Authors Note

I expect this story to be about one to ten chapters long. As you can see, I'm also working on another fanfiction so chapter updates won't be as frequent. I'll try to update this when I can though. That's enough for me to say right now. I'll let you hop into the action. See you on the other side if you get what I mean :)

Delphini (the daughter of Voldemort) draws her wand and cackles.

"What are you doing?" Draco Malfoy asks as she points it at Scorpius. Delphini just continues cackling but louder this time. Draco realises what she's going to do so draws his wand and directs it at her.

"Go on then Malfoy!" she yells. He keeps his wand in position. Delphini notices that Draco is not doing anything apart from aiming it at her so she calls,

"Avada Kedavra." Scorpius collapses on the ground in a sun-bathing position, his eyes as wide as though he is raising his eyebrows as high as he can. Draco weeps. It is all his fault. He should've reacted before Delphini did. She disappears and Draco's tears form into a thought bubble. Before he knows it, he's zooming through it into his waking life.

Draco pants and awakes. His back feels rusty but that's because he's been sleeping on concrete. Every since his son's demise, he's been going around the Wizarding world deeply saddened and has been sleeping rough. Draco feels as though he has nothing else to live for: his wife and son are dead. They were people that made him happy but were gone now. He arises and begins to walk around. It's not long before it feels like he's been walking for hours: Draco doesn't know where he's going. This is fine of course. His life now is to stroll around (it doesn't matter where he goes) and sleep when it's dark. Draco is tired out and sits for a little. A snake comes into his view. Somehow, Draco can understand it.

"Is that you Draco," says the snake, in a hissing voice, "You look much older since I last saw you."

"Who are you?" Draco queries. It's peculiar that a snake randomly strikes up a conversation with Draco.

"Tom Marvolo Riddle," The snake answers. Draco pauses for a second or two then remembers who Tom Marvolo Riddle is. He bows down to the snake.

"How can I serve you my Lord?" Draco questions, he might as well obey Voldemort's commands if he has nothing else to live for. He suspected before that Voldemort was dead but it turns out not.

"Well. When the Potter boy killed me, I didn't day. I was allowed to choose my last ten days of being alive. I have chosen these days. Then I'll be d-dead for good. In those days I want you to get me out of snake form and get me into my body. Once I've transformed from snake form, I'll already have my mask. Anyway the point is in these ten days, I will be killing Harry Potter, his friends and family. I will get my revenge and die, knowing I've finished them off," The snake replies. It knows the death schedule for each of those wizards.

"Yes my Lord," Draco agrees to do his task. After all, Draco's family are dead so it doesn't matter. Malfoy forgets to re-consider his option: should he really let those people be killed? Was it worth it to let them be killed even if it was not their fault that something bad had happened to him? Draco ignores those questions and thinks about his parents being proud of him serving the Dark Lord.

"We're so proud of you Draco!" The voice inside his head tells him whilst he's imagining his parents being pleased of him.

"Don't let me down like your parents did," The snake hisses. Draco nods. He'd need to get a bit of Potter's blood. That's not all though. His father showed him a book by Peter Pettigrew, made for Death Eaters, that explained how to get a body for the Dark Lord. Draco knows that he will find it somewhere at Hogwarts. Where though? Suddenly, his brain pings and he remembers where it is: hidden in the Room of Requirements. The people at Hogwarts aren't supposed to see him though so he decides that (as much as he hates it) he'll have to steal the invisibility cloak from James Potter II. Draco discovers paper and a pen on the ground so he maps out his journey.

Go to Hogwarts - Get Invisibility Cloak - Get book from Room of Requirements - Leave Hogwarts - Purchase a Sword - Search for Harry Potter - Somehow get a bit of his blood - Return to this place and find The Dark Lord to get him a body.

Now he knows his journey. His decision is that he'll start tomorrow. He has to complete the map in one day though as Voldemort doesn't have a lot of days to live. Draco's stomach rumbles. He's hungry so he explores all around for food. He eventually finds two bananas, four slices of orange, eight grapes and four pieces of chicken. Draco creates a fire with his wand and dips each type of food -that he has- into it before wolfing it down. It's not long before he's finished eating. He's still a little hungry and longs for burnt leaves. Draco spots a bush and pulls some leaves from it. He drops them into the fire and nods off a little. He forces himself awake and notices that they are burnt. Draco sighs and realises that he is tired so finds an unoccupied space and falls asleep there. It's been a long day.

Authors Note

I hope you liked the first chapter of this story! I've written it in present tense for a change as it sounds quite exciting.

Criticism is allowed as always so I know what you don't like about the story.

If you have any suggestions or feedback, please say so in your review!