As the World Caves In

mad world

Skye

    I try to make a plan myself. I can't write to my friends because my father will check the owls for sure. However I can reach George through the enchanted coin so I'll write to him begging him not to come and then he can inform Ginny too. Draco and Blaise might be more difficult... Wait Draco has a ring that knows when I'm in trouble so I'll just cause myself some minor injury and maybe he'll come here. I have a feeling though that death eaters will show up to the party. To get the plan started I hastily grab the coin and write Don't come here please! Hope he won't act like a stubborn hero and do the opposite. Also tell Ginny  I add. Okay now onto the next phase of my plan: Draco. I grab some parchment paper and put the edge of it on my fingertip then quickly slice it. I look at my finger where I see a tiny slice on it with blood coming out of it. I wipe the deep red fluid away with a tissue then wait and see if he'll show up. While I'm waiting I grab my mother's journal hoping it'd cheer me up.

Draco

    "Father I'm not sure I can do it" I say to him uneasy as my mother's hand is on my back, supporting me. "Draco when the Dark Lord asks you to do something you fulfill it!" he responds angrily. "It's going to be okay Draco" my mom turns to me kindly. I feel dizzy as I'm thinking about rejecting You-Know-Who's task for me, I'd surely die. However if I finish the task my family will be safe, He'll trust us. I look down at my dark mark that I got yesterday along with an assignment to kill Dumledore. "What if I fail?" I ask with a shakily voice. "Don't think like that! You can do it!" my father puts his hand on my face trying to encourage me. "But you can't tell anyone!" he says seriously. I nod in agreement when an owl flies in and drops a letter on our kitchen table. My father looks at it suspiciously but then picks it up and starts reading it. "Looks like Tom is throwing a celebration for her daughter's birthday..." he says annoyed. Wait Skye's birthday? When was it or when will it be and why didn't she tell me about it? "Skye" I say under my breath. My parents still don't know that we're dating, I haven't told them after what happened last year, they wouldn't understand... Although my mom might know something. "Why would she invite you Draco?" father asks puzzled. "She spent Christmas here last year, didn't she?" he asks cocky then scoffs. "Omm yeah she did." I respond softly. "I think she's lovely" mother chimes in as she looks at me with a small smile. "So.. can I go?" I ask shyly. "I think it's a great idea" mom responds instantly and looks at my father trying to persuade him to let me go but it doesn't take much convincing. "Fine, you can go but we will too. It's tomorrow" he informs me. For a moment I get happy again but then as I look down I see my dark mark which reminds me that father said I can't tell anyone. No one, not even Skye. But I have to.. Thank Merlin I can see her tomorrow. I cover my tattoo by rolling my sleeves down, making it disappear to the sore eye. I look at my ring that I got from my girlfriend to make myself calm down but it lights up which makes my eyes widen. She's in trouble? It will be suspicious if I leave now maybe I should just ask mom if I could go over to Blaise or something. "Mom, could I go over to Blaise's for a while? We have this umm project for potions.." I make up an excuse. "You really think your father would let you go two days in a row?" he asks me like I'm a naive little baby. "You can go later we just.. want to know you're safe and you being here is the most secure." she caresses my face. "I know.." I look down melancholy. I'm so sorry Skye, please hold on until tomorrow.

Skye

     An hour passes but Draco's nowhere to be seen. Fuck Dray if you figured out how the stupid ring works why aren't you using it? I groan out of rage. At least George answered, took him some time though Are you sure? For Merlin's sake Georgie please don't try to act so stubborn and listen to me. Yes, please stay away I beg him. I swear if he comes here I'm going to beat his ass, like yeah it's a nice gesture but I'm trying to protect you and your sister, dummy. I can't think about what will happen tomorrow if they do come because my heart is already beating fast and I can feel anxiety hovering over me. I drink five drops of the potion Norbey got for me. I take a couple of deep breaths trying to calm myself down and return to reading my mom's diary. I notice that inside the black book there aren't only old pages filled with her writings and pictures but also letters written for me. For my birthdays. Starting from 14 up to 18.... They're really similar to the one I recently got they all say initially the same thing: happy birthday, she's not here but she'll always be with me in spirit and some wise words about family and how we don't always get to choose it. So she was prepared, she knew she'd die in the near future. Did my father kill her on purpose? He wouldn't go that far, would he? He is cruel but killing his wife... I get furious even just thinking about it. I close the journal and look at the black front board that has her initials on it in silver: A. N which is short for Astera Nott. Astera meaning stars that's why she gave me Skye as a nickname it represents our bond, which is kind of cute if you think about it. And her family name: Nott she was born into one of the sacred 28 families, as did my father but they changed their name so people wouldn't be suspicious of them and think that they still support You-Know-Who after his downfall. A coward move in my opinion but it seems like the Dark Lord didn't mind it because they were always there for him, very loyally. I suppose my dad still is. Well more like know.

      At dinner father and I don't really talk much. I try to act normal like I don't speculate anything about the party. "Excited about tomorrow?" he smiles at me as he finishes eating. "Yeah very much" I lie trying to sound enthusiastic as I'm playing with my food. "I hope your friends will enjoy their time here.." he says with an evil expression. "Did any of them write back?" I ask curiously as I lie back. "All of them did" he says proudly and stands up. I can't believe he just said that. He's either lying or George's really stupid, which is not surprising but it would be nice if he'd blindly believe me. "Great" I try to mask being upset as he walks by me and puts his hand on my shoulder. "Wear your new dress" he whispers but him saying that makes me turn my head away in disgust. "Night dad" I say softly.