Betrothed to the Serpent

"No one can change a person, but someone can be a person's reason to change."

Some villain's don't always remain evil when the story concludes. Depending on how you view it, some villain's are just tragic hero's in their own narrative... and some villain's like Draco Malfoy are created through misguided family beliefs. Is he truly the big and bad serpent people make him out to be?

If Draco had someone to confine in, a love to chase after, or even a friend to lead him... would things have ended differently?

Adeline Lestrange (Black) was not a kind Hufflepuff or a cleaver Ravenclaw, and she could never see herself as courageous Gryffindor. She was and would always be, a proud and fiercely cunning pure-blooded Slytherin. From a young age, she and Draco were destined to be betrothed, but no one considering the possibility of the pair hating each other. Would things actually go as planned or would everything come tumbling down around them... like the walls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

Everybody knows the story of and loves Harry Potter, "the boy who lived"... but what about the boy that had no choice? And what about the girl who had?