As the World Caves In

Freedom?

Skye

      Dad rolls his eyes at me as I'm descending the stairs because I didn't change my clothes. So when I get down he pulls me closer to him and whispers threatheningly but with a smile "Didn't I tell you to make yourself presentable? You still need to earn respect!" his fingers are sinking into my skin, probably leaving a mark as he's holding me so tightly. I gulp but with my shaking fingers I take my wand and point it at myself, changing into a night gown I hate, but my father loves. I think Draco might have heard my dad yelling at me from before so he comes down to the living room too. "Draco how nice of you to join us" my father says sarcastically, he really hates my boyfriend for some reason. Father even deepens his nails into my arm but I keep a small fake smile on my face through the pain. I finally get the chance to look around the room when Draco grabs my hand and frees me of father's touch. The sight isn't the happiest, there're a bunch of death eaters drinking and talking about their newest torture method. "Do you think He'll come?" Draco asks fidgety with a pale face. "Heey it's okay" I try to calm him by placing my hand on his face so he'd turn to me but he keeps looking at someone. He might be looking for his dad. "Draco?" I raise my voice and he looks at me. "You're gonna be fine" I put my other hand on his face too but he doesn't seem to be doing any better. "Let's go sit down" I take his hand and sit down with him on a couch. "I can't do this" his legs are shaking as he whispers to me. I take a quick look around the room and realize that our guests are slowly starting to glance over at us. I put my focus back on Dray "Baby, hey, hi!" I move my head around trying to see his eyes. He might be having a panic attack, I just have to remember how my brother helped me when I was in the same shoes. "Okay just listen to my voice. Can you name five things you see?" I say softly as I hold his hand. He thinks for a couple of seconds then shakes his head. "Okay how about four things you hear?" I ask again. "You..." he starts but doesn't continue. "You're doing great, what are things you can smell?" I start worrying for him as I hear people talking about us. "Your perfume.. uhh... wood burning, plants?" he lists and raises his head at the end of his sentence. "Okay, you're okay" I put his head close to my chest and check if his pulse has slowed down since we sat down. His heartbeat is back to normal and his legs stopped shaking but in the next moment we hear someone apparating just centimeters away from us. I quickly turn my head and look on my left where I see the Dark Lord. "Oh go ahead. Appreciate what you have because it could've been taken away from you.." we immediately sit back up straight and He comes closer to me which makes my heart go faster. It's still better He's talking to me and not Dray. "Draco! Love is a mysterious thing.... treat it as such" He threathens the boy who doesn't dare to look up. "Dark Lord" my father barges in. "It's the greatest honor to serve you" he bows. "Get up Tom. I heard you were selfish on Draco's mission. Is your daughter all you can think about?" You-Know-Who asks calmly which makes my father look frightened. "Skye I heard you were a great help and got my followers into Hogwarts." He turns to me then to Draco. "You however... did not fulfill my task. You know just this once I'll forgive you because the job is done." He forgives Draco? That sounds fishy.. Maybe he never believed Dray'd do it.. "Now onto the celebration!" the Dark Lord changes his tone.

          His plan to celebrate was going to a muggle town and playing with people, torturing them. But before we left I went up to Narcissa "Could we stay? Draco's not doing well..." I ask her softly. She looks at her son for a moment "I'll ask Tom" she answers and goes up to my father. They start talking and I see dad looking at me with hatred as he starts coming closer to me. "You have to come! This is not a matter of discussion!!" he raises his voice. "Tom, is it hard without the wife?" The Dark Lord appears next to him. "It really has been, I feel like she doesn't respect us." father tries to convince him. "All I said was--" I try to explain myself but dad cuts me off "You know I haven't finished teaching you a lesson. Should I?" he treathens me as he takes a few steps forward and reaches out his hand to grab my neck. "Tom, she can rest" You-Know-Who puts his hand on my shoulder gently which makes my dad retreat and put his hand down angrily. He just read my mind didn't He? "It was rather easy" He says and I feel embarassed. Now I understand why Draco learned it. "Thank you" I say softly not daring to look at Him. "Although you have great potential... I could show you real power" the Dark Lord continues persuasively. "I greatly appreciate that but... I feel kind of sick" I lie hoping he wouldn't realize. "In that case enjoy our victory from here" He apparates and it's just us left now. "Do you want to die?" my father grabs my throat firmly. "Lying to the Dark Lord? You want to be exiled like your brother, is that the fate you want?" my eyes start watering as I'm choking. "Oh yeah you're gonna cry?" he makes fun of me. I see Narcissa from my pereferal vision as she's sitting next to Draco. I reach for my wand but he notices and throws me on the ground then points his wand at me. "Fuck you dad" I say coughing. "I thought I could be proud of one of my children... Guess I was wrong" he smiles as he kicks my wand farther away, out of my reach. "You are both disappointments. I don't need you!" he yells and I remember of what mom wrote in his diary about dad not wanting me. "Some thing never change, do they?" I ask and he laughs evilly "You got your feist from your mother. But I took her's, I can take your life too" he continues and I freeze. I was suspicious of him but father admitted it. He killed mom. "GO AHEAD! I wanna see her.." I yell back. "Tell her you failed us" he says seriously "Cruc-" my father starts saying the curse, I even close my eyes but then I hear a familiar voice. "Enough" I look to the side where I see Snape standing. "Severus she's my daughter" father says furiously. The professor is looking at me like he wants to say something. "This is not the right time" father continues in a serious tone as he lowers his wand and goes closer to Snape. "I think it might be" the professor answers then he helps me get up. "Thank you" I say softly as he examines my neck. "We'll be going now" Snape says to my father calmly. "You can't do that Severus!! We agreed" father raises his voice. "You didn't hold your end up so I don't have to obey the rules" the professor gently puts his hand on my shoulder. "Dray" I whisper as I look at my boyfriend. "Narcissa you're welcome to come with us" Snape says to the mother and with that he apparates us.