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Chapter 5 - The hatred of a friend

"What do you know out Jane?", Jessie asked.

"She's a witch who took the life of the others.", Draco replied.

"But she missed me.", he added.

"What?", Jessie narrowed her eyes.

"Do you want to die?", Arthur pressed the poisonous blade on Draco's neck. "Easy my friend .", Draco gave a cool reply.

"Ok! I'll leave.", Draco was pleading with Arthur. "How can I believe you?", Arthur asked. "I won't come hereafter.", Draco pleaded d him again. "Leave him!", Jessie ordered Arthur. "What?", Arthur narrowed his eyes. "I said leave him!", Jessie said it again. Arthur left him. Draco took a grey ball and put that down forcefully. The ball was filled with tear gases. It made Jessie and Arthur feel uncomfortable, so they went out of the house to get some fresh air. The gas went a bit and Jessie opened all the doors and windows. They settled down after opening the doors and windows.

Suddenly Daisy and Neo woke up. "Thank God! You're alive.", Jessie hugged them. "What happened?", Daisy asked. Jessie and Arthur looked at each other. Then they explained what happened. "What? Is the Goblin your best friend?", Daisy narrowed her eyes. "Why he hated me? Sorry Jane a lot?", Jessie questioned Arthur. "I and Draco were friends ", Arthur started to narrate the story.

In Nebula,

Draco's parents passed away in the massacre by the kingdom. He was the survivor of his family. He was hungry and starvation for more than three days. He fainted. Arthur was playing with his friends. He saw Draco lying down. He took him to his house. Arthur's mother Martha opened the door. Leia was a baby and she was sleeping in the house.

"Who's this?", Martha asked. "He's fainted and I think he didn't have food for days.", Arthur replied. "Oh! Poor thing.", Martha pitied him. She saw the wounds in Draco's hands. Later she used magic tricks to cure his minor wounds which happened in the massacre.

A few hours later, Draco woke up and got panicked. "Where am I? Who are you all?", Draco saw Martha and Arthur and asked. "Don't worry! We are with you.", Martha pacifies him and gave him the food. Draco was eating the food like he hadn't eaten for years.

"How many days you didn't eat?", she asked. "More than three days.", Draco replied. This made Martha sad. "Eat slowly!", Martha advised him.

Later Arthur's father, Jason came inside the house in the evening. He saw Draco lying in the bed. He was a woodcutter. "Who's the kid?", he asked. " Oh, Jason! This child didn't eat for more than three days.", she explained to him. "Can we adopt him?", she asked. Jason was worried about the situation happening in the family. He didn't get a perfect income. The king made the paying of tax for people who were selling the goods. And if more than one kid is born in a family, the family should pay for the goods, or else if they can't pay for those they should sell the newborn kid to the kingdom. The rich get richer in the kingdom and the poor get poorer. They'll be treated as slaves when they grow. So Jason was worried that his newborn daughter Leia would be sold to the kingdom. "Do you know what the kingdom says?", Jason asked. "I know, dear. It's our tough days. But what did the kid do?", Martha argued with him. "Dad! Please let him be our elder brother." Arthur asked him. Jason saw Arthur's innocent face. And he accepted Draco as his kid. "Yay I got an elder brother.", he said in excitement and hugged Draco.

Draco can't accept it at first. Later because of the care and support of Arthur's family, he started to accept his as his family. More than brothers they became good best friends.

One day, Arthur and Draco were playing. They both became exhausted. So they started to rest under the tree. "Hey what about your ears and teeth.", Arthur asked. "My parents are goblins. They have been massacred by the guards of the kingdom. Do you think that I would eat you?", Draco asked. "Not.", Arthur hugged him. "You're my best friend and my brother. You can't do that.", he added.

They went home. Jason and Martha were discussing something. "What are you going to do?", Martha asked. "We're going to do riot. Because many people are suffering because of the kingdom's selfishness.", Jason replied. "I'm with you", Martha held his hands. This was heard by Draco and Arthur. Martha saw them. "Don't worry. We'll be coming home after this.", she said.

The next day Arthur and Draco woke up. Jason and Martha were not there. They both took a bath. Draco made breakfast and prepared milk for Leia. Suddenly the guards were coming towards their house. "Arthur run!", Draco held his hands and ran at the back of the house. He took Leia too.

