Chapter 1-
Summary- Harry kills Voldemort, but what happens next? Draco's life is totally changed…what will he do with it when he is left with no family and no friends. Will he change his life around or will he stay his old self. Read and find out…
BTW- This story takes place after Harry's 6th year at Hogwarts.
"Harry, NOW!" Dumbledore yelled to Harry.
Harry nodded and said the two words that ended it all, "Avada Kedavra!" The spell hit his archenemy directly in the chest and the king of all that is evil was finally dead. Voldemort, AKA Tom Riddle, was finally gone forever.
Draco had no family. His father had killed his mother only two weeks before the final battle. Then, his father got himself killed during the final battle dueling against Remus Lupin.
To most people this 'change of events' would destroy them, but not Draco Malfoy. No, Draco Malfoy had never been happier. He could now, for the first time since he was six, to live his own life the way he wanted to live it.
He had inherited Malfoy Manor, the other three Malfoy estates, and best of all the Malfoy fortune. He was set for life, but somehow the fortune didn't appeal to him in the least. He wanted to start over, he wanted to be someone who people won't automatically hate, and most of all he wanted to be someone who had more friends than enemies.
So, he sold off everything, excluding Malfoy Manor. He took all of that money and anonymously donated it to Hogwarts, St. Mungos, and the Ministry of Magic, keeping only enough to live and provide for himself.
A week later, Draco decided that he needed to change everything about himself also. He would change his hair to a dirty blond, his eyes to baby blue, and he magically tan his skin. He had decided that Draco Malfoy had to die. If he wanted to start a new life, he had to be a totally new person. He decided that he would go to Hogwarts as someone else. As someone noone knows anything about…But in order to get in, he will have to talk with Dumbledore.
Draco sat across from Hogwarts Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, in Three Broomsticks. "Good evening, Mr. Malfoy, what can I do for you?"
"I need to ask a favor of you." Draco said quietly.
"And what is it?" Dumbledore asked, smiling.
"I need a new life. I want to start over, and the only way to do that is to become someone else." he said even quieter.
"Why do you want a new life?"
"Everyone thinks I am a Death Eater. I don't want to live a life where noone ever trusts me." he said sadly.
"Well, what would you like me to do to help?"
"I want you to let me into Hogwarts as someone else, I want to be resorted, and I don't want you to tell anyone who I am." Draco said.
"Okay." Dumbledore said.
"That's it? 'Okay'?"
"Yep. I totally understand why you want this, and if you are sure it is fine with me."
"Good." Draco said pausing a moment before asking one more thing. "Can you help me stage my death?"
"Sure."
"Great."
"I will take care of everything. You just tell me how you want it to happen." Dumbledore said in an excited voice.
"Well, okay. Um, I was thinking that I would set Malfoy Manor on fire and die in the fire." Draco suggested.
"Alright. Tomorrow good for you?"
"I guess. Where should I stay until school?"
"Come to Hogwarts. Then you can make your grand entrance at the Sorting Ceremony."
"Thanks. Let me go to the Manor and collect my things."
"Okay. I will see you there." Dumbledore winking and disappeared.
"Well, that was something." Draco said to himself when the older man was gone. "Well, goodbye Draco." he said, raising his glass and downing the rest of his Butterbeer.
'What should my new name be?' Draco wondered as he packed his stuff. 'Derek is a good name…or Darren…hmmm.' Finally, Draco decided to sit down and make up a list.
Derek Darren Dustin Danny Daniel Damien Dawson
'My entire list is made up of D names.' Draco thought, but soon decided that he didn't care because he wanted a D name.
Diego Dominick Daryl David….
"I think that I will go with Damien. Okay now last name…
"I know, Damien Lee Mathis! Perfect! It's like my alter ego. Draco Lee Malfoy to Damien Lee Mathis! Well, goodbye Malfoy Manor…Thanks for nothing…" he said before stepping in the fire place and appearing at Hogwarts
Daily Prophet: August 25th
Draco Malfoy killed in Bizarre Fire
Last night Malfoy Manor went up in flames with the young owner inside. Noone knows how the fire started, but the Ministry of Magic estimated the fire to have started around three am, killing the young Malfoy in his sleep. The Ministry also says that this was not an act of violence towards Mr. Malfoy, just some freak accident.
