Chapter 2: Starting Over

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Chapter 2: Starting Over

When I woke up I genuinely didn't know where I was. But the worst thoughts that came to my mind first where that I had fainted. I, Draco Malfoy, had fainted in front of hundreds of of guest at my own wedding and was now in my room again.

But then my mind began processing everything again and I sat bolt up right in my king sized bed with shock. I remember HER standing up and using her magic, which was soon surrounding me before I blacked out. But how did she fix my life? That was when her words registered in my mind, the very last words I heard her say.

"A life you saved, a life you get, a life in time, with no regrets, to change a style, viewed a lifetimes while, from a loveless marriage, to a love that's cherished, I send you to when it all began, and should help be needed all you do is call on my name."

He was a bit unclear about what name she was refering about but what worried him most was when she said I send you. Send me where? Does she mean literally back in time? I don't want to go back to before all the hard work I put into making sure the Malfoy's name was stable in he new society, and so with that thought in mind, I jumped out of bed and rushed down the halls towards the dinning room where father and mother would have breakfast when we were alone during the summer.

To say I was surprised when I walked in was an understatement. I was quite literally blow away, when I barged into the dinning room, falling to the ground when I tripped over the barely opened door, and beside the chair father was currently residing in, eating his breakfast. He looked down at me with a rather amused look on his face as I gaped at him from the floor, before I quickly made myself scramble up from it.

"Father," I said surprised before I looked around the room and noticed mother sitting in her place, a light I hadn't seen in her eyes since before the dark lord came back. With that thought in mind, I started to freak out and pace back and forth besides the table.

"Is something the matter Draco," his father asked a bit concerned with his strange behavior and I stopped and turned around to look at him with a thoughtful look.

"Yes," I said, my brain working as fast as the fastest broom at the moment. If my suspicious were correct I was back in time before the dark lord returned. I could change some things concerning my family and make sure the war ends on it's same successful note it had. But first thing first, I needed to know when was today.

"What date is today father," I asked, trying to organize my thoughts. He looked at me with a confused look before mother was the one to answer me.

"It's the 30th of July," she responded softly and I frowned. Mother's voice was starting to sound dull, like when the Dark Lord had barely returned, that means it must be the summer after fourth year.

"Of what year mother," I asked her walking to her and laying a hand on her shoulder.

"1995," she replied looking up at me and I frowned, "why are you asking Draco, what's wrong." He voice took on a worried note and I smiled reassuringly at her, and kissed her cheek. She seemed surprised by my actions but didn't comment as I turned to face father again, he had been observing me the whole time and he seemed confused by me as well.

"Father what I'm about to tell you and mother is done in confidence that not a word would be spoken of to the Dark Lord or any of the members of his except for Uncle Severus understood," I asked and he could see him stiffen slightly in his seat before he nodded for me to continue.

"I had a dream that the war would soon end and there were two options. One where the Dark Lord triumphed and one where he did not. In both options the Malfoy name was ended or was defamed and brought to the ground." I said, I knew I could not tell them the whole truth of what has happened, but if I was going to come back to a time of war to save my love life and the family name, I needed a story that would be believable. Seers dreams weren't uncommon in my mothers side of the family so I was hoping it would be well to sway towards some dream sent from our ancestors.

I saw father stiffen even more in his seat and mother sat up straighter and glanced at me.

"A prophetic dream," she asked and I nodded my head, shoulders dropping a bit like I've seen hers do when she had her dreams.

"It would seem so, but there was a catch to this; I could change the way our family is viewed after the war, but only if we strayed far from the Dark Lord. Well...more like I stay far away from the Dark Lord. I can't take the Dark mark like you wished for me to do so father," I said looking at father straight in the eyes as I did this. I felt him push a bit around my mind, and I let him view some of the things from the life I just lived. Though they were supposed to be dreams and I was supposed to be unaware of legilimency, father didn't seem to notice I was actually well versed in the art of both Occlumency and Legilimency, and was in reality showing him memories instead of a prophetic dream.

