Rating:
PG-13
House:
The Dark Arts
Characters:
Draco Malfoy Severus Snape
Genres:
Adventure Friendship
Era:
Harry and Classmates During Book Seven
Spoilers:
Half-Blood Prince
Stats:
Published: 12/23/2007
Updated: 02/18/2008
Words: 15,205
Chapters: 3
Hits: 494

Three Options for Draco

Bettina

Story Summary:
Draco's destiny in the summer and autumn after he failed to kill Dumbledore. He gets a new task and fails again. Severus Snape, the man who has stolen Draco's glory, takes up the task to further Draco's development as a Death Eater. They undergo a hard development before they eventually come to an agreement. This stand-alone story is also a prequel to 'Three Options for Ginny'.

Chapter 01 - Failed
12/23/2007

Confessing his failure to their master, Draco escapes death but gets a second, equally impossible task to prove himself worthy. He works on his own to bring glory to the name of Malfoy, but fails again. He ends up injured as well as humiliated. The man he despises most, Severus Snape, is entrusted with his shaping him into a worthy Death Eater.

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At Spinner's End, Draco works and lives under humiliating conditions. He reconsiders his place among the Death Eater society. When he is given an especially heinous task, he comes to the life-threatening conclusion that he is not a Death Eater. For both, Draco and Severus, the path to reach each other is one of trial and tribulation, but they come to collaborate.

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Draco and Severus follow their own plans as they work on various potions for the Death Eaters. For their training with a second wand, they receive Ollivander's advice. They prepare themselves for the next task in their master's service, the first one that they will work on together.

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