Draco Malfoy

The boy who had no choice?

He was born on June 5th 1980, from Lucios and Narcissa Malfoy, he was only child and being son of a Death Eater he was pretty soon pushed towards the Dark Side, and was used to thinking that half-blood and muggle borns were garbage.

When he’ll attend Hogwarts in 1991, he’ll search the friendship of Harry Potter after knowing him in the shop of Madame Malkin, but Harry will never want to shake his hand, this will lead the two of an endless rivality through the years at Hogwarts.

Draco Malfoy will be sorted into Slytherin, and will become friends of Gregory Goyle, another son of Death Eater, Vincent Crabbe, same as Goyle, and Pansy Parkison. Thus, his company wasn’t very pleasant, he was inserted in an ambiance from the start in which all that matter was that the magical-know, was trasmitted from wizard to wizard.

He will be soon took under his wing by Professor Snape, who will reveal himself on the same side as Draco’s against Potter, but will pop out that he was only trying to protect Harry, and keeping an eye on Draco.

Everything at Hogwarts became matter of challenge with Harry Potter, the duellants club in his second year, Quidditch where he’ll be chosen as Seeker same position of Harry, in the third year he’ll sustain a campaign in favour of Cedric Diggory, partecipant of the Triwizard Tournament, handing out magic pins which magically changed their appereance, once saying “Support Cedric Diggory – The REAL Hogwarts Champion”, and once saying “Potter Stinks”.

In his fifth year he’l become a Prefect, and a member of the Inquisitorial Squad made up by Dolores Umbridge, again another chance of imposing himself, and his autority upon Harry. When at the end of the year, Harry and his friends after the dreadful clash at the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry, with the Death Eater, and Lucios Malfoy ended up in Azkaban, will be the last straw for Draco.

On his sixth year he’ll activly take part in Lord Voldemort’s army, becoming a Death Eater. He will be asked from Lord Voldemort to kill Dumbledore, and he will become very stressed about this thing, since he couldn’t really do it, his mother to protect him will stipulate an Unbreakable Vow with Severus Snape, who swore to protect Draco and to attend his aim in case he couldn’t reach it. In the tower when Draco finally Dumbledore, come to face his destiny, but Snape will fullfil the duty Draco couldn’t carry out.

In the Hogwarts Battle we start to see a little changment in Draco’s direction, since Dumbledore death he seems to fully aknowlege the darkness and the dangerousness of his attempts, and starts to help the Order of Phoenix even if in a veiled way.

Like not selling Harry to Lord Voldemort at Malfoy Manor… did he recognize him and didn’t want to give him in, or was Harry just camouflaged too well?

Or leaving the Hogwarts battle withouth join the fight, with his parents.

The way he has been raised and the people who had surrounded him for his whole life, didn’t help Draco to have a clear view of what was really happening, he was forced to take a side when he was only a child, properly instructed to understand which WAS TO BE his side, but never asked where he did want to be.

Does he really had no choice from the beginning or was he just convinced and then picked up another fight?

Like Narcissa and Lucios Malfoy, it’s given to know that Narcissa Malfoy changed her side only when she recognized the danger her family was in, especially her son. And Lucios changed side for fear, he knew Lord Voldemort’s army wouldn’t have won, so he put himself in expect. Maybe dreading the return to Azkaban, or worse.

But what about Draco was he really charmed from the Dark Arts, or was just confused as every little child, and as soon as he was old enough he started to think with his own mind? Let’s not forget that when the Battle of Hogwarts occured he was only 18. Did he really had no choice, couldn’t he really go against his family? One thing for sure, in both cases this explain once more the difference between two of the most discussed Hogwarts houses, if he was standing for his family for fear, or because he was convinced and then chose another side, he was choosing the cheaper choice, like a true Slytherin, facing and going against his family would have need a great source of courage, but he was no Gryffindor.

After the battle, he’ll marry Astoria Greengrass, younger sister of his Schoolmate Daphne Greengrass, and have a son Scorpius.

Harry once everything will have calmed down, will propose to Draco to shake his hands in sign of friendship, but he will refuesd since Harry first didn’t want to shake it on their first day to Hogwarts.