The Inner Connection
By Mizaria

"He sees what he thinks- but you have to wonder, does he ever think about what he sees?"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Disclaimer: Harry Potter ,Draco Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy, Lord Voldemort, Dumbledore, The Dursleys ,and McGonagall are all copyrighted to J.K. Rowling, a woman I really admire, so I'll try not to bash things up too much for her.

The name Anistasia Araton belongs to the ff.net writer M.A. Raie. She was kind enough (and rather excited) to be a part of my story. Any other people I decide to help pitch in, I'll copyright before the chapter begins.

Hoggard School of Higher Education is in part, not entirely copyrighted to myself, but to my darling high school, John. T. Hoggard High School. I turned it into an academy boarding school to make it easier on darling Hogwarts characters. A lot of the stuff in the story can be referred to in real life. Those that are not, I will state (like wearing uniforms-never in a million years).

Aside from that, Kasiuya Te'noru is all mine ^^ And be sure to read the Luna series on my site!!!!

Prelude

"Draco, you will not be returning to Hogwarts this year" Narcissa Malfoy stated clearly in her dark, rich voice, "We will not stand you fraternizing with the enemy ,now that the Dark Lord has returned." Draco, who was almost sixteen, was taken aback. I'm not going back? He thought, as he looked outside the parlor window to see only the fields and meadows, roasting in the hot, late July sun. Ever since last summer, the weather in England had been getting hotter and hotter, as though to signal a change within the world, the return of Lord Voldemort. For some reason, though, Draco had actually been looking forward to returning back to Hogwarts. Perhaps it was because of Pansy? Or being with his two confidantes, Crabbe and Goyle? Or maybe just seeing Harry Potter's face when he learned that his father and the other caught Death Eaters broke out of Azkaban? Whatever the reason was, not being able to return to Hogwarts the next year put a rather heavy feeling within Draco's heart. He turned back to his mother, his gray eyes meeting hers.
"Mum, why not? Wouldn't the Dark Lord need someone on the inside, to know of Dumbledore's plans, to learn of a counterattack against them? And I also have other spells and potions to learn of, also." Despite the fact that he had only gotten six O.W.L.'s ,Draco wanted to learn every thing at the N.E.W.T. level. He envied his father for his prowess at throwing spells, but he wanted to prove himself better, or at least equal in the Dark Lord's eyes.
"No, Draco, the Dark Lord already has someone doing that, and I promise you, he does not need anyone else to help him." Lucius Malfoy entered the parlor, and immediately, Narcissa swooped over to him and took off his traveling robes, planting a kiss on his cheek. Lucius walked towards Draco, sitting comfortably in a chair and glared at him, "You are not old enough yet to officially enter the Dark Lord's ranks," He stated.
"So then what will I do? Go to Durmstrang, or merely just sit here while you two go out and have fun killing all of the impurities, Muggles, and traitors? " Draco spat, as he cast both his parents a dirty look. His father sighed heavily.
"As much as I'd like to, and the possibility for that to happen was high, I got a rather strange request from the Dark Lord. He wants to find a way to kill both Dumbledore and boy wonder, preferably at the same time. And just before his temporary hiatus, he found an answer to that problem. There is a type of ancient magic, 'Mystic magic' that exists abroad. The Dark Lord has pinpointed it to the eastern coast of the massive Muggle land called America. Hardly any witches and wizards reside there, and after the Dark Lord finally overthrows the Ministry of Magic over here, he'll be invading that place next. Now, he wants someone..someone young, naïve, and innocent to act as a student over there and find the 'Mystic magic'. And he wants you, Draco, to be that person to find it." As Lucius paused for a moment, Draco hacked for a moment.
"You have got to be joking, father, that is pure nonsense! Surely, there are other ways to kill Dumbledore and Potter," he retorted. His father shook his head.
"I have told that to the Dark Lord also, but he wishes only for the 'mystic magic' to fight the unknown power. Now leave, dinner will be soon," As Lucius turned his back towards Draco, Draco stood up and left the parlor and went to his chambers, where he laid on the bed and looked up at canopy.
"I'm not going back to Hogwarts, and there is a mysterious new power. How can this get any worse?" He thought as he nodded off to sleep.

"Do you live for the Cause or does the Cause live for you?"

~*~*~*~*~ It's only the prelude, folks. Only the prelude.