The Bet
by: Lady Slytherin
Disclaimer: I own Draco Malfoy ... er - I mean, I DON'T own Draco Malfoy. *sob* None of these characters belong to me; they belong to JK Rowling, my favorite author in the world! Chaze Turge, Den Grudge and Draco Malfoy are mine though. Oops, did I say Draco Malfoy?
Summary: All I have to say is that this is mostly about Draco/Hermione. I absolutely love this pair! This is about Draco and Hermione making a bet and all that kind'a stuff ... well I don't want to tell u what else happens! Read the story!
A/N: Thanx for all the reviews! Hey! Did anyone see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? It was awesome. Way better than the first one! By the way . didn't Lucius Malfoy look a bit weird? I mean, no offence, but I never really pictured him with long hair. Thought he'd look more like Draco, but whatever. Man, I talk too much.
Chapter Ten - Largos . amongst other things .
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Previously on Harry Potter -
Den looked over Draco's shoulder. "Hey look, that's us," he said. The map showed four people in the trophy room. Draco looked to the left, Filch was in the library, and Mrs. Norris was wandering around in the hallway. Draco looked at the Great Hall, empty. Suddenly, he saw a small dot sitting in the Gryffindor Table. It read Hermione Granger.
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Draco bolted to the door and ran out saying absolutely nothing. He found Hermione; he should be the one to see her first.
"H-Hey! Where's Malfoy going?!" Ron yelled after him, though Draco was already out by then. "Ron! Look!" Harry exclaimed pointing at the map. "Hermione!" they said in unison. They ran out the door leaving a very confused Den behind.
"Hey, where're you guys going?" Den asked as Harry and Ron ran after Draco. "Why am I always left behind?!!"
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Draco's POV
Could it really be Hermione? Could it? Why the hell is she sitting in the Great Hall all by herself?! Damn. Almost there . ! I pushed the gigantic doors open and looked around.
"Hermione?" I said. She wasn't there. Damn. I missed her. Where the hell could she be?!
I heard footsteps behind me and turned around. Maybe she came back?
"Hermione?" Damn, it's just Potter and Weasley. Great, just great.
"Malfoy," Potter said trying to catch his breath, "where's Hermione?"
"She's not here," I said coldly. I dug my hands in my pockets. Damn. Damn, damn, damn.
"What do you mean she's not here?!" Weasley exclaimed. "We saw her in the map! She's got to be here! This is all your fault!" He pointed a long crooked finger at me.
I pushed it away. "What do you mean it's my fault?" Now he's blaming me. I don't know how Hermione's lived with these two for the past four years. They're simply too weird for MY liking.
Weasley crossed his arms over his chest. "This all started once you made that stupid bet with Hermione! I bet you had all of this planned, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?! You turned her against us and you made Harry lose the Quidditch match on purpose!" he exclaimed.
I saw Potter make a funny face and roll his eyes. I raised my eyebrows slowly. What the hell? Something wrong with his distorted face or something?
"For your information, Weasley. I didn't think Hermione would accept anyways and if Potter doesn't stop making those weird faces I am going to have to punch in eyes out," I said coolly.
Weasley glared at me and I glared back. Who does he think he is? They were the ones trying to pull all those pranks on Hermione not me. . Well for the last four years . ugh . that doesn't count.
"Hey guys!" someone screamed.
Oh great, now Grudge is here. Hey, it's like a reunion . with all my sworn enemies.
"SHUT UP!" we hissed at him covering his mouth shut.
"You trying to wake the whole school up or something?" Potter said.
"Ugh," I said, "why'd I even bother taking you with me? You'll just get us all into trouble." I shook my head, "Disgrace."
Grudge scratched his head. "Sorry . so, where's Hermione?" he asked.
"Dunno," Potter said, "we missed her." He thought for a moment. "I wonder why she left?"
"I wonder where she's been? I mean, no one's noticed that she was gone," Weasley commented.
