks like you have some great friends" he smiles at me trying to cheer me up. "And I'll always be with you. Wherever I am, I'm still with you. Remember that" he comforts me. "Now we have to talk about some pressuring matter. You can't stay at Windy Gates unfortunately because you're dad's only child now, he'll want to know where you are but you could stay at Malfoy's I think. The Burrow will be a hard no from father, sorry." he says sympathetically but heart broken because he realized he has no parents from now on. "You know... I'm here for you. Always" I reassure him because he needs it, he needs someone too. "I know" he smiles softly. "And you'll be fine. I know that too" he continues heartening. "Please be safe!" I say distressed. "You know me, I'll try" he winks at me "And you should rely on your friends, they actually seem great, why didn't you ever introduce me to them?" he tries giving me advice but gets away from point as usual and gets peeved. I giggle softly "It's never too late..." I say to him. "It might be for me" he responds broken-hearted. "Don't say that-" I start but he cuts me off "You can't lie to yourself Skye. You-Know-Who wil haunt me down, chances are they're already at our safe house looking for me. Fortunately Dumbledore said he'll help me out but I can't tell you where I'm gonna be 'cause if someone uses Legilimency or veritaserum on you then they'll find me so just.. just trust me on this when I say I'm gonna be okay" he says hastily but slows down at the end of the sentence. I look at him longingly because this will probably be the last time I see him for a long time.