Hello everyone. I wanted to thank you for reading. I want to invite all of you to review and comment. Any feedback will definitely help. (Please be nice if am new at this) I am going to update this story as much as I can, so here is the second chapter. I hope you enjoy. We are going to go back in time a little bit now to the start of the year to see how everything in the last chapter came about.

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8 Months Ago…

I stepped off the train, annoyed that I had to spend another pathetic year of my life at Hogwarts. Who was I to complain though? My house was overrun by the dark lord and every time I turned a corner there was either a death eater or that stupid snake of his patrolling the place. I am so sick of not having my privacy anymore. I miss when I was able to go outside and read by myself or lay in my bed without hearing someone screaming while they were being tortured. My home life was a wreck. My father was under the dark lords watchful eye and my mother was starting to loose her mind. Poor thing my mother really. She is the only person that got me through the summer. If it wasn't for her I would have surely left the manner.

It didn't help that my deranged aunt was driving us all bonkers as well with her destructive habits and horrible temper. Not to mention her love for torturing people until they go insane or unresponsive.

Maybe I could make Hogwarts my escape this year.

My safe haven.

Maybe this year I could finally pursue a relationship with the girl I have been in love with for so long.

Maybe not.

That would put her life in jeopardy. And that would be the last thing I needed, to loose one more person I cared about. I quickly shook that out of my head. I could not have my thoughts clouded with the thoughts of her. I had larger things to prepare myself for.

Anyway, I just taught Potter a lesson about eavesdropping and was amazingly happy with myself. I think I broke his nose.

Serves him right.

He needed to keep to his own business. But that's why I carried this mark of satisfaction on my face. As I walked down the path at Hogsmead I climbed into thestral drawn carriage and sat down. It was the last one of the night so I told the ugly creature to get a move on before Potter would show up.

The carriage made its way up to the entry doors on the side of the castle through the dark path. I continued to think about the task that was bestowed on me. How could I manage to kill Dumbledore?

Poison him?

Curse him?

I could try, but he is too smart. Maybe Snape could help me. Nah. I don't need his help. I have to do this by myself.

The carriage stopped and I was pulled out of my thoughts. I gathered my few belongings that I had with me and jumped to the ground.

On approach to the door, I saw Mr. Fitch rummaging through my trunk.

" Hey! What do you think you are doing you filthy squib?" I yelled as I ran up to him. He had my walking stick in his hand and I wrenched it out of his grasp. I looked at him in disgust. He smelled horrible and his clothes looked like they had not been washed since sometime last year.

Yuck.

How could Dumbledore keep such a disgusting man as a staff member?

I looked down at his feet and saw his mange ridden cat sitting next to him and narrowed my eyes at it. She hissed back at me. I frowned down at it. I never liked cats. Horrid creatures really. Mrs. Norris had red eyes too that creep me out.

" How do I know that that is not a weapon?" he asked me in his nasty raspy tone. I looked up at him and was about to make a smart remark but just as I opened my mouth to do so I felt a strong grip on my shoulder that quieted me instantly.

" I will vouch for Mr. Malfoy."

My godfathers voice boomed in the chilly night air. I glared at him, ready to make a comment but his piercing stare told me I should continue to keep my mouth shut. I grabbed my possession away from the disgusting man as quickly as I could, mad that I had no voice in this situation anymore.

Finally, I saw a Potter walking up towards me with that idiot Ravenclaw girl.

Now's my chance to say something.

"Hey, nice face Potter." I yelled mocking him. I saw him look up at me and send a piercing glare of disgust in my direction. I returned it with an equal amount of hatred and he lowered his eyes. I smirked at myself because of my small victory until I felt Snape smack my arm. I looked at him but he dismissed me to go into the castle. I knew he was not going to be very happy with me.

I found my way through the entrance and heard his dragon hide boots clicking on the stone floor behind me. He continued to follow me and as I rounded the corner he shoved me against the wall. I dropped my belongings on the ground and they made a thud that echoed throughout the hallway.

"Do try not to make enemies this year, Draco," he said in his threatening baritone voice. I looked him up and down. I felt his strong hand holding me against the wall and I frowned at him.

" What's it to you?" I asked. He said nothing in return, so I continued to mock him. What could he do to me anyway?

"Enemies huh? You know quite a bit about them don't you?" I felt him pin me harder to the wall. The stone was digging into my back and was starting to get uncomfortable. I winced at the pain slightly. He must have caught this because he smirked at me.

" Watch your tongue boy. Hasn't your mother ever taught you not to talk back to your elders?"

He had me there. He knew I would instantly get pissed off just at the mention of my mother. She was the only person who truly cared about me anymore. My father was loosing it. He only cared about his so called honor with the dark lord and started kissing his ass now more than anything because he had let him down. My mother helped me over the summer to get through my panic attacks and also nurse me back to health after being tortured. She was all I had. For now at least.

There was a pause as we glared at each other for a time then Snape started berating me again.

"I may know plenty about enemies, Mr. Malfoy, but you know nothing. I know what is in store for you this year. I know you have been chosen for the task at hand and trust me when I tell you that just one slip, may it be your mouth or your hand, and we will both be responsible. I am not about to die because my own godson can't listen to a voice of reason."

With a final glare he released the hold he had on me and walked away. I looked after him, his robe billowing behind him. 'Damn bat.' I thought to myself. I leaned away from the wall and straightened my clothes. I picked up my possessions that I had dropped on the floor and turn down the hall. I quickly made my way down to the dungeons and into the Slytherin common room. I entered through the double doors and looked around. Some students stopped to stare and others were so busy catching up with their friends that they didn't even notice, let alone care that I entered.

