[A/N]: hey its gonna be a short chapter right now…don't worry I'm updating again today…this is just an explanation/transition chapter…hope you like it!

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                      CHAPTER 3: Toying with the Dragons

                            Draco Malfoy sat contemplating a letter he had received a few weeks ago by a vaguely familiar snowy owl. The letter had promised something that immediately struck a chord Draco, a way out of being a Death Eater. It was true, he hated muggles and most muggle-borns; but he had no intention of being the Dark Lord's call-boy. No, Draco Malfoy was no follower, thank you very much. So, with that in mind, running to Dumbledore's not-so–secret Order of the Phoenix was not an option. So the mysterious letter was very intriguing; but if being a Malfoy and a Slytherin had taught him anything, it was that appearances can be deceiving, people always want something in return, and innocence can be easily feigned. All of these seemed to apply to the letter. Draco went over it again, absently swirling a glass of butterbeer [a/n he's no alcoholic! He's fifteen!]

               'Draco Malfoy,' the letter began,

      'I know you do not want to be a death Eater. Therefore, I have a proposition that you may find very appealing…It may also be way to rid the world of Voldermort.

    Meet me at the portrait of the Drunk Monk on the third floor corridor on the first Saturday after school begins…Come alone.

         Draco took a quick sip of the glass. A way to get rid of the Dark Lord? That'd sure piss his father off. Lucius would be shipped off to Azkaban.

       'No less than he deserves' He thought bitterly to himself. Like any self-respecting Slytherin youth, he hated his parents, his father at least. He couldn't bring himself to hate his mother. Narcissa had lost all capabilities of loving or caring when Lucius started using her as a punching bag.

 "Draco?"

 His head shot up and he locked eyes with the equally stormy gray eyes of his father.

"What's this?"

Panic set in, though carefully masked behind a blank face, 'Thank Slytherin traits'

"Just a letter father"

Lucius was reading the note with a raised eyebrow. Draco was certain he'd be tortured in the dungeons till the term began. That was, until his father merely handed the letter back…

"Blaise Zabini, Draco? I must say that's a step up from Parkinson, use something will you?"

Draco stared in shock at the letter in his hand as he heard his father's steps fade away, he read the letter-

    'Draco,

  Hi, I know you like me, so I have a position you might enjoy. Meet me on Saturday after school starts

       -Blaise'

   'Tricky bastard' murmured Draco. Hell, if this guy was smart enough to anticipate his father, how bad could it be? The worst the guy could be is another Harry Potter.

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