Chapter 1
When Draco came to, he was lying on the grounds of Hogwarts while the sounds of the battle ragged overhead. He pushed himself up slowly and looked in horror at the blood that surrounded him. A further examination of his surroundings showed many bodies, both students and death eaters, littering the ground. He wiped a tiny bit of drool from the side of his face as he stood shakily. There was a loud gasp from behind him, and he swirled around to see Hermione Granger looking at him with shock.
"You were dead." She said simply. Draco nodded and reached out a shaking hand towards her, ignoring his upbringing. He couldn't stand on his own and he knew it, plus he needed to see Potter right this instant.
"Hermione, help me, please." He begged her, hoping she would ignore all the cruel things he had said and done to her in the past. Without hesitation she grabbed his outstretched hand and flung his arm around her shoulders. They slowly made their way up the slopping lawn towards the doors to the castle, watching all the time to make sure that the battle –which had drifted towards the forest-, would not return to where they were; being that both were helpless at the moment. Draco had never felt more exposed in his life, and other than the time in third year when she had hit him he had never touched Granger before. He had to admit that his skin did not burn or feel filthy like his father had always told him. If anything it felt rather nice, she was warm, her skin soft, and behind the scent of blood and sweat, Draco smelled some type of flower he could not identify.
While still unsteady on his feet as they made their way closer to the doors he felt his strength returning to him and no longer needed any assistance walking. They walked separately, although their arms were still linked on the off chance that Draco slipped.
Once they had made it through the large wooden doors and into the castle Hermione took Draco straight towards the great hall where she knew he would be able to rest but he resisted.
"Want to….help." He gasped, out of breath from the effort it had taken him to walk. She looked over to see that his already pale skin looked gray, and within the last few minutes the bags under his eyes had grown more pronounced. Alarmed, she dropped his arm and levitated him through the doors while he was too weak to protest. The people bustling about treating the injured grabbed him hurriedly, slapped some sort of energy potion (the wizard form of coffee) into his hands and went towards someone who's ears had blood bursting from them.
Draco saw Hermione talking to someone and pointing at him so he quickly downed the potion and felt its affects instantly. He felt as though he could run the length of the castle, or lift the Hogwarts express. He didn't need to do either of those right now however, what he needed to do was help Potter.
Draco had always teetered on the blade of the war. While his family supported the Dark Lord for the fame it would provide and out of fear, he also knew that his methods were cruel and wrong. He had been too scared to ever break away from his father or go against someone as inhuman as Voldemort. This was just the push he needed though, he had been saved from death for the soul purpose of helping the other side of the battle and he would not disappoint.
He heard Voldemort's voice inviting Harry to the forest and knew somehow that this is where the boy would go, that he would fall for the taunt and sacrifice himself to save the others. Draco understood only too well how that worked; he would do anything to save his mother, even if it meant his life. Hopefully him helping Harry would have no repercussions on his poor mum, and somehow he knew that it wouldn't.
Draco placed a disillusionment charm on himself and ran from the castle, stopping once he got to the grounds and once again was greeted by the sight of bodies. He passed Longbottom and Potter, heard Potter mention something about killing the snake and then watched as Harry slipped an invisibility cloak over himself. Draco could still see him though, and as he walked with him into the forest he saw him using some type of stone and all the sudden he could see people. Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, a man that looked just like Harry, and a woman. Draco ignored their conversation, somehow knowing it was private and that even though he could see them maybe he wasn't supposed to. It took quite a while for the two boys to reach where Voldomort and his followers were in their little clearing, and Draco watched with no emotion as Harry sacrificed himself; somehow knowing that it is how it was meant to be. He then watches as his mother kneels down and asks about him and Draco feels his heart swell with affection for the strong woman in front of him. She announces to the surrounding death eaters that Harry is dead and they cheer.
Draco follows Hagrid as he brings the 'body' of Potter to the castle. Draco knows he is still alive though, and conscious to boot. Therefore he decides to help the boy out and disillusions him when he knows that no one is looking. He waits until he sees Potter put the cloak on to remove the charm, still somehow able to see the boy.
Everything feels so surreal to the teenage boy, and for some odd reason he nearly bumps into one of the Death Eaters on his way to follow Potter, something that surely would get him killed, but instead he went through him. Draco ignored this, ignored everything except for a voice that had suddenly filled his head. The voice told him to look at Longbottom and in doing so saw him incased by the sorting hat which had been set aflame. Without knowing how he knew it, Draco cast a spell which caused a sword to fall from the hat as Longbottom was finally released from its hold. He paid no attention to what he had done though as he let the puppet strings take over his body and he followed Potter into the castle. The rest of the battle consisted of Draco blocking the many multitudes of curses that almost hit Potter.
Then finally it was over. Voldemort lay dead on the ground and Draco felt himself released from the control of whatever had taken over him during the battle.
A/N: Yay all the boring stuff is out of the way! Lol, I am really excited to get the back story part out of the way, because now I get to write the fun parts :) Sorry this chapter took so long, AP World History is kicking my butt and with the exam in a month I have like no free time anymore!
So my plan until after the exam is to update once a week, and after maybe two or three times a week.
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