In the Headmistress' office Malfoy was talking to McGonagoll, "I think they did it because they wanted to get back at me and they couldn't do it any other way really because my mom is still one of them."
"Mr. Malfoy," said McGonagoll, "When you say they who exactly do you mean?"
"The Death Eaters. See I'm going to tell you something that I've never told anyone else. But you have to promise not to tell anyone else. Do you promise?"
"Okay," answered Professor McGonagoll
"Okay, well here it goes. Well I was brought up believing that pure bloods were better than half bloods and muggle borns. If you had my dad you would also, so well I always thought that the Death Eaters were the good guys being they got rid of what my dad called the scum in this world meaning the people that were not purebloods. So I always liked the idea of being a Death Eater. Most little kids want to be like their parents and I was no exception. So when it finally became my time to become one I got scared. It was almost like standing on a bridge ready to jump into the river below for a swim. The idea appeals to you until it is time to actually do it. Also I was forced. The Dark Lord said if I didn't kill him that he would kill my family. So I took the task because I had no choice. You don't know how much I regret everything. So now because The Dark Lord is gone I kinda you could say bailed out on them and they are, especially my Aunt Bella trying to get me back on their side. I don't want to though, but I don't know how much longer I can resist going. So I think they did this to Pansy as a warning to me showing what they will do to me if I don't come back. I'll probably have to go back. I'm sorry," by this time Malfoy was in tears
"It's okay Mr. Malfoy. I just have one more question," said McGonagoll
"What?"
"Well after, after that night last June you and Professor Snape ran off, where did you go and where is he now?" asked McGonagoll
"Well after we ran, we apparated actually to America. We apparated to a State called California. We went and hid in the mountains and glaciers around Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is right along the Nevada, California border. So once we had found a place to hide until everything passed. I new that The Dark Lord would know that I hadn't killed Dumbledore-."
"Professor Dumbledore," cut in McGonagoll
"Sorry, Professor Dumbledore so that's why we went into hiding. Professor Snape sent a message to my mom and in seconds she had apparated next to us. We stayed in hiding. My mom would go out in disguise and report to us what was happening. Luckily for us just around from where we were hiding was an all wizard village. We have only Hogsmead in Britain, but each state in America has one. So this place was called Retrand. So my mom went there to get information. So we stayed in hiding from the middle of June until July 31 when Potter defeated The Dark Lord. So we came out of hiding because we thought it would be safe. You wouldn't believe how many Death Eaters wanted out of being a Death Eater, so we thought that once The Dark Lord was gone for good people would stop being Death Eaters. We were wrong though. The ones that had survived the attack from Potter, Weasley, Weasley and Granger and still wanted to be Death Eaters came looking for us. My mom and I escaped because my Aunt Bella said that they shouldn't kill us because we were still Death Eaters. She did let them torture me. She said my mom had done nothing wrong so they listened. I was tortured and finally they let me go, but they killed Professor Snape because they were still mad at him for being a traitor. So me and my Mom went back to Malfoy Manor and found out that my dad was dead. So we lived there for the rest of the year, and now here I am," finished Malfoy
"Thank you for telling me that. I would like your friends to not leave the grounds because they are in danger if they do. Also I have a few questions that I would like to ask."
"Shoot."
"Okay are the Dementors still on the Death Eaters side or have they come back and joined the Ministry again?"
"Okay, the last that I heard the Dementors are still on the Death Eaters side," answered Malfoy
"Okay, well what about the giants?"
"Well since The Dark Lord is gone they decided that they didn't want to help anymore so they went back to their caves."
"Good, good, so Mr. Malfoy I have to ask you this and please answer honestly. Do you want to go back to the Death Eaters?"
"No, but I might have to. Sometimes we have to do stuff we don't want to do. Can you give me any protection because if I don't I will be in huge trouble?"
"Well the only thing I can think of is you go back willingly, but you still stay at Hogwarts."
"You want me to go back?" said Malfoy sounding confused, "Whose side are you on anyways?"
"What I mean is I want you to go back so no one else gets hurt and I want you to bring information back. Do you think you can do this?"
"Yes. Thank you, so will the Ministry know so if I am with the Death Eaters when they do something bad and the aurors catch them, well will they know that I am spying for them so they don't arrest me or kill me in a battle?"
"Yes, on one condition."
"What's that?"
"Well if the Ministry and the Death Eaters end up dueling you won't fire any damaging curses at the ministry. You can't hurt them, okay?"
"I can do that, so what I just have to report back to you?"
"Pretty much, but do it discreetly. Oh, and don't tell anyone that you are spying. It could cost you your life if the Death Eaters find out. So all that anybody knows is that they don't know exactly what you are doing. Understood?"
"Understood," said Malfoy
"You are dismissed, but remember nobody is to know. You will be excused from classes whenever you need to 'sneak' out. Use your fireplace in your Head's Dorm or your bedroom. Remember nobody is to know. You can go whenever you like back to the Death Eaters to tell them that you are on their side. Do what ever you can to convince them. And Draco, good luck," said McGonagoll
Professor McGonagoll had never called him Draco before, "Thanks. I think I'll need it," he said and then he turned and walked out of the Headmistress' office and back to his Head's Tower.
Malfoy walked into the Head's Dorm and saw Ginny and Hermione laying on the couches talking.
"He hasn't?" cried Ginny
"No," answered Hermione. Just then she saw Malfoy walk in, "Let's go up to my dorm."
The 2 best friends stood up and walked up the staircase to Hermione's dorm.
Malfoy walked in and flopped down on the couch muttering, "I can't believe this."
Meanwhile up in Hermione's dorm her and Ginny were laughing, "You realize," said Ginny, "That he almost caught us talking about him."
