As the World Caves In

waking up

Skye

     It's the day of my so called birthday party which is probably just a setup for something I just can't quiet put my finger on what for. The first thing I see when I wake up is the new dress that my father got me for me. It is actually really pretty but him insisting on me wearing it makes me believe that it might be soaked with poison. Maybe I'm just paranoid. Eventhough I don't have the necklace that I got from Georgie (father probably locked it away somewhere safe so I don't find it, a nice gesture) I still have my snake one so I put that on, it will even match the dress that I have to wear. I hear voices from downstairs could it be that one of the guests have already arrived? I look in the mirror making sure my father would be fine with how I present myself. I put on a fake smile and ready myself for whatever's down there. I take a deep breath and go out of my room. As I descend the staircase I can see that Malfoy's are here which means it's not just Draco but his parents too. The death eater party has started. However when I see Dray my heart fills with happiness and I light up. I try to keep my cool, in front of our parents but as soon as I get down the stairs I hug him. I can feel our parents looking at us with piercing eyes and judgement but I don't care because I'm happy to see him. "Thank Merlin you're okay" he whispers relieved as he hugs me tighter. "Thank you for coming Lucius" my dad clears his throat which means he probably wants us to stop hugging so I get away from my boyfriend. "Darling that dress is amazing, you look gorgeous!" Draco's mother compliments me and it feels like it's sincere so I smile gently. My father pulls me closer to him proudly as he smiles. "Shall we wait for the others in the study? Narcissa would you like something to drink?" my father asks as we go into the other room. We let our parents walk in front us so Draco and I can catch up. "What happened to you yesterday and who else is coming?" he asks quietly. "I tried to warn you not to come, I'm pretty sure something's gonna happen today..I warned the others too but apparently they're coming. It's Blaise, George and Ginny..." I tell him the informations. We sit down on the couch in the study and as our parents talk we do the same. "You invited Weasleys are you crazy?" he lashes out but he does it quietly so we don't get attention. "Your parents are here!" I counter-attack. When our parents look over to us we just smile at them like everything's fine. "My dad attacked me again" I say softly which causes Draco to look at me with his eyes wide open in shock. "I'm okay, something protected me but he took it away" I explain as I keep my eyes on father. "Is that why my ring lit up?" he asks frightened. "So you did notice it!" I turn to him and look at him harshly. "But no I don't think so, I cut myself with paper so you'd come here and I could tell you not to come..." I continue but then we hear the doorbell. "Oh no" I whisper under my breath. "I'll get it!" I say loudly and stand up quickly. I rush to the front door and when I open it I notice Blaise standing there. I let out a big sigh as I'm pleased that it's not George or Ginny standing in front of me. "Come on in Blaise" I greet him and let him in. "Mr. Thorn thankful to be here" the boy greets my father as they shake hands. "Great to see you Blaise, you can put that down on the table" my father responds pointing at the box that he's holding in his hands. He puts it down next to a much larger box in the kitchen, must be from Malfoy's huh. I fix myself a drink in the kitchen when I feel Draco's hands on my waist. "Do your parents know about us?" I ask him smirking as I turn around to face him then put my hands around his neck. "My mom might but it doesn't matter." he says confidently but when I move my head to take a look into the study I see my dad staring at me so I quickly put my hands down and remove Draco's from me. "Yeah well I don't think my dad even likes the idea of it." I say to him as I mix some drinks for the others as well. "Can you help me with these?" I ask pointing to the drinks. He grabs some of them and puts them on a tray "Of course love" and gives me a quick kiss. "Draco!" I say angrily but it was actually nice. He looks back at me cheekily then walks out and puts the drinks down on the coffe table. I return to where everyone's sitting and hear Blaise saying "My parents will be here in a bit they just had to take care of something" my father nods as I sit down with a glass in my hand but then I can hear the doorbell again. I almost drop my drink, fortunately Draco catches it. I hastily get up and open the door, I step outside a bit "What are you doing here, didn't I tell you not to come?" I say furiously to George. "And you even brought Ginny, putting more lives in danger I can't believe you-" I start telling him off but he cuts me off "It's great to see you too and you know it wasn't my choice to be here. Don't you know that the letter-" he explains but stops when he sees my dad. "Is everything okay? Why don't your friends come on in?" he smiles. "Sorry dad, just catching up" I smile at him as we go in the house. I grab George's arm to drag him into the kitchen but father interrupts me "Would you introduce your friends?" he asks calmly. So I stop, turn to the other guests "George, Ginny. My father and you probably know everyone else." I make the introductions quick. "Now that everyone's here we can start" he looks around the room, even Blaise's parents have arrived. My father looks at me dead in the eyes so I sit down and gulp. I look at George then the couch saying he should sit down too. When everyone's seated my father continues "Our dear Skye! I'm so proud of you daughter. You follow in your father's footsteps" he looks at me proudly. "And because you've been behaving so well I have a present for you.." he says as he makes a hand gesture indicating for more people to come out. Plenty of death eaters appear and my heart starts beating faster. "You know when I turned 16 I joined the Dark Lord's army.." he starts story telling which makes me tremble in both fear and hate. Luckily Dray notices and grabs my hand to calm me down. "Dad-" I try to interrupt him "Let me speak! I have brought together your and mine friends here to celebrate you" he smiles as he gets closer to me and reaches out his hand for me. I stand up and take his hand. I can see George looking at me in fear, he can probably see that I don't have the necklace on that I got from him. I look at him and mouth the word 'RUN' and start a countdown with my fingers. He shakes his head but I look at him desperately hoping that'd change his mind. I show two then one finger and wait for him to leave with Ginny but the death eaters grab them as they were standing up.