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Chapter 2

Draco Malfoy sat on the beach, questioning his entire life. His father was out of Azkaban after the ministry found him innocent. How they came upon that decision, he would never understand. But he would pay for their mistake every day of his life. he avoided his father as much as possible and begged his mother to do the same but she wouldn't listen. No matter how often he'd beat her, she still run back to him, saying that he only did it because he loved her.

He stood up and began walking but he was weak so he collapsed on the sand. 'Damn my father!' he thought to himself.

As he was lying there, a bottle washed up on the shore. It appeared as though there was a letter inside. So, he carefully uncorked the bottle and took out the note.

By the end of the letter, Draco had tears in his eyes, which is odd because he had never cried before, even through his fathers beatings. But now he was so saddened by this letter that he could no longer hold back. Before he knew what he was doing, he had ran inside and taken out a piece of parchment and began writing.

Dear Stranded,

I know exactly how you feel. My father beats me as well. I'd never tell anyone outright either. Too embarrassing. But I get what you were saying about superman and all. It would be wonderful to fly off into the sunset with a girl I truly loved.

I'm glad that I found your letter. It's nice to know that someone else is going through some of the same problems, even though I would not wish it upon anyone, even my arch nemesis. I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I can't really say I know much about losing a parent but sometimes it feels as though I have. My mom is just a shell of a woman that once was vivacious and beautiful. Now she just exists. My dad beats her real bad. Most of the time, I try to take the heat off of her by making him mad at me but I'm not around during the year so I can't save her then. Only during the summer and on holidays. I go to a boarding school. It's the only place I feel safe. Do you have someplace like that, where you can go and feel protected?

Your new friend,

Beaten Dragon

He tied it to his owls leg and then held up her letter to her letter to its nose. "Find the person that wrote this letter and give her mine. Wait around for her response, then come back as quick as possible." The black owl flew off in a rush and for the first time in a long while, he smiled. He had made a friend. His only fear was that maybe she was a muggle and would be frightened by an owl but it didn't matter. As long as she would talk with him. In all honesty, he had nothing against muggles. It wasn't as though they were bad people, just not magical. He could live with that though.

It was mudbloods that he didn't understand. Not that he hated them though. He just didn't understand them. How could two muggles produce a witch or a wizard? He especially didn't understand Hermione Granger, perfect little Gryffindor. She was a mystery to him. She was the smartest witch in his year and by far the prettiest, but was conceived by muggles. How was that possible? He hated the fact that she was so beautiful but he had admitted it to himself long ago, in third year right after she slapped him. He didn't want to admit it, but it was true.

Anyway, he walked down the stairs of his summer estate and found his father waiting at the bottom of the staircase. "Do you know what time it is? You've been gone for hours! Where have you been boy?"

Draco grabbed his jacket and prepared to go out again even though he knew it would never happen. "I took a walk on the beach. What does it matter? You never care about me! Stop trying to pretend to be a 'caring' father now!"

Lucius raised his wand and pointed it at his sons chest. "How dare you! I've fed you, clothed you, kept a roof over your head and THIS is how you repay me? By insulting me? CRUCIO!"

And so began a night of savage torture.

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