A/N Hello, me again. I'm trying to update this regularly, but failing miserably. Anyway, I went to see Troy with my fellow Classics Nerds last night, and it was possibly the worst interpretation of Greek mythology I have ever seen. Obviously, I am not including the Channel Five version of 'The Odyssey' with a gold Hermes in a nappy in this comparison. That is dire. Anyway, although it is well worth going to see the film because of naked Brad Pitt (TWICE!!), it is horrifically inaccurate. Anybody who knows anything about Greek mythology will be shocked and appalled. If you don't want to know what happens in Troy, then skip to the actual story below. Anyway, Hector kills Menelaus and Ajax (WHAT THE HELL!?!?!), Briseis kills Agamemnon, earlier in the film Achilles gives Briseis back to Priam (yeah, like THAT would happen), and the whole thing apparently takes place in about two weeks, rather than the ten years of 'The Iliad'. It should also be noted that Laocoon was NOT attacked by sea serpents, neither was Hector's baby son thrown off the walls of Troy, and Andromache taken as a slave. Priam was killed by Agamemnon (Ok, whatever), and Hecuba was not even mentioned. Grrrr…. I'll shut up now. I'm very cross.
'Well,' replied Draco in a rather offended tone, 'I'm wearing pink because I happen to believe that I cut rather a dashing figure in the colour. I spent many hours at Durmstrang in front of the mirror trying to decide which colour would be best for a pretty gay boy such as myself to wear on a rescue, heroic mission. I decided on pink. It's understated, but it says "I am so heroic I hurt my own eyes when I look in a mirror." Don't you think so?'
'I think you would have looked just as gorgeous if you had turned up in a sack.' replied Harry.
'Well, of course, I am stunningly good looking. You're a very lucky man.'
Harry hit him lightly on the arm, laughing, and then pointed out that Draco hadn't actually answered his other question.
'Ah, yes, bugger. I was hoping you wouldn't ask me that. In order to survive, I did the most horrific thing I have ever done. Promise you will still love me after I have told you?'
'I will always love you, Draco, you know that.'
'Alright, here goes.. I became Karkaroff's personal……secretary. I made myself so invaluable to him that he wouldn't let me die. The Sixth formers did try to kill me in the corridor, but Karkaroff stopped them. However, he told Dumbledore that I had in fact dies, so I would feel no obligation to return to Hogwarts, and to you. Of course, he thought that the lover I mentioned was female, it wouldn't have crossed his mind for a second that I was gay, with Harry Potter as my lover. He told me that you were due to marry my bloody father, sneering all the time at the thought that a Death Eater was de to marry the Boy Who Lived. He called it poetic justice. I called it sick, and that night I ran away, in my pink outfit, in order to rescue you. So, here I am.'
'Wow, er, ok. I can't believe he told Dumbledore you were dead. Bastard.'
'Anyway, we don't have to worry about him anymore. I still have the money I made from my black market industry, and Karkaroff paid me a wage for doing the jobs for him, so I basically have my inheritance back. We can run away together, and hide from Lucius, Karkaroff, anybody and everybody. We are free!'
Harry smiled at Draco and continued walking. He took a step, and vanished.