I sighed and sat down at a chair. Hermione's gone. Hmm . she has been acting weird these days. She had been missing prefect meetings and what I heard from Grudge and his constant spying of people, that she had been skipping classes.
I sighed again and looked to the right, away from Potter, Weasely and Grudge. There was a piece of crumpled up paper on the side. I stared at it for a while, then I bent over and picked it up. I stuffed it in my pockets and stood up.
"I'm going to bed," I drawled out. "It's obvious that she's not coming back. Better get some rest before someone finds us here, especially with Grudge's mouth open."
I saw Grudge cross his arms over his chest and look away. Potter leaned on the table.
"What about Hermione?" he said, "we still don't know where she is."
"Yeah," Weasley said, "we can't just leave her . er - even if we did try to kill and ruin her chance of being head girl and stuff . but that doesn't mean anything!"
I glared at him. "Tomorrow, lunch, quidditch pitch," I drawled. I began walking away. My eyes were drooping. Man, three days without Hermione is tough.
"Where're you going? Slimly slytherin git!" Weasley yelled after me.
I heard Potter sigh. "Just let him go, Ron. Let's go. We won't get anywhere if we don't get enough sleep," he said.
"Hey! Draco! Wait up!" Grudge called out running after me.
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Draco's POV
I flopped down on my bed. Damn. Wonder where she could be? She's been missing three days of school and yet no one has noticed that she's gone. Bunch of slimy toe rags.
Maybe she left because there was some kind of family emergency. God. Father said I would pay. Do you think maybe he's kidnapped Hermione or something? Then again it could be that thing attacking Hogwarts students. Hmm . Crabbe and Goyle better hurry up with that letter. I reached in my pocket to take out my wand. There was a piece of paper attached to it.
Damn. I nearly forgot about this. I pulled it off. It had been stuck to my wand by some green slimy gooy thing. I took off my robe and sat back down on my bed. I uncrumpled the paper slowly. There was writing on it. Messy handwriting. Some of the words were blurred and I read it out loud.
"In the chamber it will lie and wait If she dares not to come Largos will decide her fate . Chaos will come and everything will fall into darkness"
That was all that I could read. Everything else was blurred. It didn't make much sense. I sighed and squinted my eyes trying my best to read the smudged words. It looked a lot like Hogwarts paper. I wonder who it belongs to. I turned the paper around and at the bottom right hand corner were three words. I couldn't read the first word and third word, as they were smudged, but the second one stood out plainly. Anne.
Who's Anne? I didn't really know anyone named Anne. Sure I was popular with girls, but . shit. It's probably Annie Smith. That fourth year Ravenclaw. Did she write this? Sound like something you'd find in a book. Maybe I should do some research. Besides, I don't have to keep my promise to go and meet with Potter and Weasley tomorrow. I'll just let them wait . hehehe.
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(Next Day)
Draco walked through the hallways. He was busily searching for Crabbe and Goyle, his two little minions. Knowing those two, they'd be in the Great Hall pigging out. Of course both of them were complete idiots and Draco only used them when he couldn't defend himself in the last couple of years. Lucius had practically thrown them on Draco when he turned eleven, fearing his son wouldn't be able to defend himself against bigger, more stronger people.
This was one of the reasons Draco hated his father. Lucius would always think that he couldn't defend himself without Crabbe or Goyle. Most summer years in Malfoy Manor, Lucius would spend hours training Draco to be like him. Cold and ruthless. He would cast spells on him for no apparent reason what so ever, saying that Draco should be always be on guard. Learning spells. Black magic, as Lucius would call it. Was the only magic you need for life, he would say.
