Draco Malfoy Imagines

You Don't Know What I've Done Pt. 4

House: Slytherin

Blood Status: Half or Pureblood

Warning(s): Unpleasant themes and imagery, content may be unsettling for some

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Third Person POV:

X.

"H-How long, y/n?" Draco stammers, shocked by the confession just given to him. Y/n avoids his eyes as the castle shakes.

"I've been through nine timelines. This is the tenth, Draco," she sighs, her voice reverting back to monotone, the voice that Draco has gotten used to in their infrequent interactions.

"And all of them-"

"- you've died," she ends, her voice beginning to quiver again.

"I-I," Draco says, stumbling on his words. "Y/n..."

With a swift and sudden movement, y/n turns around and flings her arms, around Draco. His arms go around her waist immediately, despite being shocked by her spontaneous movement.

"I've been through these months time and time again and each time I've watched the people I care about fall into despair and die. Each and every one of them. I've kept going on because I knew that I had something here that was worth fighting for," she cries, stepping back to look him in the eye. He stares down at her and senses the pain and anguish in her eyes. He can feel her experiences and the weight they bear. "You as you are now, are not aware of what we had and I am unsure if you will ever, but I want you to know that I am here only because you are. You are the reason why I've fought for this long and you're the reason why I'll keep on fighting. I don't care if I have to repeat this time over and over. I don't care if I'm stuck as a teenager for the rest of eternity. Even if what I wished for is the ultimate curse and will never lead to a happy ending, I will still smile, because it was for you."

He stares into her eyes, tears gently rolling down her cheek and he lifts his hand and wipes them away gently with the pad of his thumb.

"Y/n... I don't think I'll ever truly understand what you've done or your whole story, but I do understand this, you've fought for months and months to restore hope, find happiness, and save the entire school from a hideous fate. I admire you, y/n. I could never have done what you have."

"How do I change what will happen, Draco? I've been fighting for a long time, but I do not know how!" she cries, tightening her embrace. Draco's breath hitches for a moment. "I'm losing hope. I don't want to admit it, but I am. I did say I would keep going, and I will, but it is getting harder and harder to. Each time, everything I experience gets more painful. I know I'm not making much sense, but that's okay. I Promised that I'd fight monsters in hopes of getting you back and I'll keep going with that in mind...," she steps back and wipes her eyes and smiles. "Please don't let my efforts be in vain. Stay safe, Draco Malfoy."

She turns her back on him and walks slowly down the hall into battle.

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Draco's POV:

It's just like my dream. Everything's lit on fire. I can see it outside the glass windows of the Great Hall. Surely everything around us has fallen and is now the piles of rubble I remember from the dream. I hear roaring and explosions outside. It must be y/n fighting it. There are bursts of light that spread across the window in front of us and some of the students around me scream in fear of the noises, but I know that their fear is nothing compared to y/n's and mine. Everyone is sitting in the Great Hall, trying to wait it out. The thought of her out there alone looms over my head and simultaneously causes a hole in my stomach and it rips me apart. I don't even know what's happening, but I get up and start to walk towards the professors at the front of the hall.