A/N: Heres the second chapter! I hope it isn't to disturbing... My friend said it was but I hope I didn't freak him out! I hope you don't freak out too! Well, like I said before, Draco's nice for a good reason. So on with the story!

Chapter 2: The Meeting

"What's going on here?" said the voice from the shadows. Draco and Beatrix squinted into the shadows. They saw movement in the shadows and then a man emerged. It was a tall, blonde man wearing long black robes that carried a silver staff with a snake on the top which had two sparkling rubies for eyes. He moved smoothly and silently into the room from the shadowy staircase. The expression on his face was emotionless. He looked at the two teens.
"Good morning, father!" said Beatrix happily. She ran across the room and hugged the man. He placed his hand on her back.
"Good morning, Beatrix, Draco," he responded, looking at Draco. Draco looked back at his father.
"Lucius," Draco said, barely nodding. He immediately stood up as if he felt no pain in his body. Beatrix glared at Draco.
"Why are you talking to father like that, all rude-like?" she asked, shocked. Draco looked at her, but decided against answering. He looked at his father.
"Are you aware of what time it is?" Lucius asked Draco. Draco looked at him uneasily. He did not answer. "It is well passed eleven. You failed to meet me this morning, and for that, you will be punished."
"What time is it now?" Draco asked curiously. He looked even more apprehensive than before. Lucius' expression changed the moment he sensed Draco's uneasiness.
"It is now twelve thirty-seven. You are one hour and thirty-seven minutes late," Lucius informed him. Draco's eyes widened and his face turned extremely pale. "I expect you to do as I say. If you do not, there will be dire consequences. Now follow me."
Lucius turned around swiftly and started climbing the staircase which was previously behind him. Draco decided to obey his father so he started up the staircase after him. He looked behind him and he saw Beatrix looking at him with an evil grin on her face. She began to laugh at him as he turned the corner.
After a few minutes, Draco began to watch the floor as he followed his father to the secret room behind the statue. Finally, his father stopped in front of the statue. He turned and looked at Draco. "Draco, turn," he said lazily. Draco turned around and looked at the wall. He was usually told to do this. Lucius pulled out his wand. Draco turned his head when Lucius turned around. Lucius looked at the wall and tapped the stony woman five times on the cane above her head.

"So that's what he does to get in. Why can't we just walk through the wall?" Draco thought. "I guess it because it just so happens to be a secret from everybody here but us. There must be something important in there." Draco turned his head around again before he was caught watching his father.

His mind was racing but was interrupted by Lucius's voice calling him into the passageway. Draco followed Lucius through a long slanted hallway leading down under the garden. Lucius stopped again to perform the secret motions to get through the door to the next room and Draco looked over his shoulder once more, but Lucius did not notice. They continued through the door and through yet another hallway that led to a long latter which led further into the earth. Lucius started down the ladder and Draco followed suit.

After a short while, the two men found solid ground beneath their feet and came to yet another door. This door did not require anything out of the ordinary to open it. Lucius opened the door and they both walked into the large room.

"It's about time somebody showed up! I was beginning to worry!" said an impatient voice from a man wearing a black cloak. His face was hidden by a black hood which shrouded his face in darkness. This man was pacing but stopped at the sight of Lucius entering the room. When he saw this, he sat in an emerald green armchair near him and pushed his hood back a little.

"What are you doing here, Goyle?" Lucius asked the strange man. "Did you not get the message? The meeting was canceled! I told Dotty to tell everybody!" Goyle looked at Lucius with a grin on his fat face. He stood up and took a step toward Lucius and Draco.

"Your damned, good-for-nothing house elf must've fucked up, Lucius!" sneered Goyle. Draco grew angry at these words. "I'm here to have this meeting with our master! Where is the Dar—"

"Goyle, be quiet!" Lucius interrupted while putting his finger to his mouth and widening his cold, steel-colored eyes. Goyle stopped as he looked behind Lucius and saw another form of life in the room. Draco looked up and looked at his father and the strange short and fat yet muscular man with whom his father was conversing. "I do believe I have wasted enough time with you Goyle. Now be off and I will talk to you again, when THAT is rescheduled." Goyle looked back to Lucius and nodded. He then took a few steps backward and apparated out of the room. Draco looked at his father.

"What was that all about?" he asked. Lucius turned around and looked at him. "Nothing... nothing at all," he replied. Draco opened his mouth to say something but his father spoke again so he stopped and closed his mouth to listen. "Now, Draco, I don't appreciate it when people disobey my orders."

"I know that," Draco responded. His father looked at him with a look of disgust on his face. "What?"

