All right. This is a oneshot. It is also a songfic, of the song 'This Time Imperfect' by AFI. It is about Draco, and it takes place right after the final battle. Hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I thought I didn't own Harry Potter, but if you say so…
This Time Imperfect
-I can remember, a place I used to go.-
I stepped out of the old house, empty now that my parents were gone. They were gone. I had killed my father hours beforehand, during the final battle. When my mother heard, she fled, although she did leave me a note.
Dear Draco,
I wanted you to know that I decided to leave. I'll be going to a small house in France that I have acquired from an acquaintance. I cannot stand to live in that wretched Malfoy Manor now that I have the freedoms to do as I please.
Good luck,
Mum
-Chrysanthemums of white, they seemed so beautiful.-
I walked down the path, until I game to the garden. It was the garden that I had spent most of my time in over the many past summers, and the garden where I had spent most of my time before Hogwarts. I spent my time here to stay away from that house called Malfoy Manor. I looked around at the familiar flowers, and felt a peace inside me. But it didn't last for long.
-I can remember, I searched for the amaranth. I'd shut my eyes...to see.-
I looked around. Throughout my life, there had always been something missing. Something I could never find, but something also vital and very important.
-Oh, how I smiled then, so near the cherished ones.-
I sat there, almost content, while I pondered. There was something I couldn't grasp, something I needed to know.
-I knew they would appear...saw not a single one-
I had always been told that life was the most important thing. Well, I never got to live mine. My father, well, he never let me. I'd always believed that I would be free of him, and able to live my life, but I'm not really sure anymore. I'm not sure how much longer I can believe, and how much longer I can pretend.
-Oh, how I smiled then, waiting so patiently. I'd make a wish...and bleed.-
I was going crazy. I had killed my father. I was still hurt from the battle. I was tired, and more than anything, scared. What was I to do now? I just waited, not knowing what for.
-While I waited I was wasting away. While I waited I was wasting away.-
What was I supposed to do in a world so huge and unruly? I didn't have anyone. I didn't even have myself. My mind was spinning. I fainted under the big oak tree, surrounded by the many beautiful flowers and plants.
-I can remember...dreamt them so vividly. Soft creatures draped in white, light kisses gracing me. I can remember when I first realized. Dreams were the only place to see them.-
While I was out, I finally began to understand. It was slowly coming to me. Then I remembered that the whole Order of the Phoenix was looking for me. They had seen me disapparate after I killed my father, and of course they didn't know where I was. I awoke to the soft voice of a girl calling to me, searching for me. She had bushy brown hair and a pretty smile. She walked down the path and into the garden, seeing me sitting on the ground, below a huge tree.
-While I waited I was wasting away. While I waited I was wasting away. While I waited I was wasting away. Hope was wasting away. Faith was wasting away. I was wasting away.-
As I looked up, I understood. How could I have been so blind? The thing I needed, the thing I was missing. It was you.
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