Author's Note: Are you sick of them yet? I hope not, but anyway here is yet another drabble thingy for your reading pleasure. This one is from our favorite Slytherin's point of view, Draco Malfoy.
Thicker Than Water
Our family legacy depends on my loyalty to the Dark Lord. Submit to the whims and rule of another. Normally, I would rebel against this type of thing, but I know what would happen if I didn't. I would be disowned from the Malfoy family, and I can't afford that. It's in conflict with what I've been taught, when you think about it.
My mother made it a point to teach me to be my own person, and never to follow someone that I couldn't completely put my trust in. The Dark Lord can't even kill Harry Potter, after numerous times of trying. How the hell am I supposed to be loyal to this so-called, "Dark Lord" if he can't even manage to properly murder a teenage boy?
It's hard to see your father following this man's doctrines, when in fact your father has always prided himself as being the person people usually followed. Do I sense a little hypocrisy? Well, father will make exceptions to these attitudes if he gains money and power, but blood isn't always thicker than water.
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure where my loyalties lie. I respect my family, its history and legacy, and the responsibilities that come along with all of it. Being a Malfoy is more than just parading around and being rich. However, trying to gain power by giving up my dignity and following someone else doesn't exactly appeal to me. Not in the slightest.
Power and money can be gained through other methods, and I would prefer to not associate the Malfoy name with people who can't accomplish even the simplest of tasks. Always having to prove your loyalty to the Dark Lord ( my father tells me he requires this reassurance every time they meet) makes me wonder if maybe the Dark Lord himself isn't exactly sure of himself.
This is something to important to not be sure about. I don't like to gamble on the emotional mood swings of an insane snake-man who has to force people to kiss his robes to feel comforted in their loyalty. Perhaps this means, I will be turning to the side of the light? Definitely not.
It's all about power and money, is it not? What better way to get both of those things by playing along with both sides of the war? Draco Malfoy, Death Eater-in-training; or so they think, but in reality I have much bigger plans than they could imagine. Why gain money and recognition from one, when you can have it from both? After all, a Slytherin must always keep watch for a better way to get what you want, right?