"Harry Potter is dead!”,
exclaimed an almost giddy looking Voldemort.
Screams could be heard from students, order members, and teachers.
While death eaters either jumped for joy or in the case of one, Draco Malfoy, turned deathly pale.
Not that anyone noticed Draco's change of color from his usual pale shade to an even lighter shade.
"From this day forth you will put your faith in me.
Anyone who does not immediately turn to the dark side will join the 'Boy Who Lived' in death."
Several Slytherins crossed the courtyard to their waiting parents.
Others looked horrified to find out that their friends had betrayed them in such an awful way.
Again, Draco could be seen standing with the rest of the light side paling even further.
His parents beckoned him towards them, but he didn’t move.
"Well, young Draco Malfoy, youngest ever marked death eater except the traitor Regulus Black of course.
Are you looking to follow in your late cousin's footsteps?" The Dark Lord had addressed him directly so of course he must reply.
"My Lord, I have found that I don’t need to follow in anyone's footsteps. Not my cousins, or my fathers. I will not be joining you, so kill me if you must, but know that I died defying you"
Voldemort was angered at being humiliated in front of his loyal servants.
He lifted his wand and aimed at Malfoy," Avada Ke-"
"EXPELLIARMUS", cried the one and only, apparently not dead, Harry Potter.
Voldemort's wand flew through the air and landed in Harry’s grasp.
"Don’t go trying to kill my boyfriend!", exclaimed Harry.
In a split-second Draco cast a cutting curse across Nagini, while Harry cast the killing curse at Voldemort. It hit him right in the chest. Everyone gasped not for the fact that the Dark Lord was dead, but because Harry had finally used a spell beside expelliarmus.
Once everyone recovered from this anomaly, they rounded up the death eaters that were too stunned to even disparate.
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That was last June. It had been a year and now everyone was sitting under the tent watching as Draco slid the ring on Harry's finger. Draco then dipped Harry down and kissed him as their friends and family cheered all around them. Maybe Draco could have a happy future without being a slave to the light, or a traitor to the dark.