~*~*~ Reasons For Darkness ~*~*~

A/N: I do not own any of these characters who belong to J.K Rowling.

Chapter 1: The Last Hours

My master has kept his word. I have seen her. In these last moments before I die, I remember everything clearly, I wish to Merlin that I hadn't seen what had happened to her; what the world did to her. If only I could have been content with the memory of her utter perfection; but I was overcome with the need to find her, to see her, to be with her. And now, to Draco, my son, and to my wife I apologize for any pain that I have undoubtedly inflicted on you. But you must understand that how you saw me previously was not me at all, it was the Lucius Malfoy that years of pain and embitterment had contorted into. Let me explain.