When will you open your eyes?
When will you see?
This is the real me.
The me that has been threatening to come out.
The me that will change my destiny,
so that I can be myself.
'I wonder when everyone will notice' Draco thought as he walked back to the castle for dinner. He figured that he should eat at least one meal in the great hall, seeing as he skipped the welcoming feast. He didn't feel up to seeing there new headmaster- Professor Ignotus- that day. Everyone thought that McGonagall would take over after that pea-brained died, but the ministry stepped in and chose a new headmaster. Ignotus was some man from the states who was rumored to have brought over his prize students, but that was just a rumor. Just like 'Draco Malfoy' was rumored to have been killed by Potter-gee, thanks people! - only the Slytherins knew the truth.
The great hall was alive as ever. Students where talking to each other about the class schedules that they had received this morning. Teachers where busy discussing how life was going to be under the new headmaster. As Draco walked in he felt random eyes watching to see where he sat. He thought back to three days ago when they all arrived on the train. 'Are you new?' Morons of course I'm not! He slowly wandered over to the Slytherin table where they made room for him right in the middle. He heard a few soft sighs as he sat down. Do that many people think that I'm new here? Boy are they gonna be surprised! Haha Draco was lost in his own thoughts as Blaise tapped him on the shoulder so that he could some what listen to the new headmaster.
"Good evening students! I have one quick announcement; the 3rd floor corridor is, apparently once again, prohibited to all students!" Ignotus' voice echoed against the walls and the floor. His eyes looked over to where Potter sat when he said 'all'. Draco then noticed a new girl sitting beside him. Must be one of Ignotus' prized students, even better- she's in Gryffindor- just what I need this year.
"Yo, Draco! Look at the new girl!" Blaise said lightly punching his best friend in the arm.
"Been there, saw that, really not interested and I didn't think you would be either, poor Pansy's gonna be heart broken!" Draco said with a small grin on his face looking over at the girl. She was pretty attractive, she had shoulder length dirty blonde hair (Draco had read some where that American loved girls with blonde hair), pristine blue eyes, a lean figure, and a soft smile.
"Not what I meant!" Blaise said softly hitting Draco over the head. "If we can get close to her, then we can get close to Potter…and then our plan will work!"
"Our plan?"
"Yea, that plan!"
"O, that plan!...What are you babbling on about Blaise? We don't have a plan!"
"Yes we do! We have the plan that I just made up!" Blaise said looking like a kid at Christmas.
"Alright then…I'm going to bed now" Draco said slowly getting up and walking away from his friend like Blaise was a caged animal.
"BUT DRAKIE!" Blaise shouted to him as he walked out the hall. Draco was starting to wonder about his friend's soberness. What he didn't notice was a quite a few people had shocked reactions to this nickname, that or the fact that they just found out who he was…
"Now since you all have made it this far, I'm assuming that you know what you are doing…although that could be dangerous to my health. So,I am going to pair you off. The people who I am certain about with the people I have doubts about." Slughorn said looking around as though he was about to be eaten alive. "Today you will be making a potion called Kamen Shazou or 'Masked Image'. The history of this potion is mostly unknown but there are quite a few myths about how it came into being. The most common one is this:
Along time ago in ancient Japan, there was a demon who, seeking revenge for his loved ones, devised a plan to break into a wizards castle and kill all that were in it. Unfortunately this plan called for him to get into the castle without harming anyone which would alert the wizard. Using herbs he had picked up from random places he concocted a potion that would turn him into any person he was thinking of at the time. (Unlike the polyjucie potion, in which you need hair from the person) The demon used this to get into the castle with out any of the guard attacking him.
"To make a long battle scene short, the demon won. Then, one may wonder—'how do we know what to use?' Well the wizard's son cornered the demon and made him give him the instructions. It was finally written down about 200 yrs. ago, until that time people would just tell others what to do and sometimes people would mix up things or forget things meaning that the potion would to horrible wrong. We don't need to worry though, I have the correct instructions with me for you to use!" The class started to wonder if the old man would ever shut up, then randomly he stopped talking and got out a list. "Now I will read off your partners- Michael and Pansy; Jordan and Ronald; Devin and Blaise; Catherin and Hermione; Draco and Harry; Ashley and Seamus…"
Draco stopped listening when he heard the name that followed his. The son of a bitch! What the hell is he thinking? IS he thinking? Harry's face mimicked what Draco was thinking.
"Now get with your partners!" Slughorn yelled above the class's muttering. He soon went and sat behind his desk.
"I'm not doing all your work!" Draco and Harry said in allusion staring at each other.
"Look, you go get the ingredients and prepare them, I'll brew the potion." Draco was the first to speak and it startled Harry at first. Harry honestly did not think that this...person... in front of him was Draco Malfoy. This boy seemed like that farthest from a Malfoy that anyone could look. He really looks different, Harry thought as he looked the boy up and down. He slowly made his way over to where the ingredients were set out, ready for them. His mind was racing; he thought about how he wanted Malfoy dead at the end of last year, like truly dead, 6 feet under. Harry grabbed what they needed and headed back over to his table, but not without first getting looks of sympathy from his friends.
"Here are all the things we need; I'm going to start cutting them and such" Harry said looking at the board that had the instructions. Draco had already set up the cauldron and the tools that Harry would need.
"Whatever works for you" Draco said looking through his bag. He really didn't want to talk to Potter more then he had too. Moronic bustard…Draco thought as he glared up toward where his teacher sat, humming quietly to himself. Finally finding his ipod Draco found the song he wanted and put on his head phones, after all he didn't need to hear anyone while he was brewing the potion. Then again he did miss that Harry tried to start a civilized conversation with him, because he was turning up his music, hoping that it would blast away reality:
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
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