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Chapter 1: Draco

Draco woke up, but kept his eyes closed. He felt the warm rays of the sun on his face and wondered what the House-Elf was cooking for breakfast. He muttered, 'It had better be something more substantial than toast and jam, at any rate.' The Malfoys had been breakfasting on toast and jam since Draco's second year, when the House Elf was set on fire. It had been odd when Lucius had come home and told them all. Draco had felt almost sad, but only because it meant having to learn how to tie his shoelaces.

He opened his eyes, feeling blissfully at ease, and then found that he was still dreaming. He was on a beach, surrounded by a flawless sky that faded into the indigo sea at the horizon, with the sun burning up above. Behind him was a row of sand dunes and some coconut trees. There were several bodies lying around, too.

Draco walked over to the coconut tree and tapped it with his finger. He looked up at them, shading his eyes from the sun. They didn't look like coconuts. They were green for one thing, and weren't they supposed to look like hairy balls? He almost laughed. And some people thought he didn't have a sense of humour!

His stomach rumbled, and his mind cast back to the thoughts he'd just been having about breakfast. Coconut was better than toast and jam, probably, and fresh food seemed to be all the rage recently. There wasn't much fresher than a coconut that had been on the tree five seconds ago, Draco thought. He reached for his wand, and then realised he didn't have it. He'd had wandless dreams before, although they were usually nightmares in which he was a Muggle or Muggle-born.

Slightly miffed and wishing he would wake up soon, he looked around for something to throw, and saw a small pile of stones just waiting for him. He picked one up and tossed it at the coconuts, his weak arms protested and the stone fell metres short. Seeing as Perseverance was not Draco's second name, he gave up and walked over to one of the bodies. The nearest body turned out to be Ron Weasley. He grinned. Among other things, Malfoys obviously had better life expectancies than Weasleys.

He took the boy's wand and walked back to the tree. 'Diffindo!' It cut a coconut cleanly from the branch. Down, down it fell, until it connected with Draco's head. Draco saw pretty stars and had a split second to be glad he would now wake up before falling over.