Chapter Twenty-Five It’s so good to be back in our dorm,” Melody said with a sigh, lying down on her bed and spreading herself comfortably. “The cool, peaceful silver and greens…” “Yeah,” Harmony agreed. She was sitting near the window looking out into the lake. Melody sat up. “What’s up?” “Nothing.” Harmony said, tucking a blonde hair behind her ear. “Is it Fennec? Have you guys broken up?” Melody said in alarm, jumping off the bed and coming over to her and placing a hand on her shoulder. Harmony put her right hand over Melody’s hand, still looking out the window. “Not Fennec…” “Is it Kate? Is she bugging you again?” “It’s none of our friends.” Harmony said softly, her pale green eyes welling up. Melody relaxed. “Draco?” Harmony nodded. Melody led Harmony over to the bed and sat down next to her. “What happened at home?” A single tear ran down Harmony’s cheek. “Father treats me like his least favourite cloak. Just leave her to Mother, she can stay in her room, I won’t take her the places I take my son…” she trailed off. “Mother treats me like a precious glass they never use. Takes me shopping to buy EXTREMELY nice clothes, jewellery, accessories, but leaves me in my room half the time.” “and Draco?” “Draco just ignores me. When we were…” Harmony felt weird even saying it. “Dating, he was super nice and friendly, if not a bit cold sometimes. You could see that he was happy, for a while at least. But all I see in him now is hate, anger…” “and sadness?” Harmony really burst into tears now. “I don’t know what to do, Melody! I was able to make him happy once, but now he hates me! Mother and Father certainly do nothing to help, and I’m worried about him! He’s always snarky whenever I speak to him, hiding in odd places, locks himself away in his room, disappears for hours, secretive…” She looked at Melody, tears falling down her cheeks and splashing onto her uniform. “Melody, I think he’s joined the Dark Lord.” >…< “She thinks WHAT!?” Fennec shouted. “Shh!” Melody hissed. “Do you realize how dangerous it is that I’m even telling you guys?” “Sorry,” Fennec said. “But it makes me so… so… angry!” he slammed his fist into the wall. Ava winced as Melody covered her eyes. “DAMN THAT HURT!” Fennec yelped, dancing around the room in pain, clutching his fist in pain. Aurora pressed her fingers to her temples. “For goodness sake Fennec, can’t you stop being an idiot for one minute?” The whole room went silent. “What? He is!” Aurora protested as everyone looked at her. “We have to take this wisely,” continued Noah, his arm around Melody. “If this got out, it could be very bad for the Malfoys and Draco.” Ava frowned. “I’m sorry, I thought you said bad for the Malfoys and Draco?” “Well, yeah.” said Noah. “WHAT ABOUT MY BROTHER!?” Ava yelled. “YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT’S SUPPOSED TO STOP YOU-KNOW-WHO? THIS COULD BE THE BIGGEST LEAD FOR HIM!” “WELL I’M SORRY BUT YOU CAN’T GO TELL HIM RIGHT NOW!” Noah roared back. “THEY’RE HARMONY’S FAMILY!” Ava was ready shoot back a retort, but stopped and looked at Harmony, who was sitting in the corner, a rug bundled around her shoulders. “I’m sorry, Harmony,” she said, going over and taking one of Harmony’s pale hands. “What do you think we should do?” “I don’t know,” Harmony admitted. “They are my family, but I’m not on You-Know-Who’s side.” “So what should we do?” Again, another silence. “It’s me, isn’t it.” Harmony said quietly. “You want me to talk to Draco.” The girls clustered around her. “Oh Harmony, we don’t want you too…” “But I have to.” said Harmony, gently pushing them aside, her black cloak flowing to the ground. “I’ll go find him.” She left the classroom and walked back towards the Slytherin dormitory, pulling her cloak closer around her. Going down the dungeon steps, through the secret door and into the common room, she headed up the stairs to the boy’s dormitory, and walked to the door marked “Fourth years.” She knocked, her heart hammering in her chest. “Who’s there, the Dark Lord?” a thick voice laughed from inside. “Shut up Crabbe!” another voice roared. There was the sound of footsteps and the door opened, Harmony coming face to face with Draco. “What do you want,” Draco scowled. “I want to talk to you.” Harmony said. Draco sighed, jerked his head at Crabbe and Goyle who were sitting on the beds, and started to push past her out the door. Harmony planted herself in his way and stopped him. Fixing her pale green eyes on his own, she said firmly, “Alone.” Dumbfounded, Draco shut the door behind him and followed Harmony out of the dormitory, out of the castle and to the lake. “What is it?” he grouched, arms in pockets. (continued in Notes and Credits!)
