A/N- This one will be a little shorter than the other ones, there isn't much that I can

incorporate with my character, but I will surely try. I will be following the movie more

than the book. I don't have time to reread it unfortunately. But I will be putting things from

the end of the book in, because I was disappointed that they didn't put the big battle in it.

Journey of the Real Heir of Slytherin

Chapter 1

Back to School Again

There was only a week left in summer vacation. I had spent all vacation at George's new house. I had spent days at the Malfoy Manor with Narcissa, but unfortunately Draco still wasn't talking to me. I also went to Lucius' hearings with the both of them. I, like them, was devistated when Lucius was sent to Azkaban. I was sitting on the couch next to Narcissa, sipping on tea with her.

"How is Draco?" I finally asked. I had been over for a few hours and we had barely spoken, I could tell that something was on her mind, well more than the obvious.

She was silent for a few moments. I saw her play with the rim of her tea cup. She looked at me and opened her mouth, but then closed it again as if unsure of what to say. She sighed and then I saw tears coming down her eyes, something I had never seen before. Malfoy's didn't cry, I had never seen any of them cry the entire sixteen years I had known them. Then I had a sick feeling in my stomach. I mention Draco and she starts crying?

"What happened to Draco?" I felt like I was about to cry. We hadn't talked in months, but I still loved Draco, he was still my best friend and always would be. "Please tell me..."

She looked at me again. Her eyes were glassy from the tears. "He is in trouble." I looked at her, which I am sure she took as I needed more information. "The Dark Lord..." She paused for a second and started playing with the rim of her cup again. "He chose Draco. He is punishing Lucius and I, he gave Draco a task that he knows he will fail. Then he will kill Draco. He is going to kill my son." She started sobbing.

"Draco is a death eater? When did that happen?"

"It happened a month ago, he has been given the task to kill Dumbledore, which is an impossible task. Dumbledore is one of the greatest wizards of all time. He doesn't stand a chance. My only child is going to die. He has been trying to think of how he can do it, he doesn't want it to come down to a duel."

"I am so sorry, is he here?" I looked at her hopefully. She nodded. "I have to go speak to him." I stood up and wrapped my arms around her and gave her a hug and kissed the top of her head. "I will be back."

I turned my back to her and walked up to Draco's room. I knocked softly and let myself in. He was sitting at his desk staring blankly at a piece of paper. He didn't even look up at me when I walked into the room. I walked up to him and sat on the desk. He glanced at me, and then looked away. I sighed this was the longest he had ever stayed mad at me.

"Draco, look I am sorry about your dad being in Azkaban, but its not my fault. We both have missions to complete and I am just trying to complete mine." I paused for a second. "And I want to help you complete yours as well. Let me help you Draco. I don't want to lose my best friend, because at the end of the day you are still my best friend."

"I'm not mad at you. I was, but the last month I have been focused on this and only this. I don't want help. I want to be able to say I did this. I don't want you to take credit for this." He was worried that he would still die if he had someone else solve his mission.

"Draco, please..."

"Just leave me alone, I have to think. Go back to Weasley..."

"Don't bring him into this, Draco, he has nothing to do with this at all, and you know it!"

"No? He took you away from me, away from my family. You were mine before he came along, we were to be married and you actually wanted to be apart of my family and now you want nothing to do with us. You want to be apart of his family."

"If I wanted nothing to do with you or your family, I wouldn't be here right now would I?" I stood up and looked at him. "Draco, don't be mad at me for something I didn't mean to happen. I never meant to fall for George, but I did. As my best friend you should be happy for me, not yelling at me. I wanted to soothe things over but see that it is a lost cause. Don't talk to me until you can be civil."

I walked down the stairs to Narcissa. I knew that I was close to crying. Draco had been my best friends for sixteen years and the fact that we were at each others necks, killed me. "I'm sorry Narcissa. I have to go, I will be back in a day or two. Will you please put feelings aside and fire call George and tell him to meet me at our spot."

I ran out before she could protest. I grabbed the broom I had brought with me and got on and flew as fast as I possibly could away from the Malfoy Manor. I heard Draco's words lingering in my mind. Had there been no George, I would be with Draco and be ready to be apart of his family, he was right about that. But there was George and I did love him more than anything in this world. After another 5 minutes of flying I was where I was suppose to meet George.

He was standing there patiently waiting for me. I walked up to him and knew that he could see I had been crying. He walked up to me and wrapped his arms arounds me and gently kissed both of my eyes and wiped away any of the tears that had fallen. "What happened?"

"Lets go home first." I said. I grabbed his hand and thought of the house he a Fred had bought. I felt the ground beneath my feet again. I sat down and he followed me. "Draco is still mad at me because of his dad being in Azkaban. I know he just wants to blame someone, but I don't see why it has to be me."

He wrapped an arm around me. "Babe, I don't want you to go around there if you are always going to come home like this. I hate it when you are upset like this, and I hate it even more because you did absolutely nothing wrong."

I didn't want to tell George about how angry Draco was still about me being with George. He held me until I was calm.

