A/N, This fanfiction started as me trying to fantasize about a godlike Draco Malfoy who would make a harem of out of every female student and some adult characters and then kill Harry, but after I watched Niel Gaiman's 'master class' where he advised to be more honest with your writing, I started to get some flashbacks of things I wish I didn't do when I was growing up, so that lead me to develop some anxiety about letting strangers into my personal space and having them judge me, I want to somehow finnish this but truth be told I don't know if I can, so I may not be able to update on a monthly basis so I hope you'll don't cut me down for it. That's all, any way enjoy

A/N, the reason why I put Luna's adult;t mind in her body was because I am not cool with writing an 11 year old in sexual situation of which there will be at later installments, so this is somewhat copout

Chapter: 10

Ministry of Magic, june 25, the day after the incident at Kings Cross Station.

That morning the minister of magic went into his office to go about his day, it had been similar to the many days that lead up to it, he woke up, bathed, ate his breakfast and kissed his lovely wife Priscilla goodbye, he had paperwork to deal with, courts to preside and finally laws to approve, but when he arrived in his office that morning he was struck by the site of the Marauders (minus james) waiting for him in his office, what followed was a detailed report on the events that transpired at Kings cross station which had shaken the minister of magical britain to his core, news of the incident would spread like wildfire each with a different version and would inevitably cause panic, Lord James Potter and his Marauders were all war heroes that defended Britain no to mention three of them were purebloods and therefore members of societies elite while the Remus was a well decorated Auror with an incredible track record, for them to be attacked was not only ludicrous it was also against the law of the land, punishable by death by decapitation or imprisonment within Azkaban, the 'light' Families would call for severus' head on a platter while the 'dark' families would only fister with their contempt and feed their grudges, years of propaganda had painted Lord prince as a death eater and fanatic of the dark arts, isolating this was out of the question so the only way was to try and convict him on that day as a show of power and consequence and so Lord Severus Prince was detained on the orders of Cornelius Fudge For the attack, but as they set up the trail he received a visit from a person he had never seen or even heard of before that day.

Prof. Howard Lovecraft was a tall, thin, almost gaunt but imposing figure that radiated intelligence and power, he towered over Fudge and spoke with authority that could only come from years of political experience, the Headmaster of Miskatonic University had come directly from his office in Arkham city to the British ministry to inquire about how they were going to deal with his colleague and after learning of their plan he warned the British minister of the consequences of such an action.

"Let me make this as digestible as possible" Howard sips his tea as he sat in front of the minister and surrounded by Sirius, Frank and Remus, "over 47 countries including America has deemed Lord Severus Prince as a 'person of good standing', when a certain artifact or a cache of artifacts are found and it is deemed too dangerous to be left in the position of the government or group of people they send it to Severus, and he 'buys' it from them and keeps it in his collection for research and safekeeping so the countries and groups don't kill each other for the artifacts or god forbid use them and because of that Severus is quite literally above the law in those countries"

"HE ATTACKED JAMES IN FULL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC!" Sirius yelled out to the tall man, "I don't care if he has Diplomatic Immunity where your from, HE'LL HANG FOR THIS!"

Howard was quit as he finished his tea, he did not speak for a long time as he intertwined his fingers as if waiting for something, Cornelius picking up on the atmosphere finally said "Sirius please wait outside"

"what?" Sirius' face contorted with anger "you can't possible considering this Fudge!" before Cornelius could respond howard spoke up.

"If I could be of any more help. please, don't hesitate to ask" he stood up from where he had been invited to set and offered tea, Howard had put in no definitive words that, if they were to convect Severus without due process they would be set upon by the American Ministry as will as the other ministries that have ties to Severus, (which judging by the headline on the american newspaper 'cosmopolitan' Howard left with them were apparently quite vast and immediate). And so Severus was released that day and would be summoned again later on in the month.

Lovegood Estate, morning, three weeks after the incident at Kings Cross Station.

