He would kill Potter. As soon as Weasley won them the endless chess match and Granger made sure they were okay with the silly healing charms he made her learn, he would kill Potter for getting him into this mess.

"I'll sacrifice myself," said Weasley and both Potter and Granger were outraged and started complaining about Weasley's plan. Really, Potter's noble self would be the end of him one day.

"For Merlin's sake! Let him sacrifice himself!" Draco yelled at them, gaining Ron's indignant look and Potter's incredulous one. "Granger, other people can be smart too. Potter, it's his choice and if you want to stop Weasley, I won't stop him from stopping you from pursuing this stupid quest!"

His three friends stared at him as if he were the bloody Cerberus they just put to sleep (thanks to him, of course).

"What?" he asked. "Weasley is obviously capable of taking a decision for himself, and if you're really his friends you should support him. And we really need to win and this is the fastest way."

Potter was the first to nod and turned to Ron. "I trust you, Ron," he said and looked at Hermione and Draco. "We trust you."

Weasley looked as if he had tears on his eyes and Draco chose to think it was because of the flying bits of chess pieces.

"Knight to E5," said Weasley.

His knight began to move, slowly and all too ominously. Draco wanted to stop the Queen that now faced Ron, but he couldn't. If he moved, his sacrifice would be in vain. Well, he might not like Weasley (that much), but he was a housemate and McGonagall had said Gryffindors needed to stay together. No matter what his father said.

The Queen hit Ron's knight and he fell, hitting his head hard against the marble chessboard. Potter and Granger screamed, and she almost moved but Potter stopped her.

"Draco, check the King," Potter told him and he advanced to the King, trying to conquer his fear and appear confident. Those dumb friends of his needed him strong.

"Check Mate."