(y/n) - your name

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"Ron, your ex scares the shit out of me." (y/n) whispers as the four friends walk together through the Hogwarts hallways.

"Not to mention annoying. She has been pestering me for the past month while you were in the hospital wing. Nagging me about you." Harry sighs, looking at his friend that they had picked up from the said hospital wing once he was finally better.

"She's glares at me while snapping spoons!" Hermione exclaims.

"Sorry guys..." Ron winces, rubbing the back of his neck hearing how crazy his ex is.

"So what did you want to talk to us about Harry?" (y/n) changes the conversation, remembering that he got all of them together for a reason.

"I think Malfoy is using the Room of Requirement." he speaks up, making the Hufflepuff go rigid for a second.

How'd he find out that quickly!?

"Hermione, is the Room of Requirement unplottable?" Harry asks and she nods.

"If one wants it to be."

"Then that would explain why I thought Malfoy was leaving the castle when he disappeared off the map. He was just going to the Room of Requirement." the boy explains.

"But what is he doing in there?" Ron asks.

"I don't know. I'm going to go try to get in between classes tomorrow."

"But we have apparition lessons later on in Hogsmeade Harry. It's the last class before the holidays." Hermione points out.

"Do I have to go to those?" (y/n) asks and her friends shrug.

"It's up to you but it might help to learn." Hermione says but the Hufflepuff was more worried about Harry getting into the Room of Requirement.

"I'll practise over the coming Easter Holiday."

And keep an eye on Harry in the meantime.

"Harry you really should practice." Ron says.

"Yeah, you never know when I might not be there to save your skull if Cormac decides to pelt the bludger at you again in quidditch." (y/n) snickers, Harry wincing when he remembered that close call. "I still can't believe you won't let me send him into space for that shit move."

"Because we would get in trouble (y/n)!" her friends exclaim and she smiles sheepishly at them.

"Ok ok! I won't do it. No chance anyway since everyone is going home..."

"Are you staying here?" Harry asks and the Hufflepuff nods.

"You can always come stay over with us." Ron says.

"Nah I think I just need some peace and quiet for a bit. Thank your brothers for the birthday gift for me though."

"But-"

"-I'll see you guys later ok. Don't cause trouble." (y/n) quickly says, looking around before turning invisible and flying off. She was searching for Draco once more, noticing how he doesn't go home anymore during the holidays. She went to the Room of Requirement but didn't see him inside working on the cabinet, flying out to search around the castle. She quickly stops, hearing whispered conversations from the abandoned girl's bathroom. The one with the irritable ghost girl.

She silently flies in, peeking past the door to see Myrtle hovering next to a crying Draco. "I failed. Again. I failed to keep her safe, keep my parents safe! He's going to kill me!" Myrtle looks over at (y/n), knowing that she was there. She signals her over, the ghost girl sitting down next to the boy who shook with terror.

Myrtle let (y/n) take her spot next to Draco, not complaining about the girl phasing through her to let her lean into her love. The Slytherin sobs when he feels someone hugging him, burying his head against her shoulder as her arms wrapped around him. He felt comfort for the longest time ever, closing his eyes shut to hold onto her desperately. It's been so long since he didn't feel like he was alone. Myrtle phased away to let the Hufflepuff comfort her love without him knowing.

(y/n) leans her head on top of Draco's, tearing up from finally being able to hold him and comfort him as she ran her fingers through his hair. He clung onto her tightly, her arms squeezing around him to give him a sense of security. The Slytherin soon cried himself to sleep in the Hufflepuff's arms, the girl looking up to see Myrtle pouting as she hovered above the couple.

"Thank you, Myrtle." the ghost girl grins from the whispered sign of appreciation, nodding and disappearing.

(y/n) leaves a lingering kiss on Draco's forehead, wiping his tears away as his hands never let her go. "(y/n)..." he whimpers sadly in his sleep and she whispers to him that she was here.

"I'm not going anywhere Draco..."

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"Nice to see you all again." (y/n) grins as she drops herself down with her friends at the Gryffindor table, hiding her wince of pain as she hid her red streaks burning across her skin. The golden trio smile at their friend unknowing of the agony she was in, staying invisible the entire Easter Holiday just to be able to stay with Draco as he stayed in the Room of Requirement the entire time. She was there when he cried, there when he grew infuriated, there to keep him warm and make sure he was fed. All the while staying invisible so he wouldn't know she was there.

Draco knew that everything that appeared to him to keep him alive was from (y/n) and it made his heart hurt, knowing that she still cared about him even if she didn't talk to him again after that night at Slughorn's Christmas party.

The golden trio smile at their friend and asked her what she did over the Easter Holidays. They all got caught up again, the Hufflepuff shuddering when she feels someone glaring at her and she turns around to see Lavender sending glares at the table. "Jesus Christ Ron..." Harry looks up after perusing the HalfBlood Prince's Potion book, his eyes lingering over the sectumsempra spell to see what (y/n) was referring to. 

