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Chapter One:

It was three days before Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy had all his books, his large eagle owl perched neatly in her cage, and his stuff was packed in to trunks.

His Father walked silently up to him. For a while, he looked out of the window. "Listen, Draco. This is your sixth year. I have a job for you."

"A job?" asked Draco, confused. He hid his confusion well.

"Yes. For the Dark Lord."

"What would he like me to do?"

Lucius Malfoy didn't even look at his son, he just continued to look out the window, calmly, callously, "He would like you to get to that Granger girl. Tear down her confidence. We want her to suffer. If you tear down her confidence, then she will be rendered helpless, and we will be able to win."

Draco imprinted this in his mind, and then asked, "Why Granger?"

"Because she is too smart for a Mudblood," replied Lucius, "But she's very…secure. It will be hard breaking her confidence, Draco. In a way, you might have to treat her the way I did Mother…"

Draco had to keep his rationality in check. He still exploded, hollering, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MOTHER?"

Lucius gave him an irritated look, saying, "Mother and I were betrothed, Draco. We had no choice to marry each other. She hated me. The only way to get her to succumb to me was to break her confidence. So I made her mine. Over the years, she's healed, of course. Draco, it is temporary."

"What did you do…to break Mother's confidence so, Father?" whispered Draco, still furious. His Mother was the only person in the world who cared about him unconditionally.

"You've kissed a girl before? Good." Lucius didn't seem rushed, but Draco was impatient. Lucius continued, "then you should know how timid and emotional they are when it comes to that. Well, kiss the Granger girl. Give her the terrible, heart-wrenching, confidence-shattering kiss that I gave your mother."

Draco stood up and left the room.

A day before going to Hogwarts, Draco Malfoy walked into the kitchen. One small house-elf was cleaning up after cooking a meal.

"Master Malfoy!" gasped the house-elf, bowing before him, "What shall I do for you?"

"I just want to know where my Mother is," he murmured, half to himself.

"Mistress Malfoy is in her room. She has been for avoiding little Master Malfoy. She has been scared, Master. Is there anything else Blue could do for Master?"

"No, that's good." Draco walked several flights of stairs, through countless hallways, until he came upon one room. This was the one room that Narcissa Malfoy went to, to be alone. Only Draco and Blue knew about it. "Mother."

"Oh, Draco," Narcissa Malfoy jumped, "Hello, son. Is everything all right?"

"No. You've been avoiding me the past two days. I've been trying to talk to you."

"I'm sorry, Draco," she brushed something from underneath her eye, saying, "Father has a lot of things for me to do, you know."

"Father told me what he did to you."

Narcissa straightened her back, looking livid. "Dr-Draco, you shouldn't have to force any girl to live through that-whether she's Granger or not. You wouldn't understand….the fear, the inevitable….and the end sensation of a broken heart."

Draco stood and watched his Mother cry in front of him. He was alarmed, and then annoyed, deciding that his Father was right. He left the room. He was leaving Hogwarts tomorrow, and that was the start of accomplishing great things for the Dark Lord.

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