Chapter 1- treacherous heart ( final edit)

:: I do not own anything created by j. K. Rowling. This is not canon (but one can dream):: (if there are any grammatical errors please don't be rude about them I did my best to spell check it)

Five years Draco had watched him in the shadows. Five years he taunted him. Five years of denying his feelings and refusing to believe they existed. His heart was treacherous to his mind and he didn't know how much longer his mind could hold out against it. He could tell this year would be quite different something made him realize it as he laid on his bed and stared into nothingness. He pondered the feelings from his heart and wondered if it would be better to just act upon them. 'treacherous' he thought to himself. How could he let his heart feel this way. Different scenarios played out in front of him as he decided on whether to trust in love instead of power. Most of these mental scenes ended horribly. Shunned from his family and friends or worse being hunted down by the dark lord himself and murdered for betrayal. From below a gruff muffled muttering could be heard, Dracos' father had returned home from the ministry. Draco had little care for whether or not dear old dad would ever come home until he heard his low voice mutter the name 'Harry Potter' with that Dracos attention turned to the sounds of his mumbling father below.

"hopefully he will be pleased with this and our name not spat upon anymore." Lucius hissed "Once again our household will uphold the standards and fear the malfoy name should render." Draco could tell his father was was fear underneath all of the angry within his summer has not been easy for him, after finding out the dark lord had returned to their world, his father, who had tried nothing to bring Voldemort back to power, had been belittled by the dark lord and disgraced by his death eater then Lucius had been working doubly hard at the ministry trying to convince the minister that harry potter and dumbledor were conspiring against him, and filling pockets and spreading falsehoods to other ministry officials. It was taking a toll on him that Draco knew for certain. Draco stayed laying on his bed wondering what his father had done to believe the dark lord would be pleased he wondered if the dark lord would ever be pleased with the malfoy family. It didn't take long to figure it out as his father had just summoned him downstairs to the family study. He took his time coming downstairs wondering what was happening and still running through scenarios about his treacherous heart.

"you wanted to see me?" Draco stood in the doorway staring at his father who was ruffling through papers and he believed was having a mild panic attack.

"Draco... Yes" lucious cleared his throat pushing aside his anxiety he continued with a smirk" Potter has decided to get himself into a bit of trouble this past summer" he rambled "we almost were capable of banning him from Hogwarts but that ridiculous fool Dumbledore was able to counter our arguments and turn the tables." Draco didn't understand what his father was talking about. Harry was almost expelled? While he was waiting months for another year to see harry there was a chance he wold have never seen him at all? Draco had a slight bit of panic run through him then remember that his father said almost. 'Thank god for Dumbledore thought Draco. What did any of this have to do with him he thought. " because of this failure the dark lord has contacted us for a favor another chance to please him and i will NOT have this families name spat upon by the others anymore." his anxiety began to rise again with his anger as he started to pace the room. He rubbed his scruffy face it was definitely in need of a shave. " he has asked that you become more intertwined in potters life. Follow him. And if possible become close to him. He has asked this favor of you Draco. I dont have a clue where he is going with this but i am not on to question the dark lord. I dont want any mistakes or the dark lord will be the least of your worries." lucious' face turned quite dark with that last phrase and although Draco was pretty sure even his father didn't know what could be worse the a vengeful dark lord Draco didn't want to learn if there was something worse. His father may be a coward but he knows many people Draco took a moment to respond as his mind began reeling about this most unusual request of the dark lord. He could feel his father becoming more and more agitated as he waited for Draco to reply finally he agreed" i understand father" this was his chance he realized. He had been wondering how to come clean and now He could get close to harry maybe even let himself love him and fool his father and even the mighty lord Voldemort into believing he was just doing their bidding. A smile appeared on his face as he left the study leaving his father to his anxiety. As he thought about his new task he wondered that after years of all the pain and duress he put harry through he had no idea how he was going to gain his trust and become his friend. If not more. As Draco headed through the foyer he passed a copy of the daily prophet on the table next to the stairs. In huge black words was " THE BOY WHO LIES" Harry's messy hair and solemn yet ruggedly handsome face stared out back at Draco with no emotion. 'did the news ever back off of people' Draco stood there for a second remembering the last test for the triwizard tournament. Remembering how his last year at school had ended.

`Anticipation, as the contestants ran through the maze screams emanating for the tall bushy hedges and one, then two red flares. Draco knew though then that neither were Harry he was brave and he would make it Draco secretly rooted for him as he wore his normal sarcastic look. It got silent after that the stupid band wouldn't stop playing as if it livened up the fact that people could die. 20 minutes went by with no sign of anyone fleur delcour had been dragged out of the maze and taken to the stands after a quick medical exam and krum had been pulled out and un-bewitched. His bewitching was a big deal with Karkaroff and he was throwing a fit and scolding krum. After almost an hour Draco began to wonder if Cedric or harry would ever return. The maze was very big but they were both bright and it seemed too long for comfort. He looked down the stands at Dumbledore who looked quite content and chatty with professor mcgonagall. If dumbledor as not worried Draco didn't need to be but he couldn't shake the feeling. Suddenly a shift in the air alerted everyone to look at the front of the maze as a loud crack erupted and harry and Cedric apparted right before them all. The band began playing louder as everyone cheered for the two victors. After a closer look it didn't take long for everyone to realized the the Cedric Diggory body was a lifeless pile next to harry and screams soon echoed through the air and the stands erupted in a panic. Harry's and Mr. diggory loud cries could be heard as mad eye dragged harry away, and the repeated words "he's back Voldemort is back"` echoed through the stands. Draco remained in his seat but he knew what had happened and he knew his own father was a part of it. His heart dropped' back in malfoy manor Draco shook the memory off and proceeded back upstairs to his room to complete getting ready for his next year at Hogwarts. In less than a week Draco would be on the same train as harry once again headed for Hogwarts. And this was a year he was looking forward to.

