Draco Malfoy, sole heir to the Malfoy family name was his fatherâs pride and joy... thought that didnât stop Lucius from using force to make his son into the person he wanted him to be, down to the smallest detail. Draco was going to be the person Lucius wanted as the next head of the Malfoy name even if it meant he was covered in bruises half the time from Luciusâ âdisciplineâ.
All that âworkâ Lucius put into his son was immediately halted when Draco finally went to Hogwarts and was sorted... into Ravenclaw. It caused quite the uproar, the entire sorting ceremony had to be halted because of the commotion. Nearly everyone knew of the Malfoys, they knew they were Slytherin lineage, so this caused quite the uproar.
Draco felt untethered, he had been told his entire life that he was Slytherin and proud of it, now that was upside down. He sat at the Raveclaw table, not eating, just sitting until it was all done. No one tried to talk to him, maybe because he seemed a bit catatonic, maybe because most hated his family, he wasnât sure and he couldnât even think to ask.
The next day he was in his first class, still trying to understand this all, when the door opened and his father came in. Before he could even greet Lucius, his father grabbed him and physically yanked him out of the room.
There was a tantrum to end all tantrums when Lucius yanked his son into Dumbledoreâs office. He screamed, whined, threatened, even threw a few things as he unleashed his anger on the Headmaster. Draco stood in the corner, upset by the situation but glad that the rage wasnât turned to him.
Dumbledore, remarkably, stayed calm during the entire thing. He waited until Lucius was burnt himself out and was standing there with his hair all crazy as he panted heavily.
âThe Sorting Hat makes its choice, we cannot disrupt it. The decision stays, Draco is in Ravenclaw.â
âFine, heâs your problem then.â Lucius told the older wizard heatedly before turning and storming out of the office without even looking at his son.
He stayed true to his word, he didnât contact his son all year, he did send a note to Dumbledore around the winter holiday to Dumbledore telling him to not allow Draco to get on the train to come home, since he and his wife were going out of country.
The same note arrived just before summer break. All of the staff got together to talk it over, they wanted to make sure Draco was safely taken care of. Dumbledore mentioned bringing the subject to child protective services, but McGonagall shut that down, making a comment that if it wasnât good enough for the last child put in Dumbledoreâs care, then it wouldnât be good enough now. Dumbledore wasnât very pleased by that, thinking they were completely different circumstances, but he knew better than to argue with her.
Finally they came to the decision that Draco would go with McGonagall over the summer, and if the issue persisted the following year they would figure out a more long term plan.
Draco tried to act like it didnât bother him, but he was very young and had been abandoned by his parents for something out of his control. It was a lot for anyone to deal with, let alone someone as fragile and abused as Draco already was. The summer with Minvera helped him. Outside of school she was much less strict, she showered him with love, unconditionally. Even when he acted out she showed him love. It was shocking to him, but he was slowly understanding it. By the end of the summer he was just starting to come to terms with this new found love, so she knew it would be a long road. She was ready for it though.
Draco anticipated the same note coming from his father before winter break, but they got a bit of a different one... This one said that his mother was pregnant with twins and there wasnât room for him at the manor anymore. He knew that wasnât true, he used to spend his days exploring all of the empty, unused rooms, but even at that age he understood that it wasnât the space his father was talking really talking about.
He was saddened by it and spent nearly the entire break locked in his room. On Christmas he was surprised with a present from Minerva... the present was paperwork saying that his parents had given up their parental rights to him and that they were awarded to Minerva. She was officially his legal guardian. He was so happy, he didnât stop smiling for a month.
After that Draco settled into his new life happily. His father got all of his stuff moved to Minervaâs place so he could just focus on being happy. He hadnât gone outside of his own head much first year, but in second year, after everything was settled, he was able to start branching out.
Draco was more comfortable and nicer now, he was very charismatic and smart so it was actually easy for him to make friends. Soon pretty much everyone forgot he even was Luciusâ son, they saw him as McGonagallâs son to pretty much everyone, and even to himself.
In third year his kindness mixed with his bravery in a surprising way. He had been secretly researching Voldemort since first year. He had originally had a hope that by doing that, heâd get back in with his father. He didnât have that hope anymore, but he was still curious. He had ended up finding out about horcruxs from an old potions professor. It wasnât hard to get the information from him, the man wasnât exactly a vault and Draco was good at getting what he wanted.
Once he knew that, it was easier to get more information. He figured out what most of the other ones were, but didnât tel anyone. These were all theories, so he decided to test them. He had his suspicions about Ronâs rat, so when he saw the trio sneaking out, he followed. He slipped into the Shrieking Shack after them but before Snape and hid. There was a hole in the wall just big enough for a recording device, so he decided to film everything that was happening, something told him it would be useful.
