Growing up in the Malfoy's home was not easy. There was something about you that was a bit different from the rest of the family, but it wasn't anything you yourself ever noticed until you began attending Hogwarts. When the Sorting Hat was placed on your head, you fully expected to be placed in Slytherin, as the rest of your family has always been, including your brother Draco. But to everyone's surprise, you are placed in Gryffindor, something you couldn't believe. You were a Malfoy; was it even possible for you to be placed in Slytherin? 

 Afterwards, you were seated at the Gryffindor table and began talking with a few people sitting around you. You spotted Draco looking at you from the Slytherin table, and all you could think of to do is shake your head and shrug. You have no idea how you wound up in Gryffindor. It could have been a mistake, but you don't think the Sorting Hat would make that kind of mistake. 

 You soon become friends with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, two of your fellow first-years, and soon after that you all befriend Hermione Granger. It's clear that none of them like Draco and Draco certainly does not like any of them, but you try to stay out of that, hoping they'll just avoid each other. 

 By your sixth year at Hogwarts, you consider Harry to be your best friend. There's also been a certain bond between the two of you, one you don't quite know how to describe. It's like you were always meant to have adventures together. 

 This school year, Harry has been doing things with Professor Dumbledore, though he hasn't told you what exactly. But one day he says to you, "Dumbledore has given me something to do. I have to collect a certain memory from Professor Slughorn. It's really important, and I think I know how I can get it. Do you want to come with me?" 

 You smile and nod. "Of course." It sounds exciting, and you've always thought that you and Harry make a great team. 

 That same day, Draco seeks you out and says to you, "I'm going to the Room of Requirement tonight. Do you want to go with me?" 

 "Oh, I can't," you answer. "I'm doing something with Harry later. I'll go with you some other time, I promise." 

 He obviously isn't pleased. "Whatever you're doing with him really can't wait?" 

 "No, it can't. I'm sorry, Draco." 

 There has been a growing rift between you and your brother. It might be partly because of your friendship with Harry, but Draco has begun to change, too. You know the task Voldemort has given him to do, and you know he doesn't really want to do it; you don't want him to have to do it, either. But the two of you have always been very different people. Maybe you just weren't meant to be close. 

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 After the death of Professor Dumbledore, you know Hogwarts will never be the same again. You're in the headmaster's office with Harry, Ron and Hermione. You wonder what it will be like next year, with a new headmaster or headmistress, whoever they may be. 

 "Harry, Y/N, look at this." 

 Hermione has found a vial with a note from Professor Dumbledore. It's one of his memories, and he asked that you and Harry look at it together. So you do, and that is when you learn everything. You're not a Malfoy at all; you're Potter, and Harry is your brother.

 After the death of your parents, you and Harry were separated, you were given to the Malfoys to raise as their own daughter. 

 At first, you don't know how to feel. If Dumbledore knew, why didn't he tell you? Were the Malfoys ever going to let you know the truth? Did Draco know, and if did, was that why he didn't want you hanging around Harry? 

 But then you look at Harry, and he looks at you, and something just makes sense. You throw your arms around him in an embrace. This was why you always had a bond. You were meant to have adventures together. 

 "I'm not sure yet how I feel about all this," you say, "But I promise I'm going to help you beat Voldemort. Whatever it is, we'll go through it together. I think that's what we were meant to do."