The morning after the party the grounds were once again quite the elves had cleaned after the party and the obsidian floor was now folded and tucked away within the storehouse along with all the tables and chairs that had been used the night before, flowers bloomed and butterflies danced in the air while bees were bussi with their business, behind a blue door in the second floor lay the outstretched body of Luna Lovegood, after the party Draco had lead her to her room to grant her the ability of parseltongue, the ritual was her drinking a vile of Draco's blood mixed with Morted's Venom and having a rune etched on the inside of her throat which Draco accomplished via wraith walk, the blood was to connect her magic with Sauron's so he could bestow a weaker copy of Black speech, the venom was to bind Morted to Luna as her official familiar and the rune was to grant her control of the new ability without the difficulty associated with foreign magic, after the ritual they went on their separate ways promising to meet once again at kings cross station, however it had left her weakened and fatigued so she slept in that morning something only hunger could persuade her to wake from, reddening at the memory that she and Draco were alone in her room, as she walked down to the kitchen to have launch she saw that her father was already there, Xenophilius saw her blushing and doing what fathers are to do when in such a situation, tried to ignore it as best he can with offers of tea and enough time to herself, which Luna found too precious to stop, she had missed her father, missed him dearly, giving him something to fuss over had made her smile grow,

"Daddy" she said trying hard to keep a straight face "I love you"

"Okey" Xenophilius was hiding nervousness with a cup of tea that had nothing to sip, Luna was now giggling through her smile.

Meanwhile Draco was inside Malfoy manor looking at the progress of the project as hundreds of workers rebuild the ever expanding domain of house Malfoy, as he was about to leave after a satisfying inspection at the building he spots an owl carrying a message, as it came closer it dropped the litter into Draco's unsurprised hands, opening it he realizes it is an official summons from the ministry of magic, he was ready for this and teleported to Prince Building to prepare his uncle and himself.

Hours later Severus and Draco arrived at The Ministry of Magic, it had never truly felt welcoming to Draco nor has he ever felt relieved to leave it, the building is massive, boasting over 10,500 employees, administrators and variously ranked Aurors, each of them always in a hurry and yet never on time, the vast majority of the business conducted here is bureaucratic in nature, chicks and balances to ensure the law is both inevitable but malleable, it's here among the rest of magical Britain that Severus and his ward Draco have come to reclaim their birthrights, earlier in the month leading up to the trail Severus struck down the head of the D.M.L.E. in full view of the public and walked a free man that afternoon.

I

CRACK!

Screams from onlooker were heard from around the gathered wizards, pleas from children to be protected, parents calling children to them and others calling for the Aurors to stop the fight, Lord Potter had been hit with a bone breaker cures that shattered his face in half, the wound started at the base of his right cheekbone and gaped across his nose to the left of his jaw, blood poured out from his mangled mouth as teeth trickled down to the train station platform they were on, the rest of Severus' bodyguards quickly raised their wand at the remaining marauders and moved in front of Sasha and Zara who now backed away from the rapidly spreading pool of blood, Remus shot out an 'incindio' which was immediately intercepted by a canceling spill from one of the guards, Remus then staggered back as he was hit by an 'incarico', Sirius and Frank meanwhile were late to react and were knocked down by simple 'bombarda'.

"SEVERUS!" Lily shouted from behind the crowd, the wall of bodies quickly parted and allowed her to run through to the scene of all the commotion an unconscious James Potter was now soaking in his own blood, Remus Lupin was savagely struggling at his bonds, Sirius and Frank also unconscious on the ground wands beside them, she rushed to the side of her husband and lifted his gushing head she muttered a spell that filled the air with magic, James' face began to crunch and pop as the wound closes his bones and teeth moving back into place his skin fused shut, the blood now stopped spilling from James' face, Lily looks up at her childhood friend as he loomed over her like an executioner, Severus glared back at her with fury in his eyes , as if she had done him wrong. From the corner of her eyes, she spots the Malfoy heir behind two women she had only seen in a news article.

