Through the Darkness | Draco Malfoy

Thirty four

"Aries, you'll get lost if someone doesn't hold your hand, over here!" Ron called for her.

Aries noticed that she's been going away from them, then she ran to the elevator before it closed and it went up and up to the Department of Mysteries.

They got off the elevator and started to search for whatever Voldemort is looking for.

"This place got so many crystal balls." Aries said, finding herself drawn to them as she almsot touched one but stopped herself.

"What do you think these crystals balls are for?" Aries muttered to herself as she continued to walk.

"Yes, father."

Aries stopped walking after hearing that voice, it was on her left, came from a ball that is brighter than the other ones.

The voices were making her drawn to it, she took the ball from the shelf and looked at what it's trying to show her.

It was a memory of a young boy, with light hair, and looked miserable, alone in his room. Then a tall man with the same hair colour as the young boy came in the room.

Aries felt like the man is familiar but she couldn't recognize him very well, he sat beside the boy on the bed and looked at him.

100% sure he's his father.

"Listen, son." he said. "After you go to Hogwarts, you'll meet new people as well beside Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, and I heard Harry Potter will. be there, try befriending him as hard as you can, well I have more tasks for you to do in your Hogwarts life."

"What are they?"

"One; Befriend Harry Potter no matter what it costs. Second; Do not make any contact with Mudbloods. Three–"

"What are Mudbloods?"

"Mudbloods are Muggles, but we call them that because they're a disgrace to the Wizard world. As I was saying, Three–"

"But can't I just have a normal Hogwarts life?" asked the boy.

The man's calm expression changed into an angry expression. "How many times do I have to tell you that any wrong step you take will make you a disgrace, a shame to our family! I told you about those who are scratched to their own family tree haven't I?!"

"You did many times, I'm sor–"

"Isla! Phineas! Cedrella! Marius! Alphard! Andromeda! Sirius! Aries! Do you want to end up like them?! Isla married a Muggle. Phineas supported Mudblood rights. Cedrella became a Blood Traitor for marrying a Weasley. Marius was a squib. Alphard gave gold to his runaway nephew. Andromeda married a Mudblood. Sirius, the worse, became a Gryffindor befriended Mudbloods, married a Mudblood. And Aries– a ten-year-old like you is the daughter of Sirius, both kept in Azkaban and thank god for that!"

"What did she even do?"

"Son, this child was in Azkaban since she was a year. Do you want to end up like her?! Or any of the others I mentioned?!" he sighed. "You're already a shame. I promise if you don't change to what I want you to be, I will remove your name from the tapestry of our family. And never will consider you as a son of mine."

"Yes, Father."

Aries almost dropped the ball as soon as she recognized these two. It was Lucius Malfoy and Draco.

He was treated horribly, that's why he was a coward and a bully. Just before she entered the floo network, she gave him a glare after ignoring him when she saw him grabbing Neville, right after they had a wholesome moment. She felt bad.

"Aries!"

Aries put the crystal ball back to where it was and ran to where Ginny called her.

"Where were you?" Hermione asked.