A?N: I hope you enjoy this story.. I have gotten an Idea to write it and
decided this was a good time to do so.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story.
Summary: You notice how Draco always falls quite in the presence of his father? What if there was a story behind why he is always quite? Is he scared? Maybe he just feels afraid of something, or maybe he is beaten... this is my story...
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As I lay here in my bed with the hangings drawn, it brings be back to a moment in my past when mother left me alone with him. I was only four, and I begged her to take me with her, but she said she needed some alone time and that she would bring me back something special. She left the house and I ran to my room and shut the door. I crawled into my bed and covered my head with the sheets. I knew if he got mad at me he would come and beat me. As I sat there shacking under the covers tears rolled down my eyes as I heard his foot steps coming towards me. He opened my door and staggered into my room. I could hear him breathing heavily. I knew he had been drinking. He did it often before he beat me. That was the cause of his beatings. He walked towards me. His foot steps out of rhythm. He pulled the sheets of my head and began punching my face. His blows became more painful as his Vodka sunk in. I learned not to cry through the years, but as I was still young, tears rolled down my eyes and the blows got harder. He picked me up and threw me off the bed. He jumped off and I coward in the corner. He started kicking my ribs and chest. I knew I had some broken bones, but I didn't know where and what they were called for I was only four years old.
Finally after about an hour or so, I heard the front door to the Malfoy Manor open. Mother was home. I knew she would help me. Father obviously heard it too, and bent down close to my ear and whispered,
"If you tell her I did this, you shouldn't expect to live to your fifth birthday."
He left the room with no other word.
I heard mother calling me.
"Draccie.. Draccie.. come here sweety! I have a surprise for you."
I tried to stand up, but I was too weak. "mama," I called, "mama I'm up here. I.." I searched for words to say, "I fell off the bed, and hit my head on the.. umm.. dresser. I can't move."
I heard her drop some things and run up the marble stairs.
"DRACO! You needed to be more careful." She bent down beside me and held me in her arms.
"I'm sorry mama." I said as I cried into her shoulder, and as if on cue, he came in.
"What happened?" He said in an innocent yet pleasing voice.
"Draco fell off his bed again. I think he might need some medical attention." Mama said.
"Son, you must be careful." Lucius replied.
I just looked at him and didn't say a word. Mama picked me up and took me downstairs to the kitchen. She took out her wound and did a little spell that made me feel a lot better. Then she walked away for a few seconds and came back with her hands behind her back.
"which hand?" She asked.
I pointed to the right, and inside that hand was a bar of chocolate. I took it and ate it while smiling up at my mother. She smiled and whispered in my ear, "I love you, Draco." And pulled from behind her back something else. I smiled and took it in my arms. It was the best gift I had ever gotten, a baby, blue raven. I named him Clow and he became the best friend I had ever had.
My thoughts came back to the real world and I noticed that my cheeks were wet with tears, I quickly wipped them away as my name was being called from the other side of the curtains.
"Malfoy?" it asked.
"what do you want Crabbe?" I asked not lifting my head to peek out.
"I.. I heard you, crying.. are you alright?" He asked.
"Me? Cry? HAHAHA.. that's the funniest thing I have ever heard." I said as if I hadn't been crying.
"Oh.. ok... Sorry, I just thought you were, my ears must have deceived me." And with that Crabbe left me there.
I laid there long through the night, waiting to here four others snoring in their beds. I got up and peeked out of my hangings just to make sure every one was asleep. Luckily they were. The room was dark, and I could barely see the hand in front of me. I looked over at an empty cage wondering when Clow was coming back. He had been gone for a week or so, and I was getting worried about him. I stood up and got fairly dizzy. I had been lying there since dinner and it was now 12. I walked over to my trunk and put my invisibility Cloak on. Mother had gotten me it after what had happened last year, she didn't want me wondering around the school being seen. Therefore, she convinced Lucius to buy it. It was lucky that she had gotten it for me and sent it here because if I was there when Lucius had gotten it I would have received a beating, as I am sure I will get one when I go back this summer. I feel I could take him on in June, for I am getting stronger each day, and he is too foolish to see it. I wish I could tell mother, she would take me away from there and we could live together just us, but anytime I try, Lucius gets there first.
