Spoilers: All books (This fanfic does contain some references to HBP)

Rating: K+ (For now)

Summary: After the final battle has been fought, the Gryffindor three find themselves living in happier, more peaceful times. Draco has been missing for almost ten years, when he resurfaces what will happen?

Disclaimer: Everything you recognize belongs to JKR, everything you don't is mine!

Previously: We discover the truth about Dumbledore's death and Draco disappears into the shadows.

A/N: Anything that appears in italics is a dream sequence or a memory.

Hero

Chapter Two

Draco's Nightmares

They ran through the darkened castle not looking back. Snape lead them to the forbidden forest. They kept running until he was sure they were deep enough in not to be discovered. It was then that Draco dropped to his knees and let out a giant sob of desperation, tears flowed freely down his cheeks on onto his shirt.

"I can't believe you killed him," Draco sobbed, his chest heaving with emotion.

"Draco, I did what I was ordered to do, we could not expose our true allegiance," Snape said, trying to comfort the boy. Draco began to sob harder.

"I hate him, I will destroy him Serverus," Draco said, wiping the tears away from his face.

Snape pulled Draco into a hug, this boy had turned his back on everything he had ever known, and was fighting for what he believed in, Snape found himself feeling an emotion that he had never felt before, pride.

"There will be a chance for that soon enough Draco, but for now we must still continue to act the part of Voldemort's most loyal servants. Come on, we had better get into Hogsmeade so I can apparate us out of here before the Dark Lord gets suspicious." Snape whispered, pulling Draco to his feet.

Draco tried to compose himself by wiping his face with his robes, and they began the trek back to Hogsmeade where the rest of the Death Eaters would be waiting at the rendezvous point.

When they reached the Hogs Head, the remaining Death Eaters began to clap as Draco and Snape came nearer, Draco clutched his fist tightly trying to restrain himself from trying to strangle one of the nearest Death Eaters.

"Well done Master Malfoy, Serverus, the Dark Lord will be most pleased," . . .

Draco awoke with a start, his hair was plastered to his forehead with sweat and he felt like he wanted to vomit. He felt the cool ocean breeze come in through the window, it was probably only 5:00 am. He did not have to leave for work for another two and half hours, but Draco did not want to go back to sleep. He wanted to force that memory out of his mind forever.

Draco had been living as a muggle for the past nine years, when he disappeared from his own home so long ago he just wanted not to exist in the magical world. He felt that he was undeserving of his new title, so he fled. He first went to Gringotts and changed some of his family's fortune into muggle money. He fled to America and into the muggle community. With some fake credentials that he had conjured up himself, he found himself working in a bank, in a scary city by the name of New York. He worked there for about five years, and had been promoted to Vice-President when he was offered a transfer to another branch. He accepted immediately, as he felt that life in Honolulu, Hawaii would be exactly what he needed.

Draco fell in love with Hawaii as soon as he stepped off the plane, he quickly picked up the native language. Life in Hawaii, was just what the doctor had ordered for Draco, he was happier than he had ever been, if only he could get rid of his terrible nightmares.

A/N: That's it for chapter two folks, chapter three should be up shortly. Please review!