Draco's eventual path (Draco's Warning)

[Tom Wall <thomasmwall@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52537

Julia wrote:
I think Draco has *NO* idea what
it really means to be a Death 
Eater. I bet you the first time 
he has to lick Voldemort's boots, 
or gets a taste of Crucio at 
Voldemort's hands, he'll be having 
bigtime second thoughts. <snip>

Stickbook wrote:
Draco can certainly talk the 
talk, but the big question is:
can he walk the walk as a full-
fledged Death Eater? Can he do 
it effectively and correctly? 
If not, I can see Lucius forcibly removing him from the equation.

I reply:
Yahoomort got my reply to this, so, since it didn't show up before my 
later post, I'm gonna repost. ;-)

Do we have any evidence at all that Voldemort enlists students into 
his ranks? I mean, the youngest Death Eater I can recall hearing 
about is Barty Crouch Jr., and when Harry sees him in the Pensieve he 
observes:

"a boy in his late teens."
(GoF, US hardcover, Ch.30, p594)

Um, so assuming that Barty had been associated with them for a little 
while, it's *possible* that he was involved when he was still at 
Hogwarts, although I'd suggest that it would seem highly unlikely to 
me that this would be the case.

I mean, does anyone think that Draco, Crabbe, Goyle or Nott would be 
privy to the counsels and plans of the Death Eaters ala attending 
their meetings and having the Dark Mark burnt into them and so forth? 
It just seems like a remote chance, because Voldemort expresses 
concerns, at least of Harry being:

 "under the crooked nose of that Muggle-loving fool from morning 
until night."
(GoF, US hardcover, Ch.33, p657)

So, does anyone think that Voldemort would risk his own plans with a 
student in a comparable situation? I can only see it if somehow the 
student needed to get something done at the school, but even then it 
seems like a difficult proposition. I mean, the kids of accused Death 
Eaters, IMO, would be sure to be watched *very* closely, and 
Voldemort would seem to be a smart strategist who would realize that. 
I just don't know if he'd risk it.

-Tom