Draco sighed. He would really get it when he came home this summer. Lucius would kill him. Even his mother wouldn't be able to stop him. His mother never really did anything. All she would do was sit there, while Lucius would cast spell after spell at him. Sometimes not being able to block he would be thrown aside. His mother would just watch. Draco could tell she cared. She cared a lot, but she was too scared. Scared of his father. The man she married. Lucius was a very scary man, being one of the Dark Lord's high ranked Death Eaters. He could have them killed at an instant. Sometimes Draco wondered if his father really did love him or was he just there to carry on the Malfoy name. The name that has been on going for centuries. The name that he carried and was now ashamed of. Before, when the Dark Lord ruled, before he lost his powers and immortality to Harry Potter, chaos was always afoot. Lucius' father, Carmus Malfoy had been one of the Dark Lord's high ranked Death Eaters. Much like Lucius now and what Draco was supposed to be in the near future. Carmus Malfoy was the one who had first joined the dark side, along with Voldemort and the man who turned his father the way he was. Draco's mother always told him that his father was never always like this when he was young. He was cold but never ruthless and merciless.
Draco shook his head slowly as the memories started to come back to him. He found himself standing the middle of the entrance to the Great Hall. For a while he just stood there, not bothering to move at all. Remembering all those memories, the beatings, and all the pain he went through . Draco straightened himself. He knew. He knew that the Dark Lor - Voldemort, was going to attack this year. He didn't know when, but he knew.
Draco shook his head again and made his way to the Slytherin Table where Crabbe and Goyle were happily pigging out on strawberry short cakes. Crabbe was eating none stop and Draco could see that he had a little bit of cake hanging from his nose and all over his mouth. It made Draco sick and he decided not to sit down.
Goyle had stopped eating as soon as Draco came to the table and he handed him a piece of cake. "Want some? There's plenty for everyone," he said. By that he meant only for them, what was wondering through Draco's mind.
"Have you received the letters back yet?" he drawled lazily. Crabbe and Goyle answered with a simple "no."
Draco frowned and shoved his hands in his pockets. He usually did that when he was annoyed. Suddenly he remembered the piece of paper he had found last night in the Great Hall. He began walking away and headed towards the library to do research. "Man," he muttered, "this is something that Hermione would usually do."
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"Where is he?!" Ron exclaimed. "We've been here for fifteen minutes! I knew he would do this! He always does!"
Harry rolled his eyes. They've been sitting for about fifteen minutes waiting for Draco to arrive. And as always Ron was going ballistic. He can never stay in one spot for too long.
"I'm sure he'll uh ... be here, I mean he wants to look for Hermione just as much as we do. I'm sure he'll show up any minute now," Harry said.
Ron made a horrified face. "Man, not him," he said dryly.
Harry turned around. Den was running towards them with a goofy smile on his face. "POTTER! WEASLEY!" he shouted.
"Hey, if he comes too close," Ron said, "can I hit him in the back of the head with the bat?"
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Draco turned a page of the book he'd been reading. He was still feeling quite uncomfortable being in the library. After all, the only library he had been in was the one in Malfoy Manor. It was at least ten times as large as this one. He looked out of the corner of his eye. Madam Pince was still at shock when he had walked in earlier.
"How the hell am I suppose to find this Largos guy?!" Draco muttered angrily. He was sitting in a table all by himself with at least two dozen books all around him.
He stood up and picked another book from the shelves. He flopped back down on his seat and began reading. The book was entitled: Ancient Dark Lords. Maybe this Largos guys was some dark lord back then. Draco looked through the index. The very first person's name was, surprise . Voldemort! Then . Largos, then Elirka, then .
Draco's eyes widened. There he was. Largos. He then turned to page 106. "Largos," he read out loud, "was one of the most darkest lords to ever rule the earth. He was known as the Demon King and was greatly feared through out the land. Like most of us, he was born a child but ended up a monster. He was a Muggle-born who went to Hogwarts at the age of 11. He was a very quiet boy who was always alone. Even though he was smart, many made fun of him. People say that this was the cause he turned to the Dark Arts. Students had been saying that he would lock him self up in his room, practicing nothing but the dark arts. Learning spell after spell. One day after graduating from Hogwarts, he started gathering demons from the underworld to serve him, to be his loyal slaves," Draco paused. It reminded him of Voldemort and how he had turned his grandfather, Carmus Malfoy into the dark side. How it supposedly ruin his life.
