Harry Potter - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Through Her ❯ His Task ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter 1: His Task

It was the last day of summer vacation as Draco Malfoy rolled over in bed to check the time. 11:30; it was still early. He rolled back over to go back to sleep when his door slammed open, revealing a very angry looking Lucius Malfoy.

"What is it, father?" Draco asked in a monotonous tone. He didn't much like his father, but he had been brought up knowing that crossing him would be a very dangerous idea.

"Draco I expected you to be awake and dressed by the time I got home, I told you before I left last night that we had a very important situation to discuss this morning." Lucius sneered.

Sorry I couldn't be up by the time you got back from whichever whoreyou were out with last night father, but I was here with mother for a good amount of time while she cried her eyes out againbecause of you. Draco thought to himself before answering Lucius.

"I'm sorry father, if you'll wait in the lounge, I will be down in twenty minutes." Draco told him sitting up and stretching.

"Fifteen minutes or you'll regret it Draco." His father gave him one last glare and slammed his door again.

Draco looked around his room, which was about the size of a small house. Everything was green with silver outlining, and everything was perfectly placed. He threw his covers off and walked to his bathroom. As he turned on the light, it glimmered off the marble sink and bath tub. He threw off his clothes and hopped in the shower. As he let the hot water take him away for a few minutes, his mind wandered back to the night before.

After he had tended to his mother, leading her to her room, which oddly, wasn't his father's room, he made sure she got into bed and told her he would be back later that night. He had left her room turning out the lights, and gone over to his best friend, Blaise Zabini's house since Blaise's parents were in Paris visiting relatives for the week. He couldn't remember much, due to his friend, Mr. Firewhiskey, but all that mattered was that for a little while, he had forgotten about how much he hated his father.

He turned off the water and dried off with his emerald green towel with his initials DM embroidered on it. He threw on a pair of muggle jeans and a black t-shirt. He glanced in the mirror and smiled at the handsome reflection looking back at him.

He messed up his hair a bit and grabbed his wand off the dresser. He opened the door and turned back around to look at his room, everything was just so neat and organized that he almost wanted to send a tornado through it, just to see what his father would say. He smirked at the thought while turning off the light and closing the door.

As he came downstairs and walked into the lounge, one of his house elves, (Mindy, he thought her name was, but then again how should he know, she was only a house elf), walked up to him and asked him if she could get him anything.

"No, thanks." he told her and continued to the nearest chair, sitting down.

"Stand up Draco, do not look so relaxed in my presence after you have made me wait here for you for fifteen minutes." Lucius told him as he stood over by the fireplace.

Draco stood up and addressed Lucius, "My deepest apologies, father. What is it I can do for you?" he asked in a strained voice. It was hard for him to act like his father was superior to him, when all Draco knew him as was a coward, a follower, a lowly Death Eater. But of course, he could never tell him that, nor could he act like that's the way his mind worked. He was forced to stand there and adhere to his father's every wish.

"Let's cut the small talk Draco, I have a bit of a surprise for you, an honor, if you will," he turned and looked Draco in the eye. Lucius had always had his suspicions on where Draco's loyalties lie, but the Dark Lord had always had such high expectations for him.

"Draco, the Dark Lord has a task for you." Lucius said these words with pride. He knew the Dark Lord always thought great things would come of Draco, and now Draco could carry on the Malfoy name on the high end of the Dark Lord's ring of Death Eaters.

Draco was mildly surprised. It was only his sixth year and he had not even gotten his Dark Mark yet. Yes, he knew it was coming sooner or later, but he hated thinking that it would come this soon, in fact he hated the whole idea of it, but there was no other choice for him, this is the life that had been chosen for him since his birth.

"I am honored father," Draco said, looking Lucius in the eye, "Just tell me what it is I can do."

"He needs you to get close to Harry Potter, to gain his trust," Lucius started. Draco opened his mouth to object but Lucius cut him off. "Now I know this won't be east seeing how you and Mr. Potter don't get along. But don't worry, we have everything figured out. The first thing you need to worry about is gaining the trust of his Mudblood friend, Ms. Granger, and my suggestion for that is to woo her. You have a way with the ladies Draco, use it to your advantage."

Draco bit back his next comment and replied, "Yes father, I will try, but it will prove to be quite a challenge for me to put on this act, especially since she is a Mudblood."

"I'm glad I brought you up to see it that way, but we have faith in you, don't let the Dark Lord down. The consequences to that may prove to be, deadly.”

Lucius left Draco in the lounge and headed for the kitchen. At the entrance, he turned back around, "Oh and Draco, you have until Halloween to gain the trust of Ms. Granger. Good luck son, make me proud," he gave Draco one last smirk and exited the room.

Draco dropped down into one of the chairs and closed his eyes, this was going to be one hell of a year, he sighed wearily.

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As Draco walked through the barrier to platform nine and three quarters, he spotted Blaise. On his way over to him, he noticed Granger standing with the rest of the Golden Trio. She turned around and looked at him, Wow she's changed, he thought to himself.

Her bushy brown hair was still bushy, but now tamer and long. Her brown eyes were beautiful and her body looked great. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt, leaving no doubt in Draco's mind that she had been working out that summer.

Maybe this won't be so bad after all, he thought and smirked at her.

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A/N: I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, Please review and tell me what you think so far! I could use any advice you've got! Thanks again!

For anyone who's wondering, posts will be every Wednesday once a week (maybe more often, depending on how things are looking at school for me) but it will never take me more than a week to post the next chapter!!

Jenny