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Chapter 1: Malfoy, what did you do now?
Far away from the bustling streets and shops of Hogsmeade, a group of men in dark robes surrounded a kneeling woman in a darkened alley. In her arms she cradled a bundle of white blankets, stained with blood, to her chest protectively. She wept openly not caring to wipe away the tears that stained her face. All the strength in her legs had left her and she remained on the broken pavement, the stones tearing at her knees.
"Don't kill him! Spare his life! He's just an innocent baby!" The woman cried out to the men that hovered over.
Her words fell on deaf ears, their only response to laugh at her.
"What a foolish woman! How dare you even speak to us!" One of the men yelled.
"You are beneath us!" Growled another.
"Haven't you done enough already? My husband is dead because of you! Dead!"
The men spared a glance to the side, where the body of a man laid face down in a pool of his own blood.
A different man that was set apart from the group stepped forward as he grew bored of their antics. "Stop wasting my time! Let's get this over with already!" A callous smile spread across his face as he reached into his robes to pull the dagger hidden within. "I want to see her suffer as we finish her off. Then we move on to the kid."
Draco Malfoy.
Hero.
Never had those three words been put together in the same sentence.
He was the son of Lucius Malfoy, son of a Death Eater. A pureblood standing at 6'3, a well toned muscled body with bleach blond hair that fell into his face and piercing gray-blue eyes, any wizard or witch would know better than to mess with this Malfoy.
No, Draco was definitely not one to be called a hero.
A puff of air escaped into the chilly air forming a small cloud. He had just returned from a meeting with his father at the Three Broomsticks with his oh so "respected father" and decided to cool down before returning back to school. His walk had been interrupted by the sounds of a weeping woman from a nearby alley. Always being the curious one he went in search of the woman and stumbled upon the scene.
He was currently pressed up against a wall, the dark night keeping him hidden from the men. Overhearing the conversation and the presence of the dagger, Draco debated over where he should help the woman from her captors.
There were so many, many directions in which this could go. None of them seeming to favor Draco's side. If his father were to find out, his life might be wiped out in seconds. Would he risk his life for some woman he did now know?
He couldn't.
He pushed off the wall to walk away when he caught the eyes of the woman fixed upon him. The men around her took no notice, too involved with their prospective kill. Try as he could, Draco could not look away from her pleading eyes.
Bringing his hand to his face he whispered, "Oh bollocks."
Within seconds he had his wand out, raising it over his head. "Transformo." He took the image of a tall, brown haired man.
With no time to spare he stepped out from the shadows and said, "So can anyone join this reunion or do I need an invite?" His sudden appearance provided an effective distraction from the woman. "Oooh I just love it when all the attention is on me. Makes me feel all special."
"Well aren't you just a cocky piece of shit." Said the one with the blade in his hand.
Draco waved a finger condescendingly as he chuckled. "Tsk. Tsk. Language now. You are in the presence of a lady."
"You are not going to be laughing anytime soon, sonny."
"First of all, I am not your sonny nor will I ever be. The thought alone disgusts me. Second, I'll laugh whenever the hell I want to. Lastly, I think it would be in your best interest if you left right now and crawled back to your little hole." Draco replied.
Draco saw the veins forming on the man's temple, his face forming an ugly hue of purple from anger.
Fuming the man waved his hand forward signaling to the other men, the rest of them springing into action. They charged straight at Draco while other watched on amused assuming it would be over in a minute. Draco, having already anticipated this move cried out, "Accio wand", effectively gathering one of the men's wands.
'Don't want people tracing my curses, however deadly they are, back to me ' Thought Draco, knowing that he would have to resort to using the killing curse to make it out alive with the woman.
He immediately began to shout out curses and counter curses against the Death Eaters.
"Diffendo!"
"Stupefy!"
It continued on, neither side getting much leverage over the other. Draco had only managed to take down one; the Death Eater sprawled out unconscious on the floor. With some luck he managed to blast a second with Impedimenta with such force that it threw his enemy into a crumbling wall, the bricks covering him in layers.
'Just one left.' He thought.
