In Hope Of Answers (Draco/Emil/Minerva)

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Draco Malfoy and Minerva McGonagall did not first meet under the most pleasant of circumstances. However, that was ages ago when Draco was a royal brat of an eleven year old who disrespected everyone aside from the few who truly mattered to him at the time. Decades had of course changed things. Draco now had the utmost respect for the Headmistress. As Minister, he had spoke highly of her on numerous occasions and how she had continued to make Hogwarts one of the finest educational institutions of witchcraft and wizardry in the world. When she was kidnapped, he made every effort to locate her, playing his own part in the Aurors recovering her...

And now, not only did he respect her, he believed she could very well be the key to finding and arresting the Dark Lady and ending the chaos happening in the Wizarding World once and for all.

Draco had sent an owl ahead of time to make sure that Minerva wasn't caught off guard by the arrival of Draco and his Senior Undersecretary. She was no doubt recovering from her ordeal and he wanted to make sure she was ready to talk before they had such a conversation. Arriving at a later hour as to not attract attention from the students and other staff, Draco made his way to the high tower. Turning to Emil and nodding, he knocked on the office door.

"Headmistress McGonagall?" he said. "It's Draco Malfoy and Emil Zephyrinus."

MINERVA MCGONAGALL @emilfelipe

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Anxious to look for a resolution to the suspicions he had held regarding the Dark Lady, Emil hastened to Hogwarts to meet the Headmistress at last. He had been persistent in pursuing and dueling the evil forces; and he simply would not relent anytime soon, not when such an imperative knowledge was available at hand.

Whenever thoughts about the Headmistress and her excruciation flashed into his mind, his chest would fill with a surge of temper at the despicable injustice – the Headmistress had done no fault and wronged no one. On the contrary, she had been most venerable and wise to everyone. Emil could not imagine the tremendous hatred buried deep within someone to torture Minerva. Yet somehow, a glimmer of possibility dawned upon him, that the elusive culprit had once been tutored within this very castle.

But every figment of doubt should find their clarity, soon enough.

Emil nodded to Draco, in return. As Draco knocked on the wooden door, Emil waited raptly for a sign of life to beckon them into the office of the Headmistress of Hogwarts.

@dracomalfoy MINERVA MCGONAGALL

[MINERVA MCGONAGALL]

Minerva was more than aware of what happened to her. As she sat behind her desk in her office, staring at the empty couch across from her, she whimpered, her mind flashing back to the basement of the Black Army headquarters. Her feeble hands shook and she heard a shushing from behind her, but she ignored all and could only see the dark, dank space of the basement and feel her limbs shaking from torture as a figure towered over her.
”Headmistress McGonagall?”
Minerva looked up and stared at the door separating her from the people behind it. She didn’t know whether to move them away so she could be alone, or embrace them so she wouldn’t have to. ”It’ll be alright,” she heard behind her. Minerva looked to the portrait of Albus who stared down at her from over the brim of the glasses perched on the end of his nose. That familiar face she wished so much was real held the same smile as the last time she saw it in person. Sighing, she grabbed her cane and stood up, putting her weight on it as she stumbled toward the door to let in the Minister and his Senior Undersecretary.
”Come in,” she noted to them as she opened the door. Minerva turned round and returned to her seat behind the desk, making a small ‘oomph’ as she sat down. ”I know why you’re here, but you’ll have to…have to be patient with me.”

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Draco entered and now for the first time saw the toll the incident had taken on McGonagall. He knew now he would have to be careful not to upset her, not to go into places that no doubt haunted the dear woman. Draco sighed, but then gave her a small smile.

"Good evening, Headmistress," he said. "It's good to see you here and safe again." Again, his voice echoed the respect he had shown McGonagall since he wised up so many years ago.

"Of course," he said when she asked him and Emil to be patient. "We only ask to hear that which you wish to discuss, Headmistress. Any help you provide us will be greatly appreciated and no doubt quite useful."

Draco seated himself and pondered over where to begin. Seeing McGonagall's condition caused his original game plan to falter a bit. Finally, he looked at her.

"If we may start from the beginning, could you tell us what you recall from the night you were kidnapped?" he asked. "Perhaps in that alone, we can find out what else this Dark Lady was up to."

MINERVA MCGONAGALL

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As with Draco; Emil was astonished, seeing the amount of suffering which the Headmistress was forced into. Her alabaster skin was paler than he ever remembered, trembling visibly with agitation; and he noticed the way she struggled to maintain her balance. The cane she was holding was a constant reminder of her torture. A raging tempest was rising up within his chest, but he resolved to remain as calm as possible in her presence, not wishing to traumatise the poor woman.

Emil dismissed his grievous thoughts and looked on at her, respectably.

"Good evening, Headmistress McGonagall."

He noticed a blazing determination still alive within those green irises. As frail as she was, her best interest had, and always would be, for Hogwarts; and Emil respected her deeply for that.

"Should there be anything you wish, dear Headmistress, please do not hesitate to express them," Emil said. "And of course, as Draco had agreed, rest assured that we shall be patient."

@dracomalfoy MINERVA MCGONAGALL