The Three Tests of Draco Malfoy

Summary: Draco accidentally kills a unicorn and terrible things start happening around Hogwarts and he finds out that he is blame. He then must face three tests to prove that he is worthy and the curse to be lifted.

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or Merlin.

A/N: Based off of a Merlin (currently airing in America on NBC) episode called "The Labyrinth of Gedref" where Arthur kills a unicorn and must face three tests to reverse the curse he brings on Camelot.

One

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Draco stumbled backwards and stared in complete shock as he stared at the bleeding beast. It's beautiful white form began to be stained with its own blood seeping out of its neck. Luna got to her knees and crawled over to the unicorn and touched it lightly on the wound. It looked at her helplessly and she stroked it until the life disappeared from it.

"I'm so sorry…" she whispered, lifting her hand to see the blood running down her arm. It turned a horrible green color and then black. Draco slowly rose to his feet, tucking his wand back into his cloak and walking over to Luna. She looked up at him in her usual hazy daze but then she looked behind him. A figure was standing behind him, dressed entirely in white and before Draco could see her, she disappeared again.

"You did not have to kill it," Luna said, looking up at Draco and then back at the poor unicorn.

"It came at you, I panicked. It was just a stupid unicorn!" Draco said, angry that she was ungrateful.

"He was not going to hurt me," Luna whispered, sitting back on the ground and looking around for the strange figure.

"I told you that we weren't supposed to even be out here, woman! I knew you would get me in trouble."

"You killed it, Draco, and it did nothing to you," Luna said, looking up at him and sighing.

"Don't look at me like that! I told you that I was sorry, but the thing should not be running around out here! Let's get back to the castle!" he said, grabbing her upper arm and lifting her up easily. She did not resist as he pulled her by her arm away from the body, watching it disappear in as the brush and trees blocked her view. They reached the edge of the Forbidden Forest and Draco suddenly stopped and her let go.

"Listen. If that stupid Hagrad finds that dumb unicorn, he is going to know that someone killed it, so if he asks you, it wasn't me!"

"But it was you, Draco," Luna replied simply and he growled a little in frustration.

"It wasn't on purpose, you idiot. I thought it was going to trample you. So just don't tell anyone what happened and that'll be the end of that, okay?"

"Draco…"

"Lovegood? Did you hear me?"

"I did…" she replied softly, and he looked satisfied. She looked back at the forest and saw the white figure again, briefly and it disappeared again. She looked back at Draco but he was already striding towards the castle. She had a bad feeling about everything. She looked back at the forest edge and saw that nothing was there.

Twenty Mintues Earlier...

Hogwarts was buzzing with the beginning of spring. Pansy was just as annoying as she always was and Draco was trying to figure out a way to escape everyone's cheerful mood. The winter had been a long one, snowing and raining at random intervals and the sunshine a few days in a row was considered a blessing. He found any excuse to escape Pansy as a good excuse and the one he found was in Luna Lovegood. He had been walking towards the Great Hall when he spotted her skipping outside.

"Draco! Draco darling!" Pansy called, trying to catch him. He heard and pretended to have not heard and followed after Luna quickly. She was skipping towards the Forbidden Forest, a place she knew very well she was not supposed to enter. But she continued on her path towards the forest, her intention to go and seek out new creatures to play with.

"Lovegood!" Draco called, trying to keep up with her but she continued to skip happily towards the forest. She disappeared into the trees and Draco tried to keep up with her.

He was a prefect so, stopping her and deducting points seemed like a good excuse to have been in the Forest, if Pansy was still behind him, which she wasn't. She had stopped following after he disappeared out of the front entrance. But what did Draco know?

He called for Luna and found her stooped down by a tree, looking at the ground. He noticed that she was not wearing any shoes again and her dirty feet were half buried in the dirt at the trunk of a tree. She did not look up to see he was there, but she did know who he was.

"Draco," she said softly, touching a single purple flower growing out from underneath the tree.

"What are you doing here, Lovegood? You know why they called it the Forbidden Forest? Because its forbidden!" Draco snapped, not really sure why he was getting so angry with Luna for.

"I apologize," Luna said, standing up and looking at him. Her expression didn't show that she was sorry, but Draco said nothing as he looked at the sky through the thick of trees.

"Come on, Lovegood, you can't be here," Draco said, reaching out and about to grab her arm when the sound of a screech made them both look in the direction of a large angry bird. Well, Draco thought it was a bird, but it changed colors like a chameleon. Then again, they were in a dangerous forest that was filled with plenty of things they probably knew nothing about.

"Let's get back to the castle," Draco said, but before he could stop her, Luna started walking towards the weird bird. He made a face of exasperation and followed her quickly, grabbing her arm and pulling her towards the edge of the forest before she could touch the creepy bird.

"Come on," Draco said, but before he could stop himself, he tripped and they both fell over a large tree trunk. Luna looked up and around, spotting something white in the distance. She quickly got to her feet and like before, she just started walking towards it. Draco pulled himself up and before he knew it, the white animal was charging. He couldn't see it clearly, since it happened so fast and before he knew what was happening, he was making an arrow out of his wand and shooting the creature before he could charge Luna. At least he thought it was charging her. He couldn't really be sure. Luna looked at him like it really wasn't but it was too late for excuses. It was dead.

- Love Merlin. Love Draco Malfoy. And here we have a new story. I haven't been writing because one of my high school friends got married and I was away from my computer for a while. Thanks for reading!

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