Draco Malfoy, was the son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy was about to enter his last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He had top grades and was a prefect at said school. He was also going to be captain of the Slytherin House Quidditch team. He has played on the team as Seeker since his second year, his team ranking second right after Gryffindor's.
Draco's father, Lucius Malfoy was killed in a duel against Remus Lupin during the Great War, and his mother Narcissa died of unknown causes only weeks before that…
"Harry, did you see this?" Ronald Weasley asked his best friend. "Ferret-Boy died in a fire last night."
Harry took the paper and skimmed the article. "Good. One lees Death Eater wondering the streets."
"It was never proved that he was a Death Eater, Harry." Hermione chimed in.
"Do you really think that he wasn't?" Ron snapped.
"I don't know if he was or not, I was just stating the facts." Hermione said before directing her attention back to the book in front of her.
The Dream Team were sitting around the table at the Burrow. "Well, if he was or he wasn't, it doesn't matter now, does it?" Harry said as he finished his breakfast.
Damien stayed in a vacant room near the Great Hall for the two weeks until term started. He spent most of his time flying around the Quidditch Pitch, studying in the Library, and reading.
The day before term started, Damien thought of something. 'Shoot! I forgot that Draco was supposed to be Head Boy this year. I'll have to go talk to Dumbledore about that.' With that thought, he got up from his bed and went to the Headmaster's office. When he got there he said, "Lemon Drops." and the gargoyle jumped aside revealing a spiral staircase.
When he got to the door of Dumbledore's office, he went right in without knocking.
"Yes, Mr. Mathis?"
"I--how'd you know it was me?" Damien asked.
"There are only two people who come in my office without knocking first. One is you and the other is Severus Snape." Dumbledore told him before once again asking what he wanted.
"Oh yeah, I was wondering about who is going to be Head Boy? What I mean to say is, Draco Malfoy was supposed to be, but he is dead."
"Ah, yes. I see the problem. Well, I guess that you will just have to fulfill the position."
"But…won't all of the other people who applied to be Head Boy be mad that a new student gets the job?"
"That is highly unlikely seeing as there were no other applicants."
"What? Why?" 'No other applicants? Well that makes me feel like I really earned the position…' Damien thought.
"I think that the they were afraid of what Draco would do to them."
"Okay, but what about Potter and Weasley? They aren't afraid of me."
"No, but I think that they did not want to responsibility." 'Sure, they can't break as many rules if they are supposed to be an 'example'.' thought Damien with a smirk.
"Oh. Well, okay then." Draco said, smiling. "Bye."
"Good afternoon, Mr. Mathis."
"You too." 'God,' Damien thought as he was walking back to his room. "That sounds so…weird. Mr. Mathis…that is definitely going to take some getting used to.'
The day when the other students would get here has finally arrived and Damien was very nervous. 'What if noone likes me? What if the sorting hat knows who I am and sorts me into Slytherin again? What house will the sorting hat put me in?' Damien thought over and over as he awaited the arrival of the Hogwarts express.
Finally around 5:15p.m. the carriages appeared on the path to Hogwarts. 'Oh Merlin, they're here.' he thought as he went and hid to watch everyone come in. He didn't want to be seen or have to talk to anyone until the Sorting Ceremony.
Damien watched as people walked in chatting and laughing with their friends, holding hands with lovers, and in the Slytherin's case, pushing people and glaring at others. Damien chuckled to himself. 'I am sooo glad that I am no longer one of them.'
Then suddenly, someone caught his eye. It was the girl that he had been taught to hate, the girl who he teased and picked on constantly, the only girl that he had ever truly wanted to be with, the one girl that he could never have. Hermione Granger.
Hermione Granger had always amazed him. Ever since the first time he had called her a Mudblood on the Quidditch Pitch all of those years ago. She was so strong, so brave, so…everything that he would always want but could never have. 'But wait.' Damien thought as he watched her walk towards the great hall flanked by her best friends, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley. 'I'm not that guy! I'm Damien now and I can like or not like anyone I want! I can even be friends with Potty and Weasel…I mean Harry and Ron…if I want. Well, maybe not. We'll see.'
AN- that is the first chapter. I hope everyone liked it. I think that this story has definite possibilities…what do you think…Read and Review Please!!! No Flames Please, I don't read or pay attention to them anyway. Thanks…I will try to post the next chapter soon.