Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy When does redemption begin? She likes to believe it is at the top of a tower, when a boy lowers his wand, his power, his control, his future in the ranks he had been promised and walks away to never be the same again. The question for Draco Malfoy, of course, was when it ended.