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 Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:50 am
Harry sat down, Teddy on his lap as Draco beagn to talk. He was momentarily distraced when the baby decided he should sport a pair of ears exactly like Kretcher's and bright tourquoise hair.
As such, it took Harry a moment to let Draco's words sink in.
"A favour?" he repeated, not bothering to keep the disbelief out of his tone, "You want me to do you a favour?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:58 am
"Yes, a favor." Draco replied quickly, but then he appeared to think better of his words. "Look, Potter... For what it's worth.... I'm sorry."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:02 am
Harry nearly fell out of his chair for the second time that night. If this was George up to some trick...but Harry doubted that greatly. This was really Draco, however incredible it may be.
Looking at the pale boy, Harry remember that thought the two had been far from friends, Draco had been Voldemort's pawn and victim..Harry had even witnessed parts of it himself.
"What do you need?" Harry asked, his voice soft. He could at least hear Draco out.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:05 am
Draco sighed slightly, feeling a bit better to know that Harry would at least hear him out.
"It..." he hesitated before plunging ahead, putting as much confidence into his voice as he could. "It's my parents. They were just as much pawns of Voldemorts as I was, but the Ministry won't see it that way." Malfoy's grey eyes flashed as he looked back to Harry once more. "That's why I need your help. You're in with the Ministry. A vote of confidence from you would be as good as gold."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:09 am
Harry's frown returned. Of course, he should have expected somethign like this.
"All of the Death Eater's were Voldemort's pawns, in some way or another," Harry said cooly, "They were just willing. Your father's done terrible things, Draco. I've seen him do terrible things and enjoy himself. If he had any regrets, it was only at the end, after Voldemort beagn using your house as his base and after his wand was taken from him. But he still has to answer for what he has willingly done."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:13 am
"He did it for me!" Draco shouted, grey eyes narrowing in rage.
It took the young man a moment to regain his composure. Carefully, Malfoy drew himself up, running a hand through his blond hair once more.
"He only did Voldemort's bidding to protect me and my mother." Draco spoke carefully. "If he enjoyed it, if he seemed to enjoy it... it was only a mask. He isn't cruel like that, Potter. Not really."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:16 am
"I don't deny that he cared about you," Harry said in a low voice, his eyes narrowed, "But if your father was such a saint, he would never have joined Voldemort in the first place. When I testify, I will give everything I know and have seen about Lucius Malfoy, the good and the bad."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:21 am
For a moment it seemed as if Draco would explode in rage. He took a few quick breaths but soon looked away from Harry.
Closing his eyes, the young man tried to come up with something.
"What about my mother?" Malfoy asked, looking back to Potter. "She saved you, Potter, and you can't deny that." he felt bolstered by this line of thought. "She lied to Voldemort and saved you. Without that, you would never have defeated him." standing on the other side of the table, Draco slammed his hands down onto the tabletop. "Neither my mother or my father fought at Hogwarts, and you know it! While all those other Death Eaters were killing, they didn't harm a single soul!"
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:38 am
"I know what she did," Harry said softly, "Don't think I've forgotten or that I'm not grateful. I've already given Shaklebolt my report. Your mother was as much a victim as you were. She should walk free after her trial."
He sighed and looked back down at Teddy, who was cooing happily in his arms. Teddy had become an orphan on that horrible night.
"I know what happened on that night, Draco," Harry said, looking back at his former classmate. "Probably better than you do. Lucius Malfoy did not fight that night, but he will stand trial as a Death Eater for the crimes he has commiteed."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:23 pm
"But he hasn't killed anyone." Draco replied earnestly. "Can you honestly name one single person who he's killed this entire time?"
The young man sighed slightly, straightening back up. "I know you and Weasley have been helping the ministry to round up Death Eaters. If you can get my father cleared, Potter, I can give you an entire list of names from the manor." Malfoy smirked slightly, "Just think of it? A year or more's work all wrapped up by one simple favor. I would even testify to the truth of the list, as would, no doubt, both of my parents." his smirk disappeared however, quickly replaced by a frown of anger. Draco's gray eyes narrowed dangerously, but it was at Harry that his anger was directed. "I wish I'd never even heard the name Voldemort."
It was quite clear that Malfoy was a bit disgusted with himself. Not only for having to ask for the help of THE Harry Potter, but because he knew of things, he had done things, that he would rather forget.
Draco had hardly had a peaceful nights sleep since his father had first been incarcerated, before Voldemort broke him out of Azkaban.
"I just want this buisness to be over and done with, to get back to some sort of normallacy."
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:48 pm
"I can name serval people he's hurt," Harry answered back, "Remembr the World Cup, Draco? You don't have to kill to be cruel."
Case and point the ragic fate of Neville Longbottom's parents. Dying would have been a better fate and far less painful for Frank and Alice's family.
As for the list, Harry was not sure how much good it would do and how much more infortmationw oudl really be on their. Between everything Harry had seen while around Voldemort (like the graveyard) or being in the evil wizard's mind, the list of Death Eaters Draco Malfoy would give him might only save them a couple names.
"Not such a great wizard as he sounded like when we were children, was he?" Harry said softly, remembering how greatly a toll being in Voldemort's service had taken on the pale boy, remembered things that Voldemort had forced Draco to do when Harry had been in Voldemort's mind. Such a far cry from the boy that shouted "You'll be next Muidbloods!" their second year, had made jopkes about the toruring of Muggles and Muggle-borns and the death of Cedric their fourth year and boasted to his friends of being given a job by Voldemort himself. Truthfully, Harry thought what Draco had been forced to go through as his eyes were opened to the truth of Voldemort was punishment enough.
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:15 pm
"More a great mistake than a great wizard." Draco replied angrily.
Anger was something that Malfoy understood. He could control it, mold it, shape it into any form which he truly needed.
As he stood there, a table between himself and his once self proclaimed arch enemy, the young man began to realize that he and Harry, in that instant, were not that different.
"He didn't kill anyone, Potter. Hurt yes, but my father had to appear as if he still were loyal to Voldemort. You saw him after the battle. You know. He'd do anything to protect his family, including harm a few innocent people along the way. But can you really blame him?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:18 pm
"Family is important," Harry said softly, looking down at Teddy, who was now sporting messy black hair and bright green eyes.
"The fact that your father began to turn away from Voldemort in the end will help his case. He will still have to answer for what he did during Voldemort's first reign and the begining of his second," Harry said firmly.
"Honselty, Draco, your Father shoudl count himself lucky. He could not except the same treatement under the hands of Voldemort or the last three Ministers. The dementors are gone from Azkaban and Shaklebolt is trying to lessen hysteria and get rid of teh corruption of the last three Minister's. Your father is goign to get the fairest trial possible as are all the other Death Eaters"
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:27 pm
Draco didn't speak for a while, instead his grey eyes were watching the small child in Harry's arms.
"I take it you'll be there then? At the Ministry when the trials begin?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 11:34 pm
Harry nodded. "I've been to every trial I could already, and offered detailed reports to the ones I couldn't attend, seeing how 'm usually a witness for each of them."
He also, of course was begining his Auror training, along with his best friend Ron, and one of the biggest task in that depertment was finding and brinign every known Death Eater to justice.
Teddy meanwhile, seemed to notice Draco's eyes on him. He smiled back happily, and waved his arms up and down wildly, his eyes and hair changing to match Draco's own
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