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Draco stirred finely, he looked around the room and saw that it was dark, no lights were on.

He sat up only to let out a hiss of pain due to his damaged ribs which were still bandaged, he jumped when he heard the familiar sound of someone apparating into the room.

He grabbed his wand from the stand next to him and whispered, "Lumos Maxima." and a beam of bright light erupted form his wand lighting the room, he looked around and saw the zombie form of his mother standing a ways away from him.

Draco just stared for a few seconds, eyes wide with terror.

Draco aimed his wand at her. "St-upefy!" he cried and a blue light erupted from his wand and hit her but it didn't effect her.

She suddenly lunged at him tackling him to the ground with a loud cry her hands wrapped around his neck tightly.

He tried to call for help but all that came out was a strangled cry. He kicked watched as she pulled out a silver dagger that Draco recognized as his aunt Bellatrix's, deep in his head he kept refusing to fight back and it was until she plunged the dagger into his leg that he cried out and used his small amount of gathered strength to push her off of him and started to try and crawl away from her.

She stood up and Draco shrank back against the wall letting out small whimper.

Narcissa's body suddenly stopped and eyed Draco her hollow eyes filled with something resembling fear.

"Draco?" She asked quietly.

Draco looked at her fearfully but to his surprise Narcissa reached out and placed a hand on his cheek with gentle care.

Draco looked into her eyes and saw sadness.

"Draco...baby, you have to destroy me...I don't want to hurt you...I can't maintain control for long. Draco, kill me...please." She said in a soft hushed voice.

Draco was surprised to his his mother's voice, she was really herself.

"Mum...I can't, can't loose you again..." Draco sobbed as he picked up his wand with a shaking hand.

"Draco...baby, I love you, but you need to do this. Please, for me." She said quietly.

Draco's eyes welled with tears and he nodded his head and aimed his wand at her.

The bedroom door swung open just as Draco's wand lit up and Nymphadora and Snape hurried in but froze when they saw Narcissa.

"Confringo!" Draco cried and a bright light erupted form the wand and when the spell hit her body it burst into flames until it burnt to a crisp and into nothingness.

Draco watched with tear filled eyes as his mother's body disappeared and all that remained was black puffs of smoke coming up from the spot that she had been laying in, he sank to his knees sobbing, then he jerked forward and retched once upon smelling the horrid scent of a burnt decaying body.

Severus was too stunned that Draco had actually gotten rid of the body that he couldn't find the will to move, Nymphadora looked at her cousin and watched with a heavy heart as he continued to cry before walking over to him and kneeling down and wrapping her arms around her cousin.

"She's gone..." Draco sobbed into her arm.

"Shh...cous, I'm sorry. We didn't know she was here..." Tonks whispered into his ear.

Severus finely walked over to Draco and started to inspect his leg that had been stabbed.

"I'm sorry." He said softly as he rested his non injured hand on Draco's shoulder, his other arm was in a sling due to Lucius injuring it on the mission.

"I want her back..." Draco cried. "I know cous...I'm so sorry, but these things happen...it'll be okay." Tonks whispered in Draco's ear as she tried to calm him.

Draco was reminded of his mother for a brief second, the way his cousin was acting towards him it reminded him of her, he let out a small hiccup as more sobs and tears came, but eventually he started to calm down and his body stopped shaking as he took a deep breath, even though tears still sparkled in his gray-pale blue eyes.

When he finely let go of his metamorphagus cousin she looked at him with a sad expression.

"It'll be okay cous." She said quietly as she touched his face with a gentle hand.

Draco just nodded his head, but the two adults could tell that the boy wasn't completely convinced.

Snape grabbed Draco under the arms helped pull him up to his feet, Draco stumbled upon his leg being unsteady at the moment so the potions master walked him back over to the bed where Draco sat down on the edge staring at the floor.

"Mrs. Weasley, Snape, Sirius, Mad-Eye, and...Remus, they ran into a bunch of Death Eaters in Diagon Alley." Tonks said quietly to Draco who glanced up at her.

"Anybody...get killed?" he asked quietly.

"Well according to Mad-Eye, Sirius has a big gash in his shoulder. Macnair was captured and sent to Azkaban...Snape killed Rookwood, and seriously injured Bellatrix, but Rodolphus and your father got away taking her with them, but don't know if she lived." Nymphadora explained.

"You killed Rookwood? But shouldn't you be in Azkaban...if you used the killing curse?" Draco squeaked fearfully.

"I didn't use the killing curse Draco. I used a different spell." Snape replied.

Draco breathed a small sigh and watched as Snape pulled out a vial and lay Draco out so it was stretched forward, he dripped a few drops of the potion into the stab wound and it started to fix itself.