I didn't go to see Narcissa that week. I spent it with George, I went to work with him at his joke shop and went home with him. I wanted to savor every minute I had left with him. The only other times I would get to see him is on holidays and when we got to go to Hogsmeade.

It was finally September first and we were at the Hogwarts Express. I was dreading having to say goodbye to George and I was always dreading the ride to Hogwarts. The only people I would have to sit with is Miles and Christian. We were sitting on my trunk, we still had a good fifteen minutes before I had to get on the train.

I looked at him. "Baby, what is on your mind?" He looked at me and brushed my hair behind my ears.

"Look, I'm not going to have anyone to sit by on the train. I know Harry is still upset about Sirius and my mum being the one...well...you know. And Draco is still mad at me, my only options are Miles and Christian...is that okay?" I asked hesitantly. The last thing I wanted to do was start a fight before I left.

He picked up my left hand and kissed the ring that was on it. "I know by now that you are with me and have no interest in anyone else. You want to be with me and only me. Sit with whoever you want." He kissed me again.

I smiled. I was really glad that he was finally starting to trust me and know that I wanted to be with him and only him. It was really comforting to me. I put my face against his chest. "I don't want to go. Can't I just stay with you and work?"

"No sweetheart. I never thought that I would be saying this, but you have to finish school and get some education."

"Did I just hear those words out of your mouth?" A familiar voice said. We looked behind us and saw Mrs. Weasley with the whole gang. "I never thought I would see the day." She stopped and looked at me. "Hello dear, how are you?"

"Hello, Mrs. Weasley, I am doing great. I had a fantastic summer."

"Well that is good to hear dear. Well I will leave you two alone so you can have your goodbyes. Oh and Mary, dear, we will be expecting you for holidays." She gave me an encouraging smile and walked away from us.

I looked at George, knowing that the tears were about to start falling. Saying goodbye to him after spending the entire summer with him was going to be extremely hard and I knew that. He pulled me close to him and wrapped his arms around me. I felt him kissing the top of my head. I wrapped my arms around his neck and and kissed him. I could see his eyes were tearing up too.

"I love you." He said. "The first trip to Hogsmeade will be soon and I will meet you there as soon as you get to go."

"I know, and I love you too." I kissed him again. "You better write me everyday, mister!"

He chuckled. "I will, and you better write me too, otherwise I might think you are seeing someone else." I looked at him and the grin on his face let me know that he was joking. "You better get on board before you get left behind." I smiled. "And no that isn't an option. Get on the train, that or I will be apparating you to Hogsmeade!"

"But..." I knew that would give us a few more hours together. So it was an option.

"No! Get on, babe. I will write you so you have an owl waiting for you when you go to bed." He smiled at me and kissed me again.

I slowly and hesitantly walked onto the Hogwarts Express. I took one final glance at him. I saw him holding back tears and waving at me. I blew him a kiss and went to find Miles and Christian. It was comforting to know that us parting was as hard on him as it was on me. It let me know that he cared about me as much as I cared about him. I saw Miles, Christian and a few other Slytherin's sitting at a table. Draco was sitting at the next table with Blaise and Pansy.

I walked up to Miles and Christian and sat down. "Draco still not talking to you?" Miles asked.

"I guess not." I looked at Draco. He was talking to Pansy and Blaise about something. He met my eyes and then looked away quickly as if he didn't even want to look at me. I frowned, I hoped that things would just soothe themselves over, but I could tell that I was wrong.

"So how was your summer?" Christian asked me. He was staring at me intently. I knew that he still had feelings for me. I think he was hoping to hear that things with George and I went south.

"I spent all of it with George. The only time I left was for Lucius' trials and to see the Malfoy's." I saw the disappointment in Christian's eyes. "I moved in with George at the beginning of the summer and spent the entire summer there and at the joke shop."

"Their joke shop is actually pretty cool." Miles said. "I got a lot of their stuff, I hate to say it but those two are brilliant when it comes to that kind of stuff."

"How were the trials?" Christian asked. I knew that a lot of people were curious to know what really happened and what was really said at them. Lucius had been such a high standing member of the wizarding world that it was a really big deal that he was now in Azkaban.

"Brutal. It was really hard seeing Lucius at them. Azkaban took its toll on him really fast. It was heartbreaking to hear that they were sending him there permanently. I just hope that the Dark Lord will get him out of there shortly."

I knew that he wanted to hear more, but it wasn't my business to spread. I had answered it politely but I wouldn't share what really happened. I was still haunted by Lucius' cries of protest of being sent back to Azkaban. He was terrified something that I had never seen from him. His screams haunted my dreams and I knew that if I told anyone about them, it would take away even more from the Malfoy name.

There was a black gust, I knew that it was one of George's products. "Probably some younger student pulling a prank." Miles said softly.

The rest of the ride was smooth, with smooth conversation. When we arrived at Hogwarts I walked off and waited behind so that I could catch Draco and pull him away from Pansy. I wanted to start this year with my best friend, not with him hating me. I saw Pansy and Blaise walk out without Draco.

