A Fight For Her Heart

by Aurelia
 
 

Chapter 2
 

"Potter, what do you mean?" I said incredulously. Me? Fight him? Over Hermione? Why?

"You heard me," her said, his jaw set firmly. "Duel. To the death."

"Harry," Hermione said quietly. "Don't do this to me."

Potter had already pulled his wand out. "Come on, Malfoy," he said. I reluctantly pulled out my wand. "Potter,
please, I don't want trouble," I said, pleading with him. Imagine. A Malfoy, pleading. Impossible.
 

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"Harry," I heard her say. "No, please." I was too angry. How could this... this filth be Hermione's boyfriend?
I shuddered. "Hermione, count to three."

"Potter," he said, his wand at the ready. "Potter-"

"Shut up," I interuppted him. "Hermione, count to three."

Draco thought for a moment, then said, "All right."

Hermione had tears in her eyes as she said, "No, please..." A gave her a look that silenced her, and she
seemed to understand that if she didn't count, I would get him off guard.
 

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Biting my lip, I looked over at Draco. His pale face was white as a ghost, but he gave me a slight nod, telling
me that I had to. "One..." I said softly. "Two.... Three."

In a flash of blinding light, I heard two voices yell together. Draco's said, "Expelliarmus!" but Harry's... Oh,
Harry's said something so horrible, I couldn't believe my ears: "Imperio!"

Suddenly, Draco's wand was handed to Harry, as I saw in his eyes the struggle he was making.

"Harry! Oh, Harry, please, don't!" I said, as I saw Draco pull out the knife. "Harry!" I screeched as I saw the
knife drop.
 

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I was as if someone else was trying to stab me. All I saw was the knife dropping, then moving to the side.
Wait, that was /me/ who had moved it! I turned and faced Potter. "Dirty little trick," I said. "Give me back
my wand.

He didn't. Instead, he yelled, "Petrificus Totalus!" waving his wand towards... Hermione. Her eyes bulged,
and she fell over, her eyes rolling wildly. "Potter!" I yelled, launging at him.

I took him by surprise. We both fell, and exchanged punches. Finally, he threw me off, and I hit my head.
As I was trying to recover, Potter used his wand to tie me up. Shaking my head, I saw that Hermione was
recovering. "Potter!" I yelled as the knife came up. "Harry!" she screamed as it came down.
 

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I knew that he was dead. As soon as the knife hit, I knew.

"Draco!" I screamed, rushing to his side. Looking up at Harry, I saw a smug look on his face. The kind
you would wear after beating something you've been trying hard to beat. "How could you?" I said through
clenched teeth. "How /could/ you?"
 

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I looked down at the dead face, and felt an odd sense of smugness. I did it. It didn't even bother me that
Hermione was so upset. She was mine. That's how it was supposed to be, right? She was supposed to see
the error of her ways, and like me, right?

"Well, I won," I commented proudly.

"You are /despicable/!" she spat at me. Then she walked right up to me and slapped me across the cheek.
 

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Oh, it felt good to do it. The shocked look in his eyes was like a sudden rush to me. I knew what I had
to do. I left the astronomy tower that night with tears flowing freely down my face. I walked straight to
Professor McGonagall's office, and knocked.
 

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"Yes? Come in!" I called, wondering who it could possibly be at this time of the night. I was still awake,
correcting Transfiguration papers, but as far as I knew, the students weren't supposed to be.

As the door opened, I saw a picture that was very foregn to me. Hermione Granger was stepping inside
my office, crying.

"What happened?" I asked, concerned.
 

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It was now or never. I had to say it. "Professor McGonagall, Harry Potter just killed Draco Malfoy."
 
 
 

A/N: Aurelia: Wow, Dev, you're a pretty good writer!
Devonny: I know.
Draco: Why did you have to kill me off?
Devonny: Drama.
Babaganoush: Hey, I haven't been writing at all!
Aurelia: Next story.
Harry: Herm, did you really have to hit that hard?
Hermione: Sorry, I was in the moment.
Ron: Where am I when all this happens?
Devonny: In bed.
Ron: Oh.
Aurelia: Anyways, I'm not sure what else to write right now, so r/r and if you have any ideas, give them! Please!

Disclaimer: Oh yeah, none of this belongs to me. All J. K. Rowling's.
 

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