Absquatulate- To leave without saying goodbye

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 I was quick to walk up the stairs to the front door and when I opened them, the first thing I could see were my father and my mother sitting in the foyer obviously waiting for us. I stood there completely emotionless and simply observed. My mother's eyes were swollen, my dad had huge dark circles under his eyes and his once all blonde hair now had a lot of grey strands in it. ,,Celestia-" ,, Where is he?" ,,He is in the living room." My father quickly answered. I looked at my mother and simply said ,, I know you never wanted this, but that doesn't justify all of the bullshit me and Dray are in now, because of you." Then I quickly glanced at my father ,, And you are just a coward." I spat, not afraid of his reaction. Draco grabbed my arm and pulled me into the great hall, where he finally let go of me just to then embrace me the tightest he's ever had ,,You're the best sister one could ask for and I love you so much." He mumbled into my shoulder. ,,You too, and I love you so much Dray." I whispered back. ,,How touching." I heard Voldemort's voice. I quickly turned around and whipped away my tears looking him straight in the eyes. ,,You've done well girl, better than anyone in your family." Voldemort whispered ,,You were right, your little brother here would've never killed someone. You on the other hand are very well capable of living with the guilt. He said, spitting the word guilt, like it was poison in his mouth. ,,How pathetic to live with guilt, don't you think?" His cruel words sent shivers down my spine and all I could say was ,,Absolutely, my lord." The dark Lord now smirked. It wasn't just some regular smirk, no there was a lot more to it. It seemed like someone had just cracked the funniest joke he's ever heard. ,,So then go on, kill your brother." Voldemort whispered into my ear, now standing right behind me. I tensed up and looked at my brother who was violently shaking. After a short silence Voldemort said ,,I was joking, dear, oh how funny your reaction was. I need you to go back to Hogwarts and once we start the war you will help us from the inside. Got it? Otherwise, maybe just maybe I will come back to what I just now said and that pretty little brother of yours won't live for long anymore." I was on the verge of tears but I still somehow managed to agree steadily, that's when the dark lord disappeared into nowhere.

Me and Draco grabbed each other's hand and apparated to the school. What we didn't know, was that the war had already started. Hogwarts was wrapped in a protection bubble that fell apart peace by peace. We just stood there for a second looking at the disastrous situation. I hugged my brother one last time, before I ordered him to stay safe and ,,Draco, don't ever forget me, I promise you, I will never forget about you, but please don't forget about me." ,,You are saying this like we are going to die, El. We won't, we will live a happy life once Voldemort is dead ok?" He stuck out his pinky and I locked mine with his, giving him a weak smile. He still followed me into the school, but I hadn't realized that, since I was so terrified on what was about to happen. I didn't know where to go, when I suddenly heard screaming and sounds that probably came from fighting someone. Ginny Weasly suddenly ran around the corner and once she saw me, she fired spell after spell at me, but I easily blocked them, she even once tried the cruciatus curse on me which made me laugh a little. Oh, how pathetic she was, thinking someone like her could even stand a chance against me. ,,Petrificus totalus!" I screamed at her and she immediately fell to the ground. ,,Man Ginny, you should've known I was going to beat you no matter what you tried." I smirked while slowly walking up to her, I never liked her, since she always seemed to act quite stupid not to mention, she had a crush on Harry bloody Potter, which made her even more stupid in my opinion. ,,I quickly lifted the spell on her and held my hand out for her to take. ,,I am on your side, not his." I quickly say through gritted teeth as she almost refused to take my hand. In the end she grabbed it tho and I helped her up. ,,I don't-" ,,Don't even bother Ginny you wouldn't understand anyways."

The next thing I know Voldemort is speaking to all of us about Harry Potter and a lot more, but all I can think of are Bletchley and Draco.