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Chapter 24

"Get up Mysti! We're leaving" Draco barged into my dorm at 8am on a Saturday

"What do you mean, what's happened" I said sitting up quickly

"Potter has been spotted in hogsmead it's only a matter of time before he comes here and a battle commences" he said the words so quickly I barley had time to process them

"We must return to the manor, pack your things" he added before vanishing out the door

***

Draco's pov

"What do you mean there are no trains coming!!" I yelled at Professor Flitwick

"The bridge has been damaged no trains can get here Mr Malfoy" the professor said angrily as he strolled away from Draco

I slowly entered the great hall it was full of terrified students. I was frustrated I had to get out of here

"Draco?" Barty greeted me as he approached the great hall

"Where's my cousin?" I demanded in an angry tone

Barty frowned

"I haven't seen her today"

"No matter, we're leaving" I said as I began to stride away

Barty grabbed my shoulder

"What do you mean? Leaving"

"We aren't getting mixed up in this, we are returning to the manor" I growled

"Mysti isn't leaving" Barty stated firmly

I scoffed

"She isn't yours, you don't decide where she goes"

"Neither do you" Barty scowled

"You want to leave with your girlfriend go right ahead, Mysti can stay and I will protect her" he added

Draco turned quickly balling his fist, before releasing a blow to Barty's face

"What the hell Draco!" Barty and Draco both turned to see Mysti who had walked into the confrontation

Draco watched as she went to Barty's aid, she healed his wounds as he sat on the window ledge one of his hands resting on her thigh

"Merlin" Draco drawled as he lent against the stone wall

Mysti raised an eyebrow at him

"I thought you said you weren't sleeping with him" he said before pushing off the wall and walking away

***

Two days later

The battle of Hogwarts had gone through the afternoon and night was quickly coming over the damaged castle.
Mysti sat in the slytherin common room with the rest of her house too terrified to enter the great hall.
It had been almost half an hour since Voldemort had made his demand that the people of Hogwarts hand Harry Potter over and everyone was on edge.

"We should be out there helping our parents fight" McNair said breaking the impending silence

A murmur of agreement answered him

"He's right" the rough voice of scabior stated continuing the conversation

Slowly the men of slytherin house began getting to their feet, preparing to enter the deadly battle

The group began filing out of the dungeon Mysti quickly reached out pulling Scabior gently backwards

"Mysti" he frowned

"Please don't do this" Mysti begged staring deep into his eyes

Scabior sighed

"It's war Mysti we should be out there helping"

"Then let me come with you" Mysti whispered

Scabior shook his head

"absolutely not, you'll get hurt you think I want that"

"You think I want you getting hurt" Mysti retorted fiercely

"It's not your choice to make sweetheart, stay here please. I will return" he whispered placing a kiss to her forehead

Her eyes followed as he disappeared through the door to the common room

***

Everyone was gathered in the courtyard sadness was on the face of almost everyone who was loyal to Hogwarts and Harry as his dead body lay in hagrids arms

Mysti stood on the side of the death eaters, holding in any sadness she was feeling. Her family had survived the battle she had been lucky this time.
Voldemort was making a speech to those who survived stating his terms if they would follow him

"And you will return the bodies of any of my fallen death eaters" he finished

"They're all in the great hall" Molly Weasley piped up

"Mysti Pansy go tell me who's there" Voldemort ordered

Mysti and Pansy nodded quickly making their way across the courtyard and into the great hall

"I'll take this side you take that one?" Pansy asked looking at an abundance of dead and injured fighters

Mysti nodded as she began mentally making notes of who was there

Mysti had almost finished with a count of almost 80 bodies of death eaters on her side of the hall. She looked down once more ensuring she hadn't missed a person and when she did a deafening scream erupted from her body as though she had been stabbed straight through the heart, she sunk to the ground her entire body was shaking and loud sobs racked her body.

"Mysti?!" Pansy screamed running to her aid

"Oh no, oh god!!" Pansy exclaimed as she looked down to see Mysti her head resting over the heart of the body of Scabior