Draco slowly got off the bed and stood there trying to balance himself, then lowered his pants leg and looked at Snape with a glare.

Severus frowned and opened his mouth to speak but stopped when the blond raised his wand and aimed it at him.

"I hate you..." he whispered hoarsely.

"What?" Snape asked quietly.

Draco's glare increased ten fold and he bared his teeth in anger.

"IF YOU HADN'T LEFT THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!! You left me to go on that stupid mission! You said that you would help me get through this! But you left me! Even after I told you what would happen!" he cried while the tip of his wand lit up as he threatened to hex the man, who had one arm in a sling from it being badly injured by his father during his mission.

"Draco, I had to go...if we want to stop Voldemort I had to do that mission." Snape said.

"But I was almost killed! Do you not care! Did you not mean what you said that you want to be there for me, to be able to give me the love and affection that my father should have given me! Or was that a lie too? Should I just go back to him and turn myself over to him? Would that make you happy?" Draco screamed as the tears started leaking form his eyes again.

Snape was taken aback by Draco's words, he didn't know that Draco felt so strongly over this. "Of course I did, Draco...I care about you a great deal...I meant every word but-"

"THEN WHY!" Draco yelled.

"I had no choice..." Snape whispered.

"Yes you did! You chose to go! You chose to go play hero!" Draco accused viciously.

Nymphadora just stood there, she had never seen Draco so angry like this. It was so bad he was actually shaking with rage, and she didn't want to interfere to make him more cross.

"Draco, please you have to understand...if the Dark Lord wins this war...we will all perish. I couldn't let that happen...I wouldn't be able to bare it if you got killed. I would have no one to look after, no more arrogant comments, no more insults. Draco I didn't just do it because of Dumbledore's orders, I did it because I was thinking of what you would be like without all the pain and worry. I just want you safe." Snape said in a voice that proved he was getting irate.

Draco turned his head to the side stubbornly and let out a small sob followed by a hiccup before whispering, "Just go away."

Snape looked at Draco with a bit a sad look on his face before turning around and walking out the door.

Nymphadora looked at Draco with a angry yet sympathetic look, she knew her cousin was just feeling betrayed and hurt and she knew very well how that felt, but she would agree that the boy didn't have to treat his godfather like that even if he was hurting.

She let out a sigh and walked out the door to go find Severus and talk to him.

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Draco stirred finely, he looked around the room and saw that it was dark, no lights were on.

He sat up only to let out a hiss of pain due to his damaged ribs which were still bandaged, he jumped when he heard the familiar sound of someone apparating into the room.

He grabbed his wand from the stand next to him and whispered, "Lumos Maxima." and a beam of bright light erupted form his wand lighting the room, he looked around and saw the zombie form of his mother standing a ways away from him.

Draco just stared for a few seconds, eyes wide with terror.

Draco aimed his wand at her. "St-upefy!" he cried and a blue light erupted from his wand and hit her but it didn't effect her.

She suddenly lunged at him tackling him to the ground with a loud cry her hands wrapped around his neck tightly.

He tried to call for help but all that came out was a strangled cry. He kicked watched as she pulled out a silver dagger that Draco recognized as his aunt Bellatrix's, deep in his head he kept refusing to fight back and it was until she plunged the dagger into his leg that he cried out and used his small amount of gathered strength to push her off of him and started to try and crawl away from her.

She stood up and Draco shrank back against the wall letting out small whimper.

Narcissa's body suddenly stopped and eyed Draco her hollow eyes filled with something resembling fear.

"Draco?" She asked quietly.

Draco looked at her fearfully but to his surprise Narcissa reached out and placed a hand on his cheek with gentle care.

Draco looked into her eyes and saw sadness.

"Draco...baby, you have to destroy me...I don't want to hurt you...I can't maintain control for long. Draco, kill me...please." She said in a soft hushed voice.

Draco was surprised to his his mother's voice, she was really herself.

"Mum...I can't, can't loose you again..." Draco sobbed as he picked up his wand with a shaking hand.

"Draco...baby, I love you, but you need to do this. Please, for me." She said quietly.

Draco's eyes welled with tears and he nodded his head and aimed his wand at her.

The bedroom door swung open just as Draco's wand lit up and Nymphadora and Snape hurried in but froze when they saw Narcissa.

"Confringo!" Draco cried and a bright light erupted form the wand and when the spell hit her body it burst into flames until it burnt to a crisp and into nothingness.

Draco watched with tear filled eyes as his mother's body disappeared and all that remained was black puffs of smoke coming up from the spot that she had been laying in, he sank to his knees sobbing, then he jerked forward and retched once upon smelling the horrid scent of a burnt decaying body.

