2 Lab

Draco looked at his father holding his Hogwarts letter.

"Father, I want to go to Hogwarts," Draco said

Lucius looked at him and with a stoic face, he said "No, I want you to go to Durmstrang Institute. The school closely follows our beliefs and one of my acquaintances is the Headmaster there."

Draco didn't know how to convince his stubborn father so he just shouted, "MOTHER!!"

Lucius' face turned to a frown and soon Narcissa came in, "What is it? Why are you shouting so early in the morning?"

Draco went to mother's side and with a pitiful expression he said "Mother, Father wants me to go to Durmstrang"

Narcissa was wondering what Draco had to say, but as soon she heard what Draco said she turned to her overprotective mom mode and looked at Lucius viciously.

"Lucius, is it true?"

"Yes." Lucius said awkwardly. "Narcissa, you know that Karkaroff is the headmaster there and he can take care of Draco better than Dumbledore."

"No, Lucius I am not sending our son to Durmstrang, What in the Merlin's name are you thinking? That place is in Northern Europe!! and we both know how reliable your friend is." Narcissa said with an angry expression.

"I understand Narcissa, but I believe Durmstrang is really a good choice for Draco. Durmstrang only allows pure-blood and half-blood to enter unlike Hogwarts where mud-bloods lurk around every corner and.."

"We both went to Hogwarts and we weren't affected by them were we?" Narcissa cut off Lucius as she stared into his eyes and continued, "Lucius you promised me a wish when I allowed you to teach Draco, didn't you? So this is my wish... I want you to send Draco to Hogwarts, where he will be closer to home and you are the chairmen in Hogwarts Board of Governors aren't you? So you can take care of Draco yourself without trusting that person."

Draco who was listening to their conversation hiding behind his mother's back was surprised that his mother pulled the promise card so early on, he was happy that his mother took care of him but was scared at the same time wondering what she will ask of him when his time comes.

Lucius looked at Narcissa eye's for a while and sighed, "Okay! I give up, Draco will go to Hogwarts."

Seeing Lucius give up Narcissa showed a smile as she pulled Draco closer with a proud look that read 'I won', "Are you happy?"

Draco smiled and hugged his mother, "Yes, Mother."

Lucius coughed interrupting their Mother-son moment, "Draco" he called out and handed him his letter from Hogwarts.

Draco looked at the letter with great interest, he quickly sat on the sofa with Narcissa beside him and quickly opened it.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore

(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock,

Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Malfoy

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on 1 September. We await your owl by no later than 31 July.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

He read through the first page and turned to the second page,

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)

2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

4. One winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1)

by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic

by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory

by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration

by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi

by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions

by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

by Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)

1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring, if they desire, an owl OR a cat OR a toad.

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICK

Yours sincerely,

Lucinda Thomsonicle-Pocus

Chief Attendant of Witchcraft Provisions

He wasn't much interested in the second letter other than the name Newt Scamander, but he quickly put his thoughts away and turned his head to look at his mother,

"I already have the books and equipment, so all I need is the uniforms, an owl and my wand!" Draco said the last word with excitement in his voice. All this time he wanted his own wand, which would allow him to use his magic to its fullest potential.

Narcissa with a gentle smile stroked Draco's messy long hair, "We will go buy the uniforms and your wand tomorrow."

Draco nodded, he really wanted to go to the Ollivander's right away but he knew his parents were likely busy so he calmed his excitement down.

Draco ate his breakfast and went to his room. Laying on his king sized bed, he started thinking about the first year of Hogwarts. From what he remembered the main focus of the story is the Quirinus Quirrell, who was walking around with Voldemort inside his turban and the other important part of the story was... the philosopher's stone.

Draco stood up, "Shit! How could I forget about that!"

For Draco who was very much interested in potions and alchemy the philosopher's stone was a gold mine, literally. Turning metal to gold and semi-immortality (since you have to keep drinking the potion' Elixir of life' to stay alive and you will die if you don't, I don't think its really immortality so... semi-immortality ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).. the philosopher's stone is probably the greatest treasure in the world since it gives what a man desires most in his life, wealth and a long life. According to a page in Advanced Potion-Making, "the Philosopher's Stone was believed to mystically amplify the user's knowledge of alchemy so much that anything was attainable."

Draco now had a clear goal in his mind for the first year, get the philosopher's stone and maybe help Harry with baldy valdy.

Draco got off his bed and took out a black suitcase from underneath it. The suitcase belonged to his great-grandfather and was handed to him on his 8th birthday by his father. He opened the suitcase and went inside, climbing down the wooden stairs he appeared at a brightly lighted room. The room wasn't too huge and was made out of wood but it had enough space to move around. The room looked more like a warehouse as it was filled with boxes with labels on them. Draco walked out of the room towards a beautiful garden. There were different rooms around the garden, each labeled clearly. Picking up a watering can, Draco walked into the room that read fresh ingredients.

As soon as Draco walked in, the scenery of the surrounding changed. The place was different from outside and was very fascinating since it had different weather and environment side by side in the same place. Draco walked inside every one of them one at a time, watering plants that needed to be watered, checking on some plants condition and picking up plants that were ready to be harvested.

After his chores, he walked inside another room labeled lab. The room had different potions on the shelf and glass jars filled with different ingredients all over the wall. In the middle of the room, there was a huge table with different equipment on top of it and there was a shelf on the side filled with notes of different experiments Draco had performed. Draco walked over to the shelf and picked out a note that read 'Antidote to Veritaserum'. Draco then picked up a couple of ingredients and sat down to do his new experiment, which was to create a permanent antidote for Veritaserum. Veritaserum is a powerful truth serum. The potion effectively forces the drinker to answer any questions put to them truthfully, it is said even the dark lord will start spilling his secrets with a drop of it. Even though Veritaserum is controlled by the Ministry of Magic, it isn't hard for a person to get their hands on it from the black market and if you are a potion master you can even make it yourself. Draco is sure that if he gets strong enough he can avoid people forcing him to drink it but just to be sure that someone doesn't slip something in his food or drink, he wants to be immune to it. After all, Precaution is better than cure.

Last time when he was experimenting with the I-potion, the main ingredient was his own blood. Draco experimented the same formula again with other people's(Crabbe and Goyle) and magical beasts blood but the potion didn't have any effect at all. So, Draco concluded that his blood was somewhat special, he didn't know what was special about it but it worked with his blood alone. Modifying the potion wasn't as simple as adding his blood to the already existing potion formula. It required him to change the formula by a whole different level with other ingredients which would not dilute his blood but still work as intended. The other thing was the amount of blood, some potions required a couple of drops while some required a lot of blood. Luckily a piece of equipment which took blood out of the body without injecting or leaving a scar existed, otherwise Draco was sure his body would be full of scars. (The equipment is made up, but I am sure it exists in the HP universe as there are potions which require animal blood and I am sure they don't cut up the magical beast's every time to take blood out of it.)

Draco after a couple of failed experiments went back up to his room, spending time practicing magic.