"Take them back home Luzhin!" Severus commanded, the man bowed his head and enveloped Draco, Zara, and Sasha, in his arms and portkeyed out of the station, Severus turns to look at Lily again,

SLAP!

Lily strikes Severus across the face smearing her husband's blood on Severus, the gathered masses scream in shock as Severus turns his head back pausing for a moment.

SLAP!

Lily strikes Severus again her face now visibly twisted in anger, the crowd flinches as she then falls the platform by Severus' backhanding her down unto the floor still stained by James' blood, now Lily wallows in the blood spreading it with her struggle to right herself, then the sound of crackling thunder drowns the crowd's deafening screams of help and intervention, Aurors flood the station as Severus raises the wand in surrender and nodes to his men to the same.

The entire court gasp as they all collectively withdrew from the memory of that day at Kings Cross Station, they were convened within the dungeon of the ministry all the representatives of the high wizard council were present, except for the ones who had long ago sent to Azkaban or declined in social status, they have been summoned to pass judgment on Lord Severus Prince for the assault on Lord James Potter, Lord Sirius Black, Lord Franklin Longbottom, and Remus Lupin.

"Present the defendant" Albus Dumbledore Spoke in a booming voice, he was now seated at the bench Presiding over the trail as Fudge did not wish to take part in the proceedings.

Severus is lead to the podium by four Aurors, his steps were quick and confident, his face gave no hint of his thoughts while his attire of a black suit with gold trimmings radiated class.

"Please state your name and titles for the record" Albus gestures to the woman seated in the corner of the court next to an enchanted typewriter.

"Severus Tobias Prince" his voice calm and cold "formerly Severus Tobias Snape, I am the founder of the Umbrella corporation, curator of esoteric artifacts, and professor of magical history at Miskatonic University" some of the councilors were confused at Severus' titles.

"As a formality would you please consent to enter into our care your wand" Albus replayed with a flourish.

"Yes, however I would like to correct your statement Chief Warlock, I have two wands" Severus answered calmly as he reached into this jacket pocket and produced two wands holding them for all to see one was red and longer the other was short and white, the Aurors to the right of Severus received the wands with both hands and walked to a disk at the corner of the room with an open box on a table, he places the wands in the box and closes it, then the Aurors stands beside the table as if to guard the box before they could proceed, the box was enchanted to cut off the wizards connection to his wands so as to reduce his chances of them escape or injure anyone.

"Will then,"albus dumbledore cleared his throat "Lord Prince you are hereby accused of willfully attacking Lord James Potter, Lord Franklin Longbottom, Lord Sirius Black, and senior Auror Remus Lupin at kings cross station on june 24 of this year" he then peered through his eye glasses "how do you answer these accusations?"

"Affirmatively, Lord Potter and his rabble have long abused their authority to gain their so-called Justice and when my wives were insulted so brazenly by such an unfit heir to his house as James, I was enraged into violence" the justice system of the wizarding world is so draconian that no real justice is issued only opinions, due entirely of the council being comprised of unqualified, embreed, emotional bigots, unlike the modern world there is no protocol or definitive manner by which to extract facts or dismiss fallacies, all one truly needs to gain justice is to have a big name, a big wallet and a lot of big named friends with big wallets, "it is for this reason that I lord Severus Prince herby challenge Lord James Potter, Lord Franklin Longbottom, Lord Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin to a wizard duel!"

The court erupted in a flurry of murmurs as each tried to sway the rest to there way of thinking which is exactly what passes as a deliberation in this court. A wizard duel was considered a fight to the death and were used primarily to settle disputes between two wizards and not have open war that could cause untold damage to property and family, usually the winner is whoever is left alive, and essentially walks away with murder.

