"No!!! Stop it!! I HATE YOU!!! I HATE YOU!!!" Draco screamed as Lucius Malfoy raised his fist again
throwing it into Draco's already prone body.
"You WILL respect me, Draco! And we shall continue these 'lessons' until you learn this! Do you
understand me?" He whispered in a growl, picking the boy up by his collar setting him on his unstable
feet. The boy merely nodded, his effort on staying on his feet. "I can't here your head nod, Draco."
"Yes.ir.." Draco slurred softly as the taller Malfoy gave him a light push causing him to fall into a plush
chair.
"Good, now Licie will tend to you and then you will head back to class, and you will do better. WON'T
you?" He asked starring at him coolly.
"Yes.ir..." Draco said berely holding back a sigh, he watched Lucius leave the room through silted eyes.
"I hate you bloody bastard...."
"Master Draco, you will feel better in a moment." Said the tiny house elf, she touched her finger to her
nose then to each of Draco's wounds smiling at him timidly.
"Thank you Licie." Draco said as she touched each welt or bruse they faded for the most part, leaving
but a slight dull throb of an ache. He closed his eyes shaking his head, he was getting tired of these
beatings, at least when Lucius was at home he only had to deal with the beatings during the summer.
"Why Master Draco hate Master?" Licie asked in her simple why, always calling Lucius, Master and never
anything else.
"Because I do... Because I hate everything he stands for... Because he hates me......" Draco finished as
he picked up his wand and slid it into his robe. "Are you finished?" He asked noticing the elf hasn't
touched him in a few moments.
"Yes Master Draco." The elf timidly placed a comforting hand on Draco's shiny boot, "Master Draco be
great Master one day!" She said with firm faithful confidence.
"Thank you Licie, best you go to your duties, so Lucius won't have a case of the ass." He said with a
smirk as he left the office that served as both Lucius' office and day room.
**10min later**
"You are late for class, Mr. Malfoy. "Professor McGonagall
"I have a note." He said sullenly, handing her the note he sat down in his seat and rubbed his eyes with
one and and then started coping the notes he had missed, from another Sytherin. McGonagall looked at
him worried for a moment, he hadn't been the same since his father had come to Hogwarts to supervise
one thing or another, the boy had lost some vital spark in him, she shook her head and went on with the
days lesson. Draco shook his head and smoothed back his hair with his wand hand, then set on his task
of turning a grain of rice into his choice of a complex muggle artifact.
"Say Draco, what is that this?" Crabbe's asked wondering at Draco's choice, as his own rice grain had
turned into a deformed blob with bristles that was vibrating across the table, you only could hope that is was to be an electric toothbrush.
"Yeah Draco, what is that?" Goyle wondered poking the hard black surface of Draco's artifact, as his own
disturbing looking easy bake oven.
"Ask Potter or Granger, they should know what it is..." Draco said as he turned it on and started fiddling
with it.
Harry and Hermione turned around to look and gasped in shock at the laptop on Draco's desk, to their
even greater shock he was sitting there typing away, and using it very well. "Careful Draco, don't want
something to go wrong and cause an explosion." Hermione said with a roll of her eyes as she snapped
some pictures with her baby blue digital camera.
"Bite the bullet Granger, you're just pissed because I did it and you didn't now go take a pic of your tart
boyfriend." Draco said turning the laptop so she and everyone else could see the monitor. On it was a
picture of Hermione and Ron kissing quiet hotly. "Tell me how do you two do that with out swallowing
each others tongues?" He asked innocently, then grinned as both as they turned bright red
"Mr. Malfoy, is there something you'd like to show us?" McGonagall asked, she had been on the other
side of the room, showing Jo Vice what he was doing wrong when she noticed the Slytherins snickering.
"Not at all Professor." Draco said as he hit the delete button.
"I'm impressed Mr. Malfoy," McGonagall said as she looked at the computer, the desktop an image of
Hogwarts at night. "that is a laptop if I'm correct." She asked looking at him with a small smile.
