The War effected people on both sides of the moral spectrum, and ultimately a lot changed. Big things, like the vaunted freedom of Witches and Wizards; and little things, like the appropriate use of the term Mudblood.

It was because of this oppressive new world that Draco Malfoy began to suffocate. To drown. And the only person he believed could save him from the inevitable was the girl he cruelly tormented for six long years. But still, it was a simple choice: enlist her help in washing away his many sins, or continue drowning in a deep sea of despair.