Chapter One: Reminiscings
Draco Malfoy was not one to show weakness, he was a pureblood and such he had been bout up to never show such a thing. He had learnt from an early age that if he did so, whether it be in public or just in the presence of his mother he would be humiliated.
Said teen sat in the Slytherin common room as these thoughts flitted through his mind. He remembered the first time he had cried in front of his mother. She had looked down upon him with a displeased expression and held his wrist tight and slapped him upon his left cheek.
"You will never show such weakness again. As a pureblood you will never do such a thing. We purebloods must show the lesser how to act and think; they are not capable of such things and so need our guidance"
Narcissa Malfoy then walked from the room leaving her five year old son to bare the humiliation of being punished in front of their guests.
As the scene played out in front of Draco's eyes he felt a presence next him. He turned to see Blaise Zabini who had been a dear friend of his for as long as he could remember.
"What are you thinking of Draco?" he asked.
Draco sighed "nothing in particular, just reminiscing" he said turning back to the fir in front of him.
"Come on Draco, I know you better then that. You always sit here when something's wrong" he said.
Again Malfoy sighed but did not say anything.
"Is it to do with home?" Blaise asked.
He knew of what went on within the walls of Malfoy Manor; he had witnessed it first hand. Draco was beaten if he did the smallest thing wrong. His mother would hit him for simply coughing. She considered it ill mannered to do so.
Draco nodded and his eyes turned to Blaise.
"I was thinking about when I was five and cried in front of the guests we had round. She slapped me and then walked out leaving them to glare at me. They all seemed so tall to me then, so intimidating, I was scared" he said.
"I remember, I wanted to hug you then but mother would have stopped me, I was forced to watch from afar" he said sighing patting Draco's shoulder.
"Its ok mate, I know you couldn't have, it's not your fault" Draco said smiling.
"Let's go and get some dinner shall we?" Blaise asked getting up and offering a hand to Draco.
Draco nodded and accepted the hand and they then set of to the great hall.