Severus was too stunned that Draco had actually gotten rid of the body that he couldn't find the will to move, Nymphadora looked at her cousin and watched with a heavy heart as he continued to cry before walking over to him and kneeling down and wrapping her arms around her cousin.

"She's gone..." Draco sobbed into her arm.

"Shh...cous, I'm sorry. We didn't know she was here..." Tonks whispered into his ear.

Severus finely walked over to Draco and started to inspect his leg that had been stabbed.

"I'm sorry." He said softly as he rested his non injured hand on Draco's shoulder, his other arm was in a sling due to Lucius injuring it on the mission.

"I want her back..." Draco cried. "I know cous...I'm so sorry, but these things happen...it'll be okay." Tonks whispered in Draco's ear as she tried to calm him.

Draco was reminded of his mother for a brief second, the way his cousin was acting towards him it reminded him of her, he let out a small hiccup as more sobs and tears came, but eventually he started to calm down and his body stopped shaking as he took a deep breath, even though tears still sparkled in his gray-pale blue eyes.

When he finely let go of his metamorphagus cousin she looked at him with a sad expression.

"It'll be okay cous." She said quietly as she touched his face with a gentle hand.

Draco just nodded his head, but the two adults could tell that the boy wasn't completely convinced.

Snape grabbed Draco under the arms helped pull him up to his feet, Draco stumbled upon his leg being unsteady at the moment so the potions master walked him back over to the bed where Draco sat down on the edge staring at the floor.

"Mrs. Weasley, Snape, Sirius, Mad-Eye, and...Remus, they ran into a bunch of Death Eaters in Diagon Alley." Tonks said quietly to Draco who glanced up at her.

"Anybody...get killed?" he asked quietly.

"Well according to Mad-Eye, Sirius has a big gash in his shoulder. Macnair was captured and sent to Azkaban...Snape killed Rookwood, and seriously injured Bellatrix, but Rodolphus and your father got away taking her with them, but don't know if she lived." Nymphadora explained.

"You killed Rookwood? But shouldn't you be in Azkaban...if you used the killing curse?" Draco squeaked fearfully.

"I didn't use the killing curse Draco. I used a different spell." Snape replied.

Draco breathed a small sigh and watched as Snape pulled out a vial and lay Draco out so it was stretched forward, he dripped a few drops of the potion into the stab wound and it started to fix itself.

Draco slowly got off the bed and stood there trying to balance himself, then lowered his pants leg and looked at Snape with a glare.

Severus frowned and opened his mouth to speak but stopped when the blond raised his wand and aimed it at him.

"I hate you..." he whispered hoarsely.

"What?" Snape asked quietly.

Draco's glare increased ten fold and he bared his teeth in anger.

"IF YOU HADN'T LEFT THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED!! You left me to go on that stupid mission! You said that you would help me get through this! But you left me! Even after I told you what would happen!" he cried while the tip of his wand lit up as he threatened to hex the man, who had one arm in a sling from it being badly injured by his father during his mission.

"Draco, I had to go...if we want to stop Voldemort I had to do that mission." Snape said.

"But I was almost killed! Do you not care! Did you not mean what you said that you want to be there for me, to be able to give me the love and affection that my father should have given me! Or was that a lie too? Should I just go back to him and turn myself over to him? Would that make you happy?" Draco screamed as the tears started leaking form his eyes again.

Snape was taken aback by Draco's words, he didn't know that Draco felt so strongly over this. "Of course I did, Draco...I care about you a great deal...I meant every word but-"

"THEN WHY!" Draco yelled.

"I had no choice..." Snape whispered.

"Yes you did! You chose to go! You chose to go play hero!" Draco accused viciously.

Nymphadora just stood there, she had never seen Draco so angry like this. It was so bad he was actually shaking with rage, and she didn't want to interfere to make him more cross.

"Draco, please you have to understand...if the Dark Lord wins this war...we will all perish. I couldn't let that happen...I wouldn't be able to bare it if you got killed. I would have no one to look after, no more arrogant comments, no more insults. Draco I didn't just do it because of Dumbledore's orders, I did it because I was thinking of what you would be like without all the pain and worry. I just want you safe." Snape said in a voice that proved he was getting irate.

Draco turned his head to the side stubbornly and let out a small sob followed by a hiccup before whispering, "Just go away."

Snape looked at Draco with a bit a sad look on his face before turning around and walking out the door.

Nymphadora looked at Draco with a angry yet sympathetic look, she knew her cousin was just feeling betrayed and hurt and she knew very well how that felt, but she would agree that the boy didn't have to treat his godfather like that even if he was hurting.

She let out a sigh and walked out the door to go find Severus and talk to him.