"Order!, we shall have order!" Dumbledore's voice cut through the noise "Lord Prince you are not qualified to challenge anyone as you are the offending party as Lord potter was slighted first by your ward Draco's Statement towards Lord Potter and Lady Potter, as Draco malfoy was under your protection you bare his offence and its responsibility"

"True, but however my Grievance with Lord Potter and his associates stem from their behavior during my and their tenure at Hogwarts" Severus wandlessly extracts a single strand of silvery memory from his temple by waving his hand, it flowed and floats just above his palm, those who witnessed it gasped in astonishment at such a high level of magical control, "see this memory, this is the proof that I have been assaulted and proof that I have the right to demand satisfaction"

"Bring the memory to me and we shall bare witness" albus gesture to one of the Aurors beside Severus, after placing the memory into the podium the court descends into a memory of Severus being bullied by the Marauders unprovoked, images flash of him being hixed and jinxed constantly even during class and being shun by Lily, all throughout his schooling at hogwarts and seeing no real measures taken to penalize them for own his behalf, once again the court gasp back into reality.

"We shall cast a vote if Lord Severus Prince is qualified to challenge" albus raises his hand and instructs the council, suddenly the door behind the council seats open and a head of silver hair walks in the room followed by several people, the court once again erupts into a mass of unintelligible noise only silenced by Albus' voice, "what is the meaning of this?"

"My lords and Ladies I am so deeply sorry we are Late" Draco spoke load enough that the court heard him, "we've been searching for the place where this would be hild and only now have found it"

"What pray tell are you doing here mr. Malfoy" Dumbledore looked seriously at the platinum blonde thinking of ways he would have to punish the boy for such an action as interrupt a court proceeding.

"Lord Malfoy" Draco corrected "Chief Warlock, and these are mr. Poole my Ravenclaw proxy, mr. Mills my Payne proxy, and Headmaster Lovecraft my Slytherin proxy", the other houses Malfoy was head of did not have seats in the council, Kent had never registered as a member because it was believed that it had died out centuries ago and Flamell was not recognized as a British citizen.

"Forgive me but since when are you a lord of any house, boy?" Lady Bones pipes up from the corner of the court where the Bones family seat is located, "bit of venom in her voice, she's lost her fiance and most of her family to the death eaters, your fame precedes you again"

"Since I was emancipated which was sponsored by Lord Prince My lady, I am also the lords of Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Payne for which I require Proxies"

No one could argue with the boy as emancipations were a recognized and iron clad law that was used as a way to secure Lordship over a much disputed title, yet another flawed and easily manipulated law, in the end Draco's 4 votes and Lord Lovegood's 1 was trumped by 38, and so Severus did not get his duel with Potter but he was acquitted that day along with his bodyguard who were accessories after the fact, though Severus himself would never be detained even if he were found guilty since he had diplomatic immunity, the case against Goyle and Crabbe had been thrown out, due to the fact that they were underaged boys, and Draco's petition to be recognized as the Lord of House Black was denied sitting he was not fit to attend the wizengamot as he was still attending school, although he was still the recognized as the legitimate heir of house Black by the Goblins Nation and now had control over all their vaults and the contents therein along with the properties dotted around britain much to the protest of Sirius Black, to further spite the decision Draco shouted that "Sirius Black, Frank Longbottom, James Potter, Remus Lupin and their descendants shall henceforth be forbidden from entering within any property I own and furthermore I would have burned your names from the Black family tapestry but Lord Arcturus already did that for me" Draco declared from his seat in the council which garnered all within the council to gasp and gawk. The news of Draco's now dangerously massive wealth had been written and rewritten in every published news article, not only in britain but in the americas and all of europe, within one summer Britain had learned what the rest of the wizarding world had already known, Lord Severus Prince was untouchable and Draco Malfoy was not to be trifled with.

In a final effort Sirius Black had pointed out that as his parents were both death eaters and since Darco was now legally an adult Sirius proclaimed that his entire fortune be garnished to compensate for the Crimes of his Parents, as the court bellowed with unanimous agreement, both because they were mostly light families, and the few that were dark were now mere puppets, however what happened next had shocked even Severus himself.

"I know of my Parents crimes and their involvement of the Death eater cult" Draco stood from where House malfoy had its designated seat in the Wizengamot "That is why as the Head of house Malfoy and Black I have decided to burn the names of Lucius and Narcissa Noname off the family tree, in so doing I hereby disown them from House Black and Malfoy!"

