Weapon

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and company aren\'t my property, they belong to J.K.R. and used without permission. \'Weapon\' the song is property of Matthew Good.
Notes: Like I\'ve read in so many fan fictions, I do believe there\'s possibly a hint of Veela in the Malfoy family. ^_^ I\'m sayin\' it\'s just enough that they can \'charm\' the opposite sex.


//Here by my side it\'s heaven...
Here by my side you are destruction
Here by my side a new color to paint the world//


Chapter Four: Never Turn Away

Draco groaned as he sat down at Snape\'s desk. It had been just four weeks ago when he had taken over Snape\'s job as both potions teacher and head of Slytherin. He rubbed the brim of his nose with one hand and pushed away the essays that he was grading away. He took his hand away from his nose and re-adjusted his glasses, deciding that if he didn\'t finish grading those papers he wouldn\'t have the time to sleep well later that night.

He heard the door open but didn\'t look up to see who came in.

\" So this is where you have ended up,\" A voice said.

Draco slowly looked up to see his father standing in front of the desk. Draco sat back in the chair and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Lucius stood there, looking down at him.

\" And you sound so amused at it too,\" Draco sneered. \" Why are you here?\"

\" I\'m here to find out your reasons for turning down the offer Voldermort gave you,\" Lucius said.

He didn\'t feel like having this conversation now.

\" You told me I had the ability to choose,\" he said.

Lucius let his hands grip the rim of the desk as he leaned down so he could be at eye level with Draco.

\" That was before I had been enlightened,\" he said cooly. \" To what had taken up all your time your 7th year here. Not only had your marks improved, but you were hiding the reasoning behind it.\"

\" Don\'t pretend that it just came to your attention now,\" Draco said, keeping his temper in check. \" You\'re the one who threw the Daily Prophet at me when I ended up in the background of Potter\'s reception picture.\"

\" You chose a Mudblood over stronger *pureblood* witch. That was your first bad move in your life, \" Lucius said. \" Besides being just like your Mother on so many grounds.\"

Draco felt his eyes narrow, \" You know what? Fuck you. You still married her, so you can\'t bicker about it. You knew damn well of all her faults and \'quirks\' she has.\"

That comment made Lucius snarl, sucking air through his clenched teeth. Draco smirked.

\" Also remember,\" Lucius replied. \" That since you did not take your place as a Death Eater you will die right next to *Potter* when the war begans.\"

\" And I will watch you burn in hell,\" Draco growled.

Lucius gave his son another deadly glare, and Draco just stared back.

\" If you excuse me,\" Draco said calmly. \" I have a mound of papers to finish grading.\"

His father stood back up and started to leave the office.

\" Just remember Draco,\" he said. \" There is still a part of you that you can\'t reveal to them. The \'time\' is coming up soon enough for you.\"

Draco closed his eyes, trying to calm himself down.

\" Leave,\" Draco growled.

His father left the room as swiftly as he had come in. Draco sighed again and rubbed his forehead with the heel of a hand. His door opened again and he groaned.

\" If I knew you\'d have that kind of reaction I would of knocked,\" a female voice said.

He opened his eyes to see Hermione with a basket hanging off one arm.

\" You missed Dinner,\" She said.

Draco looked at the time keeper on the right corner of his desk.

\" Papers can do that to you,\" he said.

She sat down next to his right arm on top of the desk. Draco eased the desk chair back more so he could sit comfortably. She gave him a glass goblet and filled it with pumpkin juice and filled one up for herself.

\" How was your students today?\" he asked.

\" Amusing,\" Hermione said, placing some turkey on a brass plate in front of him.

She placed a fork and knife to the side of it.

\" Hard to believe that there was a time we both were eleven and 4 foot tall,\" she mused.

He began to eat as she took a drink from her goblet.

\" You missed Lucius coming to visit me,\" he said.

\" Don\'t call him \'Father\' much anymore?\" She asked.

He snorted, \" When it slips I do.\"

She watched him eat for a few moments.

\" Have you ever thought back to the time before we started to get along?\" She asked.

\" Sometimes,\" he said. \" Where\'s this leading to?\"

\" It\'s almost like we were friends overnight, no explanation or anything. I never questioned it,\" she said.

\" Right,\" he said. \" This is where you start plotting, saying someone must of put a spell on us.\"

\" I doubt that,\" she said. \" We\'d know wouldn\'t we?\"

\" I\'d like to think so,\" he said.

~Four years earlier~

Ginny Weasley glanced at the back of Hermione\'s head. She then got Harry\'s attention by whistling. Hermione glanced back at her only breifly, then returned to her book. Harry walked over, hands in pockets.

\" You whistled?\" he asked.

She showed him the book she had been skimming through. Harry raised a eyebrow at the page it was open on.

\" And who do you plan to try this on?\" He asked.

Ginny motioned towards Hermione, Harry shook his head.

\" What?\" She asked. \" Don\'t think I could do it?\"

\" I\'m sure you can,\" He said. \" But shouldn\'t you ask first?\"

\" Hell no,\" Ginny said. \" I\'ll cast it on her when she\'s sleeping.\"

Harry shook his head, \" Your funeral if it back fires and she wants to kill you for it.\"

\" What you aren\'t gonna tell me it\'s a bad idea?\" She asked.

\" You\'re a Weasley. Doing \'bad ideas\' comes with the terrority with your family I\'ve noticed,\" he stated.

~end flashback~