Ron was making it snow and Hermione stopped him before he asked the question that had been lingering on his mind for a while. "Tell me again how I broke up with Lavender?" Harry, Hermione and (y/n) glance at each other.

"Um, well, she came to visit you in the hospital, and you talked-I don't believe it was particularly a long conversation." Hermione tries to come up with some sort of explanation without exposing herself.

"Don't get me wrong. I'm bloody thrilled to be shot of her. It's just she seems... a bit put out." Ron says, the four friends turning around to glance at Lavender and are rewarded with a lethal squint.

"Yes, she does, doesn't she? And you say you don't remember a thing from that night? Anything at all?" Hermione hopes.

"There was something." Hermione hangs onto Ron's word, Harry and (y/n) looking at each other with wide eyes before turning back to their friends. "But it can't be. I was completely boggled, wasn't I?"

"Right. Boggled..." Hermione slumps back, frowning while Harry and (y/n) went back to reading.

"Harry. That's Katie! Katie Bell!" Hermione grabs his attention, him quickly looking up when a group of girls walk past the four friends. Harry immediately gets up with the Half-Blood Prince book to check on the girl and see if she was ok.

"Katie. How are you?" the Gryffindor asks when he approaches her.

"I know you're going to ask, Harry. But I don't know who cursed me. I've been trying to remember. Honestly. But I just... can't..." Katie's eyes shift and she goes ashen. Harry turns and follows her gaze to find Malfoy.

(y/n) shudders and quickly looks up from her book, eyes wide when she sees Draco for the first time in public after a long time. She saw the terror in his eyes as he saw Katie, Harry picking up on his fear as well and his accusations were confirmed when the Slytherin quickly retreated out of the Great Hall.

"Harry! Harry don't!" (y/n) quickly gets up as the boy runs after Draco, falling out of her seat but she quickly gets up to run after them.

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Draco wheezes as he gets to the abandoned bathroom, feeling sick and terrified for his life. He finally realised the terrible path he was forced on after seeing Katie, thinking that she would tell everyone that it was him who cursed her. Everyone would know what he'd done, everyone would know that he was a Death Eater.

She would know...

He pulls his sweater off as his anxiety skyrocketed, his world dizzying for a bit before he scrambled to splash water on his face.

Don't give up.

I won't give up.

It's too late.

He knew it was his end, he had failed his mission completely now. He wouldn't be able to murder the headmaster. Voldemort was going to kill him and her.

This was the end of the line for him and he sobbed as he held the sink tightly. 

I was supposed to protect her!

I failed you (y/n)...

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(y/n) pushed past the students that blocked her way, trying to run after Harry to not do anything rash and she grows frustrated from the amount of students. She pushes into a dim hallway, quickly turning invisible and flying off, She zoomed past the students, not caring that everything blew away from her speed. 

Where is he!?

Where could he be!?

She panics, trying to figure out where Draco would go and she completely stops knowing the one place he would hide in. She quickly turns around and flies up through the multiple floors, breaking through the brick and ceiling to reach the abandoned bathrooms. She heard fighting and she burst through the doors, dropping down harshly as a cloud of red smoked around her feet.

"Harry stop!" (y/n) yells out as she blocks his way when he comes out of the bathrooms, his wand drawn and rage shaking his body. He glares at her, seeing Draco standing behind her and he grew angry at the fact that she was protecting him.

"Why are you protecting him!?"

"You know why!" she snaps back, her skin burning her clothes as the red streaks broke through. She flinched her head harshly from the pain, eyes flaring red as her powers burst around her hands. "Back down. Now!"

"He's the one doing all this! Trying to kill the headmaster, cursing people! He's working for Voldemort and you're protecting him!?" Harry screams at her. 

"Don't do something you're going to regret!" (y/n) yells back, trying to intimidate the Gryffindor with her powers that she wasn't actually going to use on him but he took it the wrong way.

"Guess it's true, Slytherins only stick with each other. I'm sorry (y/n)." before she could do anything, Harry casts a spell and sends her flying against a wall before attacking Draco. "Sectumsempra!"

"DRACO!" the Hufflepuff screams out as he flies back, scrambling onto her feet as blood spurts from his face and scarlet slashes ooze through the white of his shirt. Multiple cuts appear on his body as she falls to her knees next to him, his blood mixing with the water as he cries out in pain.

Draco cries as he sees (y/n) cry for him, her hand shaking as she held him. "(y/n)-"

"-ENOUGH!" she screams out as she cuts Harry off, a burst of red sending him out of the bathroom. She picks Draco up in her arms and she quickly flies them away to the room of requirement, her bedroom door appearing as she flies in and gently sets him down on the carpet.

"(y/n)..." he chokes, shaking his head knowing what she was going to do. "Please don't..." he deserved this, she didn't. 

This would be his only way out.

He cries against her shoulder as she holds him up tightly in his arms and rocks him gently. A low red glow surrounded his body and he begs her to stop, feeling his body heal up as the slashes close up on his skin. He gets feeling and strength back in his arms to hug her back as she trembles in his arms, her hands holding the back of his neck and waist soothingly.