New Beginnings

Chapter 24: Unfortunate Happenings.

It was now a week till the last day of school. Sarah was happy with her relationship with Draco and there hadn’t been a problem between them at all.

Sarah sat at the Slytherin table with Draco. She was feeling a little ill and didn’t feel like eating her dinner. She looked up and down the tables when here eyes landed on Matthew. Matthew was staring at her, shoving food in to his mouth.
Sarah looked away, feeling her stomach churn uncomfortably. She stood up to go out side and get some fresh air. She was beginning to feel as though she couldn’t breathe.
“Where are you going?” Draco asked.
“Um, outside. I need to get some air.” Sarah answered.
“Ok, do you want me to come with you?”
“No it’s ok. You just sit and eat. I’ll be alright.” Sarah patted him on the shoulder reassuringly and then walked out of the hall. She walked out on to the damp grass and took in a good deep breath of air. She walked around for a little while till she found a dry spot to sit on.

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Matthew watched as Sarah left the hall and stood up to follow. This was going to be the perfect time for him to do what he had to do. He watched her as she sat down from behind a bush. He thought that he might wait a little till it was a little bit more dark.

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Sarah looked over the lake. She had been sitting here for a long while now and was about to stand up to leave when she heard footsteps come up behind her.
“Draco?” Sarah turned around and saw someone else. “What do you ?”
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“I just wanted to talk.” Matthew said calmly, sitting himself down next to her.
“Bullocks!” Sarah stood up. Matthew grabbed her ankle.
“Remember what happened when you last walked away from me.” Matthew held on to her and pulled himself up.
“LET ME GO!” Sarah shouted. Matthew let her go and she ran off. Matthew ran after her. Sarah ran as fast as she could, but it wasn’t working. Matthew grabbed Sarah’s neck and pulled him close to her.
“Don’t ever do that again!” Matthew pulled out his knife. Sarah gasped. She looked down at the blade that had run across her skin before.

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Draco thought that it would be ok now to go outside and call Sarah in. it was getting quite late and he didn’t like her being outside on her own.


Sarah stood there, taking in deep breaths as Matthew held the knife to her throat.
“Tell me what you want.” Sarah whispered in fear.
“I want you… dead.”
“Why?” Sarah asked.
“Because you can destroy us.” Matthew snarled.
“Who’s us?”
“The dark lord and all of his followers.”
“You are one of them?” Sarah gasped.
“Yes I am.” Matthew cackled.

Draco walked outside and saw two shadows standing about 10 meters away from him. He could tell that one of them was Sarah, he didn’t know who the other person was. He heat ached at the thought of her being with someone else.
“Get off of her!” Draco yelled as he walked towards them. Matthew looked at Draco.
“Go away.” Matthew growled. Draco walked closer and saw the knife at Sarah’s throat.
“What are you doing?” Draco asked.
“Oh just my luck. Twople ple in one night.” Matthew smirked.
“Let her go!” Draco ran at Matthew. Matthew moved his knife towards Draco and cut his hand.
“No!” Sarah cried. Draco stepped back and looked at his hand that had blood pouring from it. Matthew pulled his knife forward then pulled it back, stabbing Sarah in her lower stomach. “AH!” Sarah cried in pain. Matthew pulled out the knife and pushed Sarah to the ground.
“Sarah!” Draco tried to run to her but Matthew stuck out his knife. “Why did you do that?”
“It was her time to go.” Matthew walked towards Draco. Draco could hear Sarah crying. Matthew jumped forward and slashed Draco’s stomach.
“Fucking bastard.” Draco held the big red gash across his stomach. Immediately his shirt was covered with his blood. Matthew took this time as another opportunity to hurt Draco again. Matthew lunged forward and slashed his knife across Draco’s right thigh. “Ah!” Draco pulled out his wand from his back pocket. “Accio knife!” Draco yelled. Matthews knife flew out of his hand and into Draco’s.
“No!” Matthew went to get the knife back. Draco held the knife out in front of him and Matthew impaled himself upon it. Draco looked at the knife sticking out of Matthew’s right chest, just where his heart would be. Draco pulled out the knife and Matthew fell to the floor. Draco dropped the knife and limped over to Sarah’s side. Not really thinking about the big cuts he had received.
“Sarah?” Draco turned Sarah on to her back. Sarah was clutching her stomach.
“Draco.” Sarah cried.
“Yeah its me.” Draco looked down at the amount of blood that appeared all over Sarah.
“I feel so sore. I need to sleep.” Sarah’s eyes began to flutter shut.
“No, don’t fall asleep.” Draco began to pull Sarah up.
“I need to.” Sarah whispered.
“Don’t!” Draco demanded. He pulled her in to his arms and began to walk as fast as he could back in to the school, which wasn’t to fast at all. He walked halfway when finally the pain in his leg and on his chest started to get to him. He tried to keep walking, he wasn’t going to let Sarah go.
Draco began to feel tired and couldn’t walk anymore. He rested against the wall and slid down. Sarah rested on his lap. Sarah knew what was happening. She began to think of Ron, Harry and Hermione. She tried as hard as she could to think, just to try and get a message thought to them. Draco sat there feeling bad, wishing he could do something to help.

