Harry Potter and the Shadows of Life

Chapter 2- Draco's Past

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"After what happened to Sirius, Harry grew so cold and distant" Ron said

"It's our fault, we should have comforted Harry. Made him talk to us and tell us about his nightmares," Hermione replied.

"He changed so much after the passing of Sirius," McGonagall sighed.

"We shouldn't tell anyone else about Harry. It will crush all the hopes they have left. They think Harry's been at a mission for some time," Draco spoke up for the first time.

"We can't keep this up forever. Sooner or later they're going to find out about the whole thing," Ginny replied.

"This is what we will do," Dumbledore said. "We will not tell anyone, but our top priority is to find Harry."

"Ok, so we'll do what Padma suggested. We'll just try not to damage Harry too much," Ron replied.

Everyone filed out of Dumbledore's office, sighing heavily. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny apparated back to their offices to start on their assignments, Draco apparated back to Malfoy Manor to check up on his wife Rosy Malfoy (a Muggle) and his new born son Sirius Malfoy.

"Hello dear, how was your day?" Rosy asked, holding the newborn.

"Nothing much," Draco sighed.

Little Sirius giggled at the sight of his father, and started to spit up. Rosy taking a towel burped him and cleaned him. Draco had decided on the day of his first child's birth that if he were a boy, he would name his son in honor of Sirius, who had once saved his life, and he, Draco, had never been able to repay the favor.

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*Flashback*

"A Muggle! Of all the pureblood women out there, you choose a Muggle! I knew you were a weak spoiled little brat, but of all the things you have done this is the most stupid thing of all! Falling in love with a Muggle, just like you're mother, you will die for sorting with mudbloods and falling in love with one!" Lucius yelled.

Draco struggled to get up and run, but it was no use.

"Crucio!"

Draco's screams echoed out through the entire room, his body vibrating horribly.

"Pathetic, next will be your pretty little mudblood!" shouted Lucius

"Petrificus Totalus!" a voice shouted from behind Lucius

Lucius arms and legs clamped to his side, as Sirius Black emerged from the shadows; he bent down towards Draco.

"Are you all right?" Sirius asked Draco.

"Yeah," Draco replied. "Thanks."

Sirius burst out laughing, but then the joyous feeling evaporated away. Two Dementors came gliding in; they bent down lifting their hoods.

"WAIT!" Draco shouted.

But it was too late; they had performed the kiss.

"Who authorized this! Get Out!" Sirius screamed.

"EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Draco yelled.

A large snake formed out of Draco's wand and it wrapped itself around the Dementors, all that was left was their cloaks.

"Draco!" Sirius called out.

But everything had gone black.

*End Flashback*

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Little Sirius started to cry and Draco bent over the crib to change his diaper. After he was done changing Little Sirius, he sang him a song putting him to sleep.

"Hey little one, I promise you that I will bring back your godfather back, just like I promised Sirius," Draco whispered, wondering just how he intended to bring back Harry.

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*Flashback*

'What is this, it's so bright and white,' Draco thought.

"Look, he's waking up!" a feminine voice called out.

"Draco, are you all right?" another voice asked.

Draco opened his eyes and saw that Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, his mother, Remus, and Sirius surrounded his bed. They all looked worried and tired out.

"I'm - I'm okay," Draco replied.

"Your such a prat! How DARE you go against your father alone! You could have been killed! I can't believe you!" Rosy shouted at the top of her lungs as she walked into Draco's room.

"Calm down Rosy, Draco's all right. I mean look at him, he's sitting up and getting already to insult Ron," Harry said, with a chuckle.

Everyone in the room burst out laughing, while Ron and Draco's top of their ears turned slightly pink.

"Are you alright, Draco?" Rosy finally said.

"Yes, Rosy, I'm really fine, I feel great," Draco reached out and hugged Rosy.

"Alright, now that you know he is well, I want ALL of you out of here now!" Madam Pomfrey said as she came in.

"Um, is it ok if I talk to Sirius a bit then let Rosy in?" Draco asked Madam Pomfrey.

"Alright, but everyone else OUT!" she replied.

Slowly everyone said good-bye to Draco and left. Only Sirius stood in the room.

"Did you want to talk about anything, Draco?" Sirius asked finally after a long silence.

"I just wanted to say thanks and - I own you one," Draco finally replied.

"No Draco, You don't own me one. I did this because your Harry's good friend and I would not like to have buried you because of your father. You're like one of my own; and Harry's, Hermione's, Ron's, and Ginny's brother. None of us would like to see you dead," Sirius said turning serious all of a sudden.

