Chapter Eleven: Doubts,theories and secrets

Harry and Ron sat on the black couch in the middle of Snape's living room. Snape sat on a big chair in front of them.

"You must know why we are here!" Harry said looking Snape in the eyes distrustfully.

"Draco Malfoy his your reason! I was waiting for this, I thought you'd come earlier. But I had my doubts! Then, and after what happened, I waited for your visit again."

"What can you tell us about Malfoy?" Harry asked.

"Not much! I once knew a Draco Malfoy. He was intelligent, selfish, stingy, racist but predictable, at least for me, and controllable, even dependent. This Draco, the man who caught you, Potter, is a totally different person. He his still selfish and racist but his stinginess was replaced by pure evil, his intelligence is higher and it's impossible to predict his moves or control him, I believe not even the Dark Lord his able to control Draco. He is independent. He is a Death Eater but I'm sure that if he wanted to just turn around he wouldn't think twice. Draco obeys only to his own will. He closed himself in iron walls. I don't know him, I have no idea what he thinks or what he wants. The only thing I'm sure is that if he is by the Dark Lord's side in the Final Battle we will be in big troubles."

"He could have given me to Volldemort but he didn't. Do you have any idea why?"

"I don't know Potter, but I have a theory. Draco wants a revenge, but this revenge against you is personal and i don't think it's over yet. I don't think the Dark Lord knows Draco caught you."

"But how does he hides something like this from Vol... Voldemort! I mean, Voldemort is a powerful Legillimens isn't he?" Ron asked surprised.

"You are right Weasley, he is, but so is Draco! However I find several flaws in this theory. The Dark Lord knows Malfoy very well, I think he has put someone after Draco so he knows every move he makes. That is why I'm not sure if the Dark Lord knows about your kidnapping and about Pansy's death." Snape explained to his former students.

"What would happen if Voldemort found out?" Harry asked interested about knowing what would Draco suffer if Voldemort knew about his secret. He wanted to get inside the former Slytherin. In that moment he wished he had been one, it would be easier to understand that world, to understand Draco, Snape and Voldemort.

"I believe he would be severely punished, or not! The Dark Lord believes that if you, by any divine intervention, beat him, it will be Draco the one who will follow with his work.Belatrix Lestrange has her heart broken." he said laughing at his comment.

"If Draco was punished, what do you think he'd do?"

"Maybe turn against his Lord, maybe become more faithful, maybe become more powerful, maybe become himself a second threat to Voldemort or us..."

"How can I get to him? Who does he care about? Or what does he care about?"

"I'm sorry Potter but I can't help you, I don't know Draco anymore, what I have are mere theories."

Far away from there

Ginny and Draco stood in the dungeon for hours without talking, they just sat there. Draco was in front of the window. He was lost again, this time lost in the view beyond the window. Ginny looked at him all the time. She would like to understand him, see inside him, find out where all the evilness came from, what had happened for him getting out of others back, she wanted to know where he had been all those years after Dumbledore's death.

Draco took his look away from the window, gazing instead into her eyes. She felt like he was inside her.

"I already told you Weasley, your curiosity is going to kill one day."

"But I didn't say a thing!"

"But your mind his screaming questions about me and my past."

"If you stood away from my mind you wouldn't know."

"Well... I have nothing else to do but to find out about your pathetic secrets."

"You do that because you want to hide your own!"

"If you knew my secrets you die with fear!" he said smiling devilishly.

"I'm sure! But I know that you weren't like that once. There's some secret you hide more than anything!"

"Crucius!" Draco said, opening his right hand in Ginny's direction.

The girl fell. Her screams filled the dungeon. Draco smirked while Ginny twisted with pain. She stood there looking at her suffering for several minutes. Torturing had become something like a drug, he had become used to it and the effect was barely noticeable but he needed that to survive. And Ginny had something that made him want to make her through a lot of pain. Probably was the fragile and pure aura. He wanted to know until when would the fragile girl hold until she broke. When pain was unbearable, she would stop screaming and just stood there, taking deep breaths very fast, looking to the ceiling and scratching the floor until the tips of her fingers were bleeding. After ten minutes, that was exactly what happened and few minutes later she was bleeding from her nose and mouth. Draco lower his hand and Ginny breathed with relief, sitting on the floor.

"I told you Weasley, that one day your curiosity is going to kill you!" Draco got up and walked towards her, stopping in front of the bleeding girl. He lower himself and held her chin, pulling her up, until they were bought standing. His eyes were glued on hers. "Next time I will kill you little Weasel!" he said the word 'Will' a little louder than the others, trying to make her understand that he was growing tired of her questions.

Ginny looked at him with fear, but he could see, deep in her eyes, the curiosity was still there.

What was he hiding? That was the question inside her mind and Draco didn't like the answers her own brain could give her. He would have to kill her as soon as he was better and had the revenge against Potter.

N/A: Small chapter but I had not time to put it bigger. Hope you enjoy it. Next will come as fast as I can. Sorry for the time I took but I'm really busy. Thanks for the reviews.