"Yeah, one more sentence and bam I would be dead," said Hermione
"So he hasn't called you a mudblood the whole time?" asked Ginny
"No, he hasn't and you would have thought he would have by now, seeing as we have talked more today than we ever have. I think he is starting to change," said Hermione
"Ah Hermione, you better listen to yourself," said Ginny
"What, what did I say?"
"Well you said you think he has changed. You don't really think he has?" said Ginny
"All I know is his Dad is, sorry was a Death Eater. He is not anymore thanks to you Ginny," said Hermione, "I wonder if he knows that it was you that killed his dad. His mom was and most likely still is a Death Eater. She wasn't in Voldemort's inner circle, but she still was a Death Eater. His Aunt Bellatrix was one of the closest to Voldemort. If anyone is wanting to follow in his footsteps it would probably be Bellatrix. It might have been Lucius but he is now dead."
Just then the door opened and Malfoy stuck his head in.
"Ever heard of knocking?" asked Ginny
"Sorry, well I'm going to bed now-," said Malfoy
"Yeah, why are you telling us?" asked Ginny
"Just asking you not to be so loud," answered Malfoy
"We are not being loud," said Ginny
"Actually you are," replied Malfoy
"Did you hear what we said?" asked Hermione who was starting to sound nervous
"No, just your voices and your laughter. Here I'll put a silencing charm on your room. Good night," Malfoy waved his wand and muttered a spell and then he closed the door.
"That was just weird," said Ginny
"And you don't have to live with him," added Hermione
"I don't know how you are going to stand it girl."
"You know what I think I'll be okay."
"Remember if he tries anything, you are the best witch of your year. You can beat them at anything. Even if he tries any dark magic you'll be fine. You battled the Death Eaters. Remember that, and if all else fails drop your wand and punch him in the face like you did in 3rd year," said Ginny
"You weren't even there."
"Yeah, but I am Ron's sister and Harry's girlfriend if you forgot."
"Wait a minute. Did you hear the spell Malfoy muttered?"
"Well no. It was a silencing charm," replied Ginny
"What if it wasn't, what if it was a listening charm?"
"Shit, shit, shit. What are we going to do?"
"I don't really know, but come with me," Hermione and Ginny got up and crept out the door.
They walked over to Malfoy's door and Hermione muttered a spell.
"What did you just do?" asked Ginny
"Silencing Charm so he can't hear us and now the listening charm," said Hermione and she muttered the listening charm
Ginny and Hermione walked back into Hermione's room and sat down on the bed.
"When should I go back? I can't go tomorrow night because of the meeting with the prefects," said Malfoy from inside his room
"Is he talking to himself?" asked Ginny
"Sure sounds like it," answered Hermione
"I have to go back before they suspect that I've changed sides. They can't suspect that. What's the date tomorrow, oh September 2, and it's a Saturday. So they will be having their first Saturday of each month meeting. Well that's if Aunt Bella has kept them up. She thinks she's going to be the next 'Dark Lord' as she puts it. I wonder if mother has been going. No she's not in far enough. Well she might be there. I'll just have to see. I'll have to skip the prefect meeting. To bad for Hermione. Well she'll just have to live with it."
"Oh my goodness," cried Ginny
"We have to go tell McGonagoll," said Hermione
"Come on,"
"Where's the cloak?"
"Right here, come on," Ginny through the cloak over them and Hermione flicked her wand and the spells lifted.
The 2 girls rushed down the stairs and out of the Tower. They practically ran to the Headmistress' office. Hermione said the password.
"How do you know that?" asked Ginny
"I'm Head Girl," replied Hermione
"Oh yeah, forgot about that for a second."
They climbed onto the moving staircase and ended up outside McGonagoll's new office. Hermione knocked on the door and McGonagoll called, "Come in."
Hermione and Ginny walked in and McGonagoll said, "What brings you to here at midnight?"
"Well Professor," started Ginny
"Well it's a long story," said Hermione
"I've got time," replied McGonagoll
"Okay well I was in the Head's Tower with Hermione and we were in her dorm," said Ginny
"Go on," urged McGonagoll
"Okay so Malfoy walked in and muttered a spell which he said was a silencing charm because we were being quite loud," said Hermione
"But then Hermione and I both didn't hear the spell and you know how he is so we thought he muttered a listening charm," added Ginny
"Well I went and," started Hermione but she couldn't finish
"Well Hermione went and cast a listening charm on his room because we thought he was listening in on us, but what we heard wasn't what we thought it would be."
"Go on Ms. Weasley," said McGonagoll
"Well we heard Malfoy talking and he was saying how he needs to get out to go to the meeting as he put it and how his Aunt Bella was wanting to follow in the Dark Lords footsteps and how he had to get out tomorrow night because his Aunt would probably be holding the meeting that they have on every first Saturday of each month. So he said to heck with Hermione and the prefect meeting she would just have to live with it," Ginny finished out of breath
"So basically you didn't hear him say he was going to a Death Eater meeting?" asked McGonagoll
"No," answered Hermione, "All we heard was about his Aunt wanting to basically be the next Dark Lord and how he had to find a way to get out of the school to go to a meeting that she was most likely holding."
"Thank you Ms. Granger. I will talk to Mr. Malfoy. Goodnight," said McGonagoll
Hermione and Ginny stood up and walked down the moving staircase. They didn't throw the invisibility cloak on though because if they were caught they just had to say they were talking with McGonagoll and she would hopefully back them up. If not they would say Hermione was out patrolling and she caught Ginny out of bed and was taking her to talk to McGonagoll.'
They finally got to the Black Lady. Ginny said the password and they walked into the Common Room.
A/N Please review. Thanks to those that have. Hope you like the chapter.