The court were left speechless, by disowning Draco's parents he would no longer be liable for their crimes and immune to 'the peace and restoration law' which was the only way the light families controlled the Dark families.

Somewhere in Britain, Castle Kent.

Castle Kent was foreboding to any who were not invited it was built originally as fortress to an army and sanctuary to anyone who sought knowledge, it had ten towers jutting out from the main structure that reach into the sky 700 feet from the grounds surrounded by thick mystical forest that had long since forgotten its own name, Draco ushered the elves that he had bought that day to a room deep beneath the antichamber, it was built as an escape route to a cave network that lead away to the sea half a mile from the castle, there Draco had them in circle him and hand them a goblet of his own blood, he instructed them to drink and then pass it to the next, when they were all done Draco ordered them to stand perfectly still.

"be still and accept my power into yourselves, don't be afraid, you are about to join a higher race of elf"

Fire rushed up from Draco flooding the room with red flame, screams from the tiny elves as they were drenched in pain, after moments passed the fire resided back into draco, the room was now glowing with molten rock and crackling glass, another moment passed, the floor started to stir and wraith, hands began to protrude upward then heads then bodies, from out of the ashes came a new breed of house elf, they were short with gaunt features and long spidery limbs and fingers, they had sunken eyes and pale white skin, Long nose and ears, red glowing eyes and short stubby hair.

"Join the rest, build me a fortress, worthy of SAURON"

the creature walked out of the room in a row, they move sluggishly deeper into the caves beneath, shuffling one by one and appareting away, Draco snapped his fingers, and a new door appeared on the wall, they open as they're pushed by two creatures similar to the ones Draco had created, draco walks through the doors and Down a passageway dimly lite and humid, he arrives in front of another door guarded by two quadrupedal beast the size of horses, there bodies were covered in long shaggy wet pitch-black hair, the beast move aside and the doors open, a stench of blood and bowels wufts into Draco's face but he does not flinch, inside were five skeletal thin green gaunt and six foot tall humanoid figures all with bloody tools in their hands, there was something else in the room with them, something chained to a thick wooden table as it quivered in its place, it was a small shivering elf, it's head was covered with a pillow case, while it was being flayed alive from its feet to neck, fresh and old blood stained and discolored the cloths that the torturers used as aprons and the floor surrounding their victim, the creatures then stopped there work and stepped asides, the elf was too weak to even prop it's head up to face Draco or struggle with the shackles that bind his hands, it wheezed and coughed more blood into the cloth covering his head, draco stepped over and vanished the cloth revealing its face, it's eyelids were peeled off, it's nose had been cut out and it's teeth were all pulled out slowly, as he tried to see who had approached him recognition spread across it's mangled and missing features.

"Hello dobby" Draco said softly as he stood in front of the atrophied and shivering elf "I was hoping you'd survive a little longer" the elf made a gurgling noise and vomited blood out of his tongueless mouth, "he wants to know why you're doing this to him"

"Because dobby, you betray me to Harry. Fucking. Potter" the the elf gasped and started wheezing again struggling to breath through the needles in his lungs, "I was alone, afraid and vulnerable, but you did not come for me, me! your master, I hid in Malfoy manor after I was forced to kill dumbledore, and you sold me out, I didn't know it at the time of course" Draco voice turned deep and inhuman "then finally your greatest sin, you betrayed the love of my life, my Hermione….. to the death eaters, just to protect Potter from being captured after he barely defeated Voldemort, she was never the same after I found her" a tear ran down Draco's face, "you won't die a hero's death this time dobby, it won't be quick and it won't be painless like the last time" draco raised his ring up to dobby's face, focusing his magic the elf's body stopped bleeding, it's skin grows back, but as draco heals dobby the elf struggles desperately as the magic amplifies the pain, all over his body, the creatures pick their tools up from the trays beside dobby as draco turns to leave the room, dobby's bones start to burn like brands as steam burst out of the pores of his skin, solidified blood shards move slowly throughout his veins, his struggle becomes more hurried and frantic, dobby's screams are defining as the creatures return to there work, dobby tried his best to protest but to no avail. Draco walked to the entrance of the castle with one of the creatures standing beside his suitcase, "Mr. sharp" a small emaciated green-skinned creature in a butler outfit with long limbs, clawed fingers, and elongated facial features bows at his master, its 2 yellow glowing eyes open to look at Draco "get me a copy of the daily profit and the cosmopolitan" the creature snaps his fingers, the cosmopolitan and the profit were now Mr. sharps hands, Draco nods and take the papers, and Mr. sharp vanishes without a sound, followed by Draco teleporting to a street near Kings Cross Station.