"Yes it is mam'ma." He said with a nod as he flipped through several websites.
"Very good Malfoy, Four points to Slytherin, for creativity and having the gumption to make such a
complex muggle artifact." McGonagall said as she moved on to the Gryfindors.
After All the Days Classes
Draco hid the laptop in his satchel, as he headed back to his room. He had left Crabbe and Goyle in the main hall.
"Draco..." The boy froze in his steps, and turned to the voice looking at the voices owner. "Why don't we have a chat in my office." The boy closed his eyes in quiet defeat, nodding as he entered the room. "Sit."
"Is there anything the matter sir?" Draco asked watching the floor with disturbing intensity.
"I understand you earned four points for Slytherin."
"Yes, sir."
"For creating a muggle LAPTOP!?!?" He asked suddenly.
"Yes sir." Draco said cringing, realizing what was coming. "It was just for class." He whispered.
"And HOW did you know how to make a LAPTOP?!" He said spitting out the words, as he grabbed Draco's tie causing him to stand on his tip-toes.
"I'm sorry sir." Draco said softly trying not to panic.
"Better close your eyes Draco, because this is going to hurt." Lucius said quietly as he pulled back his fist, landing a single blow to Draco's temple, at the same time letting go of the tie, causing the fifteen year old to fly across the room. As he connected with the wall, he slipped into blissful unawareness.
**Dumbledore's Office**
"Headmaster PLEASE do something!!" Snape asked slamming his fist on Dumbledore's desk. "He's beating the the hell out of the boy every day, if not more!!" Snape ran his hands though his black hair.
"I know Severus, trust me, by Monday the situation will be handled." Dumbledore said in his
normal hushed voice, but a bit more serious than normal.
"Thank you, Albus. Thank you." Snape said as he turned to leave.
"Not at all Severus, it needed to be done anyway." Dumbledore waited till Snape had left and
pulled a large flat Obsidian out his desk and stared at it reaching out with his mind.
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throwing it into Draco's already prone body.
"You WILL respect me, Draco! And we shall continue these 'lessons' until you learn this! Do you
understand me?" He whispered in a growl, picking the boy up by his collar setting him on his unstable
feet. The boy merely nodded, his effort on staying on his feet. "I can't here your head nod, Draco."
"Yes.ir.." Draco slurred softly as the taller Malfoy gave him a light push causing him to fall into a plush
chair.
"Good, now Licie will tend to you and then you will head back to class, and you will do better. WON'T
you?" He asked starring at him coolly.
"Yes.ir..." Draco said berely holding back a sigh, he watched Lucius leave the room through silted eyes.
"I hate you bloody bastard...."
"Master Draco, you will feel better in a moment." Said the tiny house elf, she touched her finger to her
nose then to each of Draco's wounds smiling at him timidly.
"Thank you Licie." Draco said as she touched each welt or bruse they faded for the most part, leaving
but a slight dull throb of an ache. He closed his eyes shaking his head, he was getting tired of these
beatings, at least when Lucius was at home he only had to deal with the beatings during the summer.
"Why Master Draco hate Master?" Licie asked in her simple why, always calling Lucius, Master and never
anything else.
"Because I do... Because I hate everything he stands for... Because he hates me......" Draco finished as
he picked up his wand and slid it into his robe. "Are you finished?" He asked noticing the elf hasn't
touched him in a few moments.
"Yes Master Draco." The elf timidly placed a comforting hand on Draco's shiny boot, "Master Draco be
great Master one day!" She said with firm faithful confidence.
"Thank you Licie, best you go to your duties, so Lucius won't have a case of the ass." He said with a
smirk as he left the office that served as both Lucius' office and day room.
