❝happiness can be found in the darkest of times‚ if one only remembers to turn on the light❞
- Albus Dumbledore
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I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS, ALL RIGHTS TO J.K. ROWLING
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The next day we traveled to Diagon Alley to get some supplies for our upcoming year. I was extremely proud of Fred and George and their joke shop, it truly was brilliant. The shop was filled with nearly everything and was booming with business.
"How are Fred and George doing it? Half the alley's closed down." Hermione asked to Ron.
"Fred reckons people need a laugh these days." I slightly smiled at Ron's response. "I reckon he's right." I replied back.
We continued to walk down the deserted street seeing Ollivanders completely empty. "Oh, no. Everyone got their wands from Ollivanders." Hermione said sadly as we examined the broken shop. Stepping into the store it was completely empty. I examined the empty boxes and broken windows.
"Harry." Ron said Harry's name gaining my attention. "Is it me or do Draco and mommy look like two people who don't want to be followed?" I looked out of the window to see Draco and his mother walk down an alley hurriedly. I looked towards Harry who was already almost out of the door.
Peering around the corner we watched as Draco made his way through the alleyway. He entered a door as we crept up the roof carefully to have a birds eye view of what was going on. Climbing up that roof was a bit treacherous but we made it up there quite stealthily. We continued to look down on the scene until Greyback stepped in front of the window. We knelt down behind the roof, hoping to avoid his gaze. He shut the blind to the window, making us lose any sight of Draco.
"Bloody hell." Said Ron as we stumbled down the side of the roof. "What do you think he's up too?" Harry stayed quiet which meant he was thinking.
"I'm not sure Ron. It's almost like he's learning." I said as I thought out loud.
As we walked back to Diagonal Alley Harry was silent the whole way.
•••
That morning it was time to return to Hogwarts and honestly I had never been more relieved. I missed my uncle.
"So what was Draco doing with that weird looking cabinet? And who were all those people?" Harry said as he talked to us. "Don't you see? It was a ceremony. An initiation." What Harry was saying made sense to me in all honesty, but I wasn't sure if Draco was completely a death eater just yet.
Hermione didn't't want to believe it. "Stop it, Harry. I know where you're going with this."
"It happened. He's one of them." Harry said as he fidgeted with his hands. "One of who?" Ron asked completely oblivious. "Harry's under the impression Draco Malfoy is now a Death Eater." Hermione looked towards Ron as if almost asking for him to side with her.
"You're barking. What would You-Know-Who want with a sod like Malfoy?" It was a good point, but I believe Voldemort would have anyone he could get at this point. "Oh, then what's he doing in Borgin and Burkes? Browsing for furniture?" Harry asked Hermione and Ron.