Kings Cross Station, September 1, 1992.

It was the first of september once more and Kings cross Station was once again filling up with weeping parents, jobilouse reunions, heartfelt hugs and excited firsties, among them was Ginevra Weasley who was currently being held back by her protective mother and overly concerned father, Ginny as she like to be referred to had dreamed of going to hogwarts and truly learning magic from the legendary school that fostered so many famous witches and wizards that she had only read about in her books, not to mention all the feats that her family had accomplished during and after Hogwarts like her brother bill how is now a cursebreaker and Charly how breeds Dragons in hungary, and even now it hosted the savior of the wizarding world Harry potter, but more importantly it housed the now infamous Lord Draco Malfoy the youngest and richest Lord to have ever lived and is the current lord of over six houses making him a king, in wizarding culture if a wizard was sole heir to more than three houses he would be considered a king wich Grants him the right to wed six with for each house, she had only seen a glimpse of the book that her parents had bought from flourish and blotts but then that was enough to capture her attention, her parents hid it from her as it was not fet for children but that did little to stop ginny she read that book and waited anxiously for the next one coming out this halloween, she had already subscribed to Lovegood publishing co. for a copy to be delivered to her as soon as it comes out.

"Let's go already we have to get there early to get good seats" Ginny whined and beg her parents compliance all throughout the day to arrived full hour early, the entire weasley family loved ginny, not only was she every bit a weasley as all of them but she was also the first girl to be born into the weasley family for hundreds of years, and that was the reason they spoiled her since birth.

"Alright, alright gin!, for merlin's sake no one is even on the train yet!" Her mother had packed everything she needed for school and told her brothers to look out for her, they walked her to the train and helped her with her trunk as she decided on a compartment near the door, her brothers went to meet with their friends so she was alone, she decide to pass the time by reading up on the classes they would be having.

Chapter: 5 the Hollow Hospital

We had broken through five layers of rocky soil each ten feet thick to get to a door that had been caked in ruble and mud, after we broke through that we entered a large cavity that was lined with white marble that reflected our luminous charms and spread out the light which helped us gauge the cavernous expanse we found ourselves in, it was an enormous room three stories high and with a chandelier and a reception disk, we set up portkeys and defensive, detection and concealment wards that we could fall back on should the need arise, we found several rooms that occupied beds and nightstands and numerous 'operating, consultation and patient rooms' and that the multitude of medical equipment that were neatly organized within their appropriate cases, we concluded quickly that it was a muggle hospital judging by the tools used and the lack of an apothecary, but what truly frightened us was the fact the the walls the ceilings were spotless, no dust, cobwebs, rats, bats or even insects could be found, my crew became uneasy at this abnormality due the fact that this facility was located 500 feet inside a mountain and sealed off with four weeks worth of barricades, I remember that moment as my pride and stupidity pushed me to lead my crew even deeper into the 'facility'. all my companions had never been to a Muggle hospital and so my decliration of the facility being a hospital was all the acknowledgement they needed and so we pressed on content with my answer, but it wasn't a hospital as I thought, it was a Laboratory.

