until the end (Drarry)

Chapter 1

The war was finally over and it was time for everyone to return to Hogwarts for another year. Some students looked forward to it, others not so much. harry felt a rush of adrenaline as he went threw the wall of platform 9 ¾ taking in all the familiar faces that filled the compartments on the train. Harry looked for a compartment that he hoped his friends were waiting for him in only to find no sign of them and one empty compartment. 

Harry opened the doors and put his stuff away before sinking into the cushioned seats. As he closed his eyes he hoped that his friends would find where he was seated. he thought of his classes and what the new professors would be like. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a light knock on the door to his compartment and the doors slowly slide open. He only wished he had ignored it and kept his eyes shut when he was met with Draco Malfoy standing in the doorway of the compartment.

 Harry scoffed as he looked the blond up and down with disgust. "what do you want Malfoy." he muttered as the boy stood there in silence. Harry felt more and more angry as Draco kept his mouth shut refusing to answer before stepping in and closing the door behind him. "who said you could sit here?" Harry said a bit louder this time. Draco only looked at him and stayed silent before taking a seat and looking out the window. 

Harrys blood boiled at Draco looked back at him finally speaking. "don't look at me, don't talk to me, just sit pretty and mind your business." Draco finished talking and turned back to the window. Harry bawled his hands into fists looking at the blond with anger before rolling his eyes and looking out the window.

The train ride was silent, awkward, and unbearable. Once of the train Harry realized how tense he had been as he felt his body relax at the sight of his friends. Hermione and Ron rushed over to Harry capturing him in a tight hug. "where were you mate?" Ron said pulling himself out of the hug. "yeah, we couldn't find you in any of the compartments, we ended up sitting with Ginny and Luna." Hermione said pulling away from harry to look at his face. Harry scoffed as he thought about the train ride with Draco of all people. "you won't believe who I had to sit with." He said rolling his eyes as the thought of Draco popped into his mind once more. 

Once seated at the great hall the trio talked amongst themselves catching up with each other as they waited for the usual speech which would be done by professor McGonagall this year as she had become the new headmaster. As the ringing of glass echoed through the great hall everyone fell silent. All attention turned to the new headmaster as she started her speech. Harry knew what she was saying was important but he didn't listen to her much. He tried his best to listen as his eyes focused on the table that the professors sat at just behind the headmaster. 

Harry tried to listen closely as McGonagall explain how there would be no new first years and that everyone would be repeating the previous years because of the events that had happened. She continued to talk about all of the lives lost from the war and as much as Harry wanted to he couldn't pay attention. Instead his eyes fell onto a specific blond sat at the Slytherin table. Before he knew it McGonagall had finished her speech and everyone had already started loading their plates with food. He forced his eyes away from the blond as he heard the voice of a familiar Weasley. "are you ok harry?" Ginny said looking at him concerned. "yeah, why do you ask?" he replied loading his plate with food like the others. "you just seem out of it." she said before turning back to her plate. 

After dinner everyone headed back to their dorms. Ron and Harry unpacked their belongings in silence before putting on pajamas and going to bed. Harry laid their in the sheets his eyes refusing to stay closed. If he was being honest with himself he didn't want to sleep. He had been having nightmares about the war and didn't want to deal with them. It was his first night back at Hogwarts and he feared that may make them worse. he would soon find out he was right. As sleep finally found him and he closed his eyes the darkness consumed him and he would have to prepare for the worst.