*a/n* Good or bad news, school has started. This makes it either easier or harder to write. I am not certain yet. First day of high school, and I have already started a new book series though! I believe that can be a sign towards the positive!*
PROLGUE
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Draco Malfoy
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Draco was wandering aimlessly through the halls of Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Well, he had an aim, so it was not quite 'aimless' per say. He was searching for a poor, helpless soul to torture, for maybe the tenth or fifteenth time.
Everyone was well aware that Malfoy ruled the school. No one questioned it. A few daring young first year Gryffindors were turned into ferrets when they tried to stand up to the young Death Eater. No one messes with the Prince. No questions, no hexing. Draco Malfoy of Slytherin is the Prince of Hogwart's. Even the teachers knew! They knew better than to fail him, give him detention, or get in his way.
Many were after his crown. They would never admit that, of course, for fear of being hexed into oblivion. But if tragedy was to strike upon Draco Malfoy, the top suspects would be among his closest friends. Pansy Parkinson and Blaise Zabini would be the first on a long list of followers. They were the ones who were sick of second best. They were the ones who were tired of being slaves to him. And they certainly wouldn't deal with him if he feels heartbreak like the one he had felt a few years before.
As he strolled through the long hallways, Draco found what he was searching for. A soul to torment, yet again. He continued strolling, quite casually for him, anyone watching would suspect him of being 'up to something' right away. Neville Longbottom heard him after his friends, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, got so quiet you could hear a pin drop from a mile away. Malfoy waltzed right up to them, for the first time without his followers.
And that's when the torturing began. He had managed to torment them all before class started! A new record for him, and for the Slytherin house. Four Gryffindors tormented speechless within 10 minutes.
Later that same day, he found himself bored, and so wandering the halls again. He found he always was doing this. He had nothing better to do, so why not torment the people who have something better to do? He believes that he knows why he tortures everyone. He was finally getting close to admitting it to someone he trusts. Too bad he doesn't trust anyone but himself.
Draco has been in fights. Many, many fights, especially before people acknowledged his rightful place as prince. The only ones he would allow himself to fight though were men. He would never strike a woman after he had seen what his father does to his mother.
That is why I torment them, Draco decided quietly in his mind, because that's all I know. It's how my father communicates, and so that is how I will communicate. Somehow, somewhere inside, Draco didn't believe this was the right reason. And if it wasn't, then he would find the real reason before someone tries to take his crown.
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