We moved from one hallway to the next in an effort to find our way deeper into the mountain but for four consecutive days we have been unsuccessful, weaving increasingly similar scenery of clean well kept and polished white marble that gleamed with our luminos charms, as we traveled through the hallways until we finally encountered our first obstacle. beds, chairs, tables and equipment had been piled and wedged against a large steel door and halted our progress as if the impenetrable inky darkness wasn't hard enough contend with, after disappearing the obstructions we found another level past the 'hospital' each time we came upon an opening we find it leading nowhere or back around infuriatingly familiar passages that spiral and spew into more and more corridors in this madman's maze made even more difficult to navigate with its otherworldly homogeneity, we've been mapping the ones we've trekked for days and now laying down markers and carving runes on the stone bricks that encompass the entirety of this intertwining network of mazes, then we made another conclusion that was slowly becoming frightful apparent, we found evidence that we were not the only ones down in this stifling place, something has been stealing our supplies, moving land marks and setting traps for us, everytime we return we encounter more and more snares and traps, a bottle of poisoned wine or needles in our ration, Draco was the first to be caught in one of this traps, the pathway was flooded with some type of black liquid that hid the bear that was trap set at the very middle of the hallway, after he was injured we pulled him back and portkeyed back to Kortov's keep, as we returned the sudden odor bombarded our eyes nose and skin, the black liquid turned out to be fecal matter, for some reason our sense of smell had not worked while we were within the confines of the tunnels , thankfully Draco's leg was fine, the bear trap was so rusted it had almost no tension in it however it did manage to cripple Draco for a little while.

Elsewhere in the station was Lord Lovegood and his Heir apparent Luna, both wore an eye catching tie dyed shirt that showcased a kaleidoscopic patterns that saturated every color imaginable, the crowd immediately focused their attention on the pair as they threaded throw the mass of mutely colored bodies that shared a singular fascination with the Lovegood attire, some chuckled other shook their heads in disapproval of such informal ware, somewhere in the Background a pair of green eyes were observing the momentary distraction from his seat within the train, they darted back and forth between every blonde head that came into view, but none of the ones Harry saw were the impossible straight Platinum blonde locks of Draco, the first day of summer Harry vowed to win back Hermione as all heroes do when they fracture ties with an ally, he and Neville were to invited Hermione to there house and show her they had made a mistake and beg for a second chance, but as he arrived at Potter Manor his Mother returned to the Station as james his Father did not follow them, what followed was three hours of waiting before his Father and Mother came home, he was shocked to see his father with an ugly scar maring his handsome face, he told Harry to go to bed, Harry had been told all his life that he was the 'chosen one', that he save the world and that he was to be the greatest wizard to ever live, so when Harry protested by demanding answers about what happened, he cowered like a wept dog when his father shouted "I SAID GO TO BED BOY!" a panicked harry ran from his father as he heard more shouting from the living room, he cried himself to sleep that night and didn't meet his parents eyes, not that James was there the morning after, his entire summer plan had been ruined as it was now wholly occupied with his father and Godfathers arguing about how to handle Draco or Lord Draco now, reading about the incident had scared to ask or even speak to his father, as for his mother she was far to preoccupied helping his father to pay attention to him, that however was not the only thing that happened this summer, when he and Neville had invited Hermione to their house under the guise of having tea or compare notes as a way for them to regain her favor and to make up for their behavior in the past year, she rejected their invitation outright by owling with one word "no", that hurt Harry and Neville to the point where neither wanted to talk about it, as children often do when feeling ashamed but not understanding why they started lashing out, so they each began to secretly blamed the other for Hermione's aversion to them, and so they spent that summer bored, estranged and angry at the other, their reunion at the Train station that day was less enthusiastic as the year before exchanging low and tired greeting "hi", "hey" and small hand gesture before looking away from the other's eyes, they were escorted by Lily and Alice as the marauders were still finding a way to counteract Draco and Severus' growing influence among the Dark families.

Harry sat across from Neville not speaking and looking around at things as to not make eye contact, they were friends since birth and have never been anywhere without the other, and yet it felt uncomfortable being in the same room and breathing the same oxygen, but what they hated the most about it was the fact that it was so unfamiliar.