As the World Caves In

Little Talks

Skye

    As I think about the letter I received I keep finding myself thinking about what George asked me that night to make sure it was really me standing in the Burrow. And the horrified look on his face when he realized it really is me. His worst nightmare came true: I became a death eater. Maybe mine too... What if he won't accept me like this? It was hard even for me to admit it to myself but Draco accepted me without doubt. I open my eyes hoping that if I see the real world again I wouldn't be lost in my mind with my scattered thoughts. I sit up and take deep breath "Hey you okay?" I hear Draco's sleepy voice. "Yeah" I whisper with my eyes closed. "You don't have to worry about the meeting today" he lies calmly. I turn to him with a serious expression on my face "We should though" his reassuring smile and happiness disappears. "I know..." he admits. "I just wanted to pretend.. and didn't want you to be concerned" he lovingly moves my hair out of my face. I smile softly but today seems to be a day when I can't shut up and keep thinking about the worst things so a question bursts out of me "Do you know anything about your dad?" Draco's face goes cold, emotionless as he answers "No.." softly. I move closer so I could hug him "It's gonna be okay" I encourage him as he buries his head in my shoulder.

     We try to entertain ourselves until the meeting starts, trying to take our minds off it. All of it. I try to read a book but Dray keeps bothering me "Okay what do you want to do?" I ask annoyed. He looks at me with puppy eyes "We could umm.. maybe you coud read to me" he finally says. I smile at him "Come here" he puts his head on my lap and I start reading out loud. The world seems peaceful in this moment. I wish it could stay like this.

     Nightfall comes and with that death eaters start appearing, gathering at our house. As good hosts Dray and I go down to greet them. I get more and more nervous as the seconds pass and a great amount of people are showing up. We'll have to tell them about the plan... I look over to my boyfriend and see that he's just as afraid as I am if not more. He might be looking for his dad but he isn't coming. "Oh Skye how I've missed you" Bellatrix opens her arms as soon as she steps foot in the house. She leans in "So you and Draco huh?" she whispers then softly giggles. I fake a smile hoping she'll stop, I'm not scared of her anymore. "Cissy!" she goes away from us and hugs her sister. "This will be hell" I say softly to Draco which makes him smile a bit. "But we'll do it together" he grabs my hand. He changed so much in these couple of months or maybe even since our breakup. He became more affectionate. I guess going through hard times together brings people closer. "Yeah" I smile at him as he caresses my face. "SKYE!" my father yells which causes  Dray to flinch, he then takes his hand off me and goes faaar away from me. "Yes?" I ask annoyed "Show the guests to the meeting room" he demands with piercing eyes. "Will do father" I turn my back to him and go up to the death eaters "If you'd all follow me.." I start saying but they all look at me like I'm some sort of toy or just a piece of meat. Like I don't have authority. They just giggle. "Fine then but we got the task to kill Dumbledore not any of you so that's something to think about.." I point to Dray then myself as I'm bragging complacently. They all look at me envious now "So the meeting room is this way.." I don't even look at them anymore I just start going into the direction of the room. When I arrive I look back and see that everyone followed me, this causes me to smile proudly and maybe a dash evilly to myself. Having all that power is kind of nice. Grown-ups following a 16 year old... They all sit down and when the Dark Lord appears everyone stops talking. He takes a look around the room then stops his gaze at me then Draco. "Our anti heroes everybody" he points at us. "Severus any intel on our victim?" He asks and with that the conference begins. It's still weird that our professor is here, I could never decide who he's a spy for. You-Know-Who asks some general questions then gets to our plan about getting everyone into Hogwarts "Draco care to tell us?" He asks intrigued. My boyfriend gulps as he stands up but then he clears his throat and acts confident "We'll use the vanishing cabinet in Borgin&Burkes. It's twin is in Hogwarts and I'm working on fixing it so soon we will be able to put it to use." he sums it up quickly. "Great plan my boy!" the Dark Lord praises him while smiling mischievously. "And of course your dear Skye will be there for you" he makes fun of us as he looks at me. I can feel rage building up inside me and it grows as people start laughing. "This is no laughing matter now is it?" the Dark Lord continues seriously and his followers stop laughing. "But love.. especially young love makes us commit mistakes and faults. We don't want that..." He comes closer to me and puts his wand at my neck. "I really hope it will be different in your case" He adds threatheningly but softly as he removes his wand from my throat. He then turns to Draco just to twist the dagger in his heart and says "Your father will soon be free" He tightly grabs Dray's shoulder then walks back to His seat. I let out a small sigh to ground myself. We can do this, we have to.

     After the meting is finished I feel like life has been sucked out of me. I sit back in my chair comfortably as the death eaters start disappearing one by one after You-Know-Who left too. All gone but one: Bellatrix. She plays with her hair as she looks at me with piercing eyes fortunately for me Narcissa turns to her so her sister stops staring at me. "Bella a word?" Draco's mom asks and with that the sisters go out of the room so in it only remains Dray, my father and I. "I hope you feel the pressure now and will do the right thing for our family" dad says as he's walking out. When he exits I immediately turn to Draco "Well... that went well" I say sarcastically as I put my feet on the table. "Could have gone worse that's for sure" he jokes but we know it's true. "You did great though!" I cheer him up. "But that whole speech about love.." I continue angrily. "He just wants us to do His dirty work" Dray comforts me as he grabs my chair and hastily pulls it closer to his. "Well.. I don't wanna get used to that" I play with his hair. "What if he wins? If no one can defeat Him.. would you still leave then?" he asks seriously so I look into his eyes. "He won't win. He can't.." I say with hope as I dodge his actual question. I can't say that I'll abandon Dray because I wouldn't.