Requested by JulzLovDraco4Eva
⚠️ Gore and Violence! Hurtful language ⚠️
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Third POV
Ron Harry and Hermione sat at the gate of a cell connected to the old crickety room that y/n and Draco were held down in. They watched as she was kicked around. Y/n felt like crap and Draco sat there. His eyes started to form with tears, his vision of her being beaten blurred.
"Stop it! Let her go!" He cried

"We can't sit here! We need a plan!" Harry whispered to the two others beside him.
"We can't do anything! It's locked and spell guarded! Anything we do to touch it or tamper with it will make it explode!" Hermione whispered back.
"Well how are we just supposed to sit here and watch her go through that?" Ron whisper yelled as he pointed to the girl still being kicked around.
"We have to. We have no choice."

Y/n felt another blow to her face as Bellatrix backhanded her with her bony hand.
Y/n groaned as she fell over, the force of the slap finally defeating y/ns weak frame.
"Please stop." She whimpered.

Draco looked at her as tears were flowing down her eyes. He watched as one of the cloaked men reached down and grabbed y/ns face with one hand. He pointed her face at Draco and Bellatrix leaned down.
"Now you can look at what you've done. This is what happens when you make decisions for yourself and not for others. You end up hurting them. If you join us, you won't have to worry about her. She'll be okay. You'll be with your group, the ones who you truly belong to."
Draco heard it all as he looked at y/ns face. She was already bruising and the blood coming from her mouth pooled around where her lips met. Her eyebrow was cut and the blood dripping down her face was starting to crust. She whimpered and deacons heart broke even more.
"She's a mudblood Draco! You don't want her! She's a disgrace! And the fact that you'd even tamper our family with her vile blood astonishes me." Lucius spoke in a low tone to Draco.
Draco was only focused on his girlfriend whining in pain.
"Just leave her alone! I can't take it anymore."
"Leave her!" Bellatrix commanded to the unknown men. The man dropped her face which made her slump back over. They walked away and Draco looked up at his dad and aunt.
"We will give you twelve hours to reconsider. If not, then she gets another round of punishments. She's suffering for your actions Draco. Don't make the wrong decisions." Lucius spoke before turning on his feet and walking away.
"Y/n! Y/n!" Draco called as he turned back to the girl slumped over in front of him.
"Draco?" She rasped.
"I'm right here."
"It's hard for me to see."
Her eyes were squinting, more out of pain and strain than to help her see.
"It's okay. Just close your eyes. Relax your body. You're in a lot of pain. Just take a bit of rest time."
She nodded and shifted her body to the floor. She closed her eyes and soon fell into a peaceful sleep. She let out whimpers in her sleep every so often which made Draco sad. He sat there and contemplated his options and by the looks of it, he only had two.

The hours had passed way too quickly and y/n was still asleep. She had really fallen asleep a couple hours ago. Most of the time she would wake up in pain or screaming from a nightmare. Only recently had she stayed asleep for more than an hour at a time. Draco was always there to calm her back to sleep and wait for her to go back to peace. In some ways, Draco was glad she kept waking up. It let him know that she was alive. She had lost some blood and taken significant blows to the head so sleeping was not in the stars for a great way to live at this moment, but he also knew she was in pain and sleep was the only option for her.
The doors opened and closed quickly.
"It's been twelve hours Draco. What's your answer?"
Draco looked at the girl who was startled awake across from him.
"It's still a no."
"Fine. That's you're choice." Lucius turned from Draco to Bellatrix. "Kill her." He motioned as he was uninterested in how it was done.
Bellatrix decided to play it fun for a while and toss her around with the hooded figures.
After she had stopped whimpering and screaming in pain, Bellatrix pouted
"I'm bored! She's stopped squeaking! Kill her. She's of no use to me now."
The hooded men raised their wands to the girl who was basically laying limp on the ground.
"No!" Draco shouted. He unraveled his chains and jumped out in front of the men. He toppled them over and stepped on the wands to break them, or shatter them more likely.
"How did he get out?"
"You left everyone alone in a room for 12 hours. You didn't think we'd figure out something?"
He looked back at Harry who was smirking.
Bellatrix screamed in anger and raised his wand toward y/n.
"Expelliarmus!" Draco quickly knocked the wand out of his aunts hand. He turned to his dad who had flicked out his wand and Draco disarmed him with ease.
"Now!" Draco shouted.
"Stand back!"
"Alohomora!
The gate got bright and the charm around it made it explode.
"Bloody hell that was scary!" Ron whined as they ran out.
"Get her out of here!" Draco asked the trio as they made their way to the unconscious girl.
They nodded at him and picked her up.
"Let's go!"
Harry looked at Draco for a second.
"I'll be fine! Get her out of here!"
The trio ran with y/n and Harry watched as the image of Draco fighting them got smaller.
"You take her to the castle. I'll help Draco."
They nodded at each other and the two took y/n to the hospital wing in the castle.

