Draco stayed after potions for the meeting with his God father.
"You didn't show up Tuesday."
"I was busy."
"Miss a meeting again and I'm taking the memories back."
"What? You can't do that!"
"I can with permission."
"Well I don't give you permission!" Draco exclaimed.
"Your father gave me permission."
Draco slouched back down into his seat and scowled.
"You do realize you have to continue your taunts against Ms Granger and her friends in public correct?"
Draco rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah."
"That means you need to make your staring sessions in class less obvious. You're supposed to hate her and her kind."
"You don't think I know that?!" Draco exclaimed rising out of his seat.
"Calm down. In public, you continue the taunting as if you two never dated. In private you may do as you please."
"That's rubbish. The Dark Lord won't get to her."
"Oh but he will."
"And how exactly do you know that?"
Snape sighed heavily and sat down behind his desk. "Because when I was in love with a muggleborn, he found her and killed her. You aren't the only slytherin that's ever fallen for someone with muggle parents."
Draco stayed silent for a few moments. "Who was she?"
"It doesn't matter now. What matters is that you keep her safe by any means necessary. Understand?"
"I don't know why you're so worried about her."
Snape sighed heavily. "Because Draco, I would hate for you to be haunted every day of your life if something did happen to her. Like I was and still am when I didn't keep the girl I loved safe."
Draco remained quiet. "Okay. Ready when you are I guess."
Without hesitation Snape began reading Draco's thoughts. Draco tried to push him out but he couldn't. Snape finally exited his mind and sat back in his chair.
"So you're the White dog seen around Hogsmeade and the school grounds. Does anyone other than Miss Granger know you're an animagus?"
"No. What all did you see?"
"Oh plenty. Those rings of yours must come in handy. Quite clever. Whose idea was it?"
"Mine. You aren't going to confiscate them?"
"Not at all. Just be careful with Umbridge here now."
"What else did you see?" Draco asked.
"You in gryffindor tower with Miss Granger, the Quidditch locker rooms, prefects bathroom, 6th floor corridor. I guess it's easy for both of you since you are prefects."
"You aren't bothered by what we do? Or what you saw in my mind?"
"Oh not at all. I got in fairly easy this time. The Dark Lord is much more skilled in this field of magic. We need to make your barrier impenetrable."
"And how do I do that?"
"First off, think of a landscape. Like the forest, or the sea. Then you add layers. Like what's going on in said landscape. If you picture the forest, think of all the times you've been in the forest. Maybe that time over the summer when you did wandless Magic. Second, do not think about Miss Granger at all. If you don't improve your barrier and everything to my expectations by the end of this school year, your memories of you and Miss Granger will be taken away again. You know why correct?"
"To protect me, my family, and Hermione."
"And because you won't be fighting for the light. The Dark Lord will most likely want you among his ranks for the war. And if you are defected he will kill you and your family and Miss Granger as well."
"Okay. Fine. But if Granger dies, I will immediately switch sides and die."
"You are willing to die for this girl?"
"Yes."
"Very well. Don't forget to meet me tuesday. Also, on Sunday's after breakfast you will come here so we can work on your wandless Magic. Okay?"
"Yeah yeah. Whatever. Can I go now?"
Snape nodded and Draco immediately gathered his belongings and went to the dungeons to put his things away.
"OI! Draco! Me and Blaise were gonna go fly around at the pitch. Care to join?" Theo Nott asked.
"Nah I'm good. I got something to do." Draco replied. He went back to his room and changed to his casual clothes. He found the lion ring Hermione got him under his pillow. He touched the emerald eyes and disappeared with a pop.
"What the hell? Did he just apparate?" Theo asked Blaise front around the entryway.
"Yeah. But how? And where too?"
"No clue. But I think I saw him use a ring."
"Yeah! Like a portkey maybe." Blaise replied.
"Well I plan on testing it out and seeing where it takes me." Theo replied with a wide grin on his face.
Draco landed in the girls dormitory of Gryffindor tower. Hermione looked up and shrieked.
"Change form! Now! Before someone comes in!"
Draco did as he was told and changed into his animagus form. He jumped onto Hermiones bed and cuddled close to her and fell asleep.
Several hours later Draco woke up. Hermione was still asleep. Draco got an evil idea and pranced his happy arse to the boys dorm. Once there he saw what he thought to be Harry and Ron's bed. He immediately started tearing their pillows and blankets to shreds, leaving cotton and strips of cloth strown everywhere. He even hiked his hind leg on Rons bedpost and to a wizz. Happy with his work he returned to the girls dorm and resumed his nap with Hermione.