I opened the door to my dorm and walked down the stairs to the common room. There was a few people in there and I was glad I had my cloak on or else they would ask why I wasn't at dinner. I opened the door to outside and stepped onto the hard cement floor of the dungeons. I looked from left to right and the whole corridor was deserted as I had figured it would be this late at night. I headed towards the left following the lights of the flame that lit up the halls. Not knowing where I would come up, for I had only traveled along this way once or twice at night never going past Professor Snape's office, and once I reached it I would turn around and head back to the common room, but this time I was planning on going past that and seeing what was on the other side. As I gained speed passing the portrait of Salazar Slytherin that marked Professor Snape's office and the Potions Classroom, I stopped and slowly turned around. There was something following me, but if there was, it wouldn't be able to see me.. right. I shrugged and turned back around heading on the path which I was making for myself. I then slowed down to a steady pace listening to my footsteps that were being mimicked by someone else's. There was defiantly someone following me. I knew there was, so I hid behind a statue and looked around it down the passage I had just come from. The it was, the thing that had been following me. Great, it was that red-head that was always following Potter around. Yes it was Weasley. I rolled my eyes and walked forward towards it.
"what are you doing here?" I asked in a echoing tone. Of course Weasley couldn't see me, so it looked around searching for the source of the voice.
"Hello? I.. I'm lost.. can you help me get back?" he asked.
I decided to play with Weasley.
"What is a Weasley doing down here.." I paused and then said, "in the dungeons?"
"I..I told you I am lost." Weasley gulped and I could hear the water rush down his throat.
"funny, little one, I'll show you the way," I said as I walked up to Weasley so that I was right in front of him.
I took my cloak off and he gasped, but then I noticed, he was a she.
"Malfoy? I uh.. I got to go." She said and turned around and ran.
I pulled her back.
"you're lost aren't you? You'll never find your way back unless I help you. Come, I'll show you the way." I decided to help her get to the Great Hall, you know because she WAS a girl and all. I walked in front of her as I heard her steady breathing behind me. I turned around.
"Aren't you coming?" I asked.
She ran towards me and mimicked my steps once again.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in this story.
Summary: You notice how Draco always falls quite in the presence of his father? What if there was a story behind why he is always quite? Is he scared? Maybe he just feels afraid of something, or maybe he is beaten... this is my story...
*~*
As I lay here in my bed with the hangings drawn, it brings be back to a moment in my past when mother left me alone with him. I was only four, and I begged her to take me with her, but she said she needed some alone time and that she would bring me back something special. She left the house and I ran to my room and shut the door. I crawled into my bed and covered my head with the sheets. I knew if he got mad at me he would come and beat me. As I sat there shacking under the covers tears rolled down my eyes as I heard his foot steps coming towards me. He opened my door and staggered into my room. I could hear him breathing heavily. I knew he had been drinking. He did it often before he beat me. That was the cause of his beatings. He walked towards me. His foot steps out of rhythm. He pulled the sheets of my head and began punching my face. His blows became more painful as his Vodka sunk in. I learned not to cry through the years, but as I was still young, tears rolled down my eyes and the blows got harder. He picked me up and threw me off the bed. He jumped off and I coward in the corner. He started kicking my ribs and chest. I knew I had some broken bones, but I didn't know where and what they were called for I was only four years old.
Finally after about an hour or so, I heard the front door to the Malfoy Manor open. Mother was home. I knew she would help me. Father obviously heard it too, and bent down close to my ear and whispered,
"If you tell her I did this, you shouldn't expect to live to your fifth birthday."
He left the room with no other word.
I heard mother calling me.
"Draccie.. Draccie.. come here sweety! I have a surprise for you."
I tried to stand up, but I was too weak. "mama," I called, "mama I'm up here. I.." I searched for words to say, "I fell off the bed, and hit my head on the.. umm.. dresser. I can't move."
I heard her drop some things and run up the marble stairs.
"DRACO! You needed to be more careful." She bent down beside me and held me in her arms.
"I'm sorry mama." I said as I cried into her shoulder, and as if on cue, he came in.
"What happened?" He said in an innocent yet pleasing voice.