Sighing he continued, "Having so much power, Largos conducted a spell to make himself immortal. Like a god. The spell though, had turned him into a monster and driven by his hatred and rage for the human world, he attacked Hogwarts. Destroying everyone and everything that got in his way. He was out of control and everyone knew he had to be stopped. For many years witches and wizards have been trained secretly to destroy Largos and his demons. One day they attacked full force. And one by one, great witches wizards died. Many said that it was Largos' magic medallion that kept him alive and that his very soul lies in that medallion. No one could stop him. No one, until the four founders of Hogwarts, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin decided to use their powers to seal him away in the underworld. His history goes a long way back and people now still fear his name. Though he swore that he would come back and rule once again, and many people had stated that he had imprisoned a part of himself in his medallion, it was never found."
Draco closed the book slowly. Does this Annie girl have anything to do with Largos? Draco shook his head and read other details about Largos. It wasn't long before Madam Pince came to him and threw him out of the library. He had been so caught up in the book he hadn't noticed the time. 11:30pm.
Draco sighed and started heading back towards his common room. Maybe this Largos guy has Hermione and is keeping her captive. Or it could be his father and his gang of Death Eaters. "Man, I hate my life."
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Harry and Den sighed. They had been waiting for Draco for hours at the Quidditch pitch since lunch. It was pitch black and the moon was full. Harry shivered.
" . So," Ron said, "do you think he's still coming?"
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I'm sorry that took so long. It was pretty boring. Anyways I have to get this story done. I'm getting very lazy and I don't know what I'm going to put next. Do you think I need more humor or more romance or more adventure/mystery or what? Ugh. I DO talk too much. R/R!
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by: Lady Slytherin
Disclaimer: I own Draco Malfoy ... er - I mean, I DON'T own Draco Malfoy. *sob* None of these characters belong to me; they belong to JK Rowling, my favorite author in the world! Chaze Turge, Den Grudge and Draco Malfoy are mine though. Oops, did I say Draco Malfoy?
Summary: All I have to say is that this is mostly about Draco/Hermione. I absolutely love this pair! This is about Draco and Hermione making a bet and all that kind'a stuff ... well I don't want to tell u what else happens! Read the story!
A/N: Thanx for all the reviews! Hey! Did anyone see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? It was awesome. Way better than the first one! By the way . didn't Lucius Malfoy look a bit weird? I mean, no offence, but I never really pictured him with long hair. Thought he'd look more like Draco, but whatever. Man, I talk too much.
Chapter Ten - Largos . amongst other things .
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Previously on Harry Potter -
Den looked over Draco's shoulder. "Hey look, that's us," he said. The map showed four people in the trophy room. Draco looked to the left, Filch was in the library, and Mrs. Norris was wandering around in the hallway. Draco looked at the Great Hall, empty. Suddenly, he saw a small dot sitting in the Gryffindor Table. It read Hermione Granger.
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Draco bolted to the door and ran out saying absolutely nothing. He found Hermione; he should be the one to see her first.
"H-Hey! Where's Malfoy going?!" Ron yelled after him, though Draco was already out by then. "Ron! Look!" Harry exclaimed pointing at the map. "Hermione!" they said in unison. They ran out the door leaving a very confused Den behind.
"Hey, where're you guys going?" Den asked as Harry and Ron ran after Draco. "Why am I always left behind?!!"
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Draco's POV
Could it really be Hermione? Could it? Why the hell is she sitting in the Great Hall all by herself?! Damn. Almost there . ! I pushed the gigantic doors open and looked around.
"Hermione?" I said. She wasn't there. Damn. I missed her. Where the hell could she be?!