I made my way over to the staircase and headed up to my room that I shared with Blaze and Theo.

"What took you so long, mate?" Blaise asked as I walked in and threw my jacket on to my bed. I put my other things on top of my trunk and turned to Blaze.

"Had to teach pothead a lesson in eavesdropping," I said as I undid my tie. I pulled the garment over my head and held onto it as I opened my wardrobe.

There they were. The Hogwarts uniform robes. Ugly things these are. However those damn hats from our first year were an absolute disgrace. We all looked like we had dunce caps on. Serve us right, this school teaches us nothing of importance. We would be better off having the giant squid teach us magic.

I laughed at my last comment as I saw the squid swim by my window. Then my mind escaped me. I started thinking about all of the defensive spells that I had had to learn over the summer and all the healing spells that helped immensely after I was tortured. This school will be no help in this war. We needed someone to teach us to duel, to heal, to defend ourselves. We didn't need spell theories, silly charms and muggle studies.

Damn I was already excited for this year to end. Well, no I take that back.

I grabbed the robe off the hanger and threw it over my shirt. Then I tied my Slytherin tie around my neck and tucked it in. I looked in the mirror and frowned at myself.

"Ready to go then?" Blaze asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah just let me get my wand."

I grabbed my jacket off the bed and dug my wand out of my pocket. I quickly shoved it in the arm of my robe and turned to Blaze. He was just staring at me.

Weird.

I made a motion for him to move and at that he turned around and headed down the stairs. The common room was just about empty as we made our way to the entrance. We made our way through the hallways, passing familiar classrooms, suits of armor and grumpy portraits.

We finally made it to the great hall. The ceiling looked like the night sky and all the candles floated above our heads, just like every other year.

I made my way over to the Slytherin table with Blaze and I sat down in my usual spot surrounded by the stupid idiots that I call friends. I glanced around and saw Daphne and Astoria. They were sitting side by side leaning over the table, looking in my direction. Daphne smiled at me and waved. Ugh these girls needed to stay away from me.

'You've snogged too many of them,' a voice in my head sounded.

I knew where my fault lied now. Damn. The only girl that I wanted to be with this year was going to be hard to get, but it is now or never. If I don't pursue her this year, it will never happen and I would have to regret it the rest of my life. No, I needed to do this for myself.

I saw Crabbe and Goyle sitting across from the two ladies and thought to myself again, 'Wow they have gotten fat. Don't they ever stop eating?'

I shook my head then focused on Theo and Pansy across from me. Pansy gave me the fuck me eyes right away and I felt my stomach churn. Again I have got to draw a line with these girls somewhere. I totally blame myself for that, though. Last year I made some pretty bad choices and sadly one of those choices pushed the girl I loved farther away from me then I wanted.

Blaise snickered when he saw the exchange between Pansy and I. He knew what we had done together. He walked in on us in bed, naked together. I hated that he found out that I was doing her on the side to get by.

I gave him an evil glare then turned myself towards the front of the hall. I saw Dumbledore in all his glory step up to the podium and silence everyone. He welcomed the first years into the room as they all filed in behind McGonagall.

One by one by one the first years were sorted into their houses. The ceremony itself seems to take longer and longer to complete every year. By the end I was almost asleep on the table until Dumbledore again stepped up to the podium and invited us to eat dinner.

All of the food appeared in front of us on huge platters and I quickly filled my plate with shepherds pie, rolls and pudding. I forgot how good the food here at Hogwarts was. It tasted delicious, but of course not as good as the food at the manner. I finished my plate quickly, then grabbed a second helping.

After I was finished, Blaze and I started talking about our schedules and what classes we had to take this semester. The hall suddenly got quiet again as Dumbledore stepped up to the podium one final time.

He started saying some weird things about why we got searched on our way into the school and my mind went back to earlier and how that squib had his paws all over my things.

Yuck.

I definitely need to get back to my trunk and disinfect my belongings now.

He also started talking about dark forces trying to penetrate the school. Blah..blah..blah, I've heard this shit a million times. Hogwarts is never safe anymore.

The first year, it was the troll that Quirrel let into the castle. Second year, the Chamber of Secrets was opened and a giant basilisk was roaming about. The third year, Sirius Black invaded this place and so on and so forth. You get my point.

Little did everyone know, though, I was the dark force this year.

*Evil laugh*

Just kidding.

I am so stressed with this task that was forced upon me. I have not slept or relaxed in weeks. I continue to have nightmares about the possibility of failing and what that monster would do to me. Also, tomorrow I have to find an object in the room of lost things within the room of requirement. Merlin knows that will take an eternity with all the old junk that is in there.

Plus I need to keep up with my studies. Merlin knows my mother will have a field day if my grades start to slip. At the thought of my mother, a smile crossed my face. I love her so much. I wish she was here now to help me. I will have to owl her tomorrow and let her know that all is ok.

Dumbledore dismissed the hall at the end of his speech. All of the students got out of their seats and started to move out of the hall. I was the last one to stand up from the Slytherin table. I made my way over to the large doors and stopped as the remaining students shuffled into the corridors.

I saw the professors leaving as I turned around at the doorway. Snape gave me a strange look first, then I glanced over to Dumbledore.

He had his eyes focused on mine.

There was a small frown on his face as we continued to look at one another.

He knew.

I looked down at my feet and made my way out the door. I heard it click and I leaned against the back of it. I could not stop thinking of this horrid task. I sure will not be getting any sleep tonight.

But, me?

Kill Dumbledore? The wisest wizard in the world?

Fuck. Me.

This is going to be one hell of a year.

Literally.

Well, now you know what Draco already thinks of this year. Should be interesting right?