As the World Caves In

Nobody Knows

Skye

    Today is the first day of 6th grade. Draco told me what task You-Know-Who gave him I mean us. I still can't comprehend it though.. we have to kill our headmaster. Our year definitely won't be like others'. But I try to put that aside as we get ready for Hogwarts. I go into Draco's room and see him wearing a black suit and my jaw drops "Woah" I say as I look at him. He smirks at me as he says "Don't be shy come on in" he grabs my waist and pulls me in his room then kisses me. I kiss him back as he puts his hand on my neck and pushes me up against the door. "Lets go!" Lucius screams from downstairs. Draco breaks the kiss annoyed "We'll continue this" he promises as I grab his tie to fix it. "I'd hope so" I look deeply into his eyes. "Draco if you don't come down this instant!!" Lucius screams louder. My boyfriend flinches then grabs the luggages and we go down to the living room. Where I can see Narcissa and Lucius having a heated conversation so we just awkwardly stand at the bottom of the stairs and wait for them to finish the conversation or at least realize that we're there. "Oh Skye darling!" Narcissa notices me. "Shall we go?" she asks nicely. I nod but from the corner of my eye I see Lucius staring at me with devilish eyes. Draco grabs my hand to distract me. We get to the train station where I can see first years being nervous. Narcissa awkwardly hugs me and whispers "I'm glad you're here for him." She really accepts us being together, that's a first. I smile to myself as we end the hug and I search for Draco with my gaze. His father is talking to him rather rudely. I look at Lucius with hate because he's a big part of why Draco is who he is with other people. "Thank you for letting me stay at you place Mrs. Malfoy" I turn to her. "Please call me Narcissa and you are welcome anytime!" she responds with a hidden smile. I go up to Draco, when I get close to them Lucius immediately stops talking. "Ready to go Dray?" I ask him as I glance over to his father then back to him. "Yeah let's go" he says shyly, I quickly hold his hand and drag him away from this embarassing situation. As we get on the train I notice that the Weasleys are just arriving. I stop for a second thinking about whetner or not I should talk to them or leave them alone. As I look over to them for a brief moment George's eyes meet mine and he starts coming up to me. "Hey Dray, I'll be there in a sec" I turn to him. "Please hurry though I don't wanna sit next to Parkinson" he adds then goes up the train. I take a few steps forward, getting closer to George. "Hi" I say shyly with us being about a meter away from each other. "Skye.." he says with sadness "Are you... okay?" he comes closer to me. "Yeah I'm fine" I giggle to hide the reality, the pain. "Are you?" I ask worried. "Yeah it was not the most traumatizing thing that happened that day..." he notes. "Did you... tell anyone else about it?" I ask concerned as I anxiously play with the sleeves of my sweater. "What? N-noo noo I did not! Okay well Fred, I told Fred but other then that no one else" he admits hastily and gets embarassed. I giggle as I say "It's okay, I just... I was worried you'd get hurt because of me" and in that moment the train signals for departure. "You should probably.. go" he says sadly. "I should.. well then see you later Georgie" I hug him goodbye to break the uncomfortable atmosphere between us. He hugs me back tightly, it feels so good to see him again and know that he's alright. "Hey don't miss the train!" he laughs as he lets go off me. I nod then get on the train. I wave a bit to him from the train then go to the back of the carriage and sit down next to Draco. "What took you so long?" he raises his voice but I notice his pale, wan face. "You okay?" I whisper to him and caress his face. "Yeah" he lies and turns his head away from me to look out of the window. "Trouble in paradise?" Blaise asks nosy. "Oh shut up Zabini" I respond fed up. Even if he doesn't want to tell me what's wrong I'll be here for him, we'll figure this out together.

       During the train ride Blaise gets a letter from our new teacher saying he's invited to carriage C. He comes back after about 20 minutes and when he steps in the mood changes, it's like someone else is here too. "What was it?" Draco asks intrigued. "Slughorn is collecting people that have good connections. Didn't find much though." Blaise informs us. "He must not have realized that I'm here otherwise I'd have been there..." Draco says angrily. "Not sure that's true. He's not keen on death eaters." Blaise responds cheekily. "Oh shut up. He's just a stupid teacher. I might not even come to Hogwarts next year" Draco thinks out loud. "W-What why not?" Pansy asks with fear. "I might have bigger, more important tasks." he answers and while they're talking I'm trying to figure out if there actually is someone else in here with us, I imperceptibly look around then put my hand on Draco's trying to signal him. He looks at me surprised as I whisper to him "Someone else is here" and I look above us. "We're almost there" Pansy says. The train slowly stops "You guys go ahead I have something to take care of" Draco adds. "I won't leave you" I firmly answer which makes him smile and as he looks at me he says "Petrificus Totalus!" and points his wand at the luggage rack. Harry falls down, unable to move "I should've guessed so. What did you wanna hear Potter, huh?" he asks furiously. I look at Harry heart-broken, I should help him, Draco is still pointing his wand at him. "That's enough" I assert. "Oh come on Skye he probably came here to spy on us we're not gonna just let him go" he says cocky with loath towards Harry. "Dray" I say softly and grab his hand but he snatches it out of mine and kicks the boy in his face. "Draco!" I yell at him and crouch next to Harry "I'm so sorry" I try to fix his nose by using a spell but Draco doesn't let me finish it "Skye we have to go!" he says impatiently and grips my arm to pull me away. He doesn't let go of me instead he keeps dragging me to school "Why did you do that?" I ask angrily as I'm trying to escape his grip but he doesn't answer. "You have the necklace right?" he asks not looking at me. "Yeah" I respond softly.

     After our little detour to Hogsmeade we get to the great hall Draco and I sit down next to each other in silence, like nothing happened. About 10 minutes later Harry walks in with his blood all over his face and I let out a small sigh, at least he's here. He looks our way, directly at me with curiosity and disappointment. When he sits down Hermione and Ron start looking our way too so I turn my head back to the teacher's table. I really am sorry Harry you just don't understand this yet, maybe he never will. It's different for us...