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The beginning of the school year was weighing down on Draco Malfoy's mind. He had been thinking about the happenings of last year's school term, and it made his stomach crawl and retch as he thought of what he had been told to do. To kill another wizard, that in his mind, was one of the foulest a person could do. He closed his eyes and again the scene closed in around him, the dark tower. His whole body was shaking with tremors and his palms were sweating profusely, it all still seemed a dream as Dumbledore appeared in the tower. Snape was whispering in his ear about what needed to be done. The sourness of his breath tickled at his neck and ear. Dumbledore looked broken and it terrified him even more, he had never seen the Headmaster look like that. He knew Dumbledore to be strong and invincible, nothing like this.

A knock at his door brought him out of his reverie. He stood up from his large four poster bed and made his way to the door. He pulled it open and his mother was standing there looking at him with pure fear etched on her face.

"The Dark Lord would like to see you, Draco. Please listen to everything he says and do whatever he asks of you. Our family needs to bend to his every command, " she whispered as if the Dark Lord could hear.

She scurried away down the hall and into a room away from the happenings in the sitting room. He wished to follow her or move even further away, but instead he moved toward the steps that led down into the large entry way, adorn with the family portraits, most of them were moving, a couple were sleeping in their frames. All of them looked dark and menacing, but Draco had become so used to them, that he walked passed them without a second glance.

He entered the sitting room. The light was very dim, lit only by the fire in the large hearth. The room was very big, as many of the rooms in Malfoy Manor. Lucius Malfoy was sitting in a chair in a dark corner of the room. He was barely visible, bit his paleskin in the dim firelight gave him away. And there in front of the fire, stood the man Draco had always feared. His serpent like face, gleamed in the light. His skin was even paler then his fathers. And it gave the impression that he was actually glowing.

"Draco, I'm glad you have decided to join us." Voldemort hissed as he caressed the top of his Nagni's head.

"Yes, sir. I heard you wanted to see me." Draco stated as if he wasn't afraid.

"Yes, indeed, I did send for you. You have another duty." He turned around to face Draco.

"I wish to do your bidding, my Lord." Draco had closed his mind in order to lie.

"You are to return to Hogwarts, this mudblood Granger, you are to seduce her and draw her to our side. She, although a mudblood, is very brilliant and is a friend to my enemy. I need her and this is your only job." He again hissed.

"Yes , my Lord." Draco bowed, turned then left the room.

When Draco entered his room, he reopened his mind as he often had to do after he had encounters with the "Dark Lord." He threw himself on the bed, he thought of Hermione Granger, he thought of her curly hair, her soft skin, he thought of her laugh, and her smile. He thought of everything that he had watched and yearned for all of these years. He could never imagine giving someone of that purity to someone so dark. He wouldn't, he just wouldn't, he would have to get in kind with her and tell her what Voldemort wanted of her. She would have to be warned, and he would have to plan it very carefully. He hated the planning, he hated the lies. What he didn't hate was getting close to her. Finally getting to show her his real side, and maybe soon he would be able to get away from this life he so hated. He would be able to start a new life without the darkness, without the misery. He couldn't wait for a life that was lead by him and no one else. To him that was his only dream, and he had never dreamed for anything else.

A/N: And that's the end to chapter one. I hope you liked it. Updates with be coming soon. Keep reading.

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