They ran as fast as they could. Then they went into the town. There were so many dead bodies inside the town. Many people were been killed. Suddenly Arthur fell. He saw his parents were found dead. "Mom! Dad! No…!", Arthur screamed like anything. Draco was holding Leia.

"Arthur, we have to go come on.", Draco took him. Arthur was crying a lot. Then they both went out of town.

They both went near the lake with Leia. Draco was pacifying him for more than hours. A man saw both of them and the baby. The baby started to cry when he saw it. "Are you guys okay?", he asked. "We lost our parents.", Draco behaved like his elder brother.

"I'm sorry to hear this. Come to my house.", he called him to his house. "It's okay sir! We'll manage.", Draco replied. "I know your parents are dead because of the riot.", the man patted his head. Then he took them to his house. While going Draco asked for his name. "It's Atticus.", he replied. Then they went to his house. A girl opened the door. "Boys meet my daughter Jane.", Atticus introduced his daughter. "Who are they?", Jane asked. "They lost their parents in the riot," Atticus replied. Jane saw the baby crying. She took the baby. "Let me take care of her.", she said. She started to make milk for Leia. The boys were under the care of Atticus and Leia was under the care of Jane.

The days went on. Arthur noticed that Jane was taking good care of Leia at this age. While playing Arthur and Draco took a rest. Jane was playing with Leia. Arthur went to her. "How's Leia?", he asked. "She's fine.", Jane replied. "Thanks for taking good care of her.", he thanked Jane. "What can I do for that?", Jane questioned him. "Can we be friends?", Arthur gave his hands to her.

Draco was seeing their conversation. He came towards them. "What are you doing?", he took Arthur's hands. "I want to be friends with her.", Arthur replied. "We're their guests.", Draco explained to Arthur. "My dad is treating you as his children. So don't think it in a wrong way.", Jane came in the middle of the conversation.

"How can I believe you?", Draco asked. "Just go and watch what's happening in the house.", Jane replied. They both went to the house. Atticus bought a dress for the boys and Leia. He also bought some toys for Leia. This made Draco realize that Atticus was treating them as their children.

Then they accepted Jane and her father as their family. Three of them and Leia grew together.

After twenty years...

Atticus passed away. Draco and Arthur were the best fruit sellers in the town. Jane was a witchcraft teacher after her father's death. Draco wrapped his head like a turban because his identity should not be revealed. Leia was taking care of Jane. She meets Arthur and Draco once in a while.

One day Leia and Jane went to the town to see Arthur and Draco. Arthur and Draco saw them and became happy. "Happy to see you guys.", Arthur said. "How's the work?", Draco asked Jane. "It's quite tough. But learning from that.", she replied. "Tomorrow is Dad's anniversary. So you guys must come home.", Jane invited them. "Ok!", both of them replied. Draco was hiding something behind. This made Jane suspect.

The anniversary went well. Arthur and Draco went to the town. The next night, Draco was importing some goods. Suddenly a fruit fell. This made Draco angry. "Don't you know the worth of it?", Draco shouted at the workers. "Just move on.", he gave the fruit. " What's the fruit?", Jane came there. "It's none of your business.", Draco replied to her. "What's none my business?", Jane questioned him continuously. "I respect your father. So don't make me wild.", Draco warned her. She was asking him continuously again. Draco pushed her forcefully. Arthur heard the sound and saw what was going on. He caught her. "Don't believe her, Arthur.", Draco was explaining to him. "Why?", Arthur asked. "She's our friend.", he added. "She's ruining our business.", Draco cried.

"Then show me what you're doing.", Arthur ordered him. Draco became nervous. Jane showed what he was doing. "It's drugs!", Arthur was shocked. Arthur came towards Draco and slapped him. Draco was about to explain to him. "Don't say anything.", Arthur said and went away. Then Draco saw Jane and he tried to attack her because she was the cause of their fight. "Diamon", Jane used a magic spell to defend herself. This made a blast in that place. Both of them thought Draco was dead. Arthur mourned for him. He didn't talk to others for a month. Jane became a supporter of him. She convinced him about the truth.

After a few days went on, they found news that Draco was one of the best guards in the kingdom. He became a ruthless guard.

Present: In earth…..

"Jane's a witch! I won't leave my best friend even if she makes any mistakes.", Daisy said.

Jessie stared at her angrily. "Oops! I didn't mean you my champ. It's about your mirrored version.", Daisy was blabbering.

"Draco won't forgive you, right?", Jessie asked.

"Yes.", Arthur replied.