It seemed though that with the last one he had brought down the remaining two seemed to realize the situation was not as easy as they had previously determined. From the corner of his eye he could see the one with the dagger advance towards the woman once more. Fearing the worst Draco made a beeline for the woman but was immediately stopped by a pair of arms. The biceps of the man locked around his neck, keeping him in place.
He could only watch as the dagger plunged into the abdomen of the woman. The hilt lodged in her and she crumpled to the floor.
With a roar Draco quickly head butted the man holding him as the surge of anger took over his body. The man fell to floor and Draco pointed his wand in the direction of the Death Eater by the woman.
He was not surprised to see that the man was also prepared to strike. The man opened his mouth, but before he could utter a word he was blasted by bright green light as Draco yelled, "Avada Kedavara!"
The lifeless body fell to the ground.
Without a second to spare, the anger still coursing through his veins he fixed his wand on the Death Eater on the floor. "Avada Kedavara!"
Tired and breathless, Draco stumbled towards the bleeding woman and kneeled before her. He didn't know what to expect from her but he never imagined that she would be smiling. She lay with bundle on her chest, the blankets edges taking in her blood. She weakly reached for his hand, her delicate fingers wrapping around his. "Thank you."
"Thank you? How can you thank me? I couldn't save you. I failed!" Draco said full of grief. There was something familiar about this woman that kept tugging at his hardened heart.
She shook her head. "No, you didn't. You saved me in more ways than you will ever know." She let his hand go to touch his cheek. "Change back. I want to see the true face of my hero."
Startled he did as he was told and her smile only deepened. "Promise me you will take care of him. Protect him always. They will be after him again and won't stop looking for him."
"Him? Who? Protect who? I don't understand what you are talking about." He was extremely puzzled.
As if to answer his question, a tiny wail sounded from the bundle of blankets.
"Oh, no! No. No. No!"
Reaching towards the bundle, he hoped his assumption was false. Upon feeling the warmth and tousle of hair that peaked from within the blankets, he knew he was correct in theory.
A pair of violet eyes stared back at him.
"There's no way! I can't do this. I'm the worst person you could have picked for this job!" Draco protested.
"You must! Promise me!"
"I...I...I...I promise." Draco said weakly, even more confused as to why his answer was yes.
"Thank you." With one sad smile the woman closed her eyes and took her last breath.
It took him several long minutes before he was able to get back on his feet, the cries of the baby putting him back in motion. Bending down he scooped the baby up from his mothers embrace into his. Almost in a robotic fashion he began the familiar walk back to Hogwarts.
He gazed down at the baby in his arms, the child now calm snuggled close to his chest. The baby had just closed his eyes when Draco jumped in surprise jerking the baby back awake.
Beautiful blue eyes stared back at Draco.
"Okay junior I know they were not that color before." Draco stated. "What is wrong with you?"
The baby just scrunched his face in displeasure as if he understood what Draco had said.
"Okay. Okay. I understand. No messing with you." He said in surrender not wanting a crying child in his arms. "Hmmm already trying to get your way are you? A definite Malfoy trait. I think I'm going to like you junior. Just maybe."
Draco arrived unnoticed at the Heads Dormitory without further incident. Leaving the alley he had only one thought and it was to head back to the dorm. Having accomplished that goal he was now left standing in the middle of the common room unsure of his next move.
The same common room that he shared with this year's Head Girl, who just happened to be Miss-know-it-all-Granger.
"Definitely not of the good." Draco said to the empty room.
Junior…as Draco had taken to calling him…on the other hand knew exactly what to do.
Cry.
The baby's wail filled the entire room within seconds.
"Shhh. You're going to wake up Granger." Draco said frantically trying to soothe the baby.
He felt his heart jump as the sounds of door to her room being opened were heard.
"Shit. Shit." Sparing the baby in his arms a glance, Draco decided to change his words slightly. "Shoot. Shoot."
His eyes darted to every corner of the room looking for a place to hide but it was too late. Standing at the top of the staircase with her hands firmly placed on her lips, the Head Girl stood with her trademark glare of disproval.
"Malfoy! What is all the racket down here? It sounds like…it couldn't be." Hermione said, not wanting to reach the conclusion.
With his back to her, Draco winced knowing he had been caught. Slowly as if to draw some time he turned around to face her.
An audible gasp was heard.
"What did you do now?!"
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