So, this is only my second fic (The first never saw the end) so you'll have to be a little patient with me. I do have to warn you that while this won't be updated by any definition of quickly, I am planning on finishing it. I just need a little time to get there. You might just want to wait until it's finished.
Title: A Twisted Sense of Forever
Pairings: Currently only Draco/Harry
Setting: Post Deathly Hallows (A little modification done in the events of the seventh book.)
Rating: T
Disclaimer: The following is a work of fiction based on the characters and events of the Harry Potter series, written and trademarked by J.K. Rowling. I claim no ownership to any of the characters I have borrowed and tortured from her franchise. Said torturing occurs for the lone purpose of free entertainment and does not dare to call itself part of the official storyline. No financial profit will be gained from the creation and publication of such torturing. I'd like to express my gratitude to J.K. Rowling, without whom, my childhood would have been dull, and my fascination with the martyrdom, persecution, and distress of her characters unexplored.
Alert: To anyone who has already been following this fic, please go back and read it again. I've massively reworked a lot of the plotline, which you will miss without rereading the first two chapters. Plus, the original first chapter has been split into two, so the previous second chapter is now the third chapter, and all of them have gotten longer. Good? Okay, you may go.
Chapter One: The Official Public Epilogue
1998 - Year of the Hogwarts Battle
The Grapevine Chronicle - May 15th
Dark Lord Defeated at Last!
We are all shaken by the Death Eater attack on Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and many families have since pulled their students from the boarding school. But since the occurrence of what is being called the greatest battle since Grindelwald's fall, many wizards are returning to abandoned areas, opening up shops and raising children. You-Know-Who's influence has been purged from our ministry, and citizens are feeling safer than ever before. The war is finally over, although this reporter still wonders if he might find a way to return once again.
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The Daily Prophet - June 5th
Mass Death Eater Conviction In Progress
After You-Know-Who fell earlier this summer, many assumed that this would be the end of the war. But now, similarly to the previous lull in the ongoing battle, many Death Eaters are claiming to have been under the influence of the Imperius Curse, and therefore, can not be held accountable for their actions. The Prosecution Office is swamped with requests for retrials, mistrials, appeals, and pleads of Not Guilty for a myriad of improbable excuses. After attempting to assign each of the accused their own defense attorney, the court has begun to form groups by the nature of the plea, which has sped along the conviction process. Following is a list of the convicted so far: Augustus Rookwood, Antonin Dolohov, Fenrir Greyback, Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange...
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Two Cents - September 12th
Malfoy Gets Three Years
Controversy sparks when Draco Malfoy, son of known Death Eater Lucius Malfoy is given just three years in a high security prison and five years probation for his crimes of attempted murder, association with a known criminal, and participation in Death Eater attacks on several muggle towns. A large contingent of primarily pureblood witches and wizards demands that he be let off in a lighter manner, on account of the influence his overbearing father lorded over him. However, the opposing argument, more widely favored among muggleborns and the less traditional portion of the population, calls for harsher measures, considering the havoc he has wreaked among muggles and muggleborns while one of You-Know-Who's followers. Some members of the latter opinion suspect foul play in the Ministry, when the prosecution's request of a retrial falls through, even when Harry Potter himself asks to testify. When asked for his thoughts on the matter, Mr. Potter says that Malfoy "should stay in prison longer than just three years," and that he "didn't know there was a trial, otherwise [he] would have testified and gotten that [expletive] a longer sentence.
2001
Knut for the News - October 15th
Draco Malfoy: New Death Eater King?
An attack on the Ministry yesterday, allegedly executed by former Death Eaters, left two dead, seven wounded, and even more potential victims had it not been for the Boy-Who-Lived, Harry Potter himself, who was visiting a friend in the Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Aurors are already investigating, and although no official comment has been given, an inside source confirms suspicions of Death Eater association with the attack. Coincidentally, Draco Malfoy, who served three years in a high security detention facility for Death Eater activity, was discharged last week. Upon investigation, it has been confirmed that Malfoy returned to his family's manor at that time, and hasn't been seen since. A neighbor comments that she heard "strange yells and cracks of apparition coming from the house." Has another Death Eater uprising come our way? And if so, will the Ministry hasten to cover it up in the same fashion as it did Mr. Malfoy's curiously short sentence?
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The Daily Prophet - October 21st
Malfoy Lead on DE Attack Dropped
Tempers peak as aurors officially declare Draco Malfoy to be innocent of involvement with the attack on the Ministry one week ago. One of the aurors working the case, who asks that his name not be disclosed, stated that "Mr. Malfoy had a rock solid alibi at the time the incident occurred. There's no way he could have been there." However, when asked why isn't being considered as a conspirator, our source won't say anything more on the subject.
Harry Potter, who is apparently still stinging from being unable to testify at Malfoy's trial, apparently views his innocence in a very different light than the aurors, and decided to take justice into his own hands last Thursday, when he was spotted at Malfoy Manor outside the gate, screaming expletives and less than friendly requests for an audience. When at last his demands were met, and Harry was admitted into the Manor itself, there was little more to hear until a team of emergency healers arrived on scene. According to witnesses, Harry Potter was the sole guest of the ambulance that arrived at St. Mungo's.
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The Yellow Canary - November 29th
Malfoy Gardener Reports Suspicious Activity
Lucius Malfoy, who was initially arrested under charges of murder in the first and second degree, and was later charged with aggravated assault, voluntary manslaughter, and embezzlement, has allegedly resided in Azkaban for the last three years. Eyewitnesses testify to seeing the elder Malfoy in his cell at Azkaban, but Mr. Elijah Green, the Malfoy gardener, claims he saw the elder Malfoy on the property several times. A permit for the inspection of the Malfoy Manor was signed, and aurors grudgingly admitted. After further investigation, and the twenty-hour detainment of Draco Malfoy, previously convicted of similar felonies, the investigation was dropped.
2002
The Quibbler - January 7th
Wrackspurts Strike Again
As all our readers will surely know, the Wrackspurt is a creature full of deceit, prone to nesting in your ears during a swim in freshwater. Once settled in one's ear, it sets about connecting itself to your subconscious and inserting its own will into your thoughts without making itself known to you. Although not acknowledged in the official Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures and Beings, it is certainly among some of the most dangerous creatures you may come across in the magical, and even muggle world, having possessed some of the more well known leaders of history, including Fingle Fitzgerald, Septimus Tugwood, and most recently, You-Know-Who and many of his followers. Classic signs include sudden changes of heart, status, and location, as well as a tendency towards violence, self-isolation, and dislike of the spotlight, not to mention bouts of delirium and fuzzy-mindedness.
This rare creature seems to have struck again, more quickly than history might suggest. Its victim? Draco Malfoy.
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Two Cents - Febuary 23rd
Malfoy Manor Deserted
As suspicions again arises in light of the recent Death Eater propaganda stunt performed in Diagon Alley yesterday, aurors logically turn to every known Death Eater currently un-incarcerated, including Draco Malfoy, who has resided quietly in his family's manor since he was released from his 3-year-long term in Brackwood's. The aurors were to be disappointed, however, and found the manor empty, apparently for several days. A warrant has been procured for Malfoy's arrest under suspicion and probable cause, and the Auror Office requests any information pertaining to a potential sighting to be sent by owl to their inbox.
Okay, so is the date thing sort've confusing? I wasn't sure, but I hope you followed it well enough. Please review with any comments or concerns.