He showed him the harsh torture the Dark Lord put his family through, especially when they failed at many things. Then of being taken away to Azkaban after the war and trying to raise the family name in the new society. He could see his father pale at this. His father, a very proud man, could not fathom how he'd allowed his family to be dragged down like that. He was a Malfoy for Merlin's sake, and his family and it's name meant everything. Having seen this, Lucius pulled away from Draco's mind and nodded stiffly at his mother, whom looked at him expectantly.

"What did you have in mind Draco," his father asked and Draco allowed sighed in relief before he composed himself and spoke the first thing he wished to fix.

"First I wish you to void the marriage agreement I have with the Greengrass girl," his father sputtered in shock but he continued. "She will fall in love with Blaise but Lord Greengrass will not void the marriage because he wants access to our lands to sell them and harvest his own goods on them so they grow while we diminish." He said this with much conviction his father paused in what he was about to say before summoning the papers.

"How do you know I had an marriage agreement for you," he asked cautiously and Draco gave his father a blank stare. "The fall of our family was not the only thing I saw father and I wish to do nothing with the Greengrass family but what is socially acceptable in terms of meet and greet at a party." He sat down at the dinning table, and started eating when food appeared before him. His father was waving his wand over his marriage agreement papers to show it was canceled in Mr. Greengrass' copy before he signed them and they disappeared with a puff of smoke.

"There, it's been void, are you sure it's what you want. Astoria is a very proper beautiful young pure-blooded witch," his father tried convincing but he simply scowled at his father and shook his head.

"Astoria wishes to marry Blaise Zabini, or at least she will in seven years. I on the other hand need to focus in making sure our family name isn't trashed once this war begins and ends, so I will be doing some harsh decisions you and mother might not approve of father. Starting with going to Hogwarts and meeting with Professor Dumbledore to ask for my security within their circle for when the war is over." He started as he finished his eggs and turned to face his father's horrified expression and his mother's thoughtful look.

"It seems to me you've put a lot of thought into what you're doing Draco," his father stated and Draco sneered.

"No father I haven't, I simply don't wish to be tortured by the Cruciatus Curse," he stated shuddering at the thought, "my dream felt too real to ever want that happening to me ever, in my dreams or not, father." His father didn't say anything else after that and continued eating. Draco soon excused himself from the table and went back up stairs to his room.

There he found his school trunk filled with some of his robes and school books and he scowled at it. He's forgotten he would have to go through classes at Hogwarts again. At least this time, he knew what would be taught and could keep up with Granger at the very least, plus there was still a month to prepare before school began again. He sighed, feeling exhausted, even though it was barely morning. Sitting at his desk that was by the window, he looked for some parchment and a quill to write. Once it was found, he sat staring at the parchment for a while before he decided he would write to both Professors Dumbledore and Snape and ask for an audience at soon as they could once he was back at Hogwarts. He made sure to add, his father and mother would like to be present so if they would inform him as soon as possible.

Once he sent his eagle owl with the letter he sat in his room pondering and planning.

He may have been able to lie to his father, but he didn't think he could be able to lie to both Dumbledore and Snape, especially Snape. But he wanted to find his true love. That was the main point of his wish. He may want to keep his family name in good standing but he wanted the love the fairy witch promised him. He knew he could find her, but he would need to speak with the fairy as soon as they got to school, or even on the train. How hard could it be?

He shouldn't have asked that? He shouldn't have asked himself how hard it could be to find one stupid witch! It was more difficult than he ever thought possible. She was never alone! Or if she was, she would be surrounded by stupid Gryffindorks as soon as they saw him coming, like they were Slytherin detectors or something close. Giving a frustrated groan he walked away from the hard stares he was receiving from the group surrounding the mischievously smiling witch and back to the compartment he was sharing with his friends. If you'd call them that, only Blaise was a true friend.

Slamming the compartment door closed he dropped onto the seat with a huff and ignored his friends concerned looks.

"Is everything all right Draco," Parkinson asked sliding down the seat and up to him, rubbing his arm in what I'm sure she thought was comforting. He shrugged her off, not liking the way he made her feel making her give him a look of surprise. In all the years that they've known each other, never has he ever brushed off her advances on him.

