Ps. Sirius is alive just because.

"I'm going to end up being hexed into next week you know that right, and if not that Granger might punch me. Do you know she once called me a cockroach? Me!"

Luna skipped along without a care, "I'll make sure no one punches you or hexes you."

Draco glanced unsure at the top of Luna's head and her small hands, "Yeah, I'm sure you'll stop them with your fiery wrath."

Luna nodded, "I'll try, just don't smite anyone and we'll be fine."

Don't exactly feel up to smiting right now, and that might be counterproductive.

When Theodore Nott walked past them and did a double take with his mouth wide open when he saw who Draco was walking with, Draco considered why exactly he agreed to follow her.

Because you are lonely and out of options.

Draco swallowed a lump that formed in his throat as they got closer and closer to the classroom Dumbledore had assigned for the Defense Club. Luna just skipped not showing any nervousness about taking the school bully to a meeting with her friends. Draco said, "Maybe this isn't such a good idea."

Luna responded, "Whether or not it's a good idea is irrelevant. We must keep moving on."

Draco tugged on Luna's sleeve as soon as she got to the classroom door, "I really don't know about this, Lu-Lovegood."

Luna smiled, "You can call me Luna. It's fine. I do know about his and I feel it is the right decision."

Luna patted his hand reassuringly, "Everything will be fine, you'll see."

Draco found himself slammed against the classroom wall by Ron with Harry's wand pointed at his neck. The other Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws just watched on with a mix of anger, curiosity, and disbelief. Harry demanded, "What the hell do you think your doing here, Malfoy."

Luna banged her fist against Harry's back, "Harry Potter, you put your wand away right now! Draco is with me and I won't allow you to hurt him."

Harry lowered his wand, but Ron didn't move away.

Luna put her hands on her hips, "I said that is enough, Ronald!"

Ron through his hands into the air and asked, "Why did you bring him here then? It's Malfoy?" He spat out Draco's surname like it was a curse.

Luna replied, "Draco is my friend. He is here to prove he is not a meanie."
Draco mumbled under his breath, "If we're being honest I kind of am-"

I most certainly am not.

Let's me honest, you kind of are too.

"Hush, Draco. Now, no one will bully Draco. What will we be learning today than, Professor Potter."

Harry eyed Draco suspiciously, but decided the best course of action was to ignore him, "Well, we were going to be working on the patronus for those who are new and those who didn't manage it last time."

Ron glared at Draco before going back to the rest of the DA. Hermione observed him curiously, but said nothing and followed after him. Luna turned to Draco and said, "The patronus charm is a bit difficult, but I feel you can do it. Just think of your happiest memory. You have to really feel it and then just let it out! The incantation is Expecto Patronum."

Draco raised his wand, not really caring for all the students who fearfully moved out fo the way, and thought of the time when his family was happy when he was a boy, "Expecto Patronum."

Nothing.

Draco tried again thinking of his mother and how he would feel in her arms when he was small, "Expecto Patronum."

Small wisps of white came out of his wand.

Draco growled. He didn't even notice the others had stopped their own attempts, including Harry, Hermione, and Ron teaching to watch him. Luna reassured him, "Just try again, Draco."

She stood on her tiptoes to whisper into his ear, "Try Michael. Just try."

Draco allowed Michael to come to the forefront of his mind. Michael raised his wand and thought of Father. He thought of the time when everything was right in heaven. When their were four archangels, and no war amongst the angels. He remembered the glory and light of the heavenly host. He remembered the power and radiance he felt, the righteousness of it all, the beauty of his siblings in their true forms beyond human comprehension. He remembered home.

"Expecto Patronum!"

Light erupted from his wand. His patronus couldn't decide what shape to take. Eventually it turned into a tower of light a wingspan that spread across the room flapped with power. Luna sent her patronus, a hare, along with it and it hopped through the air around Draco's. Michael thought it very small in comparison to his true form, even Gabriel's true form was the size of Jupiter, but humans could only perceive certain parts. Luna seemed to like it though.

When their patronus' faded, Luna jumped up and down and clapped, "That was the most wonderful angel! Oh, it must seem dull in comparison to the real thing, but so beautiful! That was splendid, Draco."

