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Severus Snape was just grading essays that he considered to be, for the most part, ghastly when he heard a knock on the door.

He put down his quill, and stood up to open the wooden door. Upon opening it, there stood Draco Malfoy looking worse than ever. He had a dark bruise by his eye and he could not stand up straight as if all of his wounds were burdening a weight on him.

"Come in, Draco," Snape said with concern.

Draco limped into the room, his face down, as if ashamed. Snape followed him closely and pulled up a chair, which he motioned for him to sit upon.

"What happened, Draco?" Severus said looking into Draco's eyes and trying to find out the answer.

A tear skidded across his pale and broken cheek, and he took his hand and moved it as if trying to say 'leave me alone.'

"Who did this to you?" Snape asked in a mellifluous tone.

"Them."

"Death Eaters?"

Draco barely could make a nod in concurrence.

"They told me to meet them. I went. I had to be punished for my grievances."

"Where are you hurt?"

Draco just shrugged.

"I don't know—I don't know anything anymore," Draco said feebly as tears fell. He could not hold his head up even, it just sort of lolled.

With compassion, Severus took Draco's ruffled cloak and his shirt to care for the wounds. There were many, surrounding his entire surface.

Draco could not hold back the tears.

"It's going to be okay…I'll take care of you…"

The next day Snape was in his classroom, teaching Potions. He watched curiously as the students walked in. He was glad to see that Draco decided to come after all that had happened.

When everyone had settled into their seats, it became apparent that Harry Potter realized that something had happened to Draco.

"What happened, Malfoy? Lost a fight to someone – well that wouldn't be the first!" Harry Potter scoffed.

Everyone in the classroom started laughing.

"Twenty points, Potter," Snape said apathetically when he was writing instructions on the board, "And if I hear another imbecilic derision again from you I will double it, " he said turning back to glare at him.

Draco was silently trying to look or show emotions, but he was obviously strongly affected.

Harry became quiet, but he gave a look to his friend Run, who was trying to stop the laughter from coming.

In Care of Magical Creatures, the hostility ensued. Today the class was in the forest studying Thestrals.

"If you would know Potter, if you would know, you would regret saying those things to to me!" Draco suddenly yelled out.

"Oh really? What are you going to do? You have no courage to do anything!" Harry said contemptuously.

"You really think so? Well you're wrong! And you'll see, you'll see."

"Oh, I'm really scared now!"

"CRUCIO!"

Hagrid turned back from the activity, but without a wand or an umbrella, he came into a shock.

Meanwhile the commotion, Harry was writhing on the floor in torment.

"Malfoy!" roared Hagrid, "You stop that right now!"

But Draco was unfazed, he had a menacing glare in his eyes, this was not the same Draco.

Hagrid ran to his hut for his umbrella - tripping in his haste and worry.

Nobody knew what to do, or how to repel such a powerful spell.

After sometime, Hagrid came back with his umbrella to stop the spell, and he did – only Harry was unconscious.

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