Draco took in a deep breath, "We needed to destroy the ring. We knew he was wearing it, and we had intended to confront him at the Manor, but Harry had the idea of luring him here where he would be alone, and we would have allies. The plan was for me to distract him so that Harry could sneak up to him and pull the sword of Gryffindor from the sorting hat and use it to destroy the ring,"