Draco didn't reply, no one had ever said anything like that to him. He was fighting with all these mixed emotions.

He stared at Sirius and said a quiet, "Thank you."

"But I would like you to promise me something. I would like you to watch over Harry, because I know he has seen and suffered a lot. He's holding a lot of pain, but you will be there to watch over him and that would be the only thing that'll make me feel better,." Sirius spoke.

"I would, even if you didn't ask me, Sirius, Harry is like a brother to me and I would do anything for him," Draco told the ex-convict.

They smiled at each other and stayed in their comfortable silence.

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"You summoned me master?" the figure asked.

"Yes, I need you to do something very important. Do not fail me now, you've proven yourself very worthy my servant," Voldemort laughed.

His voice echoed throughout the graveyard.

Chapter 3- Let the Blood Rain


Voldemort sat there in his chair petting his pet snake, Nagini, thinking.

"So my best servant has been faltering, they will pay if they make a mistake. Isn't that right Nagini?"

His snake untwisted her body and hissed viciously, waiting for her chance to have her turn at that servant.

"Yes-s-s-s mas-s-s-s-ster," she hissed.

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The figure moved more swiftly, chasing after their prey in a forest near that mudblood's house. Mary Rose ran for her life, but tripped over a branch falling face down into the dirt. The hooded figure came swiftly behind her and laughed. Then green light spread through the entire forest.

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Cho sat in her office, working hard at her new assignment. Another innocent person had been killed; she turned around and got ready to leave the office. She bumped into Ginny while leaving.

"Ginny! Hi! Are you looking for someone?" Cho asked.

Ginny looked up at Cho and shook her head. Ginny had never liked Cho much; she had changed a lot since Cedric's death. Ginny always thought that Cho had become someone that Ginny had a feeling to just dislike.

"No, I was just on my way to meet a friend in your department. I don't know how to say this... I know Cedric's death day is coming up. So I just want you to know, you have my condolences," Ginny told her.

Cho's jaw tightened at the mention of Cedric.

'How DARE she even mention Cedric!' Cho thought.

"Oh, thank you, Ginny," Cho murmured.

Ginny smiled, "You're welcome. Well, then, I'll see you later. Bye."

Cho smiled at her, then when Ginny has finally left Cho cursed under her breath. She had always hated Ginny. Cho turned and left the building.

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It was dark in this place; and he could hear rats. He was a prisoner and he knew exactly where he was. It was a place where no happiness was ever allowed to enter.

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Hermione and Ron laid curled up on the sofa, both thinking about their work. Ron (leader of red) was thinking of the Auror under his supervision that had gotten badly hurt. It was a couple of days ago when one the newbie Auror had gone and had tried to take on a Death Eater by himself. He was quickly sent to St. Mungo's for quick treatment. Now the new Auror was in a coma.

Hermione (leader of blue), on the other hand, was thinking of the new information on the attack of another Muggle-born witch. She had been chased through a forest and had died there. She had sent Angelina, Katie, and Alicia to investigate, to see if maybe for once there would be any witnesses, or any clues to which it were.

"Did you hear of the other attack on another Muggle-born?" Hermione asked her husband.

"Yeah," was all Ron could say.

"Do you think it's him?" Hermione asked after a long silence.

Ron didn't answer her, he just held her tighter as if she would disappear if he let go.

Hermione asked another question. "It's going to be Ginny and Harry's anniversary soon. Do you think we should go and visit her?"

"Yeah, I mean after what had happen to Harry, Ginny cried for weeks. Then one day she changed her last name back to Weasley, even though they were still technically together," Ron responded.

"I think it's only for appearances sake, to change her last name," Hermione told him.

Hermione and Ron both fell asleep soon after their conversation. Ron holding Hermione as tight as he could.

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It was the time of the month again, where they all gathered for their meeting. Ron sat in red, Hermione in blue, Cho in yellow, and Draco in green.

"Do we have any new information, or progress reports?" Dumbledore asked, with a rather tired sigh.

Just then the doors banged opened.

Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, and Alicia Spinnet came running into the meeting of the Elites.

"We've... figured... it... out!" Katie breathed, out of breath.

"Whoa, take a deep breath and then tell us what it is," Dean said.

"We've figured out who the person is, the one that has been killing all those innocent people," Alicia said after taking a deep breath.

They all paused at this new news. Albus, Minerva, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Draco all flinched at hearing this - they already had a suspect.

"Somebody had seen a girl being chased in the woods and they clearly saw the face of the person chasing her," Angelina replied.

"They saw that the person had a lightening-bolt scar on their forehead," Katie whispered.

Secretly a smirk was given, but no one noticed.