"I tried to leave last year. But the Dark Lord had taken my father’s wand and destroyed it. I was scared for his life. When I went to Hogwarts during the battle, my mother gave me her wand. I didn’t fight for Him... they were wandless, Hermione,’ he said breaking away from her embrace. He wanted her to understand he fought for something personal. For family. He held at a distance and looked at her eyes. Draco didn’t even realize when he switched to her first name, "They needed me to protect them. I couldn’t leave them amidst ....those people,’ he said referring to the Death Eaters, "not when they were both so vulnerable. I just couldn’t.’