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5 What happened to the Golden Boy?

Nobody in Slytherin, with Death Eater parents, seemed to know about Draco Malfoy´s decision and he was able to hold his social state in his house in spite of his unusual behaviour and his new styling, which was more or less untidy. Blaise Zabini used to teasingly call Malfoy "Teen Rebel" and earned a lot of snickers with his description of the new Draco. To the blonde´s benefit his lack of too much arrogance gave him a new chance to develop something like a friendship with Blaise and they got along surprisingly well.

Draco watched his former archrival carefully since he was sure that he had fallen for him for some odd reasons. Blaise was attracted to the raven-haired Gryffindor too and tried desperately to get his attention but failed miserably and decided to search for another target.

The punishment for disgracing the Lions had changed the Boy-Who-Lived completely. Harry´s former friendly expression on his face disappeared and his glances were nearly sinister and his usual heart-melting grin seemed to be lost somewhere.

The young Malfoy noticed the changes with worry and tried to speak with the Gryffindor but that was rather impossible because the black-haired teen was brooding deeply all the time and didn´t even notice the blonde Slytherin talking to him. Draco asked Blaise after his failed conversation "Blaise do you know what happened to Potter when he was punished?"

The handsome black haired boy stated thoughtfully "Not exactly but it must have been something really bad, because no one talked about it afterward. All I know is that Hermione Granger was the person that found the Boy Wonder after the incident. A Hufflepuff student told me that she found him in the boy´s shower in an embarrassing position and put in magical chains."

Draco frowned and wanted to know "A Hufflepuff student? Who exactly?"

Blaise couldn´t hide a smirk as he retorted, "Justin Finch-Fletchey."

Draco sneered and snorted "Anything you wanted to tell me lately, mate?"

The other Slytherin blushed slightly and smiled happily as he whispered, "We are together but we decided to wait before making it public."

Draco smiled one of his rare genuine smiles and reassured his friend, "I can keep secrets, just trust me and if it´ll make you feel better, I´ll tell you a secret too."

The black haired Slytherin watched the blonde curiously and stated dryly "So you have your own secrets, Teen Rebel?"

The silver haired Slytherin spoke hoarsely, "I´m gay and I have a crush on Potter."

Blaise tried to hide a giggle and panted, "That´s great stuff, Draco. Who would have thought that? Now I understand your nearly jealous side glances when I was trying to get Harry´s attention!"

The two Slytherins made their way to the Great Hall for lunch and Draco glanced once more to the Gryffindor table, watching his former rival sitting there, barely eating something and brooding while the other Gryffindors were ignoring him like an outcast. After lunch, the Slytherins had Double Potions together with the Gryffindors and as usual Professor Snape was in a bad mood barking at the Gryffindors at every opportunity. Harry sat alone at his usual table ignoring the Potions Master in an obvious manner and Snape gave the raven-haired boy a deathly glare but that was also ignored. The Professor snarled darkly "Mr Potter, would you please give me the honour of having you listen to my explanations, because I don´t want you to blow up your cauldron again so soon after the last incident!"

Harry gave the older wizard a death glare and hissed with a dangerous undertone, "Professor Snape, that´s exactly what you expect me to do and I´m only trying to fulfil your desire to give me a detention!"

The Potions Master got pale and said stiffly "Mr Potter, what do you think you are doing? 10 points from Gryffindor for not showing the expected respect to a teacher!"

The other Gryffindors were staring daggers at the Boy-Who-Lived but he ignored them completely and said with an icy voice and piercing glance "I know what I´m doing, but I´m not sure if you exactly know what you are doing, you greasy old bastard!"

Hearing these words, the others were afraid to disturb the silence and so nobody dared to make a move or just to breath aloud.

Snape arched one eyebrow and pressed his lips into a small line before he hissed through gritted teeth "20 Points from Gryffindor and detention for you Potter for insulting a teacher!"

Harry´s face still showed no emotion and with a dark sneer he rose his middle finger slowly and the black-haired teacher grew ghostly pale as he yelled, "Potter, you bloody piece of useless shit! Leave the room and go to meet with the headmaster at once!"

The class was still unusual silent as the Gryffindor left the room and the Potions Master continued his lesson showing the worst sinister mood he had ever had before.

At the end of the lesson Draco was barely able to concentrate any longer, made a silly fault and caused a little explosion. Snape snapped at his favourite student "Mr Malfoy, you have a detention for making a stupid mistake!"

The blonde Slytherin cleaned up the mess as fast as he could and left the room fuming because he hated getting detention.

Draco wondered what his detention would be and thought ´Please don´t send me into the Forbidden Forest again! I hate that place!´

The silver-haired Slytherin walked slowly to the dungeons and entered the common room with a grouchy expression on his face. Blaise pulled him to the sofa in front of the fireplace and tried to soothe him "Keep calm, Draco. That was really bad luck and not your fault!"

The silver haired boy growled "Exactly, it was not my fault that Severus lost his temper but why did he have to give me a detention? Only because he has not been able to handle Potter! The man should have given a detention to himself for being unable to handle the situation!"

Blaise snickered and Draco calmed down starting to think about the detention as a chance to get into contact with a certain Gryffindor.

During supper, a great barn owl delivered a note with the instructions for his detention "Dear Mr Malfoy, please come to the Potions classroom on Saturday at 10 a.m. Bring a standard parchment, your quill and ink with you!"

The letter was signed by Dumbledore and Draco saw that Harry got a note too. The blonde boy felt his heart pound faster as he looked at his former archrival and the raven-haired boy ran his fingers through his untidy hair and bit his lower lip while he was reading his letter again. The blonde Slytherin was sure that he would spent the time of his detention together with Harry Potter.

Friday evening came soon and Draco felt a never before known insecurity build up inside of him and he felt awfully lonely. He wished he had someone to hold him tight and to make him feel alive again. His mind was drifting like usual when the pressure got too much and his hand grabbed the razorblade that was hidden under his pillow for emergencies. Soon the blonde felt the familiar sensation of blood flowing over his skin and the burning ache of the fresh cuts that made him feel better and calm down. The silver-haired boy sighed with relief and fell asleep soon afterwards without cleaning his arm.

The following morning he woke up with a start but felt refreshed and ready for his task. Draco took a quick shower before the others would awake. He was always careful so that nobody would discover his injuries especially when they were fresh. Only Blaise dared to ask him one day what happened to his arm but he refused to tell him anything and the other boy gave in as he noticed that it was useless to ask further questions. Draco made his way to the Great Hall and ate a silent breakfast while he was watching the Gryffindor table but there was no sign of Harry Potter and he sighed deeply.

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