Lucius approached his son's room, eyes darkened with sadness and fear. He inhaled deeply, raising his shaking hand to the door knob, pausing only for a second before gently tapping the door with his fist. The soft noise echoed throughout the empty house, startling the already shaking Lucius. "Come in," a young voice called, careless and unknowing. Lucius felt a pang of sadness, knowing that the same voice would not be careless after he told him of his assignment.

Lucius turned the knob slowly, opening the door, allowing him to enter the light blue room. Draco turned around to face his father, his eyebrows raised in curiosity. "Yes Father?" He asked politely. Lucius felt a throbbing pain in his chest, knowing he raised him to be so well-mannered. "Draco, now listen to me, I want you to know I did not want this to happen," he started, avoiding his son's eyes, too ashamed of himself. Draco went sickly pale, then took a step back from his father. "Father, is it-?" Lucius cut him off. "Yes, the Dark Lord has given you a task, and if you do not complete it, you will…" Lucius gulped, "Suffer the consequences," He finished, still avoiding the gaze of his wide-eyed son. Draco took another step back his face full of fear. "W-what's the task, Father?" He asked, hoping it didn't involve murder. Lucius lifted his gaze to his son's eyes then said, "To befriend then lure Harry Potter to the Dark Lord."

The fear left Draco's face, and it was replaced with disgust. "Befriend Potter?" Lucius then felt rage fill him. "Do you want to be killed?!" He yelled, eyes full of fear. Draco then went pale again, remembering the "Consequences" of disobeying Voldemort. Draco grunted, clenching his fists. "Yes Father," He said. "I will do the task," Lucius gave a sad smile, then turned to leave. He paused at the doorway, turning around to look at his shaken son. "Pack your suitcase, Draco. The train leaves early." The blonde boy nodded, not looking at Lucius. "Yes father."

Draco heard the door close. He started to hit things over the unfairness of it all. He had been enemies with Potter all these years, and he didn't want to change that, but dying over it, he thought, wasn't worth not changing.

[A/N]

Yes, another short chapter. I will update as soon as possible, sorry for the wait on this non-eventful chapter. I PROMISE I will update sooner next time.