The other day, I was thinking of Draco Malfoy. Not only was I thinking of Draco Malfoy, but I was also thinking of the Elder Wand. I was thinking of the 'Spinner's End' scene, in which Narcissa Malfoy confronts Severus Snape about the 'deed the Dark Lord has ordered Draco to perform'. Then, as I re-watched Deathly Hallows--Part II, Draco came back into my head right before Harry and Voldemort spontaneously decide to go cliff-diving. Voldemort, as in the book, kills Snape because he believes that, in doing so, he will gain possession of the Elder Wand because he thinks Snape was in possession of it at the time of the Battle of Hogwarts. As we as readers know, Voldemort is wrong. Draco Malfoy--at the time of Dumbledore's death--is the rightful owner of the Elder Wand because he Disarmed Dumbledore before Snape could kill him. Now, if Snape's killing of Dumbledore would have been unplanned between the pair of them, then he would have been the master of the Elder Wand and when Voldemort killed him, the Dark Lord would have become the rightful owner. So, knowing what we know, Voldemort planned to kill the previous owner of the Elder Wand. Now, the question I have pondered lately revolves around Draco Malfoy. What if Dumbledore and Snape never planned his death? What if Snape and Dumbledore did plan his death, but Snape didn't get their on time, and something came over Draco and he killed Dumbledore? The answer to this is simple: Voldemort would have killed Draco Malfoy. Did Voldemort know from the moment he assigned Draco this task that he would eventually murder him? I believe that, in the back of Tom Riddle's mind, he knew that Draco Malfoy would die, whether or not he became the owner of the Elder Wand or not. It is not a secret that Narcissa was pained at the idea of Draco being drafted into the Death Eaters and such a young age and being sentenced to carry out such a complex murder, so it can be inferred that Voldemort intended to emotionally destroy Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco. If Draco had succeeded in killing Dumbledore, or if Voldemort's arrogance had cleared, the Dark Lord could have killed Draco.
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