"Because,’ he paused, would she ever understand, "Because, Mother, I want to be. I spent years trying to prove how powerful and influential of a "Malfoy’ I was. Look where that ended us all, one in Azkaban, one under house arrest and me, we’re lucky we’re not dead. The boy who fucked up. Was I ever given a chance to be anything else than Fathers protégé? I followed that man blindly and he let us down. He let you down, he let me down. I’m not stupid enough to believe it was all his fault I am this way, I admit I let him. It was easy, a nice easy life.’ Draco sighed, he was worked up now. "I don’t want it to be easy, it would be a bonus if it was but making a new life is always going to be difficult. I want to and need to do what's right for the first time in my life because I care about this bloody world. I care about the future, I care about my future.’