encourage me
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In Draco's narration, the person pointing the wand turns out to be Blaise Zabini. Zabini is still holding the wand. Draco and Zabini look at each other angrily.
ZABINI: They say that you've been avoiding the Potter brat... that you're scared...
Zabini starts to cast a curse at Draco. Instead of helping Draco, Goyle grabs Draco's arms so ze can't defend zemself.
The narrative frame closes. On the Astronomy Tower, Harry interrupts Draco's narration with zir own. We see a bunch of scenes from Draco's life, at least as Harry imagines it: Draco's parents, Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy, holding a baby Draco and smiling down at zem; Lucius tucking Draco into bed, both of them smiling; Lucius buying an eager Draco a Nimbus 2000 broomstick; Draco playing Quidditch, breezing past the Gryffindor seeker (who is Granger, although it's probably drawn too small to tell, and has a broom that is not a Nimbus 2000) to grab the Snitch; Lucius introducing Draco to Crabbe and Goyle, who bow deferentially.
On the Astronomy Tower, Harry stands over Draco and kicks Draco in the face; blood sprays. Harry is still pointing zir wand down at Draco.
Meanwhile, Harry continues narrating, now telling about zir own life: the baby Harry amid the wreckage of zir cradle, with fragments of Lily's body lying around, as well as the dead James and bits of Voldemort's snake; Vernon shoving a resistant Harry into the cupboard under the stairs; Harry lying on the hard floor of the cupboard under the stairs, sleeping or trying to sleep, with zir hands over zir face.
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