MEMORIES

BY DARK SAPPHIRE

CHAPTER THREE

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THANKS TO ALL WHO REVIEWED, THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS. AND IT WILL BE SHORT BECAUSE OF MY EXAM.

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= Draco's POV =

As I lie here staring at the canopy of my bed, I can't help but recall the memories of the past month. One month.... it's strange, how so much had taken place in such a short time. How everything has been so different. It wraps up to one final conclusion. I have changed a lot. I am no longer the arrogant high and mighty Draco Malfoy. It's amazing, yet frightening. Why, or rather how, did I become a totally different person?

It's her. Hermione Granger. The one person I used to tease endlessly for five years. Five years of anger and despise. But now, I no longer feel such a loathing for her. Instead, I feel an emotion that I have never felt before..... An emotion that I never thought I could feel...... she is the reason for me to go on...... for me to face another day, although I know that it would be pure torture. She is the reason for me to refuse.... to refuse the very offer that could change my entire life, and future. The offer to become a deatheater, feeling no love, passion, nor pain.

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I stagger to my feet, blood and pain blinding my vision. My head throbs in pain as I struggle to focus, to stay concious and alert.

"Not as easy as I thought," Lucius smirks, brandishing his wand. "You are a particularly stubborn one. But that won't stop me. Nothing will, and nothing can. You will surrender eventually, and serve the Dark Lord faithfully as I, and countless others have done."

It takes every ounce of strength and courage for me to look him directly in the eye.

"You have no idea how wrong you are," I whispered through gritted teeth. "I will not give in that easily. Not as long as I have a reason to go on, a reason not to become one of you."

"I swear, one day I will get rid of that mudblood for good. You just wait and see, boy. I will put her through so much suffering that she'll wish that I had just killed her instead. Do you understand?"

I glare at him, feeling the blood trickle down the side of my face.

"I'm going to make you obey, if it's the last thing I do," Luciius growls. "The cruciatus curse can't do the trick, but something else will. Resist it as long as you want. But mark my words. You will give in eventually, and as for that filthy mudblood, I will tear her from limb to limb until not even the famous Harry Potter can reconise her mangled body."

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A/N: Okay... that probably sucked. I mean really, really sucked. It was full of CRAP and too short. But then, what do you expect? I'm in the middle of a major exam, for goodness sake! At least I took time to sit down and write you guys a chapter when I should be studying instead. So you better REVIEW or I might just FAIL the whole damn thing! Lol! Just kidding, but REVIEW anyway, okay? Love, Dark Sapphire.

And this is a list of the songs that inspired or um, entertained me while writing this. Just here for fun. You don't have to read if you don't want to.

All the things she said

Bring me to life

My Immortal

Cry