Order Only: Private message to Draco

[alt_harry]

To the one who now calls himself Harry Potter:

You belong to me, and always have. This has always been your purpose. This has always been your destiny. Accept it - embrace it.

Come to me and you need never know pain or fear again. Come to me willingly, and you can end this pointless conflict now and forever. Come to me before midnight in two days' time, and no one else need die because of your cowardice. Submit to my will, and understand. It's time, Harry.

Your schoolmates' lives depend on you obeying my command.

This isn't about giving in. This isn't about letting him manipulate me.

It's the only thing that's going to work.

Comments

[alt_draco]

Leave off, Harry. You've got it in your head that some grand and Gryffindor-ish display is the only solution, here. And here we've had less than twelve hours to process all of this... But aside from that - what kind of person do you think I am, that you think I could go through with such a thing?

[alt_harry]

Well, the deadline is Saturday at midnight, so it's not like I can sit around processing for a whole lot longer.

As for what kind of person you are -- I think you're the kind of person who'd do it himself, if you were Voldemort's 'son.'

[alt_draco]

And if you were me, you'd say NO WAY and also 'we'll think of something else instead of this solution that is completely mental and totally extreme.'

None of the others will understand. They wouldn't forgive me.

I won't forgive me.

[alt_harry]

Every single one of them would do this if it would work. Every member of the Order would die to bring him down. But it has to be me, so it's going to be me.

And they'll have nothing to forgive you for. You'll be giving me a weapon. The only weapon that could possibly work.