DISCLAIMER: Harry Potter and co. do not belong to me at all, this is only a very pathetic attempt at trying to come up with a conclusion of the series while waiting for the real thing. I would like to apologise to JK Rowling for the misuse of her creature, I just couldn't help myself…and in any case, I plead temporary insanity!

Heaven Tastes Sweeter

Draco comes back to avenge his father's death by joining Harry on the quest to kill Voldemort. Has Pansy kept her promise to wait for him?

Prologue

"Dear Pansy,

I'm sorry I can't say this in person. You probably don't know since you were unconscious at the time but You-Know-Who has killed my father.

(at this point the writing was as shaky as Pansy's hand)

You-Know-Who managed to escape and this has caused that many of us, including my family, have had to run away for a while until things settle down and we can analyse the situation better and decide what to do next. Specially now that You-Know-Who considers us traitors.

I'm not sure how long it will take though so I don't think it would be fair if I asked you to wait for me but, know this Pansy: I love you. I realised it far too late, I know…and I now need you more than ever… I just wish I had treated you better while you were with me. I'm beginning to realise that, every one of us sooner or later pays for their deeds. This, of course, includes You-Know-Who. Sooner or later, I'll make him pay for my father's death. I will come back to avenge him. Even if it's the last thing I do alive.

I hope I will be able to send you a few words every now and then…I can't promise anything though.

Dumbledore has promised to me that he'll look after you and your family, I hope that old madman will keep his word.

Please, look after yourself.

Love,

Draco Malfoy

PS: You'll be happy to know that Blaise Zabini is no longer at Hogwarts, Dumbledore has expelled him."

Pansy re-read the letter for the umpteenth time before putting it away inside her handbag. It had become some sort of ritual she followed every time she was nervous or scared.

For some reason, reading Draco's last words to her was soothing. It reminded her that Draco did love her and that fact alone made her heart feel lighter.

Nowadays, she definitely needed those moments of sheer happiness. In the current situation, everyone was in a constant state of hysteria, including those who had refused to believe Voledmort's return till it had been impossible to deny the fact.

Pansy heard her mum's voice calling from downstairs. They were waiting for her to take her back to Hogwarts. For her seventh and final year in the ancient institution.

A new school year was beginning but Pansy couldn't bring herself to care about it.

She was worried about what she had foreseen in her divination exercises.

"No! Don't think about that!" she told herself off aloud.

Exasperated with herself, Pansy picked up her bag and, looking around her room for the last time, went downstairs to meet her parents.

To be continued…

A/N: I cannot express with words how sorry I am for this inexcusable delay. Apart from the fact that they had, temporarily, removed my rights to upload anything in this site, I have also had lots of personal issues to deal with so I haven't had the head for this for a long time.

Tonight though, I will upload the first two chapters (together with this prologue) so, happy reading! For the next chapters, I hope I'll be able to upload one or two every week.