Useful indeed, he was able to capture the rat turning into a person and then admitting to selling out the Potterâs and faking their own death. Then things got really crazy when Snape entered and Draco slipped out before he could be discovered. He hid outside and watched the scene before him. He wasnât surprised when Lupin turned into a werewolf, he had guessed it just as Hermione had. He was shocked when Lupin turned on them and slashed out with his claws, getting Harry across the chest.
As Harry fell to the ground, Draco worked quickly. He put his wand to his throat and used a spell to throw his voice, making it sound like it was coming from the forest. He howled loudly, making Remus think there was another werewolf nearby. Remus ran off and Draco watched in worry as Harryâs friends circled him. Pettigrew tried to run away and Draco threw an imobilizing spell at him.
Snape and Sirius argued about getting Peter to the castle, but it was halted by Hermione. She took charge over the adult men and told them to both go to the castle to turn in Peter as well as get some help for Harry since he couldnât be moved at the moment.
Sirius muttered a spell to heal Harry but the boy was already unconscious. He and Snape werenât happy, but they took Peter and took off towards the castle quickly. As Hermione and Ron cried over Harry, Draco slowly came forward. The two were surprised to see him, but didnât say anything as he got down beside Harry.
He checked for a pulse, but when he didnât find one, he began doing CPR. He had read about it first year and was willing to at least give it a shot. Ron was confused and thought Draco was trying to hurt Harry, but Hermione explained that it was to save his life and was common in the Muggle World.
Everyone was shocked when Harry started breathing again. They heard people approaching and Draco looked around. Hermione noticed and told him to go, promising him they wouldnât tell anyone he had been there. He thanked her before handing over the recording of Peter admitting what he did. She thanked him and he rushed off.
As far as he knew, no one ever found out. They knew Harry had died and come back to life, but they didnât know how he came back. With Peter Pettigrew alive and in captivity, along with the video proof, he was sent to Azkaban and Sirius was released. They decided to not do anything about him breaking out and just counted it as time served.
He moved into 12 Grimmauld Place and got custody of Harry, though Dumbledore seemed against it. There was no legal reason Sirius shouldnât have custody, so Dumbledore had to get over it.
Hermione and Ron were nicer to Draco after that, not that they were ever mean, but they would go out of their way to be nice to him. He was thankful for it, but didnât let them go past being acquaintances. They already had enough going on, he didnât want to add his own bullshit to everything that they were clearly dealing with too.
The summer after third year, Draco had a mission. He didnât want to tell Minerva, but she was too smart for him and she made him tell her. He admitted that he thought he knew were most of the horcruxâs were and was going to destroy them before Voldemort could come back. She questioned him about why he was doing this without telling Dumbledore, but he admitted that he didnât really trust the Headmaster with this. He had seen too many things that made him unsure if Dumbledore really wanted good to win if it wasnât giving credit to him. McGonagall didnât agree with her ward, but she didnât argue either. She just agreed to help him.
Working together, they managed to get rid of every single horcrux. They agreed to not tell anyone about them destroying them. They both knew Dumbledore would keep looking, but they would keep it a secret, a mystery. Their bond strengthened even more during their trip, so by the time year four started, people couldnât stop with the jokes about them being besties.
Draco enjoyed his years at Hogwarts, with Voldemort gone, things for the Golden Trio seemed to get more chill. Draco slowly let himself get a bit more better friends with Hermione and Ron. Hermione and he had more in common so they were better friends, but he did actually enjoy Ron. He stayed a bit away from Harry, he wasnât sure why, he just felt like he needed to keep distance between them. He thought maybe it was because he had saved Harryâs life and didnât want to spill the beans, but he wasnât sure.
Finally, in his seventh year, Draco was sitting in Transfiguration doing extra work since usually it wasnât challenging enough for him, when McGonagall announced there would be a group project. She said their groups would be based on the tables they were at since each table housed four people.
Hermione and Draco usually sat together in the classes they shared since they both liked being towards the front, and Ron and Harry just joined Hermione. So the four of them were a group. She gave each group their projects which were comprised of three parts; a research essay, oral report, and a display of the spell at the front of class.
âThis will be fun.â Hermione smiled at them.
âHermione, you and I can take the research part, Ron can do the oral report, and Harry can display it. Does that work?â Draco asked her, knowing Ron would go along with whatever his girlfriend told him.
âSounds great. Does that work for you, Harry?â She asked him with a smile.
(The plan is that with Harry dying and then coming back, the horcrux in him was killed)
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