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Ron, Harry and Hermione ran down from their bedrooms. The looked at each other oddly.
“Did you see her too?” Hermione asked them.
“Yes.” Ron and Harry nodded.
“Do you think we should go?” Hermione looked a little scared.
“Yeah, just to be safe.” Harry led them both out of the common room. They all ran though the hallways as quietly as they could trying not to be caught. The ran through a hallway and saw two people laying down on the stone cold floor.
“Oh my god!” Hermione ran towards them. She looked down at Draco and Sarah, seeing a pile of their mixed Blood. Ron and Harry ran up behind her.
“Sarah!” Ron bent down by her side. Draco’s eyes opened.
“Um, Draco you stay still.” Hermione pushed him down. “Ron, Harry you two take Sarah to the infirmary. Harry helped Ron pull Sarah up in to Ron’s arms.
“What about you?” Ron asked.
“I’ll watch Draco.” Hermione replied.
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“Come.” Harry led the way.
“Draco?” Hermione whispered.
“Hmm.” Draco mumbled. He didn’t feel to great. “Sarah, help her.”
“Ron and Harry already took her.” Hermione assured. Sas aas actually being nice to the boy that she has despised since she started here at Hogwarts. “Draco what happened?” Hermione wanted to find out what happened.
“Matthew.” Draco whispered.
“Oh!” Hermione was in shock. He did this, not again. “Why?” Hermione sat down against the wall feeling sick and sad. “Why did he have to do this to her again?”
“Again?” Draco sat up, slowly.
“Um, he had hurt her before Draco, she didn’t want me to tell anyone.” Hermione informed.
“FUCKING HELL!” Draco shouted. “You know if you told me this wouldn’t have happened!” Draco was angry at Hermione. “She wouldn’t be fucking dying. I thought you’d be smarter then that Granger!”
“I promised her I wouldn’t tell anyone.” Hermione felt a tear fall from her ey “Y “Yeah and look where its gotten her.” Draco put his head in his hands. Forgetting the pain in his hand, stomach and leg.
“I’m sorry! I wanted to tell Dumbledore but she wouldn’t let me!” Hermione cried.
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear it.” Draco put his hands over his ears. Hermione sat there crying.


Ron and Harry rushed Sarah in to the infirmary and placed her on a bed. Madam Pomfrey came out of her office.
“What are you all doing here this late?” Madam Pomfrey snapped, she then looked at Sarah and closed her mouth. She rushed over to Sarah’s side. “What has happened?”
“We don’t know.” Ron said. He looked down and saw that his robes and Harry’s were covered in blood.
“There is another one coming too.” Harry added. Madam Pomfrey began to take off Amelia’s clothing.
“Someone go and get professor Dumbledore. This is an extremely serious matter.”
“I’ll go.” Ron left the infirmary and ran though the hallways. He saw Draco sitting there with his head in his hands and Hermione was crying. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing is wrong, we’re fine.” Hermione sniffed.
“OK.” Ron kept running until he got to Dumbledore’s office. he got to the gargoyle. “Lemon tea drop.” The gargoyle moved to reveal a set of spiral steps. Ron ran up the steps and knocked on the door.
“Come in.” Dumbledore said. The door swung open and Ron walked in. Dumbledore raised his eye brow seeing the amount of blood that was all over Ron’s robes. “What is it Mr Weasley?”
“Um, you need to go to the infirmary now. It’s Sarah.” Ron said breathlessly.
“What has happened?” Dumbledorecklyckly rushed over to his office door.
“I don’t actually know. She’s been stabbed or something.” Ron replied.
“Come Mr. Weasley.” Dumbledore left his office and rushed towards the infirmary. They ran in to Draco and Hermione sitting against the wall on the way. “Mr. Malfoy Miss Granger both of you to the infirmary now!” Dumbledore ordered. Hermione stood up and tried to help the weak Draco.
“Get off me.” Draco growled. Hermione left him and walked of after Ron and Dumbledore. Draco limped behind them feeling angry and upset, actually he felt as though he was going to cry but didn’t, a Malfoy never cried.
Dumbledore walked into the infirmary and saw Sarah laying on the bed. Her skin stained with blood and he body limp. Immediately his heart broke, once again he had let her down. Dumbledore walked up to her bed side.
“Poppy how is she?” Dumbledore asked with an extremely concerned tone.
“Albus I fear that this is no good. I do not think I can do anything.” Poppy sighed.
“No this can not be.”bledbledore dropped his head. Draco came in to the infirmary and looked over. He looked at Sarah and at how Dumbledore was looking and knew that nothing could be good.
“I have done as much as I can. If she is alright I expect that she would be in a deep sleep for a few days, even more.” Madam Pomfrey secured the bandage on Sarah’s stomach. “I recommend you bring someone from St Mungo’s in.”
“Yes, Very well.” Dumbledore turned around and looked at Draco. “I shall speak to you in the morning Mr. Malfoy.” Draco just nodded. He thought about Matthew laying on the floor outside. What if someone woke up early and happened to see him.
“I got to go.” Draco limped away.
“Mr. Malfoy you are in no state-” Madam Pomfrey started. Draco kept walking.
“I’ll watch him.” Ron followed Draco.
“Mr Potter, Miss Granger it would be good if you both leave. You can come back tomorrow.”
“Ok.” Hermione left the infirmary, Harry followed. “I can’t believe I was so stupid.”
“It wasn’t your fault Mione.” Harry comforted.
“No Harry it was. She told me something and I never told Dumbledore, if I did she wouldn’t be in the infirmary.”
“She wouldn’t blame you.”


