** A/N: Hey :D just talking a break from my Naruto fanfic (Writes block ) but I'll get back to it ASAP. So I'm trying my hand at a Harry Potter fanfic xD Sorry if some characters are a little OOC it's just something that popped into my head one day xD I tried to keep all of them in character after all its my first harry potter fanfic so please don't be too harsh Also when you review this please don't be harsh about my spelling because I am dyslexic xD Enjoy! **

*** = Flashback
This writing = Thoughts

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Draco crawled slowly down the long hallway of his house.
Thoughts flew threw his head as he lifted one foot slowly after another.
He was walking painfully slow.
Mostly because he was facing up to something he tried to push away for some time. Hoping it would just disappear.
He reached a rather large room.
His father was standing peering in at the fireplace.
Draco approached his father.
He took a deep breath.

"Father." He spoke.
His father turned in his direction.

"T-there's something I wish to speak to you about" He continued.
Lucius noticed a difference in Draco. Something he had never seen before.

"Go on?" He urged his son to continue talking.

"I-" He began to speak but his words fell short.

"C'mon it's now or never!" Draco reminded himself.

***
Draco hurried into the old Hogwarts bathrooms; they were empty as they became inadequate quite some years ago.
He roughly pulled his school jumper off over his head.
He ran the tap and splashed water on his face.
He was overheating.

He gazed at his reflection in the mirror.
He looked exhausted.
He was exhausted.
After all he never asked for this, to be a DeathEater, to work for Voldemort. It was merely peer pressure, Scratch that Parental pressure.
Yes, He was spoiled as a child but he never really had his Fathers approval, that's all a boy ever wants from their father isn't it?
Draco never felt fully accepted by his father.
Doing whatever he told him to do seemed to bring him close enough to almost be recognised as a powerful and skilled wizard.
No. not anymore.
He was done trying to please his father by making himself in turn unhappy.

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"I don't want to be a DeathEater anymore!" Draco spat out.
Well he had to say it somehow?
There was a dangerous silence across the room.

"What…?" Lucius broke the silence.

"Y-you heard me" Draco replied. He regretted this instantly after he said it.

"Don't be so foolish, Draco." Lucius said slowly anger ripe in his voice.
Draco could feel it; he was walking on thin ice.

"I-I'm not being foolish Father, I me-"

"Draco that's enough"

"Father Listen to me!" Draco demanded.

"I SAID THAT'S ENOUGH" Lucius shouted as he turned around sharply and belted Draco in the eye.
He fell to the floor with the force.
Lucius stalled. He wasn't planning on hitting his son; his anger got the better of him.

"We are done talking about this" Lucius said emotionlessly and left the room.

Draco covered his eye with his hand.
He inhaled slowly in pain.
Now he remembered why he avoided this subject.

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Harry, Ron and Hermione walked down the halls of Hogwarts, Talking about usual things. They were all laughing and having a good time.
Suddenly Draco came storming down the hallway.
All other students seemed to clear out of his way.
Except Ron, he was so caught up in the trio's conversation he failed to see Draco.
Draco pushed Ron out of the way.
As he did so Hermione caught a fairly good glimpse of his black eye.

"MOVE WEASLEY." He barked at the other boy. More aggressive than usual.

"Whoa" Harry said as Draco walked away.

"Malfoy" Ron muttered with pure distain in his voice.

"He seems more aggressive than usual" Harry said while raising his eyebrows.

"He had a black eye" Hermione pointed out sounding mildly concerned.

"Huh, I wonder why" Harry questioned.

"Probably just fell down the stairs or something" Ron joked.
Harry snickered.
Hermione left out and amused chuckle at Ron.
They began to walk again but Hermione couldn't stop herself from looking back in Draco's direction.

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All the students took their seats in the Hogwarts classroom waiting for the Potion's class to commence.
Hermione sat in her designated seat which was across from Draco's seat.
She couldn't help curiosity tugging at her; she had to look at his black eye again.
She discreetly peered over at him, although she couldn't see it, it was on his right side.
She swiftly looked in her direction.

"Oh, Crap!" Hermione jerked back in her seat.
He just turned and faced forward again.
This surprised Hermione, Where were his usual smart comments and cocky attitude.
Even when the class commenced he didn't open his mouth during it. Usually he would constantly talk during class or interrupt the class with his cocky smart ass comments.
What was different?

