The Villain's Redemption

The Teen Spirit

Draco slammed his hand against the cabinet door and screamed in frustration. Nothing. There was not a single sign of progress made in repairing the heavy piece of furniture. Draco sighed and buried his head in his palms. He knew the cabinet was not the source of his stress. He was aware it would need some time to get it to work, but he felt his time was running out. His mother's letters were getting more and more concerning as the weeks went by. And as if Draco did not have enough on his plate, Anna Stone had started taking over his mind and body, like a fast-spreading curse. Draco had found it impossible to fully concentrate on his task since he saw her bathing. Stone should be with other Gryffindor students that night, but she was instead having a bath in the prefect's bathroom and singing. Draco was passing by on his way to the Room of Requirements until he heard her angelic voice singing. He had felt it almost luring him to take a closer look, so he did without thinking twice. He peeked from the narrow door opening and saw her. Her bare body was hidden inside the water and bubbles were hugging her flesh, leaving everything to his imagination. Her plump lips were moving softly while she was singing with eyes closed. Draco had never witnessed such a beautiful sight before. Stone was on his mind frequently before that incident, however, after that night, she rarely leaves his thoughts. And every night, Draco finds himself to fantasise about kissing her. About how good her skin would feel against his lips. How she would react to his touch. 

"Enough, just focus on the task, you idiot!" Draco barked at himself, the moment Stone had started invading his thoughts once more. Since he had noticed he was thinking of her that much, he had become warmer towards Pansy, hoping she would help him forget about his newfound fixation, only to be left unsatisfied. That made him very suspicious. What if Stone had enchanted him to make him talk about Bell? What if Potter was on this too? Draco had tried to sneak in to Slughorn's office and find a love potion antidote, but he almost got caught by Filch, so he did not make another attempt. Last thing he wanted is to draw more attention on him. Snape had been hot on his heels since the accident Katie Bell had, constantly demanding Draco to go find him in his office. Of course Draco refused to go. He knew very well what his godfather wanted to tell him. He would scold him for almost getting caught. Draco was not the least interested to hear the good old 'I told you so'. Snape would surely take advantage of the situation and try to get information from Draco, so that he can tell the Dark Lord all about his failure and then he would do something on his own so he can get all the credit, like he always does. Over Draco's dead body Snape would steal his moment. Dumbledore needed to die from Draco's hands if he wanted his family alive and well. Snape says he cares about them and that he would protect them, but that man would sell his soul for power. He has made even Dumbledore trust him, when he is actually with the Dark Lord's side. Draco kicked an empty bottle, which was laying on the floor, with all his force, causing it to shutter into pieces. Now he did not only need to repair the cabinet. He needed to come up with another plan to kill Dumbledore faster and also eliminate his threats as soon as possible.

Luna giggled at Anna's clumsy attempt to translate an Italian joke to English, and used a spell to glue the last strand of hair to the giant animated lion hat she was making for next month's Gryffindor quidditch match. With all the drama going on around her, Anna had almost forgotten she had promised Luna she would join her in a craft-making session. She was not very keen to do so, but she thought it would distract her a bit from her own conflicting thoughts. Since the Adam and Eve inspired dream she had the other day, starring her and Draco Malfoy, she would not think about anything else. Anna noticed herself becoming more and more obsessed with him, but not for the same reasons Harry was. Harry wanted to prove Malfoy's involvement to Katie's accident that badly, it was all he would talk about. Anna should have the same concerns, especially after her suspicious encounter with Malfoy. However, all she could think of instead was crazy scenarios of him kissing her. He was now a protagonist in her dreams and she could not understand why. The man was dangerous and insane. Anna tried her best in focusing on finishing off her handmade Gryffindor shirt, while Luna was happily showing off her animated lion hat.