**10min later**
"You are late for class, Mr. Malfoy. "Professor McGonagall
"I have a note." He said sullenly, handing her the note he sat down in his seat and rubbed his eyes with
one and and then started coping the notes he had missed, from another Sytherin. McGonagall looked at
him worried for a moment, he hadn't been the same since his father had come to Hogwarts to supervise
one thing or another, the boy had lost some vital spark in him, she shook her head and went on with the
days lesson. Draco shook his head and smoothed back his hair with his wand hand, then set on his task
of turning a grain of rice into his choice of a complex muggle artifact.
"Say Draco, what is that this?" Crabbe's asked wondering at Draco's choice, as his own rice grain had
turned into a deformed blob with bristles that was vibrating across the table, you only could hope that is was to be an electric toothbrush.
"Yeah Draco, what is that?" Goyle wondered poking the hard black surface of Draco's artifact, as his own
disturbing looking easy bake oven.
"Ask Potter or Granger, they should know what it is..." Draco said as he turned it on and started fiddling
with it.
Harry and Hermione turned around to look and gasped in shock at the laptop on Draco's desk, to their
even greater shock he was sitting there typing away, and using it very well. "Careful Draco, don't want
something to go wrong and cause an explosion." Hermione said with a roll of her eyes as she snapped
some pictures with her baby blue digital camera.
"Bite the bullet Granger, you're just pissed because I did it and you didn't now go take a pic of your tart
boyfriend." Draco said turning the laptop so she and everyone else could see the monitor. On it was a
picture of Hermione and Ron kissing quiet hotly. "Tell me how do you two do that with out swallowing
each others tongues?" He asked innocently, then grinned as both as they turned bright red
"Mr. Malfoy, is there something you'd like to show us?" McGonagall asked, she had been on the other
side of the room, showing Jo Vice what he was doing wrong when she noticed the Slytherins snickering.
"Not at all Professor." Draco said as he hit the delete button.
"I'm impressed Mr. Malfoy," McGonagall said as she looked at the computer, the desktop an image of
Hogwarts at night. "that is a laptop if I'm correct." She asked looking at him with a small smile.
"Yes it is mam'ma." He said with a nod as he flipped through several websites.
"Very good Malfoy, Four points to Slytherin, for creativity and having the gumption to make such a
complex muggle artifact." McGonagall said as she moved on to the Gryfindors.
After All the Days Classes
Draco hid the laptop in his satchel, as he headed back to his room. He had left Crabbe and Goyle in the main hall.
"Draco..." The boy froze in his steps, and turned to the voice looking at the voices owner. "Why don't we have a chat in my office." The boy closed his eyes in quiet defeat, nodding as he entered the room. "Sit."
"Is there anything the matter sir?" Draco asked watching the floor with disturbing intensity.
"I understand you earned four points for Slytherin."
"Yes, sir."
"For creating a muggle LAPTOP!?!?" He asked suddenly.
"Yes sir." Draco said cringing, realizing what was coming. "It was just for class." He whispered.
"And HOW did you know how to make a LAPTOP?!" He said spitting out the words, as he grabbed Draco's tie causing him to stand on his tip-toes.
"I'm sorry sir." Draco said softly trying not to panic.
"Better close your eyes Draco, because this is going to hurt." Lucius said quietly as he pulled back his fist, landing a single blow to Draco's temple, at the same time letting go of the tie, causing the fifteen year old to fly across the room. As he connected with the wall, he slipped into blissful unawareness.
**Dumbledore's Office**
"Headmaster PLEASE do something!!" Snape asked slamming his fist on Dumbledore's desk. "He's beating the the hell out of the boy every day, if not more!!" Snape ran his hands though his black hair.
"I know Severus, trust me, by Monday the situation will be handled." Dumbledore said in his
normal hushed voice, but a bit more serious than normal.
"Thank you, Albus. Thank you." Snape said as he turned to leave.
"Not at all Severus, it needed to be done anyway." Dumbledore waited till Snape had left and
pulled a large flat Obsidian out his desk and stared at it reaching out with his mind.
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