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A/N: Warning: OotP spoilers! Contains slash (male and male pairing). Please don't continue reading if this offends you.

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Okay, here's the story.

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Chapter Three: Protection

Jokes.

Everybody has them. I'm known to make a few myself. However, this has to be the cruelest, inhuman joke anyone has played on me. Me! A Malfoy! Doesn't the word respect mean anything to anyone? Honestly!

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"I'm sorry, Professor," I laughed, "I must have heard you wrong." I glanced over at Potter. He has his usual vacant expression he puts on when he's confused. Not that I watch him all the time, but anyway.

"Well, Mr. Malfoy, I will repeat myself," the old man cleared his throat and continued in his usual calm composure, "I said that although you will be watched by the teachers and me, we are not always able to keep an eye on you. So, since Mr. Potter and you have the same interests, he will be you main protection."

I goggled that the old man. He was serious. How could he do this too me? How could Severus let him do this to me? Time to get some answers. Okay, maybe not. My mouth won't move itself from the open position it is currently in.

"Professor, may I ask, how exactly am I always going to be with Malfoy, that is, if I do agree to do this," Potter asked. Somehow his brain began working before mine.

"Well, since you have both passed you O.W.L.s to become an Auror, you will both take the same classes. I have arranged for you two to share a hidden tower (A/N: clique I know, but I'll make it different! I hope. .) so you will be near if Mr. Malfoy is indeed in trouble."

"Aaa," was the only thing I could say.

"But wouldn't he be safe in his own dormitory?" Potter asked, stepping closer to us.

"No, I'm afraid not. His roommates know of his decision and are under orders to attack Mr. Malfoy."

"Aaa," I tried again. Nothing.

"But what if they tried to attack him in the 'tower' when I wasn't there?"

"Well, they won't. You should be with him at all times," Snape piped up.

"But what if I wasn't," Potter snapped, clear he was frustrated.

"You. Will. Be. With. Him. At. All. Times." Severus said through gritted teeth. I honestly couldn't blame him. I'd personally curse Potter to pieces if he used that tone with me.

"Severus," Dumbledore interrupted, "that will be all."

"So, what if I don't agree to do this?" Potter stepped toward the window.

"Then I will have to make you do it," Severus growled. Whoa, I've never seen this mad before, but then again, this is Potter.

"Harry," Dumbledore stood up, "I'm afraid Severus is right. This is not a mere Potions assignment that you can just choose not to do. This is a matter of life and death. You must put aside whatever you have against Mr. Malfoy; he is on our side now."

"How can you be so sure?" Harry shot me an icy glare.

"You can believe whatever you want, Potter, but I know which side I have chosen. Its fine by me if you don't want to protect me, I don't need protection, I'm not a child," I finally heard myself say.

"I'm afraid he has no choice, Draco, and neither do you," Severus told me. Isn't this grand?

"May I ask something?" I tried to change the subject for now.

"Yes, Mr. Malfoy," Dumbledore turned his attention to me.

"What exactly is You-Know-Who going to do to me," I asked nervously, loosing my confident tone.

"Nothing if we can help it," I heard Severus say.

Dumbledore smiled and nodded. "If he were to get to you, he has planed to put himself into your body."

"I… but… How exactly is he planning to do this? Why does he want me?" I asked, although not as eloquent as I planned it to be.

"Well, Mr. Malfoy, your father has told Voldemort," Severus and I flinched, "of your decision. So, naturally, he has planned revenge for your betrayal and was promised your body by Lucius. He needs a body of a virgin that is strong." I heard Potter snicker from his place by the window. Great, so, thanks to that old bat, my reputation will be ruined by The-Boy-Who-Lived-To-Humiliate-Me. "As for how he is planning to do this, I am not sure. There are many different dark spells and rituals Voldemort could do."

I couldn't breath. This wasn't a joke. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is really after me and I have to be stuck with Potter for eternity. Could life get any better?

"Mr. Malfoy?" Dumbledore called to me. I couldn't answer. How could I? What do you say to something like that?

"So, Potter, do you agree to arrangement?" I heard Snape asked.

"No," Potter replied simply.

"Harry, I cannot tell you how important this is. If Voldemort does inhabit Mr. Malfoy's body, then I'm afraid that he would be impossible to stop," Dumbledore let the sentence hang in the air. I shifted my weight from my left foot to my right. I was trying to take in what he had just said, but I couldn't accept it.

I looked over at Potter and he caught my gaze. He narrowed his eyes and cursed. He turned away from us and stared determinately out of the window. He seemed to find something amusing because a grin spread across his face. 

After a long period of silence, he spoke, "I'll do it."

Dumbledore smiled and nodded. I looked at Severus and his eyes were just a wide as mine. This isn't happening. I have to be with Potter, the whole year. Not only for classes, but I have to live with him as well. What in Merlin's name have I done wrong?

"Mr. Malfoy, are you okay?" I suppose he saw me pale. I actually started to sweat. I started to become dizzy. The room is spinning.

THUD.

I fainted.

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*gasp*Get up, Draco! Oh well. Okay, hopefully I have answered some questions. It seems kind of confusing, but I feel that the next chapter will tell why Harry's mad. Let's say a lot of things 'come out' in the next couple of chapters. Hope you'll enjoy and please review! Thanks!