Green and Gold
Draco, who at the present time was in his sixth year at Hogwarts, was coping the notes to professor Snapes speech. He looked at the clock which read two-fifteen. That meant in five minutes he would be free in Slytherin common room thinking of the random fights and squabbles he got into with Harry Potter and his friends. Draco had always wanted to be Harry's friend. His father had yelled at him to make Harry's life miserable. He looked at the clock that hung crooked on the wall and said two-thirty. He grabbed his stuff and went out the dungeon door quickly followed by Crabbe and Goyle.
When Draco got to the painting of the knight, he though about how much he missed the old lady. The other one was burnt after Voldemort cursed it at the end of the fifth year.
"Ennervate." he said dully as the painting swung open with reluctance.
"Come back here you bloody coward, come back and fight me!" the knight yelled as his voice diminished.
Draco slide into a green old - English style chair with the Slytherin serpent etched in it.
"Filthy, Rude, Ignorant Mudblood!" Draco thought with rage yet he seemed satisfied at what he had thought.
Draco's personal life had pretty much been taken away from him. Lucius, Draco's father, was abusive both verbally and physically. It had started to take its toll on Draco.
It seemed to have an everlasting effect on Draco. He really didn't have someone to call his own. Sure he had Crabbe and Goyle but they were scared of Draco just like everyone else in hogworts. Draco always seemed to come back to this point.
He heard footsteps coming threw the portrait. Draco more than anything needed to be alone. He knew that the boys' dormitory would be packed and knowing he couldn't go into the girls he decided to leave Slytherin tower. Draco pushed people out of his way receiving a few hisses and sneers. But they like the rest were muffled in terror of what he might do to them if he heard. They were scared of his name more than of him. The Malfoy's where a very powerful and rich wizard family who seemed to have the power to get out of anything thrown their way. That trait seemed to have been passed down to Draco.
Unsure of where to go he mindlessly wondered around till he reached the owlery in the north tower. For all he knew no one would be in there except the owls. He opened the large wood doors and found a small place in the corner. He muttered a spell so if anyone was to come in they wouldn't see him. He though about all he wanted was to be normal and relate to people instead of having they cower at the site of him.
Reflecting on the days events.
He started at breakfast. Draco had just walked in to the normal, loud, great hall when he was tackled to the ground by Pansy Parkinson.
"Draky. I was so lonely with out you last night." She said emphasizing on the words "lonely." and "last night.". Which raised more then a few eyebrows from the Slytherin and neighboring Ravenclaw table.
"Get off of me NOW!" Draco said yelling to her face.
"Oh come on now Draky you don't really mean that do you?" She said putting on a sad face and whimpering.
"GET OFF OF ME RIGHT NOW." Draco said as he pushed her off forcefully as he got to his feet and swept past everyone else and went angrily back out the doors. He was followed by Crabbe and Goyle, his so called body guards, who where shoving anything and everything in to any pocket. Not quite sure of where to go he turned around and told Crabe and Goyal to "Shove off." and it seemed to him that they were more than happy to do so.
All he wanted was to be alone for a day but he knew better than to do that, Lucius would have his head if he did. Draco was not up to his fathers expectations. With thirty minutes to himself he simply went to the head boy and head girls room because at the present time there wasn't a head boy or girl. Since it was still the first week of school no one really cared. Dumbledore many times had hinted through cryptic messages that he would be picking a boy and girl but not from the seventh years but from sixth years.
Draco made his way up the winding staircase. He passed many paintings of flying witches and princesses.
"Accio!" he said as the mermaid sprang to life and jumped out of the way. Draco had never been here before but was given the password by chance. He sat in the common room staring at the Slytherin serpent that was in front of him. He made his way over to the green love seat. He sat down and noted how big the place was.
Unlike the other living towers this one only had two bedrooms but that was all that was needed. There where three bathrooms: one off the common room and one off of each bedroom. There was a kitchen which was not in any other tower. There was a fire place made of marble in front of the common room. He went over to the fire place and lit it. Then he decided to give himself a tour. Walking forward and to the left was a stair case. Slowly walking as if he were looking for a trap he made his way to a green colored door. He opened it and looked around. There was a large bed a dresser, a night stand and a book case. It was decorated in the Syltherin colors. He walked over to a smaller door guessing that it was the bathroom. He was right. The bathroom was large by the standers. There were sinks that were plated with gold. The shower was big. He turned to go out the door. Now back where he started he guessed that the other room was like the one he had seen but in different colors. He sat down in a chair and thought about his life, school and problems in which he alone could deal with because they were to painful for someone else to bear. Yet for as long as he could remember, he had to deal with so many things that plagued his mind when he slept.
Even at a young age his father emphasized the importance of blood. He said that pureblood was everything and how if you were half or a mudblood they were nothing but things to kill. Draco had to bear being the only son of Lucius. Many times Lucius had come and needed to deal with the anger that resided in him. Draco who was so little and so feeble would be caught be Lucius and would be beaten till he was reduced to nothing but crying to himself and was in to much pain to get up.
So many times Draco would hear his father come home and he would run to the darkest part of the house. He would try with all his might to keep quite but it didn't work. Lucius, just before Draco entered Hogwarts, told him to destroy anyone who stood in his way of fame and glory. There was only one person who seemed to keep Draco grounded and sane. That person was Hermione Granger. Though Draco had never talked to her in a civilized conversation he loved her so much. He knew that she would never judge him without knowing him. He had wanted to be Harry's friend but Lucius got in his way.
Yet for the past six years Lucius controlled his life and Draco had to stop it once and for all… Staring at the clock he jumped off the chair, and bolted out the door.