"Draco fell off his bed again. I think he might need some medical attention." Mama said.
"Son, you must be careful." Lucius replied.
I just looked at him and didn't say a word. Mama picked me up and took me downstairs to the kitchen. She took out her wound and did a little spell that made me feel a lot better. Then she walked away for a few seconds and came back with her hands behind her back.
"which hand?" She asked.
I pointed to the right, and inside that hand was a bar of chocolate. I took it and ate it while smiling up at my mother. She smiled and whispered in my ear, "I love you, Draco." And pulled from behind her back something else. I smiled and took it in my arms. It was the best gift I had ever gotten, a baby, blue raven. I named him Clow and he became the best friend I had ever had.
My thoughts came back to the real world and I noticed that my cheeks were wet with tears, I quickly wipped them away as my name was being called from the other side of the curtains.
"Malfoy?" it asked.
"what do you want Crabbe?" I asked not lifting my head to peek out.
"I.. I heard you, crying.. are you alright?" He asked.
"Me? Cry? HAHAHA.. that's the funniest thing I have ever heard." I said as if I hadn't been crying.
"Oh.. ok... Sorry, I just thought you were, my ears must have deceived me." And with that Crabbe left me there.
I laid there long through the night, waiting to here four others snoring in their beds. I got up and peeked out of my hangings just to make sure every one was asleep. Luckily they were. The room was dark, and I could barely see the hand in front of me. I looked over at an empty cage wondering when Clow was coming back. He had been gone for a week or so, and I was getting worried about him. I stood up and got fairly dizzy. I had been lying there since dinner and it was now 12. I walked over to my trunk and put my invisibility Cloak on. Mother had gotten me it after what had happened last year, she didn't want me wondering around the school being seen. Therefore, she convinced Lucius to buy it. It was lucky that she had gotten it for me and sent it here because if I was there when Lucius had gotten it I would have received a beating, as I am sure I will get one when I go back this summer. I feel I could take him on in June, for I am getting stronger each day, and he is too foolish to see it. I wish I could tell mother, she would take me away from there and we could live together just us, but anytime I try, Lucius gets there first.
I opened the door to my dorm and walked down the stairs to the common room. There was a few people in there and I was glad I had my cloak on or else they would ask why I wasn't at dinner. I opened the door to outside and stepped onto the hard cement floor of the dungeons. I looked from left to right and the whole corridor was deserted as I had figured it would be this late at night. I headed towards the left following the lights of the flame that lit up the halls. Not knowing where I would come up, for I had only traveled along this way once or twice at night never going past Professor Snape's office, and once I reached it I would turn around and head back to the common room, but this time I was planning on going past that and seeing what was on the other side. As I gained speed passing the portrait of Salazar Slytherin that marked Professor Snape's office and the Potions Classroom, I stopped and slowly turned around. There was something following me, but if there was, it wouldn't be able to see me.. right. I shrugged and turned back around heading on the path which I was making for myself. I then slowed down to a steady pace listening to my footsteps that were being mimicked by someone else's. There was defiantly someone following me. I knew there was, so I hid behind a statue and looked around it down the passage I had just come from. The it was, the thing that had been following me. Great, it was that red-head that was always following Potter around. Yes it was Weasley. I rolled my eyes and walked forward towards it.
"what are you doing here?" I asked in a echoing tone. Of course Weasley couldn't see me, so it looked around searching for the source of the voice.
"Hello? I.. I'm lost.. can you help me get back?" he asked.
I decided to play with Weasley.
"What is a Weasley doing down here.." I paused and then said, "in the dungeons?"
"I..I told you I am lost." Weasley gulped and I could hear the water rush down his throat.
"funny, little one, I'll show you the way," I said as I walked up to Weasley so that I was right in front of him.
I took my cloak off and he gasped, but then I noticed, he was a she.
"Malfoy? I uh.. I got to go." She said and turned around and ran.
I pulled her back.
"you're lost aren't you? You'll never find your way back unless I help you. Come, I'll show you the way." I decided to help her get to the Great Hall, you know because she WAS a girl and all. I walked in front of her as I heard her steady breathing behind me. I turned around.
"Aren't you coming?" I asked.
She ran towards me and mimicked my steps once again.