I heard footsteps behind me and turned around. Maybe she came back?
"Hermione?" Damn, it's just Potter and Weasley. Great, just great.
"Malfoy," Potter said trying to catch his breath, "where's Hermione?"
"She's not here," I said coldly. I dug my hands in my pockets. Damn. Damn, damn, damn.
"What do you mean she's not here?!" Weasley exclaimed. "We saw her in the map! She's got to be here! This is all your fault!" He pointed a long crooked finger at me.
I pushed it away. "What do you mean it's my fault?" Now he's blaming me. I don't know how Hermione's lived with these two for the past four years. They're simply too weird for MY liking.
Weasley crossed his arms over his chest. "This all started once you made that stupid bet with Hermione! I bet you had all of this planned, didn't you? DIDN'T YOU?! You turned her against us and you made Harry lose the Quidditch match on purpose!" he exclaimed.
I saw Potter make a funny face and roll his eyes. I raised my eyebrows slowly. What the hell? Something wrong with his distorted face or something?
"For your information, Weasley. I didn't think Hermione would accept anyways and if Potter doesn't stop making those weird faces I am going to have to punch in eyes out," I said coolly.
Weasley glared at me and I glared back. Who does he think he is? They were the ones trying to pull all those pranks on Hermione not me. . Well for the last four years . ugh . that doesn't count.
"Hey guys!" someone screamed.
Oh great, now Grudge is here. Hey, it's like a reunion . with all my sworn enemies.
"SHUT UP!" we hissed at him covering his mouth shut.
"You trying to wake the whole school up or something?" Potter said.
"Ugh," I said, "why'd I even bother taking you with me? You'll just get us all into trouble." I shook my head, "Disgrace."
Grudge scratched his head. "Sorry . so, where's Hermione?" he asked.
"Dunno," Potter said, "we missed her." He thought for a moment. "I wonder why she left?"
"I wonder where she's been? I mean, no one's noticed that she was gone," Weasley commented.
I sighed and sat down at a chair. Hermione's gone. Hmm . she has been acting weird these days. She had been missing prefect meetings and what I heard from Grudge and his constant spying of people, that she had been skipping classes.
I sighed again and looked to the right, away from Potter, Weasely and Grudge. There was a piece of crumpled up paper on the side. I stared at it for a while, then I bent over and picked it up. I stuffed it in my pockets and stood up.
"I'm going to bed," I drawled out. "It's obvious that she's not coming back. Better get some rest before someone finds us here, especially with Grudge's mouth open."
I saw Grudge cross his arms over his chest and look away. Potter leaned on the table.
"What about Hermione?" he said, "we still don't know where she is."
"Yeah," Weasley said, "we can't just leave her . er - even if we did try to kill and ruin her chance of being head girl and stuff . but that doesn't mean anything!"
I glared at him. "Tomorrow, lunch, quidditch pitch," I drawled. I began walking away. My eyes were drooping. Man, three days without Hermione is tough.
"Where're you going? Slimly slytherin git!" Weasley yelled after me.
I heard Potter sigh. "Just let him go, Ron. Let's go. We won't get anywhere if we don't get enough sleep," he said.
"Hey! Draco! Wait up!" Grudge called out running after me.
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Draco's POV
I flopped down on my bed. Damn. Wonder where she could be? She's been missing three days of school and yet no one has noticed that she's gone. Bunch of slimy toe rags.
Maybe she left because there was some kind of family emergency. God. Father said I would pay. Do you think maybe he's kidnapped Hermione or something? Then again it could be that thing attacking Hogwarts students. Hmm . Crabbe and Goyle better hurry up with that letter. I reached in my pocket to take out my wand. There was a piece of paper attached to it.
Damn. I nearly forgot about this. I pulled it off. It had been stuck to my wand by some green slimy gooy thing. I took off my robe and sat back down on my bed. I uncrumpled the paper slowly. There was writing on it. Messy handwriting. Some of the words were blurred and I read it out loud.
