What Draco Saw

Getting used to it.

Please read the description if you haven't already.

10th September 2023, 14:53-19:46

Manipulative Lucius
Imperius'd Narcissa
Scared Draco
Sad Draco&Harry
^survivors guilt, depression, ptsd
Bad, dead Dumbledore
Dead Fred
Alive Hedwig ofc
Grey, dead Snape
Alive Remus and Sirius
Manipulated/Scared Dudley & Petunia
Hints of bad/manipulated Ollivander
Nice Percy
Percy+Harry friendship
Fleur+Harry friendship

Drarry (main focus)
Romione got together at the begining of sixth year
Married Wolfstar
Deanny (DeanGinny)
Married Beaur (BillFleur)

Draco isn't introduced until next chapter, sorry.

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Scene: Hagrid is holding Harry, Voldemort has just announced that he is dead.
Harry's pov

He lay silently in Hagrid's arms, his breathing controlled to look as if he wasn't. He heard Voldemort's loud and clear, as if he was inches away from the psychopath. His announcement was followed by death eaters' laughter and his classmates' screams.

Harry had done a lot of thinking as Hagrid carried him from the Forbidden Forrest back to the castle. Narcissa had betrayed and lied to Voldemort to protect her son, which simultaneously saved Harry's life, but she had risked hers. It was then that he realised how much the war effected everyone, not just he and his friends. It hit him like a tonne of bricks that Draco never had a choice, neither did his family. It was his grandfather who followed the dark lord, his grandfather who carefully manipulated his family who didn't realise until it was too late and he was long dead.

He stayed deathly still as he listened to Voldemort's speech.

"From now on, you all bow down.. to me." He finished with. The whole courtyard was silent, other than a few sobs.

He decided he'd reintroduce himself to the world, as he rolled out of Hagrid's arms and took off running. Most of his classmates and friends cheered at this, and death eates screamed in anger, Voldemort's voice being the loudest. He ducked behind a pillar close to Draco Malfoy as spell after spell was sent his way. He continued running, not realising Malfoy was closely following being him. No-one else seemed to realise either.

Still having spells launched at him, Harry dived under a wall. Malfoy shouted his name, which drew attention to himself, and threw his own wand to him before sprinting in the opposite direction towards Hogwarts. A scream of "BETRAYAL!" could be heard from Bellatrix as she and a few others shot more spells in anger.

The Malfoy Lord and Lady quickly realised what was happening, and what their fate would be should they stay, and silently dissapeared from the battlefield, secretly proud of their heir.

Within only ten minutes, a new wave of bodies were laying on the floor scattered around. Most of them were death eaters. Harry payed them no mind as his focus was Voldemort, who was standing directly five metres infront of him holding intense eye contact. His wand was pointed towards him menacingly, but Harry couldn't bring himself to feel scared.

He gripped Draco's want tightly. He had waited for this day for the best part of six years. He wouldn't miss the chance to end his enemy.

"It's over Tom. You've already lost.." he all but whispered, but everyone heard him.

He took his stance, determined to end this. Now.

Before anyone had the chance to blink, two screams of "AVADA KEDAVERA!" rang through the courtyard, accompanied by gasps of horror. Nobody expected the so-called 'golden boy' to favour such a dark spell over his usual expelliarmus.

Truth is, Harry was done pretending. Done pretending to be innocent and clueless. You didn't win a war using peaceful spells, and certainly not without fighting back with more stregnth and power as your enemy.