-------------------------------------------------The First Memory-------------------------------------------
Draco sighed as he walked around Muggle London, listening to his brand new CD player. Since he dad started drinking more, Draco had turned to exploring Muggle London to take his mind off home problems. He was finally getting the hang of Muggle money and (after asking some ten-year-old Muggle) managed to figure out how to get the CD player to work. Turns out he needed to buy batteries and CD's before the damn thing would play any music.
I know you're not asleep
I can feel you moving over there
You've been playing with the seams
Of your worn-out underwear
Draco smiled as one of his favorite songs began to play. Good thing the store had Butch Walker's "This Is Me, Justified and Stripped Live". Now, he wasn't some Muggle-lovin' blood-traitor like Weasel; he just thought their music was cool. He brought his mind back to the music, missing a few words… something about lips…
I'm biting on 'em just to stay awake
It's not I'm gonna need them
You won't be around
To see them bleed and break
And oh
All that I do
Comes back to you so I'll
Just think about you 'til there's nothing in my head
And oh
All I can do
Is try not to screw this up again and just be friends I'd rather be
Dead
'Ah, Butch Walker,' he thought, sighing again, 'how is it you know exactly how I feel? Besides the fact that Potter and I were never friends in the first place…' It was practically torture seeing Potter all school year, knowing that if Weasley hadn't been there, Potter probably would've accepted his friendship. If only Potter had taken his hand that day on the train… He let out yet another wistful sigh and fast-forwarded to his favorite part of the song.
Oh everything's supposed to have a happy endin'
But the record keeps skipping and the needle keeps spinnin'
Like the road I'm driving
To the bridge that has no end
I wanna take back everything that I've broken
But the bridges behind me
Burnin' and smokin'
I guess this is the end
Ohhhhhh
The chorus began to play over again as he turned down an alley, taking one of the many shortcuts back to the Leaky Cauldron. He took off his headphones as the song ended and turned off the CD player. He heard a small "crash" behind him and spun around, spotting two guys who looked a little older than him.
"Hey there, kid," one of them, a brown-haired guy with a country accent, said cheerfully. "What's-a little squirt like you doin' in-a place like this?"
Draco shrugged slightly and turned back to keep walking. He didn't want to hang around, something about those guys seemed… off.
"Hey, where ya goin'? You didn't answer my question," country guy said. Draco heard footsteps behind him and started walking faster. "Hey, stop! I'm not done talking to ya yet!" The guy sped up also. Draco broke into a flat-out sprint, but country guy must've been expecting it. Before Draco could get two feet, the guy caught up and grabbed him roughly by the arm. "I thought I told ya to stop."
Draco panicked. Quickly reaching into his pocket, he pulled out… a pack of gum? 'Dammit, I left my wand!' he hissed at himself as the guy began laughing.
"Hey Eyes, check this kid out, he's gonna beat us up with a pack of gum!" country guy shouted to the other guy, this one with shoulder-length silver hair.
Silver-haired guy, Eyes, rolled his eyes and slowly made his way over to them. "Come on Kanone, quit playing around and tie him up already."
Unnoticed, Draco took out a stick of gum and began chewing it. When country boy, Kanone, turned back to face him, Draco took out the gum and shoved it up the guy nose as hard as he could. "Fuck!" Kanone yelled, letting go of him. Draco stumbled backwards and made another mad dash to escape, but Eyes tackled him from behind, knocking him to the ground.
"You're not getting away that easily punk," Eyes whispered into his ear, pinning his hands down.
Draco closed his eyes and shivered. Dammit, why hadn't he taken his wand with him! Suddenly he heard Kanone cry out in pain and a few seconds later Eyes let go of him, cursing like crazy as he took off running. Draco rolled over onto his back and kicked out, hitting someone in the shins hard enough to make them fall. "Dammit," the guy hissed, sitting up, "You save a guy and this is how he repays you!"
"Y-you helped me?" Draco asked, glaring suspiciously.
"Yeah, that guy didn't knock himself out," the new guy answered, gesturing towards an unconscious Kanone. The guy turned back to Draco and looked him up and down, causing Draco to blush slightly. He gave Draco a reassuring smile as he ran his fingers through his fiery red hair. "Sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable… Uh, I'm Kousuke by the way…" he said uncertainly.
Draco shrugged, standing up. "Thanks for helping me out, Kousuke," he said, dusting himself off, "but I've gotta get going…"
Kousuke stood up too, looking slightly hurt. "Oh, okay…" he muttered as Draco began to walk off. "Hey, wait! I didn't catch your name!"
Draco glanced over his shoulder at Kousuke and smirked, "I didn't offer it."
Kousuke jogged a bit to catch up to him. "Aw, come on! I just saved your life; can't you at least tell me your name?"
Draco rolled his eyes and sighed playfully, "Fine, I'll tell you my name. It's Draco."
"Draco, huh? Well that's an interesting name…"
"And "Kousuke" isn't?"
"Point taken." Kousuke smiled as they reached the end of the alley, "Hmm, I did just save you—"
"I probably could've gotten away without your help you know!"
"Didn't look that way to me," Kousuke said with a smirk. "Anyway, like I was saying, I saved you, so that means you're in my debt…"
"Well, I need to get home, so if you can think of anyway for me to clear my debt before we get there, let me know…"
"I'm sure I can think of something…" Kousuke quickly turned and sidestepped in front of Draco, blocking his path. Draco saw that Kousuke's cat-like green eyes were glinting mischievously behind those (totally hot) emo glasses he was wearing.
"Hey! What're you—!" Draco started, but was cut off as Kousuke pressed his lips to his own. Taken by surprise, he gave no resistance as Kousuke's tongue slid into his mouth. His thoughts grew cloudy as he began kissing Kousuke back, giving in to the redhead's kiss. 'Oh god, I just met the guy and I'm making out with him,' he thought vaguely as his hands wandered to the back of Kousuke's neck.
All too soon Kousuke pulled away and broke the kiss. "See you later, Draco," he murmured and he walked away, disappearing in the crowd.
-------------------------------------------------End First Memory-------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: I don't own Spiral (that's where Kousuke, Kanone, and Eyes came from), I just needed to borrow the Bla-chi (aka: Blade Children) for what's gonna happen. I still feel guilty about what's gonna happen, but I needed some people in like an "evil gang" to complete this memory segment and Kanone and Eyes are perfect for the part (and Kousuke for what I need him to do). Plus they're already in a group, the Blade Children, so that also made them perfect for this.
A/N: Huzzah, the first memory's over. Now we get on to the good stuff, like why the story has an "M" rating… well, the chapter after this next one… bwahhahahaha! Ginny shall be destroyed long with Ron's sanity! Bwahhahahaha! Unfortunately not literally, but something bad will happen to the little slut Ginny. Oh, and Ron is actually important now, so the parentheses are gone. Yes, I know, it's gonna be weird remembering not to put Ron in parentheses, but alas, it must be done. Plus (after watching the fourth movie (the books are still better, but the movies are pretty awesome)) I've new-found respect for Ron (Hermione too). I still think Ginny's a pea-brained slut, though…