"In the chamber it will lie and wait If she dares not to come Largos will decide her fate . Chaos will come and everything will fall into darkness"
That was all that I could read. Everything else was blurred. It didn't make much sense. I sighed and squinted my eyes trying my best to read the smudged words. It looked a lot like Hogwarts paper. I wonder who it belongs to. I turned the paper around and at the bottom right hand corner were three words. I couldn't read the first word and third word, as they were smudged, but the second one stood out plainly. Anne.
Who's Anne? I didn't really know anyone named Anne. Sure I was popular with girls, but . shit. It's probably Annie Smith. That fourth year Ravenclaw. Did she write this? Sound like something you'd find in a book. Maybe I should do some research. Besides, I don't have to keep my promise to go and meet with Potter and Weasley tomorrow. I'll just let them wait . hehehe.
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(Next Day)
Draco walked through the hallways. He was busily searching for Crabbe and Goyle, his two little minions. Knowing those two, they'd be in the Great Hall pigging out. Of course both of them were complete idiots and Draco only used them when he couldn't defend himself in the last couple of years. Lucius had practically thrown them on Draco when he turned eleven, fearing his son wouldn't be able to defend himself against bigger, more stronger people.
This was one of the reasons Draco hated his father. Lucius would always think that he couldn't defend himself without Crabbe or Goyle. Most summer years in Malfoy Manor, Lucius would spend hours training Draco to be like him. Cold and ruthless. He would cast spells on him for no apparent reason what so ever, saying that Draco should be always be on guard. Learning spells. Black magic, as Lucius would call it. Was the only magic you need for life, he would say.
Draco sighed. He would really get it when he came home this summer. Lucius would kill him. Even his mother wouldn't be able to stop him. His mother never really did anything. All she would do was sit there, while Lucius would cast spell after spell at him. Sometimes not being able to block he would be thrown aside. His mother would just watch. Draco could tell she cared. She cared a lot, but she was too scared. Scared of his father. The man she married. Lucius was a very scary man, being one of the Dark Lord's high ranked Death Eaters. He could have them killed at an instant. Sometimes Draco wondered if his father really did love him or was he just there to carry on the Malfoy name. The name that has been on going for centuries. The name that he carried and was now ashamed of. Before, when the Dark Lord ruled, before he lost his powers and immortality to Harry Potter, chaos was always afoot. Lucius' father, Carmus Malfoy had been one of the Dark Lord's high ranked Death Eaters. Much like Lucius now and what Draco was supposed to be in the near future. Carmus Malfoy was the one who had first joined the dark side, along with Voldemort and the man who turned his father the way he was. Draco's mother always told him that his father was never always like this when he was young. He was cold but never ruthless and merciless.
Draco shook his head slowly as the memories started to come back to him. He found himself standing the middle of the entrance to the Great Hall. For a while he just stood there, not bothering to move at all. Remembering all those memories, the beatings, and all the pain he went through . Draco straightened himself. He knew. He knew that the Dark Lor - Voldemort, was going to attack this year. He didn't know when, but he knew.
Draco shook his head again and made his way to the Slytherin Table where Crabbe and Goyle were happily pigging out on strawberry short cakes. Crabbe was eating none stop and Draco could see that he had a little bit of cake hanging from his nose and all over his mouth. It made Draco sick and he decided not to sit down.
Goyle had stopped eating as soon as Draco came to the table and he handed him a piece of cake. "Want some? There's plenty for everyone," he said. By that he meant only for them, what was wondering through Draco's mind.
"Have you received the letters back yet?" he drawled lazily. Crabbe and Goyle answered with a simple "no."
Draco frowned and shoved his hands in his pockets. He usually did that when he was annoyed. Suddenly he remembered the piece of paper he had found last night in the Great Hall. He began walking away and headed towards the library to do research. "Man," he muttered, "this is something that Hermione would usually do."
