A Thousand Years

by: Starborn Angel

Disclaimer: J. K. Rowling owns all the characters and Ann Brashares inspired the creation of this story.

A/N: I would like to thank my first reviewers and give them a HUGE virtual hug! Your reviews literally made me jump up and down. Thank you, thank you! I would also like to thank my lovely beta, independentwriter-137.

Now, on to the chapter.

Chapter One: Draco's Return

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 1991

Lights will guide you home,

And ignite your bones,

And I will try to fix you

The first time Draco stepped into Hogwarts - the very first time being about a thousand years ago, when the school has just opened and the very famous founders roamed the very hallways he walked now. All the founders were warm and welcoming - except Salazar Slytherin. He had an aristocratic feel to him, like he was better than everyone else, a demeanour just like his father in this lifetime. Just like what he was teaching Draco now.

It was the time when you can approach them for questions regarding your Potions homework. It was that era. Inter-house enmity was almost non-existent. Or so he thought. Hogwarts has a long history, and obviously these include rivalries. Draco remembered that it was rather pleasant at first, but when Slytherin said that only Purebloods should be allowed in the magical school, all hell broke loose. The founders had a huge argument that lead to the house enmity that awaits them now after their sorting.

During that time, he was born in a wealthy British family, and that's where he first became himself.

He always kept the name Draco close to his heart, because it was the first name that his mother gave him. His first mother was an aristocratic woman back in the 9th century. She had an arranged marriage with his father, a duke. As a child, he did not have much attention and warmth from his parents, so he ended up quite the trouble maker.

In his past lives, as early as four years old, he names himself Draco. In his mind, he calls himself Draco. He even tells his parents to call him Draco, but he never tells them why. Some of them flat out refused, like his merchant parents in his last life in Turkey, who named him Adil. But the other parents he had, they would sway and let him have what he wants. He did not dare explain his attachment to his name.

They would never understand.

His soul was very old, he could tell, almost as old as Hogwarts. At three years old, the dreams of his old lives would start and he would wake up crying into the night. He remembered that in his first life in England, he was killed for saving a girl from a gunshot. At three years old, he was first awakened to his many memories. At his first few lives, he wakes up confused and scared. But as he lived longer and more lives, he understood. It was all part of the cycle. Live, remember, die. That's the gist of his usually miserable life.

In this world, most of the people did not know that they had past lives, because when they die, they don't bring their memories with them. But Draco was different, since he has the Memory. Having the memory meant even if you die, you keep your memories with you to your next life. He isn't any different from a normal person - of course, he was still human and still had the same parts - but he was unique because he carried the memories of all his lives before the current one.

It was an overwhelming thought. He was born in almost all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. Draco let out a satisfied sigh. Good. It's so bloody cold there he thinks he would freeze his rather delicate arse off. His appearance differs too, in each life. Thank Merlin he hasn't been reincarnated into a woman. Not yet. He shuddered internally.

The memories come back in pieces as he grows older. In his usual cycle as he'd like to call it, he'd master his full memories at the age of 21. Ten years to go, he huffed.

In his life in China some centuries back, he died at 12 years old from cholera. He didn't even master his full memories then. Draco was luckier to live in such a good condition now.

It's a bit confusing when you're younger, but now that he's getting some parts of his memories - the ones that are highlighted, the important ones - he guessed that he would have to suck it up until he was of age.

Another perk of this mysterious blessing - or curse, he could not determine - was that he could recognize another soul from his past life. Just like how he recognized that his uncle Rabastan was the one who killed him in his last life in Turkey. And now they were both born again, in the same family, no less.

Lucius, he can tell, was an old soul, while Narcissa was a new one. His old friend, Daniel, who also had the Memory - can also recognize souls. That's the beauty of it, he told him once almost 50 years ago. Daniel always seemed to find Draco when he needs to tell him something important. How he does that, Draco didn't know. Daniel is older than him by centuries.

After all, remembering everything from all your past lives was not a difficult thing to digest at such a young age, right?

"MALFOY, DRACO!"

Draco's head was bowed and he was so lost in thought that when his name was called by Professor McGonagall for the house sorting, his neck shot up in an alarmingly fast rate. He plastered a smirk on his face as his classmates watched in awe. The Malfoy heir sat with pride on the small stool in front of the Great Hall, and the moment the battered Sorting Hat touched his platinum blond head, it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!"

Cheers erupted from his house's table as he walked towards his new housemates. He took a deep, satisfied breath as he sat down at the Slytherin table, receiving happy pats on the back. Thank Merlin that he's never been sorted any of the three houses. He remained strictly a Slytherin, and he intended on doing so.

As the Deputy Headmistress called the names of his classmates, Draco's mind once again floated away from the great walls of Hogwarts to delve deeper in his memory.

A/N: I hope this answered all of your questions in the reviews! Thank you again! Lyrics from Coldplay's Fix You. I'd love to know what you thought of the chapter, so please, review, review, review! They make me update faster. :P