They watched as y/n laid still unconscious in the bed. The trio on the left and Draco sitting on his own on the right. They all looked at the floor, the bed, y/n and then each other.
"Guys I... I just want to say one thing." Draco started. They didn't say anything so he continued to speak "I'm sorry... about all the years we've fought and about all the mean things I've said. Most of the time it wasn't even me. My father... he can be very... persuasive... so my entire life I've been living under his ideals. Ever since last year, I've started to create my own ideas and find myself. And the things I've said in the past to and about you guys aren't me. And I know, an apology wont make up for everything that I've done and I'm okay with knowing that. I just wanted to say sorry."
The trio said nothing, just looking at each other and anything other than Draco. Draco nodded and looked back over to y/n, hoping to clear the awkward silence, when he saw her open her eyes.
"Y/n!" He stood and walked closer to her bedside.
"Hey y/n." He looked at her with the upmost love and compassion and the trio noticed how his face softened.
"Hey." She rasped short and sweet to him. "You're alive." She cheered as a joke.
He kissed her forehead for a long period of time before looking into her eyes.
"I was worried about you."
"Nah, I'm fine. Only some internal bleeding, significant bruising and a broken rib." She pointed to her side with a bandage on it.
Dracos eyes went wide.
"Yeah, apparently your aunt has got one hell of a kick! Did she play football when she was younger?"
Draco didn't like the joking. Y/n cupped his cheek with one hand.
"I'm okay Draco. You don't have to worry about me."
"You know I worry about you anyway."
"I know." She turned her gaze from her boyfriend to the trio.
"Hey guys." Hermione ran up and hugged her as gently as she could.
"That was hell watching you like that! I thought you were gonna die."
"I'm okay 'mione. I'm strong." Hermione kissed her hand.
"You gave us a bit of a scare there." Harry chuckled
"A bit?! I was terrified!" Ron croaked
"You're terrified of everything Ron." Y/n insulted. The group laughed, including Draco.
"So are you two a thing?" Ron asked trying to redirect the subject.
Y/n and Draco looked at each other. They both knew it was hopeless to hide it.

Your POV
"Yeah... we are. We have since third year." I told them.
"Bloody hell that's a long time! How did we not know?!"
"I knew." Hermione said with a shrug
"You did?" Everyone asked in sync.
"Of course! Everytime they are in the same room they always stand next to each other, you can always never find them at the same time, and I saw them kiss in the hallway at night once."
"That's disgusting." Ron gagged.
"What were you doing out so late?" Harry asked.
"I was reading."
"But you didn't say anything?" I asked
"Why would I? Not my business. Besides, you're free to like whoever you want."
"Speak for yourself." Harry mumbled.
Hermione elbowed him in the side "okay, sorry."
"Well I mean I can't say I hate it. In fact it kinda makes sense." Ron shrugged.
"It does doesn't it?" Hermione smiled as she saw Draco reach for my hand. "I think you guys are cute together."
"I guess they are kinda nice together." Harry begrudgingly admitted.
"Potter!" Draco gasped "you... you complimented me?"
"Don't let it get to your head Malfoy."
"Hey! Be nice to each other! For my sake!" I warned them.
"Right." Harry nodded "Okay here's the deal Malfoy. I'll let all of this slide, everything, if you promise to keep her safe."
"I promise."
I looked at Draco who looked more determined now than ever.
"And Potter?" He started. Harry gave him a look "You're not so bad yourself."
Harry gave a slight smile which Draco returned.
"How about you join us for dinner, Draco? It is the weekend so you don't have to sit at a certain table. I know y/n would appreciate it. I would too since you're gonna be a part of our team now."
"Really?!" I cheered
"Really?" Ron asked stunned
"Really?" Harry groaned
"Really." She smiled
"Cool thanks." Draco nodded "I'll gladly sit with you guys."
"Good. It wasn't really an option." Hermione nodded before turning and walking away.
Draco was stunned at the forwardness. He'd never really been fronted like that without someone wanting to fight.
"You'll get used to it. She's pretty bossy." Ron patted Draco on the back.
"I thought you were the leader of this posse, Harry?" Draco laughed
"Sometimes It's questionable." Harry smirked back.
"Yikes." Dracos eyes widened quickly.
"Don't worry, she's less intimidating after dinner." Harry winked.
"Speaking of which we will be late for if we don't get a move on."
Draco looked over and helped me up.
"Can you stand?" He asked softly.
"I don't know. My legs still feel like jelly."
"Okay. Come here." He hooked his arm under my legs and picked me up.
"Woah! Draco."
"Just hold onto me." I wrapped my arms around his neck.

We made it to the dining hall and we all sat down at a table.
"Everything looks so good." I licked my lips in anticipation.
Everyone picked their own plates and there was a lot of casual conversation going

Third POV
Everything had died down a lot later. Y/n had fallen asleep on the table next to her plate of unfinished mashed potatoes.
Draco pushed some hair behind her ear and sighed contently. He looked back at everyone and they all smiled.
"What is it?" He asked them
"You really love her don't you?" Harry asked
He looked back at her and smiled to himself at her sleeping figure. He felt that warm inkling trickle back into his heart.
"Yeah, I really do."