five hours with draco malfoy; pt.2

Part twenty nine

NO ONE ELSE SPOKE. Draco just followed Annelisse through the Hogwarts grounds seeing that they were returning to the castle, not understanding anything she was doing.

When they entered, Annelisse looked around, hoping not to be seen. She kept walking, determined.  Draco followed her, still completely lost in what was happening.

When she turned the corner, Draco could see where they were going: To Dumbledore's office "Lisse, what are we doing here?"  He asked, but got no answer.

Annelisse walked towards the stairs hoping to enter, but she ended up cursing under her breath.  She did not have the password at all, so she quickly thought of another solution.

"I hope it works."  She said just before taking Draco's hand, causing the two of them to disappear and instantly reappear in Dumbledore's office.

Upon arrival, Annelisse looked around the office, searching for what she had in mind.  She remembered seeing it once she was here—and hoping it would continue to be. Upon locating it, she went straight once more and stopped.

Sighed heavily "I'm sorry I wasn't brave enough to tell you, Draco, but I really couldn't." Annelisse was frowning with clear concern. She drew her wand from her bag and with it, brought out Dumbledore's pensive.

"This is the only way I can think of not to explain to you, but to show you what happened that night."  She said bringing her wand to her head.  She closed her eyes, thinking of that memory— that moment when everything changed.

She drew the memory of it from her mind, trapping it in a small thread of light that she held with her wand and then dropped onto the pensive.

Draco—still unsure, did as Annelisse pointed out to him to do.  He buried his face in the pensive, beginning to see forms in it, moving rapidly—sinking into the memory of Annelisse that soon took shape, beginning to hear her voice, calling out him.

"Draco, are you okay?" Annelisse said with concern. She brought her hand to Draco's face, watching him "You told me to come. You look bad."

Draco took Annelisse's wrist tightly, starting to walk and causing her to groan in pain "Draco, what are you doing? Stop, you're hurting me."  Annelisse said nervously, trying to get away from him, but he was much stronger "Draco, stop it!"  She tried one more time.

But Draco continued without answering, leading Annelisse out of the Manor late at night. He came to a booth—in which he went straight and entered, still not responding to the screams of the girl in the face of the pain he caused her.

Upon entering, Annelisse's face changed completely.

"Oh, I see you have already arrived."  The man smiled when saw Draco and Annelisse enter the place.

There was hardly any light, everything was practically dark and only a warm light illuminated the area.

Draco led the girl to his father, where he finally released her—causing a small noise of relief, Annelisse touching her wrist "What's wrong, what are we doing here?"

"We had a deal, Annelisse."  Lucius spoke.

Annelisse looked at Draco for a second, confused.  He had no expression in his face, he was not looking at anyone, at anything in fact. She saw Draco totally lost. 

She shifted her gaze to Lucius "We had no deal, Malfoy. You tried to blackmail me and I told you that this would never happen."  She replied reluctantly and quickly approached Draco, calling him once more "Draco, respond. Tell me something."  She caressed his face, looking at her love, her man having nothing.