(first part in Instructions!) Harmony took a deep breath and turned to face him. “Are you collaborating with the Dark Lord, Draco?” “the Dark Lord?” Draco looked shocked. “Mudbloods, Harmony, do you really believe that of me?” “Don’t use that expression!” Harmony fired up. “And yes, Draco, I do. You’ve been so secretive lately, hiding, appearing in places you shouldn’t be, cosying up to Professor Snape…” “Merlin’s beard!” Draco was agitated. “Harmony, I’m too young! The Dark Lord doesn’t take fourteen-year-olds.” “Then what have I been hearing whispers of at home,” Harmony hissed, “About you becoming ‘the youngest one ever’?” “You can’t tell anyone about what you’ve heard.” Draco hissed back. “Do you realize how bad it could be for Mother and Father?” “So you’re not with the Dark Lord?” Harmony felt relieved. Draco glanced around furtively, before ripping up the sleeves of his cloak, revealing nothing but pale skin. “No Dark Mark there.” He said, rolling them down again. “Now will you stop bugging me?” Harmony was so relieved, without thinking she hugged him. “I’m so glad,” she mumbled into his chest. Then she realized that she was actually hugging her brother, and drew back immediately. “Um, I’m sorry,” she said, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear and turning away. Draco was standing rigid. “No! Actually,” he stopped her. “I’ve never really been hugged before.” Harmony looked around, beamed and hugged him again. Slowly, awkwardly, Draco placed his arms around her, and the Malfoy siblings stood by the lake for a while. A few minutes later, they headed back up to the castle, all the tension from between finding out they were siblings until now released. As they walked back into the dormitory, Harmony remembered her friends were waiting for her in the classroom. “Oh, I just gotta do something, be right back!” she called, Draco giving her a thumbs up. Racing through the hallways, Harmony had just reached the classroom when she spotted a crowd outside the door. Pushing her way through, she entered to find Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger towering over her best friends. “Here she is,” Hermione said quietly to Harry, who was in the middle of yelling at Ava. He turned, and glowered at her with such a ferocious stare Harmony felt all her happiness melt away. Grabbing her roughly by the arm, he thrust her to stand next to Fennec, and demanded, “"Tell me everything you know about the Dark Lord's plan. And don't you dare lie to me, Harmony. I know you're helping the Death Eaters.” Hey guys! I know, I know, the chapters are getting further between. But as you can guess with this chapter, it took AGES to write. I actually had three versions of this chapter, all leading up to different endings! But this is what we're going with, so hopefully you guys like it <3 Meet the group! @Harmony_Malfoy @Melody_Riddle @Fennec_Smith @Noah_Pearce @-Ava_Potter- @Aurora___Black @Drxco_Mxlfoy Fennec just released his version of Chapter 4, go check it out on his profile! https://scratch.mit.edu/users/Fennec_Smith For those of you secretly wondering, NO, DRAMONY IS NOT COMING BACK. EVER. lol some of you will be pretty relieved. Unfortunately, /spoilers!/ we're going to have a relationship breakup soon :( Can you guess who it is? Let me know your answers in the comments! Also, for those of you asking to add in OCs, I may add a new OC or two in at some point, but the main group of Harmony's friends is finished and full, no more is coming in, now that Draco's back in. There are some very cool chapters coming up, so hang in there! ~Harmony xx
