As the World Caves In

here with You

Skye

      "He-He said what to you?" Draco asks as he sits down on his bed, his face is white with fear. I finally realize the stress he's been under and all this time I've been so mean to him... "I'm so sorry Draco.." I say to him as I sit down next to him and put my arms around him. "I don't know how I'm gonna do it... I don't know if I can even do it." he whispers with tears in his voice. "You won't be alone.. not ever again. I'll help you" I say softly as I hug him tighter. I can feel tears falling down on my hand so I grab Dray's face with both my hands and wipe his tears away as I smile at him encouragingly. "Whatever you have to do... I'm always here for you." I whisper in his ear as I put my hand on the back of his neck to pull him in closer, putting his head on my shoulder.

Draco

    As my face is buried in Skye's shoulder I think about what the Dark Lord said to me "Kill Dumbledore with whatever means! And if you fail someone you love will die" then he leaned in closer so the last thing He added only I could hear "I heard you have some big feelings towards Skye Thorn." and He giggled. Why would he say that to me and then warn Skye and tell her that  she needs to help me? Is He trying to turn us against each other or He just really wants us to kill Dumbledore that much? Then I have to tell Skye. She'll help me, we'll do it together and we'll be safe. "Thank you.. for being here with me" I say to her as I raise my head from her shoulder. Her warm smile gives me confidence but it doesn't last long because I know I have to tell her what our mission is. "You know.. we don't have to talk about it now if you're not ready" she comforts me like she was reading my mind. I nod gratefully. "So how's your.." I don't finish my sentence but look at her forearm which is covered up by a long sleeve. "It's uhh still weird that I have it" she laughs to hide the fact she's uncomfortable. I take her hand and kiss it softly to make her feel less bad about it. "It's still unusual for me too.." I admit as I roll my sleeve up to look at it. "What did He threaten you with?" she asks out of the blue as she caresses my dark mark. I'm hesitating whetner or not I should tell her the truth. "I-I just had to do it because of my family..." I say slowly. "But hey how about we get some more tattoos? So this one wouldn't seem as bad..." I continue offering the idea. Her eyes light up I think she likes the plan. "That'd be great!" she smiles at me.

Skye

      We go down to the living room to ask Draco's parents if we could go to Diagon Alley. "..Yeah we have to get some things for school.." Dray lies as I keep holding onto his hand. I look at his dad who's looking back at me with an evil look. "Of course darling you can go, take care of Skye!" Narcissa, Draco's mom answers quiet warmly. "2 hours" Lucius adds as he looks at me with devilish eyes. Dray nods and we go out of the living room. "I don't think your dad likes me" I say to him as he grabs some floo powder. "I don't think he'll ever like my girlfriend but mom knows that you have a good influence on me" he blushes. "Oh do I now?" I tease him as I smile softly. "You might" he comes closer to me and kisses me. We use the floo powder to get to Diagon Alley. I go first and when I get there I wait a couple seconds then he arrives too. "That way" he points to the left then grabs my hand to hold it. We walk a bit then arrive to a tattoo parlour but I realize that this is now Knockturn Alley. I look at Draco puzzled but he says "We don't need a parent's consent here."  I've been here with my dad before but I was smaller so it looks very different now. It's like a whole other world from Diagon Alley. "Did you think about what you want?" he asks me as we stand in front of the entrance. "I have the perfect idea" I respond cheekily and open the door. Everyone stops what they're doing when we step in the parlour. I look around with an annoyed face "Is no one working here?" I ask confidently. "Is that you Skye?" a guys asks as he comes up to me. "Umm yeah and you are..." I really don't recognize them. "Felix, Felix Rosier!" he says happily as he comes up to me to give me a hug. "Fie!" I respond cheerfully and hug him back. "Oh Dray this is-" I try to introduce them but he's quicker. "Felix Rosier" he reaches his hand out. My boyfriend rolls his eyes at him but responds "Oh I've heard. Draco, Draco Malfoy" he shakes Felix's arm. I can see the air sparking between them the atmosphere became intense. "Yeah anyway umm Felix used to take care of me because he was a prefect so my parents trusted him. Big mistake" I giggle and make him laugh too. But from the corner of my eye I can see that Draco's getting jealous. "So what are you guys here for?" Felix asks. "We're getting tattoos" I look at Draco lovingly as I grab his hand. "That's why I'm here too" he says and shows me his half done tattoo on his arm. "Are those dragons?" I ask him as I examine his arm. "Yeah kinda cliché because I'm a dragonologist" he giggles. "But let me help you guys you'll get the best tatoo artists.." he says and we follow him to the back. And as I'm looking at him I realize that he has tons of tattoos so he might actually knows who the best artists are. "I don't like him" Dray whispers to me angrily while Felix is talking to someone. "He's just an old friend" I say reassuringly but he just scoffs and pulls his hand out of mine. I look at my lonely hand sadly but then I hear Fie's voice "Skye you can come!" he smiles at me. I go up to him and I can feel his hand on my back as he gently pushes me inside. On the other side of the curtains is a girl with short green hair, she seems shy as she greets me "Hey!" I look over to Felix but he's gone already. "So what do you have in mind?" she asks. "I'd like a rose with the letter D on my ribs and just the letter A on my finger." I explain, they're for Draco and Alik. She draws out the ideas and I'm head over heels in love with them so I lay down on a bed and she does them. It doesn't take much time because they use magic so it also doesn't hurt. When I'm done I go out and see that Draco's is finished too. "What did you get?" I ask excitedly as I look at his arm where the cellophane is wrapped around. He shows me his right arm where's a black triangle with a night sky scenery in it. "It's because we star-gaze...and your name..." he says shyly. "I love it" I say with honesty. "I'll show you mine at your place" I whisper to him. I notice Felix sitting in a chair as he's getting tatted so I quickly say bye to him then we leave.