Author's note: This story isn't beta'd so my apologies for any and all spelling and grammar mistakes.

The Perfect Plan

Draco Malfoy was livid. This was absurd. He couldn't believe that Potter had put his name in the Goblet of Fire, and gotten away with it. Bloody hell, if he had tried to pull the same stunt they would have probably shipped him off to Azkaban.

Draco could have yelled in frustration, luckily his upbringing had taught him enough self control to resist. Public displays of emotion are not something Malfoys do. Especially not in the Great Hall. Up in the Slytherin common room it was different though. There Draco felt free to sit in his favorite chair and brood, the irritation rolling off of him practically a tangible force as it drove back all of his housemates.

Potter could not be allowed to get away with this. Not this time. Draco's mind was currently alternating between plotting various ways to punish Potter, and being horrified by the fact that all the authorities seemed just fine with letting him compete. Had they all gone insane? The Tri-Wizard Tournament was extremely dangerous, were they trying to get their Golden boy killed? It all seemed rather counter productive to Draco.

That night Draco stayed up late, plotting, and by morning he had settled on a plan that left him with a, somewhat disturbing, smile on his face.

Draco groaned after trying to open his eyes for the first time. His dorm room was bright, and he had stayed up way too late last night. What he had done in the wee hours of the last night almost made him smile, would have made him smile if it weren't for that damn light. Why Blaise insisted on their dorm room being so well lit was a mystery to Draco.

Draco reluctantly roused himself from bed, almost instantaneously regretting his decision to leave his nice warm bed as he shuffled his feet across the cold stone floor. The dungeons were always cold, and much as Draco loved them, he absolutely hated being cold.

Draco went about his morning tasks quickly, all but ignoring his fellow Slytherins, he had a plan to set in motion.

Lurking in a shadowed alcove in a rarely used corridor, Draco was nearly giddy with anticipation. He had already set everything up, now he just needed to wait. The rest of the school should be finishing up dinner soon. Potter would be walking down this corridor soon, all alone. Why Potter had a tendency to make his lonely way back to his dorm via this dusty old corridor, instead of via the main routes like his Gryffindor posse, Draco had no idea. Potter always came this way after dinner though.

At first, when Draco had come to the realization that he knew Potter's habits well enough to know the information above it had, at first, disturbed him. However upon further contemplation he had concluded that he was simply following the principle of keeping a careful eye on ones enemies.

Today was a Saturday, and instead of frolicking about with his friends in the winter wonderland that had replaced the Hogwarts grounds, Draco had spent his day inside putting his plan in place. It was just as well, Draco hated the snow. Why anyone would want to be outside in that cold moist slush Draco had no idea. However his friends had all been eager to spend their day outside. Which was also just as well to Draco, because it meant he could go about setting his plans in motion in peace.

Draco was brought out of his musings by the sound of feet shuffling down the hallway. At first Draco was confused, thinking that dinner should have taken longer, however he shrugged it off. Potter had probably just left dinner early. An involuntary shiver ran down Draco's spine as he waited in anticipation to hear the sounds that would tell him his plan had worked.

They didn't come.

Confused, Draco cautiously peered around the lip of the alcove. He spotted a very upset looking Pansy Parkinson just seconds after she had spotted him. Knowing slipping back into his alcove would do nothing to deter the persistent girl Draco did the only thing he could think to do. He fled. Slipping into the open door of a nearby broom closet Draco slammed the door shut locking it with a complex charm his father had taught him. He knew it was childish, and he knew based on the sounds of Pansy angrily pounding on the door that he would pay for this childishness later, but he couldn't let Pansy screw up his plan.

Eventually Pansy gave up on her knocking and yelling, and Draco heard her footsteps as she made her way down the corridor. Deciding that it was probably safe to emerge and return to his alcove, Draco released the locking charm and reached for the doorknob.

The door didn't open.

Draco tried unlocking it again, tried to open it again, but a realization crept over him that left him feeling rather ill. This was the fourth door on the left, the broom closet. The broom closet that Draco had spelled to be impossible to open from the inside.

Oh Merlin.

Draco desperately pulled at the door handle, hoping he had made some mistake in his spell work, hoping that the door would open. The door didn't budge. How could he have been so careless? In his haste to escape Pansy, Draco had made a very big mistake.

Draco knew it was pointless to try to yell for help, he chose this corridor for a reason. Potter was the only one who ever used it. Deciding that, for the moment there was nothing he could do, Draco turned to examine what exactly was in this broom closet. It was a small one, barely enough room for one person, and the shelves were filled with various cleaning supplies. Draco supposed it made sense that this place was so abandoned then, he couldn't remember the last time he had ever seen Filch clean something, and the elves could do it with magic. Spying an empty bucket Draco flipped it upside down and sat on the upturned bottom. Now he settled in to wait, eventually someone would come to look for him. Someone would notice he was gone. Draco shivered, why did it have to be so bloody cold?

AN: This story is finished, and about six chapters long, so I will be updating regularly… but I'm not sure exactly when I should update. What do you guys suggest?

I hope you guys liked it!