Not a Dark Mark ?

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 139254

> Valky:
> ......... why don't we call it a Werewolf bite ?



Sandy:
> Actually, it gave me chills...but mostly because I posted the idea 
> of Greyback biting Malfoy (shame on me, I'm so mean) as part of my 
> Book 7 wish list 


Valky:
Ooooh how vile of you, Sandy. (teehee) I'm sure you weren't alone in
hoping for some form of payback to visit the young Malfoy in the
future. :D

Sandy:
> And then it hit me, why IMO this is nonsensical. The cases we know 
> of where children have been bitten by Fenrir, Lupin and a five 
> year-old child who died, their families angered Fenrir. There was no 
> "family friend" connection. Having a child bitten is punative. 

Valky:
Oh, I hate to wet blanket you Sandy here, but that five year old boy
was bitten because his parents refused to follow DE orders. The
Montgomery Sisters little brother, died because Voldemort sicked
Fenrir on him to punish his parents. Sound familiar?

As for family friend. Draco might be talking about the werewolf family
that he has had to live with during his transformations. These would
be the same mysterious people that he moans to Myrtle are bullying him. 


Sandy:
> The next reason this doesn't work for me is that I think it has yet 
> to happen. More specifically, I don't think we'd be seeing the same 
> old swaggering Draco on the train to Hogwarts if he'd been bitten 
> already. 

Valky:
Well we kind of don't actually. During GOF and OOtP Draco as rather
more nonchalant about affection from his Slytherin admirers. I found
it odd that he laid on Pansy's lap throughout the whole train ride,
having his hair stroked, almost like he needed the comfort. It would
make sene if he did need the comfort. But it makes less sense if he is
proud of wearing the mark of an adult DE, above the ranks of the puny
schoolchildren around him.



Sandy:
> I think he'd be hiding in St. Mungos, having a nervous breakdown in
> the room next to Lockhart. 

Valky:
I don't think the nervous breakdown is missing, either. "No one can
help me," said Malfoy. His whole body was shking.

and later

And Harry realised, with a shock so huge it seemed to root him to the
spot,that Malfoy was crying - ctually crying - tears streaming down
his ple face into the grimy basin. Malfoy gasped and gulped and then,
with a great shudder, looked up into the cracked mirror and saw Harry...

Tears streaming, whole body shaking, gasping gulping and shuddering,
talking to Myrtle!?. 

Theres definitely a nervous breakdown there, Myrtle even says it's not
the first time that he's cried.



> Sandy, aka msbeadsley, who will want serious Divination credit if 
> and when she turns out to be right and John Granger turns out wrong.
> 
> *"...Greyback will bite Draco before it's over, turning him into
> something he's always feared and forcing the Malfoys in the end to
> take up campaigning for civil rights for the marginalized..."


Valky:
I agree with you there, Voldemort bit off his own nose with
contaminating Draco. Lucius and his family, if they survive, are now
quite forced-handedly on the same side as Dumbledore and Harry. <g>