“What a disappointment.”, sighed Draco as he closed the book. His disappointment couldn’t be described with words.
In the secret room, Draco had secretly put a book in his pocket. Since it is from Lucius’s laboratory, the books itself won’t be a common one. And it’s content were self self evident – something related to black magic.
After sending Pansy, Draco naturally found an excuse to quickly return to his room, am the began to read.
Draco personally believe that there was no such thing as ‘Black Magic’ or so called ‘Evil Magic.’ The key to magic laid with the people who used it. Of course if the price of using itself is evil, it’s an entirely different matter, very much like Hocrux. In order to maintain the stability of the wizarding world, few powerful spells were labelled as Black magic and their research was banned.
Draco himself had read many of these so called banned books and that do without any psychological burden. And with his superb memory and comprehension he knew that like back of his hand.
But he didn’t find what he was looking for. Even in his previous life all he had was half baked understanding of various miscellaneous studies. It can be said that Magic is a ‘means’. It’s similar to Chinese traditional techniques and is used to achieve certain purposes. But Draco was pursuing its essence. Or it’s Tao ( Dao)
For example, how does Magic exists in your body? Will it grow over time? How much does a spell consumes? Is it our spiritual power or magic? In the canon, Moody when teaching the students said that they could curse him with the Killing Curse but all they would achieve would be giving him a nose bleed. Because they didn’t had the required magical foundation. But what is magical foundation? Is it your magic reserve? Is it your knowledge? Is it will power? Or was it all three?
Draco was expecting to find answers in this book. But all he found were few jinxes, hexes, and few Black Magic legends. Therefore he was so disappointed.
” Ah~”, exclaimed Draco, as he stretched his stiff waist. He was feeling sleepy. In fact a young person needs sufficient sleep to develop properly. Above all today’s day was extremely hectic and exhausting. So to not affect the his development, he washed himself and went to bed.
At night especially before sleeping, people tend to recall what happened during the day, and Draco was no exception. He inevitably remembered Pansy’s kiss. Pansy’s earlier shy look, kept circling in his mind.
Draco reached out and kneaded his forehead and couldn’t help but think, “I always feel this is not right. ” But thinking more about it, ” Not like I suffered. Anyway, I was kissed by a little loli. It can be considered a satisfactory ending. ” And so he didn’t think much about it and went to sleep.
While Draco was safety asleep, in the Parkinson Manor, Pansy’s room was not calm.
“That little liar, obviously not a squib, but he doesn’t explains! All just to humiliate me!”, fumed Pansy. On her small bed, Pansy was sitting with a plush bear cub and was apparently treating it as her enemy. The receiving end of her anger.
” He also deliberately took me to such a dark place just to scare me. He could have easily illuminated the room earlier, but didn’t! And in front of elders acting g so polite! A bad guy! ” Pansy vented her anger on the little bear.
At that time if Pansy had complained, Draco would have been punished. But the relationship between them would sour and it would be difficult to meet again. Above all, she naturally had her pride. She couldn’t let her father retaliate for her sake. She would take her own revenge!
Therefore, Pansy chose to sacrifice herself like a Hero just to pave the way for the next meeting. But we have to agree that all women are born actors. Although Pansy was still young, her action didn’t differed much!
“I have caught your handle any way, I don’t believe you won’t follow me! I will torture you the next time we meet!”, she huffed and then laughed imagining the scene when she successfully retaliates against him.
” Hmph, this miss’s first kiss is not so easy to get. ” But thinking about the kiss, her cheeks reddened.
“But that liar is still handsome… “, she couldn’t help but think.
“No! no! No! No soft heartedness. He dares to bully me, i shall bully back! “, in the end revenge won the struggle in her heart.
In such a short time, her mind had planned a lot. While she was still dreaming about it, a sudden sound came from outside the closed door of the room.
” Pansy, it’s getting late, go to sleep now. You must be very exhausted today.”, advised the voice. The owner of the voice is Pansy’s mother.
"Okay, mother."
"Next time we meet, I must torture you!” She promised. Despite this she didn’t forget to pull her bear’s ears in frustration before going to bed. Really a resentful loli.
And so the night quickly passed.
Next morning, the sound of ringing came from Draco’s room, it was the sound of alarm clock.
