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Chapter
7 – Requiem

Funny;
he knew he would miss her body, her kisses and those exquisite things
she did with her lips. He knew he would miss the way she melted under
him and those little sounds she made.

He
knew he’d miss how it felt to be inside of her.

And,
as Draco expected, he missed all of those things. But he also missed
the way she looked when she slept, and waking up breathing in her
scent. How he loved to cuddle her against him. He thought he
shouldn’t miss her laugh, nor her wit and certainly not her
charisma.

He
even missed her raging temper. She was so easy to infuriate, he
thought.

He
had been thinking about those things far too often lately, and they
plagued him as he came closer to his house.

Oh,
how the mighty have fallen… he
thought looking at his reflection on the shining marble wall at the
entrance of the manor.

*

“Hello
father.” he said closing the door to his study behind him.

“Am
I to think you were not feeling sick after all, Draco?”

“Of
course not father, that was just the excuse to get out of Hogwarts.”
Draco said, making his father smirk in amusement.

“What
brings you here, then?” the elder Malfoy said as he looked up
from his work.

“You
weren’t really expecting me to miss out on the fun, did you?
After all those lame and boring tasks you had me done all year, did
you really think I’d miss the exciting outcome of my research?”

“Your
tasks weren’t all that boring, son, even if you had to sully
yourself with a mudblood.”

“That’s
for you to say, you didn’t have to go through with it.”

“Which
reminds me, what did you do so she didn’t tell on you? You
never told me...” Lucius asked, half suspicious, half
impressed.

“That’s
because there was nothing to tell. She didn’t want to go
through the public shame of admitting she’d been defiled by the
likes of me. She even distanced herself from Potter and Weasley.”

“Is
that so?”

“Yes
father. I was a bit surprised when your scheme worked in fact, I
didn’t know she could still have it in her to fight back, or
well; die trying anyway…”

“So,
you think the Potter kid will fall for the bait?” was that hope
on his father’s voice?

“I
don’t know father. But I’m sure you had a backup plan,
you always do, please tell me; I’m intrigued.”

“Don’t
tell me you haven’t guessed yet” his father raised a brow
at him looking expectant.

“I
might have… Where are you keeping the antidote, father?”

“Good
boy. It’s closer than you think, actually. It’s next to
the bottle of wine you have on your left hand.”

“This
bottle you mean? All of it?”

“Well
not all of it, precisely. Bring it here and I’ll show you.”
his father let a few drops fall into his desk, each of them slowly
growing wider and solidifying into small purple stones the size of
small buttons. Draco took hold of a couple of them to get a closer
look.

“This
is the antidote? And you have a bottle full of it? …What for?
”

“To
give it to Potter, of course”

“Ok…”
Draco said reluctantly “what’s the catch?”

“It’s
because of the curse, naturally. It’s killing her. But it’s
how
it’s killing her that’s the best of it; it’s slowly
poisoning all her organs, making them old until they rot inside of
her.

“For
now, he’ll see her lying in bed looking growing more pale with
each day. Then, as the curse spreads, her hair will grow white. After
that, the pain will start. It’s a small variation of the
Cruciatus Curse in a way. It’s an excruciating pain that slowly
grows in her body, increasing perpetually until she finally dies.
Eventually she’ll get out of her comma and beg for him to kill
her because she won’t be strong enough to do it herself…
If he does wait that long, by then we’ll have warned him about
the existence of this bottle…”

Draco
had to force himself to breath, to keep quiet and nonchalant. By just
imagining it, he felt a cold grip on his heart, panic rising inside
of him. Her
life depends on your act Draco. It’s all up to you, you can do
this. Calm down…

“Why
the whole bottle?” his father was looking smug; never a good
sign…

“…Because,
it will free her from the curse but not from the pain. Each little
pill will heal the damage on her organs but will revive the pain
caused by it nonetheless. If she starts taking it once the pain
starts, she’ll have to go through one of these little pills on
a daily basis for as many days as she’s been cursed, but
believe me son. For what each little drop causes, she’ll end up
worse than the Longbottom’s before she finishes the dose.”

