The life he once dreamed of did not contain snake and skull tattoos entwined with eternal servitude, to anyone let alone the Dark Lord. Sure he agreed with the ideals Voldemort held but when it really came down to it, did he really care whether or not half the magical community weren't pure blood? Did having to live and work with muggle-borns actually change his life at all? He knew he was elite, he had known since he could speak that his family and other pureblood lines were better than the rest of the wizarding community. Did he have to prove that by Cruciatus curses and killing bloody Dumbledore? Because if the Dark Lord won this war and Draco somehow managed to live, what would his life entail? He would be a Death Eater, his days would be spent doing someone else's bidding, and for what? So a half-blood mentally unstable lunatic could control his every action, force him to do whatever he wanted whenever he so desired? No, that is not the life Draco Malfoy had in mind for himself.