"Alright, Now time to put it to the test, I will sort you into pairs to avoid chit-chat and distractions" Snape said as he began to arrange the students in two's
until eventually they were left with only a few students without partners.
Hermione gazed around the classroom at who was left.
There was Draco, Luna Lovegood and Gregory Goyle.

"Oh good god" Hermione muttered under her breath.

"PleasePleasePLEASE pair me with Luna" Hermione prayed in her mind.

"Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy,
Luna Lovegood and Gregory Goyle"

Hermione and Draco both sighed aloud at the same time.

"Enjoy…" Snape said in monotone.
Hermione walked over to Draco's table where all the apparatus for the potion were set up.
There was a silence.

"Don't mess up, Granger." Draco said typically, breaking the silence.

"Shut it Draco" Hermione snapped back.
Draco smiled sheepishly.
Hermione careful began to poor the solution into a test tube.
She looked up at Draco's eyes once again while she was distracted a bit of the solution dropped onto her hand.

"Ow" Hermione said as she shook her hand.

"Told you not to mess up" Draco said arrogantly.

"Shut up!" Hermione sighed, she couldn't think of a better comeback because of the burn on her hand.
He handed her a tissue.
She looked up at him again and took it.

"Thanks" She mumbled, barely audible.
She peered up at him once more.

"What are you staring Granger?" He said defensively as he turned his bruised eye away.

"What happened to your eye?" She asked.

"Mind your own business!" He retorted.
Hermione looked away.

"I guess he's right, it isn't any of my—" Hermione's thoughts we're cut off by speech

"I-I got involved in something I shouldn't have, that all." Draco said still pretty vague and antisocial.

"Give me that" He grabbed the test tubes and pored the rest of the solution in.
as he did Hermione stared at his eye some more.

"What did he mean by that? I thought maybe it was an accident he caused but...did somebody hit him?
I mean he had it coming and I hate him so it's ok...but, why do I have this sensation of...feeling bad for him?"

He handed it over to her again.
She cautiously took it from his hands.

"One things for sure whatever happened it wasn't just his eye that was bruised he's acting different and his arm looks like its being supported on the table"

Hermione decided to investigate.

"Why so quiet Draco?" She said with a cocky smile as she poured the mixture into the cauldron.
Draco tutted but didn't answer he began to stir the position harshly.

"You're doing it wrong" Hermione said with a hint of a giggle.
She reached out to help him and touched his hand.
Draco whipped his hand away.

"You do it then." He replied confidently.

"Look, I was trying to be nice here" Hermione replied as the cauldron bubbled.

"Oh ha-ha, since when?" Draco sneered.

"Since you—"She said as looked towards his eye and moderately injured arm, but didn't finish her sentence but Draco knew anyway.
He sighed.

"It's not your concern" He said sound irritated.
Hermione sighed angrily.

"You're psychotic" Hermione added.
Draco turned to Hermione and was about to say a quick comment when.
BOOM.
Black smoke filled the room.
Draco and Hermione started violently coughing.

"Alright everyone out of the classroom" Snape said angrily.
Draco started to move and noticed Hermione wasn't fallowing.
He stopped and looked back at her; although he could hardly make her out from all the smoke he could still hear her coughing.
He rolled his eyes and grabbed her sleeve.
She was mildly alarmed but she couldn't find her own way as she couldn't see, so she let whoever led her out take control.
Draco pulled her along and out into the hallway.

Once they got out Draco let go of her sleeve immediately and made his way over to Snape.

"Are you alright Granger?" He asked her.
She coughed and opened her eyes slowly

"Y-yes" She answered.

"Malfoy?"

"I'm Fine."
Hermione looked over at the almost untouched Draco.
She scowled.

"Guess I was wrong, same old Draco, leaving me in there to die" Hermione though to herself.
Draco noticed her evil looks and strolled confidently past her.

Little did she know who really guided her out of the room...

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END CHAPTER 1

Whew ^^ I hope that was good! xD I originally intended for this to be a once-shot but it was getting too long O.o so I'm hoping for it to be at most 3 chapters? Anyway thanks for reading!