"Harry, why the hell did you take this chance away from me?" Draco questioned once we were on the Hogwarts Express.
It was the same day as when I had received my mission from the Dark Lord and I had finally reached a time when Draco and I could be alone so as to permit us to converse without being spied upon. Once we got on the train and pulled out of the station, we kicked everyone else out of our compartment. I cast several anti-spying charms upon the walls and launched into the telling of the story of what had occurred with me receiving my first mission from the Dark Lord.
"Of all the reactions you could have had," I said, "I did not expect for you to be jealous of me. You know how much I hold against that old bat. You'd only be doing it so as to get honor for you and your parents. Which is a greater need, personal vengeance or favor from a murderer?"
"Watch what you say about the Dark Lord!" Draco shouted, losing his precious cool for once. "Just because you're Harry Potter doesn't mean that you get to call him a murderer without some consequences, you pratt."
"But it is true, he is a murderer," I calmly state. "If he wasn't a murderer, would I be sitting here talking to you right now? I don't think so. I think my parents would have spoiled me and I would have been raised to think that you were 'evil' and be a Gryffindor or else disowned. You need to think about more than just getting the Dark Lord's favor. You need to think about how he can get your favor. That's what I'm doing here. If I can succeed in what even he couldn't do, then I will become more powerful in his eyes (a more powerful asset) and then he will owe me one. If I kill Dumbledoor, the man the Dark Lord couldn't kill, then the Dark Lord will know that I am in fact a force with which to be reckoned. He will know for a fact that he made the right choice in choosing me as an ally and I will become more of a prized possession. I will be able to help you and your parents gain his favor by throwing my weight as possibly one of his favourites. "
After a pause where I thought, I added, "Or else this will all fail terribly and turn out in the opposite way and he will fear me so much that he will kill me. Either way, I will have served a purpose, both to myself and to the dark so I would not have died in vain. If it were you to do this, Draco, than you would (more likely than any other possible situation) probably be killed by the Dark Lord, whether you failed or not. If you failed, it would be for your failure. If you succeeded, then it would be because you could be called a threat to his regime. Because I am Harry Potter, the kinder public face of the dark, I am too valuable in that respect to be killed off by the Dark Lord, just because he fears me. He would put me on a shorter leash, no doubt, but I truly have a much higher chance of both succeeding and surviving.
"I'm sorry if I seem like I'm looking down upon you, Draco. It's just that I honestly feel that this is true. I know that you are less mature than me but only because I had to grow up at a younger age. I think that, only because of that, I would be able to succeed in killing him in just the killing aspect in general. I'm sorry for belittling your abilities, my friend, but it is the best to speak the truth to everyone in the world, particularly the ones with whom one is close."
"I understand why you did it, Harry," Draco said, having calmed down during my persuasion. "I just wish you would have discussed this with me and then we could have come up with a plan together for both of us to rise within the Dark Lord's ranks together, at the same time. I don't want you to have to do this all on your own, pulling me along after you like some unwanted baggage, or whatever. You are my brother in just about every way but blood. You don't have to do all of this on your own when you have a brother, no matter who you are. Even if you are Harry Bloody Potter, you have people on whom you can count, alright?"
"Of course," I placate the blonde. "In the future, I will consult with you, alright? Thank you for being here for me, Draco."
After a moment or two of awkward silence, I undo the anti-spying wards and wander off to the prefect's car for our meeting. As there can only be one Slytherin boy prefect from each year, I am him. Sadly, my female counterpart is Pansy. She sent me a letter over the summer, demanding that I stand down and let Draco become the prefect. I adamantly refused. I had to explain to her that it wasn't because I harbor a secret love for her (as she quite vehemently believed) but because being prefect again was something good for my reputation. Now, in hindsight, I realize that it was good as it will help me get in with Dumbledoor if I am a prefect and have a reason to even be around him during the school year other than him calling me in at random or because Draco and I got caught hexing some Gryffindors idiots –coughRonWeasleycough-.
As I walk into the car, I am met with two of the sights I had wished to avoid until I had at least reached the castle – Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger fighting.
A/N: Oh my goodness, it's been so long since I updated! I am so sorry! I have been busy with school and yeah...I do apologize for not updating for over a month. I'm pretty sure it's close to about 6 weeks by now. Oops! -Hides behind Snape-
Can you guys accept little plushies of Voldemort as an apology for having not updated lately? Please!
If you review, I'll throw in some Draco plushies for you guys, too!
I have the next few chapters kind planed out in my head so I will just need to sit down and write them and then I will be able to keep this story going easily. But that will probably not happen until Sunday at the earliest since I'm gonna be busy until then.
I have a bunch of tests in school and then I'm going on a trip with my school's choirs to Six Flags Great Adventure this Saturday. I will have no time to write between studying for tests and practicing songs to write another chapter until I have gotten all the craziness done. But once it is done, I promise to put more effort into updating!
Also, if you guys wait until June 20th-ish, I'll be out of school till the beginning of September so I will be able to update a lot more then :)
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