Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter but I do own the plot.
I got a little bored and I got an inspired by many other stories I have read and I thought I'd write a story about how I thought would make an interesting story. So this is a Harry/Draco and I think it works out better this way because of the fact Harry is a strong person but he always has people controlling him like he's a little child. I see Harry as a strong, independent, protective person while Draco as a spoiled, lost scared person who has always had someone telling him where to go and how to do it. So this is my swing at another story for your pleasure.
So please review and tell me what you think!
Standing on the edge of the astronomy tower, looking down towards the white snow covered ground. Everything was so quiet and pure, everything had its own purpose in this beautiful winter night, and everything belonged here except me. I didn't know where I belonged. At one point I thought I understood or at least knew where I belonged but now, I don't know. Everything has been in an everlasting spin since my father was placed in Azkaban and my mother disappeared to god knows where.
No one was here to tell me what to do or order me around. Everything was all up to me and I didn't know what to do with this new freedom. To frank it relieved and scared me. I could do whatever I wanted and there was no one to stop me but there was also no one around to care or help me when I get into trouble.
Sighing I brushed a piece of lose hair back behind my ear and pulled my cloak tighter as I looked up at the full moon that hung peaceful in the night sky. Everything was so new but I guess that was understandable, everything had changed. Voldemort had been defeated by the one and only Harry Potter who hasn't been seen since the final battle, Dumbledore was dead; all death eaters were arrested or on their way to being arrested and most of the children of the death eaters, like myself were staying at Hogwarts waiting for school to start and move on and show the world that we weren't our parents.
That, I think was going to be the hardest thing for us, for me. Proving we weren't going to follow in our parent's footsteps and for me that was going to be very hard. Lucius had made a bad name for himself all the way around and I was the one who had to pay for it but I was going to show the world that I wasn't my father.
Taking one last look at the perfect world that I wished where I knew where I belonged in, I headed back to my dorm in the dungeons to get a good night sleep for tomorrow was going to be a day to be prepared for.
The Next Morning
Shifting over to my side as I tried to escape the purring creature that kept putting its face in mine as it tried to wake me up. Sighing I opened my eyes to look at my cat that stared back at me with a worried look. Smiling slightly I petted her as she arched into my hand; Resi was a cat that had found me. She had actually fell into my lap one day outside by the lake and I just kept her and she didn't seem to mind being with me plus she was great company when I didn't want to be around Pansy and Blaise.
Picking her up and moving her to the side I got up and looked at me clock and saw it was time to get up and get ready. Quickly going through my morning route and made sure I didn't look at myself as I got dressed I headed to the living room of Severus's chamber. I had moved into Severus's chamber due to the fact that he was know my guardian and he needed to give me a potion every morning to surpass my memories and anything else that happened to lurk in my mind that could cause me problems.
It made me numb really and I didn't mind really because I didn't want to face the past. I'd rather it stay right where it was and that was in the past where I left it. But my memories didn't see what I wanted; only what they wanted.
Quickly swallowing down my potion I grabbed my bag with Resi on my heels and headed down to breakfast. Things were different this year; we no longer had students sorted by the sorting hat since it was burned during the war. They were given a test before they came here and that's how they were sorted and upon arriving they were sent straight to their common rooms since they were served dinner on the train here.
But we still ate our meal the great hall before going off to class and that's where I needed to be right now but as my luck has been lately I'm running late and with the new head mistress that is the worst thing I could be. Head mistress Thacker was a woman who was appointed by the ministry to keep us all set straight. In terms of us students, it meant she was strict and mean as hell and didn't believe us children of convicted death eaters should be allowed in Hogwarts. She was also one of the ones against allowing me to live with my godfather Severus, saying I should live with well brought up folks that would make sure that I straightened out and saw the wrong in my ways.
Ya more like she wanted to give me to someone who was just like her and just to satisfy her, they put me and Severus on a trail run. Basically saying three strikes and you're out and you have to go live with people who we pick. I didn't want to let that happen.
Slipping in the doors of the great hall I noticed everything was silent. Everyone was eating in silence and it kind of scared me that everyone was so quiet. As I moved through the hall, I noticed that some of the people from the other tables glare at me as I walked to my seat with Pansy and Blaise. They were looking at each other in a nervous fashion and it made me nervous. Slowly sitting down between the two of them, I looked at the two I considered siblings and waited for them to tell me what was going on.
They both sat in silence, just looking back and forth at each other before Pansy finally nodded and looked down at her plate before looking at me. "Draco why were you late?" she asked as tried to look normal as she kept looking over towards Head mistress. "Pansy what's going on?" I asked sternly as she tried to avoid my gaze as she began to fiddle with her skirt.
Sighing she finally looked at me, "Their making us have partners that we will have to be around all day except for at meals and sleeping." She said softly. To say I was confused was putting it lightly but I suddenly understood what this meant for us. This wasn't partnering in our houses, this was partnering within any house that they believed we needed to be partnered with.
Taking a deep breath I looked around at the many faces of the people who wanted nothing to do with me or wanted to hurt me and make me pay for what my family had done to them, I was scared there was no doubt about it. I was deathly scared but I would never let them see it. I wrapped my arm around Pansy's waist and gave her my silent comfort as she looked close to tears. I felt Blaise reach his arm around behind me and hold Pansy and I close to him without drawing attention to us.
Looking around at the different tables you could see that there was a noticeable amount of kids missing especially from the Slytherin table. Crabbe and Goyle was gone, both dead. Millicent was missing and god knows what happened to the other Slytherins. Letting my eyes gaze over to the other tables I could see they too were missing a lot of their own house members.
"And last but not least Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Potter shall be partnered together." The Headmistress said loudly which caused me to freeze and look towards Harry only to see him glaring coldly at me. Sighing I looked down at my plate, this year was already turning into hell.
Well that was chapter 1 of this new story of mine. Hope that you will stick around for chapter 2. Please review and enjoy