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"Where is he?!" Ron exclaimed. "We've been here for fifteen minutes! I knew he would do this! He always does!"
Harry rolled his eyes. They've been sitting for about fifteen minutes waiting for Draco to arrive. And as always Ron was going ballistic. He can never stay in one spot for too long.
"I'm sure he'll uh ... be here, I mean he wants to look for Hermione just as much as we do. I'm sure he'll show up any minute now," Harry said.
Ron made a horrified face. "Man, not him," he said dryly.
Harry turned around. Den was running towards them with a goofy smile on his face. "POTTER! WEASLEY!" he shouted.
"Hey, if he comes too close," Ron said, "can I hit him in the back of the head with the bat?"
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Draco turned a page of the book he'd been reading. He was still feeling quite uncomfortable being in the library. After all, the only library he had been in was the one in Malfoy Manor. It was at least ten times as large as this one. He looked out of the corner of his eye. Madam Pince was still at shock when he had walked in earlier.
"How the hell am I suppose to find this Largos guy?!" Draco muttered angrily. He was sitting in a table all by himself with at least two dozen books all around him.
He stood up and picked another book from the shelves. He flopped back down on his seat and began reading. The book was entitled: Ancient Dark Lords. Maybe this Largos guys was some dark lord back then. Draco looked through the index. The very first person's name was, surprise . Voldemort! Then . Largos, then Elirka, then .
Draco's eyes widened. There he was. Largos. He then turned to page 106. "Largos," he read out loud, "was one of the most darkest lords to ever rule the earth. He was known as the Demon King and was greatly feared through out the land. Like most of us, he was born a child but ended up a monster. He was a Muggle-born who went to Hogwarts at the age of 11. He was a very quiet boy who was always alone. Even though he was smart, many made fun of him. People say that this was the cause he turned to the Dark Arts. Students had been saying that he would lock him self up in his room, practicing nothing but the dark arts. Learning spell after spell. One day after graduating from Hogwarts, he started gathering demons from the underworld to serve him, to be his loyal slaves," Draco paused. It reminded him of Voldemort and how he had turned his grandfather, Carmus Malfoy into the dark side. How it supposedly ruin his life.
Sighing he continued, "Having so much power, Largos conducted a spell to make himself immortal. Like a god. The spell though, had turned him into a monster and driven by his hatred and rage for the human world, he attacked Hogwarts. Destroying everyone and everything that got in his way. He was out of control and everyone knew he had to be stopped. For many years witches and wizards have been trained secretly to destroy Largos and his demons. One day they attacked full force. And one by one, great witches wizards died. Many said that it was Largos' magic medallion that kept him alive and that his very soul lies in that medallion. No one could stop him. No one, until the four founders of Hogwarts, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin decided to use their powers to seal him away in the underworld. His history goes a long way back and people now still fear his name. Though he swore that he would come back and rule once again, and many people had stated that he had imprisoned a part of himself in his medallion, it was never found."
Draco closed the book slowly. Does this Annie girl have anything to do with Largos? Draco shook his head and read other details about Largos. It wasn't long before Madam Pince came to him and threw him out of the library. He had been so caught up in the book he hadn't noticed the time. 11:30pm.
Draco sighed and started heading back towards his common room. Maybe this Largos guy has Hermione and is keeping her captive. Or it could be his father and his gang of Death Eaters. "Man, I hate my life."
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Harry and Den sighed. They had been waiting for Draco for hours at the Quidditch pitch since lunch. It was pitch black and the moon was full. Harry shivered.
" . So," Ron said, "do you think he's still coming?"
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I'm sorry that took so long. It was pretty boring. Anyways I have to get this story done. I'm getting very lazy and I don't know what I'm going to put next. Do you think I need more humor or more romance or more adventure/mystery or what? Ugh. I DO talk too much. R/R!
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