The Sun rose brightly on the morning Draco has been waiting for as if a sign. Usually every year returning to Hogwarts was just a grim reminder that for an entire year Draco would have to live with the mixed feelings for harry and and walk around wearing the mask of hatred for him, this year though not only cold he drop his charade but he will gain his families good graces back in with the dark lord although he was unsure if that was a positive thing but it did seem like something he wanted for his family. Draco and his parents were already on there way to platform 9 3/4 as the sun rose higher in the sky. As 10:30 rolled around Draco politely bid farewell to his mother and father and boarded the Hogwarts express he sat next to his fellow slytherins in the part of the train that slytherins always claimed for themselves. Pansy Parkinson a pretty girl who was always vying for dracos attention sat across from him blathering on about their new school year as he stared out the window deep in thought. His eyes widened, looking out over the platform he soon caught a glimpse of the messy hair he knew all too well surrounded by many many heads of red hair, harry had finally showed up in his view followed by Ron and hermione and the other weasleys. He was laughing about something when he walked by the window without even noticing malfoy. Jealousy started to boil as he saw how happy Ron and hermione made harry feel and how they were capable of putting that amazing smile on his face even if he had just almost been expelled. He hoped this year he could put the smile on his face as well. He spent the last few days and the rest of the train ride trying to figure out how to get Harry's attention and get close to him. Nothing came to mind as they arrived at Hogwarts and rode their carriages up to the front gate. Draco ended up right behind harry and his friends as they walked into the castle. "surprised the ministry is still letting you walk around free potter I expect there is a cell in Azkaban with your name on it" Draco spoke without thinking as he tried to find courage to say anything to him. That, was not what he wanted to say. It was such habit to be mean to him that it came out without any thought. Harry shot forward towards malfoy fists clenched but was jerked back by Ron "stay away from me malfoy" yelled harry as Ron restrained him from hitting Draco, Draco wished harry had hit him though, maybe knock some sense into him. Draco walked away and sat down at the slytherin table and decided he couldn't linger on this anymore as it only made him feel worse and tried to put his attention into something else. The sorting hat sang its new song and sorted the first years into their houses. Dumbledore then made his way to the podium for his annual welcoming speech. "To our newcomers, welcome to Hogwarts!" the headmasters voice boomed through the great hall "To rest of you- welcome back! Id like to welcome back professor grubbly-plank who will taking over care of magical creatures while our gamekeeper hagrid is on temporary leave." without realizing Draco looked over at harry and noticed harry with a concerned look on his face seemed to have said something to Ron and hermione about the missing half giant. " also It is my pleasure to introduce this years new defense against the dark arts teacher Miss Dolores Umbridge. I find that -" his speech was interupted then but a small high pitched squeak and clink of metal against glass and a small plump woman clad in a disgusting amount of pink strode towards the podium. Draco recognized her from trips to the ministry and he wondered if the ministry was interfering with Hogwarts, and if that would mess up dracos plans to get close to harry. " thank you professor and may i say The Ministry of Magic has always considered the education of young witches and wizards to be of vital importance. The rare gifts with which you were born may come to nothing if not nurtured and honed by careful and well ordered instruction. The ancient skills unique to the wizarding community must be passed down the generations lest we lose them for ever. The treasure trove of magical knowledge amassed by our ancestors must be guarded, replenished and polished by those who have been called to the noble profession of teaching. Every headmaster and headmistress of Hogwarts has brought something new to the weighty task of governing this historic school, and that is as it should be, for without progress there will be stagnation and decay. There again, progress for progress's sake must be discouraged, for our tried and tested traditions often require no tinkering. A balance, then, between old and new, between permanence and change, between tradition and innovation because some changes will be for the better, while others will come, in the fullness of time, to be recognized as errors of judgment. Meanwhile, some old habits will be retained, and rightly so, whereas others, outmoded and outworn, must be abandoned. Let us move forward, then, into a new era of openness, effectiveness and accountability, intent on preserving what ought to be preserved, perfecting what needs to be perfected, and pruning wherever we find practices that ought to be prohibited." she squeaked again and toddled back to her seat as Dumbledore who didn't even seem phased by the interruption continued. " thank you madam undersecretary and for your inspiring words." he turned towards the students once more "As just precedent by the lovely madam undersecretary this year shall bring changes and and better atmosphere to our grand school. Now I know you are all eager to start your new year at Hogwarts. Tuck in!" Draco found all of that to be redundant coming from the ministry official but didn't really care. Grumbles came from other students as thy exited the dining hall. Draco made sure to brush past harry as he strode down to the dungeons for some well deserved sleep. As if in habit when harry turned around to scoff at malfoy he laughed his mocking laugh and flipped him off. "sod off malfoy" Ron glared as he turned harry away towards the Griffindor common room. As harry faded out of sight malfoy sighed He didn't know why he did that but he realized then it was going to be very hard to get on Harry's good side if he kept acting like an arse every time he encountered harry. Draco stayed awake late into the night with thoughts of harry. 'why was he always so horribly mean to him?' ' why couldn't he just accept his feelings?' Goyle snored loudly in the bed next to Draco. 'how great it is to be back' Draco thought as he forced himself to fall asleep.