A/N: ok so this was an english assignment-a monologue of a popular character from a side the author hasn't written...so this is a one-shot i guess... Draco to Gin..please r/r it would mean a lot!!!

The Dragon Underneath

She yelled at me;

Called me a Death Eater,

Scum of the world she said.

Compared me to Perfect Potter,

And I stood there and took it;

But when she called me Lucius it was over,

I snapped.

Her eyes went wide;

She'd realized she'd gone too far,

(and) she wanted to take it back.

No, you've said your bit,

Now it's my turn.

You call me a Death Eater though you've seen no mark.

I've never pledged.

I've no desire to serve some half-blood creep.

You say I'm scum,

Point out all the ways Saint Potter is better;

Maybe you're right.

But don't you ever call me Lucius.

I'm not him,

And you don't know the half of it.

The day I become my so-called father,

Trust me,

You'll know.

You'll be the first to see just what it means:

To teach your son the Dark Arts by inflicting them on him;

To teach him how to cause real pain by chaining him up,

Torturing him;

To teach him he's alone by forcing him into a Labrynth;

To show him that no one will ever rescue him from the hell that's his home,

Locked in the Dungeons for weeks all alone.

So if I become Lucius,

Believe me you'll know.

Petty insults will be the least of your problems.

The woman he should love suffers the most;

Another lesson for his son:

Love is an illusion for the weak.

Her eyes held tears in them,

Her face showed sympathy,

But her eyes searched mine.

She searched for an answer I wasn't ready to share;

So I turned away.

Her small hand on my cheek forced me to face her.

She smiled at me,

She smiled a small smile and the pain began to fade.

So much for waiting,

So much for strength.

I know you.

Know you better than anyone.

I know you don't care what other people think.

That you don't believe a word they say about me.

And yet you,

You yourself just gave them sound,

Why?

You are the one person who's opinion's important.

The one person who matters.

So why try to hurt me?

Why break me?

God Gin,

Don't you see?

Don't you know?

I love you.