Draco smiled shyly, "Thanks."

Hermione asked, "Luna, whyever would you think that was an angel?"

Luna replied nonchalantly, "Because that's what it was. If we could speak to you three in private after the meeting that would be lovely."

Hermione looked to wear Harry and Ron were helping some of the others before she reluctantly agreed, "Alright, we'll hear what you have to say, but this better not be some kind of trick."

Neville Longbottom leveled Draco a glare before being pulled back into the practices with Ginny Weasley.

Draco practiced disarming with Luna going back and forth tossing their wands to each other when they managed to get it. Draco was surprised how easy it was to get along with Luna. He'd never paid Looney Lovegood much mind unless it was to listen to her tales of creatures for amusement. He didn't bully her since everyone else already did, but he wasn't her friend either, and yet Luna treated him as if they'd been friends for years.

She's a good human. Very curious, but good.

You really think so? Like she'd want to be our friend?

I think she's already decided she is.

Draco waited until he was sure the other students were gone, and with Luna at his side he went to confront Potter and his lackeys. Ron appeared more murderous than usual when looking at Malfoy, but he followed Harry's lead and when Harry did nothing he just crossed his arms looking the part of a petulant child. Draco would've laughed had he not thought it would've earned him a broken nose.

Draco ran a hand through hair, "Alright, so the dark I mean-You-know-Who didn't take my father's failure well, so he gave me a mission he knew I would fail. As my family's punishment I would die, my mother would die, and my father would be left to rot in Azkaban knowing he can't assist us. The mission he set me is to kill Albus Dumbledore. I don't want to do that, so that's why Luna gave me the idea to come to you lot. Are you following so far?"

Harry asked, "Why not go to Dumbledore?"

"I don't trust him not to tell Professor Snape. That's bloody why."

Hermione said, "I feel there's something else your not telling us."

Luna put her hand on Draco's shoulder, "Go ahead. It's alright."

Draco took in a deep breath and breathed out slowly, "I'm kind of the archangel Michael. I found this tree where my Grace, what makes me an angel, was and I remembered everything."

Ron snorted, "What the hell is an archangel?"

Luna replied, "The archangels are heaven's most terrifying weapons. Michael is the eldest of them all. Only three beings are older than he."

Hermione furrowed her brow, "Could you perhaps prove your claim somehow?"

Ron rolled his eyes, "Malfoy is just pulling our legs. The git just fooled Luna; might've drugged her with a potion or something.

Draco allowed a smidgen of his true form to show in the form of three sets of shadow wings on the wall of the classroom, "I am the archangel Michael. I am the commander of God's armies. I have seen empires rise and fall. I had seen millenias before your first ancestors had crawled out of the ocean. Do not doubt me, boy."

Hermione gasped, "My family used to go to church, and I remember learning about the archangel Michael. To learn not only magic is real, but also angels. Do the two conflict in anyway? This is astounding. Did you just recover your, Grace as you say, and that's when you remembered your time as Michael. Were you reborn as a human? Do all angels get reborn? Does evolution really exist?"

Luna put her hand over her mouth to stop her rapid fire questions, "Hermione, your overwhelming him. He just regained his Grace not long ago."

Hermione batted Luna's hand away and asked, "Would you, Michael uh Sir, help us defeat Voldemort."

Draco let his lips quirk up in amusement, "Just Michael or Malfoy will be fine; Draco if your feeling ambitious. I'm sorry for my behavior these years, but in all honestly I was a child and now I have centuries of knowledge in my head. It's all very strange. That was the plan in the first place. I cannot go home like this, so I was hoping you could help me and my mother. I don't yet have the control over my Grace to be very powerful help right now, but I'll get better."

Harry nodded, "I feel like your telling the truth, but I don't trust you even if you are this Michael, you'll have to prove yourself and we'll help you out over the holiday to meet with the Order."

Ron grumbled, "It's still Malfoy."

Luna interjected, "We should go on a Nargle hunt! Come along, Michael."

Draco chuckled and followed her.

I like her.

Glad we feel the same. It would've been weird if we didn't.