“Weasley I can do this on my own. I don’t need you following me.” Draco spat.
“Malfoy right now you’re not as tough as you thought you were.” Ron walked at Draco’s side.
“I killed him you know.” Draco sighed.
“Who?” Ron looked puzzled.
“Matthew, he did this to us.”
“You killed him?”
“Yeah, stabbed him right in the heart.” Draco moved his right hand to his chest. “I didn’t mean to, he ran at me and well you know.”
“Um, I’m sure you won’t get in trouble. Sarah will wake up and tell them what happened.” Ron rubbed his chest at the thought of being stabbed in the heart.
“Yeah, and what if she doesn’t?” Draco asked angrily. Ron frowned.
“I know she will. She doesn’t give up to easily.” Ron assured.
“I hope so.” Draco stumbled and fell against the wall. Ron rushed to help him up.
“Ah, are you ok.” Ron held Draco up. He was actually helping the boy that he had hated since his first year here at Hogwarts.
“I’m fine.” Draco shook Ron’s hand away. Draco stood at the front of Snape’s office. He knocked on the door 3 times. The door opened and there stood Snape.
“What are you two doing? It’s too late-” Snape looked down at their bloody robes. “What happened?”
“We had a bit of a problem, outside.” Draco replied.
“What kind of problem.” Snape crossed his arms.
“Well I’m cut, Matthew’s dead and Sarah’s badly hurt.” Draco didn’t know how to put it. Snape’s arms dropped to his side.
“It isn’t time for lies Mr Malfoy.”
“He is not lying sir.” Ron cut in. Snape’s thoughts rested with Sarah.
“Ah, then we must bring Mr. Pannet into the infirmary.” Snape stepped out of his office and closed the door behind him. “Take me to him.” Draco turned around and led Ron and Snape out to where Matthew’s body laid.
Draco walked out on to the grass and over to Matthew, laying on the ground with blood coming out of his chest. Ron stared at him, he had never actually seen a dead person. Draco turned around and picked up the bloody knife.
“Here’s the knife if you want it.” Draco held it in front of Snape’ce. ce.
“You take that Mr. Malfoy, Mr. Weasley help me take Mr. Pannet to the infirmary.” Snape walked over to Matthew’s upper body. Ron stared in awe.
“Me, me, me touch him?” Ron stuttered.
“Yes, now hurry up.” Snape picked Matthew up holding his upper. Ro. Ron walked over to Matthew’s feet and picked up higs. gs. He felt cold and hard. Ron couldn’t believe he was actually doing this. Draco led Snape and Ron to the infirmary. Snape placed Matthews upper body on the bed and Ron pushed up his legs.
“What happened to him?” Poppy asked.
“Don’t worry about him Poppy, he is dead.” Snape turned to Sarah to see her in a white gown the justeredered her breasts and exposed the big wound on her stomach. Poppy walked back over to Sarah, she took out her wand and pointed to Sarah’s stomach, then a bandage appeared over her stomach. Draco stood there staring at Sarah, inside he felt as though he was going to die, his heart kept breaking and breaking over and over again.
“There is nothing else I can do, we just have to wait till she wakes, we are waiting on the healers to come in.” Poppy sighed. Snape just sat dow Sar Sarah’s bed. Poppy turned around to Ron and Draco. “Mr. Weasley I think it would be best for you to go back to your room, I need to tend to Mr. Malfoy and there is nothing else that should be keeping you her “Um “Um, o, ok.” Ron stared at Sarah, he was extremely upset inside, he was falling apart himself, but he would not show it and he knew that she would be alright. Sarah was strong and she could get through anything. Ron left the infirmary his head hung low.
“Up on the bed Mr. Malfoy, I need to fix up your leg and stomach.” Madam Pomfrey walked over to a spare bed. Draco looked at Sarah and Snape then looked at Matthew.
“Wait.” Draco ran as quick as he could over to Matthew and jumped on top of his dead body. “You fucking bastard, I looked up to you!” Draco grabbed Matthews head and slammed it continually in to the pillow. Snap and Madam Pomfrey ran over to him and pulled him off of Matthew. “Get off me! He’s already fucking dead!” Draco grabbed at Matthew’s hair and held it.
“Let go of him DRACO!” Snape ordered. Snape pulled him off of the bed and Draco ripped out the handful of hair that he had grabbed. Draco dropped the hair to the ground.
“I fucking hate you!” Draco spat on Matthew.
“Draco, just go over to the bed.” Snape couldn’t be bothered being angry at the moment. He left Draco and then walked over to Sarah again. Draco sat on the bed and watched Snape as Madam Pomfrey tended to him.