"Blaise..." He walked over to me. "Where is Draco?"

"He told us he would catch up." He shrugged and he pulled Pansy away. She hesitantly went, I could tell that Blaise was dragging her away. I knew if anyone was happy that Draco wasn't talking to me, it was her. She always saw me as a problem.

I waited about three or four minutes before I saw Draco walking off the train with a smug look on his face. He saw me and the smug look faded. But I was surprised to see a smile replace his smug look. I knew that I had a confused look on my face and he started to laugh.

"What is so funny Draco?" I didn't know if this was a good sign or not.

"I just got a little revenge on the person I should have been mad at all this time." He looked at me with a look in his eyes I hadn't seen in a while. "Potter, he was hiding under that cloak of his. I used the body binding curse and then stomped on his face, I am sure I broke his nose. Then I covered him back up, he will be heading back to London tonight."

I knew that I should tell someone, but I had just gotten my friend back and I didn't want to ruin that. "Sounds like you feel a little better now that you got a little revenge for your father." I didn't know what to say, we hadn't had a civil conversation in so long it felt odd to be actually talking to him. I looked at him, he had a smirk on his face.

"I'm sorry for acting like a git." I knew that an apology from him was rare. That they rarely ever happened, and I knew not to make sure a big deal about it otherwise we would be back where we were.

"You don't have to apologize for anything, I can understand why you were so mad, maybe not understand why you were mad at me, but I would have been mad at the world. Your mother told me you barely spoke two sentences to her the entire summer."

"I wasn't in the mood to talk. I need to focus on my mission, the same way you had to last year. I was hurt too, because you wanted Weasley and not me." I knew that it pained him to say that, he was proud and was tired of putting himself out there only to be shot down.

"I know, I'm sorry. But I can't help it anymore, I love George. I want to be with him and I want to spend my life with him and I intend to." I felt weird telling him this. I knew that he didn't want to hear it but he had to hear it.

"I know, and I will respect your decision. To be honest with you all the mudblood, blood traitor stuff doesn't really matter to me anymore. This is bigger then that. I want this to be over. Neither of us had a choice about being Death Eaters, we were forced. I feel and see things differently now. All that matters is myself, my family and you make it through this war alive." I never thought I would hear something like that out of Draco's mouth. I knew that he meant it. He had to do this and had no choice, but I knew that he didn't like it.

"You can do it, I know you can. You have to, and I can still help you if you need it." I looked at him, waiting to hear a protest. "Try on your own and then if you need help, myself and Snape will be here to help you. Your mother told me that he took the unbreakable vow. We know how powerful that is, we have our own too."

I recalled that night over a year ago. I had cheated on George with Draco. I couldn't tell George that without dying though. It had eaten at me so much, but I had no choice but to hold it in. Of course, I now regretted it dearly but I couldn't change it.

"I don't need Snape's help. But if I need some ideas I will come to you." Draco smiled at me. It was nice seeing him smile. Narcissa had told me that he had looked really stressed lately. Draco and I went to dinner and sat with Blaise and Pansy.

"Oh, you two made up?" Pansy sounded mad about it.

"Yeah, I could never hate her forever." Draco said. Pansy seemed to get quiet and not say anything. It was like that the whole meal. The meal ended and we all walked down to the common room together. I walked in and saw the familiar dimly lit room. There were a few kids sitting on the leather couches. I said my good nights and walked up to the dormitory.

As soon as I got to the dormitory there was a letter on my bed. I remember that George had promised me a letter for when I went to bed. I smiled and picked it up. I settled down in bed and smelled it. George had put his cologne on there. I savored the smell before I opened the letter.

Mary,

It was weird coming home to a house that you weren't in. I got used to seeing you whenever I came back and I already miss that. I already miss you. I didn't realize that parting would be so hard, I guess that it is understandable seeing as we were together almost every waking second. Well tomorrow I will be at the shop all day and waiting for an owl from you. How was your first day back? I hope it was alright. Write me back when you can. I love you.

George

I smiled when I got done reading his letter. I opened my trunk and pulled out parchment and ink. I reread his letter again and settled down to write the letter.

Dear George,

Hi sweetheart. Oh my I miss you so much, I know what you mean I didn't think that saying good bye would be as hard as it was. I hope this gets to you before you leave for work, this way maybe you can write me again. My first day was good. I sat with Miles and Christian the way here and talked about how great my summer with you was. Oh and Draco and I are alright now. We made up thankfully. Well off to bed for me now sweetheart. I will write tomorrow in one of my classes. I promise. I love you more then anything else in this world. I can't wait to hear from you. Take care baby.

Mary

I reread it and then grabbed my owl and sent it off. I wanted to make sure he got it before morning came. I laid down for bed and thought about things. Draco, Lucius but most of all George. I missed him and knew that it would be a month or so before I finally saw him. And with that thought, I felt my mind drift off to sleep.

A/N-So I tried to make more details, I dunno if it is good but I like it. Hopefully you do too.

I hope that you will keep reading. Reviews please =)