"I'm fine, just leave me alone for a moment," he stated looking out the train window and ignoring anything else his friends had to say. His thoughts strayed to the letter in his robe's pocket, the one Dumbledore had written his reply. He was glad he would meet with him and his parents, but he was slightly disappointed it wouldn't be until after the first week of school had passed. At least he was glad he would be busy trying to settle into a schedule after some time of not doing so before the meeting.

It was when they were almost to Hogwarts when he snapped out of his thinking when Pansy asked him a question.

"What was that Pansy," he asked shaking his head as he turned to look at his friends.

She looked at him with a sneer as she realized he hadn't been paying attention to what she was saying before she shook her head at him.

"I was saying that I had been talking to Astoria yesterday night, you know, Daphne's sister, and she was telling me her father was furious. Said something about him locking himself up in his office the whole month to discuss something with your father about a marriage agreement. Do you know what she's talking about," she asked eagerly wanting to get the other half of the gossip and he shrugged. It didn't matter either way if she knew at least half of what it's about. It's better she know the full story before she starts rumors he really didn't want.

"Nothing much, just that father voided a marriage agreement between her and I a few days ago. I've developed the Black family's gift of dream sight and had a eye opening experience where it showed me a horrible side to Mr. Greengrass and I really don't fancy having him as a father-in-law at all," he said with a shrug, "so I asked father to void the marriage agreement before I turned of age and it wasn't able to be done."

"What, how could you do that," Blaise asked shocked and Draco couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at his strange outburst.

"If you've studied the law of the pure I'm sure you'll find what I've done is most certainly allowed. It's after we are of age that there is a consequence to pay, and even then a broken agreement can easily be broken when the woman or man is verified having been unfaithful to the other partner months and weeks before the wedding. The sole purpose of our marriages are blood heirs is it not? I wouldn't like to risk that thanks, and besides, Astoria will fall in love with someone that is most certainly not me," he said all of that in a monotone voice.

It was silent as everyone stared at him, but he simply ignored them and looked out the window again.

It wasn't long before we arrived at Hogwarts and were were all getting off the carriage. After the sorting hat had sorted all the first years and food had been served I felt someone tap me on the shoulder and I turned to see HER smiling dreamily at me as my friends quieted down at the Ravenclaws sudden appearance.

"What do you want Loony." Pansy sneered at her but the girl simply ignored her as she spoke to me.

"A life you save, a life you get, you must be brave and never fret. For when you meet, and questions asked, you will be sweet and answer fast. The answer's YES, and you'll not think, but I am here to confess, that while it seems like it's a mess, it's better when you don't distress. A YES forever it will be, but she is clever so do not flee. A wish was granted, a wish come true, it was well drafted, now it's up to you."

With those words said she skipped away from the table and out of the Great Hall, leaving all the Slytherins that heard her confused by her words and me to digest what she had said. While her words were cryptic and rhymed, the girl was too powerful in sight and fairy magic to be anything else. I at least could admit to that, and I didn't know if that was admiring or scary.

"Draco did you get a thing Loony Lovegood just said," Blaise asked from his place across from me. I looked up at him with a thoughtful expression and shrugged.

"Fortunately I didn't, but it does make good food for the brain," I answered casually. He shrugged agreeing with me before continuing eating his food.

Not long after dinner was finished, I helped the Perfects usher the first years down to the dungeons and into bed after a brief welcome from Uncle Snape. His eyes had lingered on me as he talked, though I pretended I wasn't paying attention, knowing he would want to ask questions I would not answer until after I met Dumbledore. As soon as he dismissed us I was gone from the common room before he could call me back, and thankfully he got the message and left me be; for the night, that is. So here I was, laying wide awake on my four poster bed, with the curtains drawn, and my thoughts still on what Luna had said. She had said she granted my wish, but I would have to work for it to be how it's supposed to be, and I couldn't let myself think to much on it.

How the hell is not thinking about my future going to help me have a good future to begin with?

Gosh!

This is why people called her Looney. She may be a very powerful fairy but her witch gifts were making her double the fuzzy her fairy side already made her. Oh I only hope I know what I got myself into.