"You are not to speak until you are given permission, is that clear?" Lucius said furiously. Eyebrows raised and taking a step back, Draco nodded. "Good. Now, I've called you here, again, to prepare you for your duties as Death Eater. You remember what I told you yesterday, correct?"

"Yes, father," Draco muttered in a voice that was barely audible. He was looking at his feet while he spoke.

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that?" Lucius asked. Draco didn't answer. "Draco, I don't think you understand the current situation! We must prepare you for the Dark Lord's uprising! Now, do you remember everything I've taught you so far?" Draco looked up at his father. Lucius had an evil smirk on his face.

"Yes, Father," Draco said, showing a forced smile. He didn't feel like getting into any more trouble.

"Good. Now, can you tell me what the rules are to being a Death Eater?" Lucius asked.

"Rule one: Do not make friends," Draco recited.

"And why must you do that?" Lucius asked lazily. He sat down in the armchair.

"We mustn't do that to make sure that we don't befriend an enemy," Draco replied.

"And why would that be bad?" asked Lucius. He was looking up at the dark ceiling.

"It would be bad because we may tell a secret that only the Death Eaters are allowed to know," Draco said mechanically. He was used to reciting the rule of the Death Eaters that Voldemort himself had set in order to ensure that he would raise to power again.

"Good. Continue," Lucius said, still looking at the ceiling. Draco was staring at him.

"Rule two: Love no one. This is related to rule one. We do this to make sure that we have no weaknesses. Weakness leads to the Dark Lords downfall," Draco continued.

"Good, good. We don't want that, now do we? Continue," Lucius said with a grin.

"Rule three: trust no one. We do this to make sure we don't reveal any information about anything or anybody associated with the Death Eaters. That would be bad because it could lead to the downfall of the Dark Lord. Rule four: obey all orders. We do this to keep the enemy away from the Dark Lord and to make him happy. This allows the Dark Lord to gain power. Rule five: Speak to nobody. This is done to make sure that we don't identify ourselves as a Death Eater, which would be bad because they would use us to get to the Dark Lord, but only the weak or unfaithful Death Eaters would give in to the enemy. Rule f—"

"It is people like Karkaroff who make the Death Eaters sick! The Dark Lord was very unhappy about his...betrayal," Lucius interrupted. He was looking ahead of him now with a distant look in his cold eyes. Draco looked away for a brief moment and then looked at his father again. Lucius was standing in front of his chair and was deep in thought. Draco waited for Lucius to give him permission to finish reciting the five rules, which took a while. Draco then became impatient and decided to feign a cough but before he could even move his hand from his side to cover his mouth, Lucius spoke. "Continue."

"Rule five: harden your heart. We do t—"Draco was interrupted again by his father.

"This will be the most useful to all Death Eaters. You'd better remember it because it may keep you from being driven to insanity. Continue."

"Rule five: harden your heart. We are not to let emotions show on the inside or outside of our bodies. We are to destroy all emotion that may interfere with all orders from the Dark Lord. We do this to carry out all deaths desired by the Dark Lord without hesitation. Even if it's our own families' deaths that are desired we are not to hesitate." Draco finished. He stood as still as he could but he could not keep himself from shaking. "How can somebody be so evil?" he thought. Draco looked up with tears in his eyes at his father, who was now looking at him.

"You seem to be full of emotion. Why haven't you been preparing yourself, Draco? Have you not been practicing with your sister?" Lucius asked. Draco looked at the floor again. "I hope this gives you a taste of how "hard" a Death Eater's heart has to be!"

Draco looked up and saw his father pull out his wand. He pointed it at Draco. "Crucio!" Draco tried to dodge the curse but he was too late. He yelled as searing pain spread throughout his body. Draco fell to the ground. He wanted it to end but didn't say a word or make a noise. Draco feared that it would provoke Lucius further. Lucius stopped and lowered his wand. Draco was too weak to look up.

"This session is over," Lucius said. Then he looked down, turned around, and walked away from his severely weakened son. Just as he opened the door to walk through it he stopped and, without turning around, he began to speak to Draco. "You will learn to obey me, even if it means your death." He walked out and slammed the door. Draco saw the room blackening around him. It grew darker and darker and finally the room was no more.

A/N: Well, that's it for the second chapter! I'm sorry that there's no Draco/Ginny anywhere! I just like giving some information from both sides, ya know? Well, please review! I really appreciated the two that I did get! Thanks Nix-Lexus-Octavius for my very first review from anybody! And thanks Wildrockerchick88 for your review! You both encouraged me! Please review!!!!!!!!!!! See you all next chapter! Au revoir! =) ;)