“What
happens if she takes it before the pain starts?”
breath, Draco BREATH…

“She’d
just have to go through one. It’s still a lot of pain to
endure, but none of that matters, you’ll have to conform with
what I’ve just told you, because there’s no way you can
stay here much longer. If Potter doesn’t arrive tomorrow,
you’ll have to go back to Hogwarts the next day and hope that
watching the mudblood’s torture will suffice.”

“What
if he just lets her die?”

“Not
very likely Draco, but I’ve given you enough; I have work to
do, now leave. And be kind enough to put all that back to its place.”
he said pointing to the bottle and pills on his desk.

*

It
had been easier than he had hoped. There
might be a god out there after all!
He thought.

The
rest of his stay was spent on the library researching every detail he
could on the curse and the antidote, until his father interrupted him
to tell him he had to go back to Hogwarts.

“Don’t
glare at me, boy. It’s not my fault Potter wishes to play hard
to get”

“What
if they get the antidote before that?”

“The
curse has been in the family for centuries. The book you are holding
is the only existing copy.”

“It
wouldn’t be the first time Potter sneaked his-”

“Stop
procrastinating, Draco. You are not staying here one more minute and
that’s final. Now run along, I’ve already connected the
floonetwork.”

“What,
I don’t get to say goodbye to Mother?”

“Now,
Draco!”

*

“Your
father is a twisted piece of shit, Malfoy.” Harry said glaring
at Draco from the pensieve. It had taken some time to convince Potter
that he had the antidote. He had to go as far as producing the stupid
pensieve and throw him into the memory.

Potter
was still suspicious and seemed hesitant to let him get close to
Hermione again; “If something happens to her, Malfoy, I’ll
kill you.”

Draco
just rolled his eyes and approached the bed.

He
knew it was going to be painful. He had expected her to scream when
he pulled the antidote through her throat. It was suppose to burn her
insides as she swallowed. It would burn the parts of her body that
had been affected by the curse.

In
a very atypical behaviour for him, he had informed her still body
before he did, and murmured words of encouragement as he pulled her
head forward, opening her mouth before he administered the antidote.

She
opened her eyes wide when he did, her features contorted in pain. He
saw her look at him before she shut them again. She had heard him.
Her face flushed and tears started to appear on her cheeks. All her
body tensed. He saw her crush the blanket in her fists making her
knuckles look whiter. She was trying not to thrash about on the bed
or voice the pain he knew she was feeling, as the little pill burned
her throat and probably now all of her chest. It would not stop until
it burned every part of her body. According to his research, the
curse had already spread as much.

He
admired her strength but it was heart-wrenching to see her bear the
pain that way. She must have known Potter was there, for sure.

He
put a hand on her head trying to sooth away the pain, in vain. She
started making small whimpers and her fists slowly let go of her
covers; she was trying to say something…

“’old
me…” it came out as a pleading sob.

He
grabbed both of her hands and pinned her to the bed before she
started thrashing against his hold. He saw Potter do the same with
her legs and put a piece of cloth across her mouth.

She
bit hard against it pulling her head to one side as her body started
to shake uncontrollably.

It
lasted for about a minute before her sobs started to come as slow
gasps that ended up in shallow breaths. Her eyes were unnaturally red
when she opened them.

“It’s
over.” she tried to give them a smile but it turned into a
grimace. She was sweating.

“Yes,
yes it is.” said Draco, “You didn’t have to hold it
all up, you know. I did put a silencing charm on the infirmary.”

“Hermione”
Harry breathed and launched himself at her, hugging her “I’m
so sorry.”

“Careful
Potter, she’s still sore.”

“It’s
alright, I’m fine, Harry. There’s nothing you should be
sorry for. It was my decision and I’d do it all over again.”

“No
you won’t! Hermione, what a heck were you thinking?!”

“Potter,
now is not the time, she’s still delicate, she needs to rest”
Hermione gave him a thankful smile and took his hand.

“Thank
you” she said giving a light squeeze.

