Chapter 6
Draco was having a horrible day. Usually his nightmares weren’t too bad, especially when he slept with Hermione wrapped up in his arms, something about her calmed him, but he couldn’t stop the onslaught of memories, this was the day that he had been asked to crucio a fellow student, not just any student either. He was asked, practically forced to crucio a little first year. That memory of the little first year muggle born with defiant eyes and a head of curly hair-with the way she screamed about the weakest crucio he could muster, she deserved an award for her acting- combined with the mass of curls trying to strangle him as he woke up, he was not having a good day.
Ever the perceptive witch, Hermione could tell something was wrong. Draco was different, he wasn’t acting like his old self but he was distant with her, she didn’t like that. “Draco?” She asked, no answer “Draco?” She tried again. No answer pansy and Harry hadn’t emerged from his room so she felt safe in her decision to crawl into his lap pulling her hair out of his face she wrapped herself around him. “Draco?” She whispered again. No response except his arms coming to wrap around her. “Are you okay? We can talk about it.” With a sigh he responded “A year ago today was the first time I had to crucio a student as a punishment for her, I tried to make it as painless as possible but her screams…they’re just an endless loop.”
“Would it help if you apologized to her?”
“I don’t know where she is.”
“What did she look like?” Another sigh, “Brown curly hair and these big green eyes. She definitely looked as if you and Harry combined your features.”
“Maybe we can find her and you can apologize?” He just nodded, if this was the case he had a lot of apologising to do.
“I’m sorry.” He said after some time, “for what?”
“I promised to help you get better. Not just dump all of this on you.”
“You also promised to let ne be there to help you. Let me help.”
Throughout the day both he and Hermione look for her, he should’ve asked for her name as he was in her mind, well it was too late now, but he would apologize to her.
For the first time that year Hermione and Draco skipped classes in favor of their room.