Draco wonders where he got it, how it is that he manages to have such an item without the Ministry or someone figuring it out, what he uses it for. Draco doesn't ask any of these things.
He's never seen Snape's actually use it before, but somehow, Draco knows he has.
The question Draco most wishes he could ask--the question he never, never will--is, "What would you use it for, if you could use it for anything?"
Draco knows that there are limits to a time-turner's powers, that even if a person could go back to any time in history the risks would be more than the benefits could possibly be worth.
He also knows the answer to the question he will never, never ask. Draco saw Snape's face right before he used The Curse. (Draco still can't think the words. He needs to, he needs to, but he's tried and it's no use.) He wasn't supposed to be looking at Snape (well, no, he was supposed to be killing) but he had and Draco's quite sure he will never erase what he saw
( ... )
Thirteen times Draco had used the Black family's time-turner to revisit that moment in the Astronomy Tower when he was tested more severely than he had ever been tested before in his life.
Thirteen times Draco failed.
Maybe tonight would be different. Maybe this time, he wouldn't be such a cowardly fool. Maybe this time he would remember, in the heat of the moment, the consequences for failing.
"Brooding again?"
Draco started, then took a deep breath and slowly turned around to see Severus leaning against the door jamb and staring at him as he had done thirteen times before.
"I'm not brooding," Draco said. "I'm thinking. There is a difference, you know."
Severus raised an eyebrow.
"And what are you thinking about"About my family. About what it means to be a Malfoy. About
( ... )
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Draco wonders where he got it, how it is that he manages to have such an item without the Ministry or someone figuring it out, what he uses it for. Draco doesn't ask any of these things.
He's never seen Snape's actually use it before, but somehow, Draco knows he has.
The question Draco most wishes he could ask--the question he never, never will--is, "What would you use it for, if you could use it for anything?"
Draco knows that there are limits to a time-turner's powers, that even if a person could go back to any time in history the risks would be more than the benefits could possibly be worth.
He also knows the answer to the question he will never, never ask. Draco saw Snape's face right before he used The Curse. (Draco still can't think the words. He needs to, he needs to, but he's tried and it's no use.) He wasn't supposed to be looking at Snape (well, no, he was supposed to be killing) but he had and Draco's quite sure he will never erase what he saw ( ... )
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Thirteen times Draco had used the Black family's time-turner to revisit that moment in the Astronomy Tower when he was tested more severely than he had ever been tested before in his life.
Thirteen times Draco failed.
Maybe tonight would be different. Maybe this time, he wouldn't be such a cowardly fool. Maybe this time he would remember, in the heat of the moment, the consequences for failing.
"Brooding again?"
Draco started, then took a deep breath and slowly turned around to see Severus leaning against the door jamb and staring at him as he had done thirteen times before.
"I'm not brooding," Draco said. "I'm thinking. There is a difference, you know."
Severus raised an eyebrow.
"And what are you thinking about"About my family. About what it means to be a Malfoy. About ( ... )
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