“Oh,
I’m still thinking what I’m going to ask in return. I
saved your life, after all” She smiled still looking at him.

“Thanks
for keeping him safe.” Hermione made clear.

“You
knew? Could you hear?”

“…Sometimes.
The death eater that cursed me smiled when he saw me. He should have
looked angry, not triumphant, but it was too late by then. I couldn’t
warn him.”

“Warn
him? Granger, WARN HIM? You could have died. And your last wish was
to WARN HIM?!”

“You’re
not going to start yelling at me too now, are you? I would have done
the same for you…”

He
made an exasperated sound. “I know…” he said,
“That’s what makes it worse!”

She
tried to give him a smile but it didn’t placate him. She took a
deep breath before continuing, “I know it’s not the last
time they’ll try to play with our biggest fears and I’ve
accepted that’s the price we’ll have to pay for our
little pieces of heaven.” She looked reassuringly at Harry, who
was still looking reproachful “…but we’ll stand
together through it all. Maybe it’s a good thing that you are
able to guard your emotions all the time Draco, but not all of us
can.”

“Not
if I can help it!” said Harry, “I’ll stop our
friendship if that’s what it takes!”

She
reacted incensed by his blurt. “Don’t be ridiculous
Harry! I’m
the mudblood,
it’s my kind they want to exterminate. It’s my
fight as much as yours. What do you suggest? Should I make their job
easier and kill myself just to avoid their torture?”

“How
can you say those things, Mione?!” Harry exclaimed aghast.

“How
can you say you’ll leave me, Harry Potter?!”

They
never paid attention to Malfoy’s wince at her rant, or the
hunted look that had taken over his features as she spoke. Her words
had evoked a shuddering chill to envelope his heart. The way she put
it, he suddenly felt impotent to guard her from harm. Like it was
inevitable, no matter how much he tried, that she was going to fight
and die trying.

*

Long
after Draco was gone, Lucius Malfoy was sitting in his study, looking
at his fireplace with a scowl in his face.

“So,
do you think he believed you?” said the voice behind the
flames…

“I
don’t see why he wouldn’t”

“Then
why are you brooding like a widow?”

“It’s
my son you are talking about, not a commoner muggle; my only son. I
won’t let him be played like a pawn!” Lucius sneered.

…

**//**//**//**//**

A/ N:
hihihihi

A/N:
here it is; a somewhat longer chapter; edited a hundred times and by
two betas: KathGrangerPotter
(http://www.fanfiction.net/u/808687/)
and
caseyjarryn
(http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1530827/) you can’t imagine how
much they added to this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. Let us know
what you thought.

Finally
I’ll be able to answer some reviews…

kazfeist:
I
almost died when I saw your reviews I couldn’t believe you were
reading this, most of my favourite stories have been betaed by you,
(meaning: I’ve always envied your sorry ass, lol)

“Eppie
2009-02-14

So,
I haven't reviewed anything in months, but I thought I should tell
you this story has a plot that fits within the realm you've created
in HP. I'd also like to thank you (or your Beta) for the few grammar
mistakes.

Keep
writing!”

Eppie:

I
don’t know if Kath has seen your review yet so I had to paste
it, she’s just got to know how great she is, I hope you like
what Casey added to the work on this chapter, it would be nice to
hear from you again. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH FOR REVIEWING!!!! Your
comment made me soo happy that afternoon…

paigeey07
and Mrs.DracoMalfoy It
still bugs me that I can’t, or don’t know how to answer
reviews on AFFnet, your reviews were the first ones I received on AFF
and I wanted to let you know that you are one of the reasons I edited
all over again, *grins sheepishly*.

ginnylovesharry07
& Joe-nasGirl: I
couldn’t answer to your questions because I would be ruining
future chapters but I’ll try to make them public sooner.

Jess,
christy, GreenEyedVixen, Sandra-Lovegood, seriana14
and all those who didn’t voice their feelings regarding the
cliff hanger, I’M SORRY!, I hated cliff hangers as well, just
so you know, and I don’t know if you’ve noticed
GreenEyedVixen,
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