A/N: I'm sorry this took so long! I've been bust what with Christmas and all. Hope you enjoy this :) And as much as I appreciate everyone reading and reviewing, it would be really helpful if more people started to leave reviews to let me know how I'm doing so far. I've put a lot of thought into this so that I can make everything more plausible and realistic rather than making things up to make it easiest for me.

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The next few weeks began Hadley's official beginning of life as a Death Eater. Along with finding her things returned from Hogwarts, confirming she certainly wasn't headed back any time soon, she'd been training with Bellatrix under Voldemort's specific orders. While Hadley had always been close to Draco's aunt, Bellatrix had become somewhat of a second mother to Hadley. A much more cunning, though caring mother.

"Oh come on Hadley darling, why the long face? Your progressing beautifully," Bella urged. For the past week, Hadley had been accompanying Bellatrix on Missions, killing off anyone who refused to join them. Hadley had managed to allow Bella to do the dirty work, but she felt her mentor was slowly becoming aware of her tricks. She could only pretend to be thrown off for so long.

"Nothing's wrong…I think maybe I'll go lay down for awhile, if you don't mind." Bellatrix eyed her carefully, nodding quickly. Hadley smiled gratefully, taking off up the stairs two at a time, nearly racing to Draco's room. Voldemort had taken Malfoy Manor and turned it into the unofficial headquarters of the Death Eaters, something Hadley was grateful for. Once inside, she shut the door behind her, pressing her back to it. Draco was reading.

"I can't do this anymore! All these trips, murdering innocent people…why can't we just let them be?! This morning I performed an Unforgivable! An Unforgivable Draco! And the look in their eyes while they were being tortured…it's terrible," she murmured, shivering slightly. Draco set his book down, looking at her sympathetically. "And stop looking at me like that! Those puppy eyes don't make me feel better, if anything they make me feel worse about myself," she groaned. Draco placed his hands on Hadley's arms, his touch only slightly comforting.

"Once they catch Potter, everything will be over. Don't you understand what this is all about? All of this is to get rid of him." Hadley frowned, scoffing slightly. She'd never liked Harry. He'd always been the one to ruin her fun at Hogwarts, him along with his two friends Mud-blood and Weasel. She couldn't imagine living a life like his, always doing the right thing, risking his life to save people who didn't really care for him. Whenever she thought about him and his 'good deeds', she was glad she was a Death Eater instead.

"I wish they would already…I'd kill him myself if it'll get this all over with." she muttered. There was a brief gleam in Draco's eyes, one that left so quickly that Hadley wasn't sure if she'd actually seen it. "I just wanted to get through school…now look at me. Who knew getting mixed up with you would bring me so much trouble," she teased. Draco smiled briefly at her.

The two stood in a comfortable silence, Draco looking down at her, his eyes saying he was trying to tell her something, anything to make her feel better. Instead he leaned forward, meeting his lips with hers. Hadley let out a breath of relief, she hadn't had affection like this from Draco in what seemed like weeks. She placed her hands onto his shoulders, standing on her toes to push herself closer to him. Draco's hands slid from her arms, wrapping around her waist as he pulled her along with him, backing slowly towards his bed.

Just as Draco lowered Hadley onto his bed, his hands resting gently on the small of her back, the door swung open. "Oh, am I interrupting something?" Bellatrix asked sweetly, her head tilted to the side. Draco huffed loudly, dropping Hadley onto the bed and turning around to face his aunt with a sneer that would send most of Hogwarts running off scared.

"What is it?" he hissed, Hadley watching helplessly. She prayed that she wasn't about to be taken off on another mission. She'd had enough for one day. Bellatrix smiled at the two of them, walking into the room further. Draco and Hadley both watched her carefully.

"Lord Voldemort would like to see you Draco…I'd hurry, best not keep him waiting." Draco sighed, looking back at Hadley with a silent apology. She smiled back softly, she and Bellatrix both watching him storm from the room. Bella clicked her tongue against her teeth, eyeing Hadley slowly.

"You and Draco eh? Does mum and dad know about this?" she asked, a devilish grin on her face. Hadley nodded, pushing a lock of her hair behind her ear. Both her and Draco's parents had initially been responsible for Draco and Hadley's relationship. They'd urged them to become friends, and as the years went by, and the more time the two spent together, they were pushed to take that relationship to another level. Not that either of them had complained.

A house elf soon came in, telling Bellatrix that Voldemort wanted to see her as well. Once she was left alone in Draco's room, Hadley wondered why she hadn't been called to the meeting as well. From what she'd gathered, Voldemort seemed to treasure having Hadley ready to do his bidding. He seemed to find her just as important as he did Snape and Bellatrix. Though why he did, she still hadn't quite figured out.

"Lord Voldemort would like to see you know Miss," the same house elf said, bowing before leaving the room. That was more like it, she knew he'd want to see her sooner or later.

She made her way to the study, meeting the gazes of Snape, Draco and Bellatrix. Voldemort sat behind Lucius' desk. She bowed slightly, too busy trying to keep her breathing at a normal pace to worry if she'd done it right. Voldemort looked at her knowingly, a small grin on his face as he looked at her. She felt uncomfortable under his watch, almost as if he was waiting for the moment she would slip up.

"Snape tells me you were quite the gifted student, is this true Hadley dear?" he asked. Hadley looked over at Snape briefly before nodding, her hands folded behind her back. She wanted to know where this conversation was going, and fast.

"Excellent, I'd like you to do something for me then Hadley…Draco has expressed that you would be willing to help get rid of Harry Potter? And from what I hear from Bellatrix…you seem worthy of a bigger challenge, in my eyes." Hadley bit on her lip. She had a bad feeling about this. "I'd like you to put your skills to use Hadley…I want you to kill Harry Potter." Hadley gulped, her eyes growing wide. She wished she had heard him wrong.

"…H-how? Surely he won't trust me after…he and I never really got on," she said nervously. Voldemort smiled cynically, nodding. Why in the name of Merlin would he give such a great task to her? He had gone absolutely barking mad. How was she supposed to get close to Harry Potter?

"You're a smart girl, I think you'll figure it out when the time comes. What with your many skills…it should be quite easy I imagine." Hadley nodded once, bowing again before exiting the study. Draco trailed behind her.

Her hands were clenched into fists at her side, staying silent until they made it back to his room. Livid couldn't even begin to describe how she felt. "He wants me to kill bloody Potter?! Merlin's beard has he lost it! How am I supposed to do something like that unnoticed? I'll be sure to land in Azkaban!" she yelled, throwing her hands in the air as she paced back and forth across the room. Draco watched her from the foot of his bed.

"Hadley….don't you understand? He gave you all the answers already. You were the greatest witch in that school, much better than that Mud-blood…use it to your advantage. If anyone can do this, I know you can. And just think, once it's over, once he's dead, we'll be able to do what we want. No more killing, no more torture. We'll be free from all of this." Hadley sighed heavily, weighing her options. She realized she only had two, either kill Harry, or be killed herself.

"He's a big bloody coward you know…why can't he do it himself if he's so high and mighty? Trying to get around the prophecy…we both know what's going to end up happening Draco. I'm going to fail, Harry's going to kill Voldemort, and I'll spend the rest of my life rotting in bloody Azkaban," she snapped. It wasn't hard for her to figure that out. She knew deep down that Voldemort knew it as well. He was putting her in the line of fire simply because he could.

Draco grimaced, pulling her into a tight embrace. "I have a feeling you might be wrong there."