Being mentally an adult, Draco treated himself with considerable self discipline. With only having limited time, he needed to strengthen himself as much as he could before leaving for Hogwarts. Naturally, all this must be properly planned and designed.
Draco woke up. His eyes were still half closed. He got up out of the bed and started his daily schedule.
But at that moment, a knock came from his door, and Lucius entered through it. But his face wasn’t looking good.
“Put aside today’s plans. Your mother wants to introduce you to your two new friends.”, said Lucius stiffly.
Previous night, Lucius and his wife Narcissa had a big fight. Narcissa was dissatisfied by the method of Draco’s education. He would spend his whole day studying. The poor boy didn’t have any energy left by the end of the day. And Narcissa couldn’t bear it. She loved Draco a lot. And in most mother’s eyes, a lively playful child was naturally more happier and healthier. Those who spent the whole day studying would turn out to be dumb, or at least that’s what Narcissa believed. On the other hand, in Lucius’s hand, Draco was a genius. Far more intelligent and smarter that Dumbledore or Voldemort. So how could he waste his time playing? And most importantly Draco was happy with it.
But women are born unreasonable. And Narcissa already had a central position in their household, so many times he had to compromise. Like now, finding playmates for Draco.
But of course he had his own calculations. Draco will go to Hogwarts, and attend school in the morning and the evening. As a single person this would definitely be inconvenient. So it’s a good opportunity to find two followers. And he happened to have two candidates.
However, Lucius as the head of the family, still had to show his dissatisfaction properly, so the tone is naturally cold and stiff.
“Meet and befriend them you might be together for a long time. “, advised Lucius in the same tone.
” Okay, father.” Draco answered.
Draco couldn’t help but wonder, ” it’s probably Crabbe and Goyle, the original Draco’s follower.”
But the current Draco is obviously not keen on having any followers or friends. Magic is his ultimate pursuit, so he wasn’t interested in these things.
But it was his mother’s wish. He was and is very fond of his mother. Narcissa’s love for her son and family was unquestionable. in the canon, it could easily be seen when she coerced Snape to protect Draco and later when she lied to Voldemort. Even now in his current life, he’s very pampered and loved by her. So he didn’t want to go against her.
“Well, let’s go and meet my future classmates. “, thought Draco and followed Lucius to the living room.
When he reached there, he saw Narcissa sitting on a luxurious sofa. Standing next to her were Crabbe and Goyle with their trademark dumb faces.
The father of all three were once Death Eaters. But solely taking about wealth, power and status, Lucius stood on the top. After all these three are the most common way to evaluate a person. Even Voldermort had to depend on Lucius to develop his forces and power. But even after his fall, Lucius’s power in the society remained strong.
Talking about Crabbe and Goyle. Crabbe was short and stout. While Gore was taller than average. Both had short spiky hairstyles. But one thing common in both of them, were their arms. Longer than usual, with all other things, they closely resembled Gorillas.
” How to be friends with these guys? “, Draco silently lamented. But he still obediently came and stood besides Narcissa. He ignored those two, and greeted his mother warmly.
” My baby! You must be feeling so bored studying in that room all day. All this because of your father. It’s so hard on you, my poor baby”, Narcissa exaggeratedly expressed her own dissatisfaction with Lucius. "But today I have two playmates for you! They are sons of your father’s friends. I believe you all will get along very well in the future."
Finally Narcissa introduced Darco to the two protagonists of the day.
“This is Vincent Crabbe.”, Narcissa pointed at the short fellow.
” Ah.. Eh.. Hello.”, stuttered Crabbe. Draco wasn’t sure whether it was him being nervous or he was just so dumb.
“And this is Greggory Goyle. “, Narcissa pointed to the taller one.
” Hello. Nice to meet you. “, greeted Goyle.
Compared with Crabbe, Goyle preformed better. He greeted with a single statement, but you could hear his hesitation and awe.
Whether in the Muggle Society or Wizarding Society, people had to recognise the existence of status and class. And power and money determined these. And Wizarding World may have also added the Bloodline theory in all this.
Crabbe and Goyle’s father used to be comrades-in-arms or in simpler terms follower of Lucius. The relationship was inevitably passed on to the next generation. In their home, there parents would have certainly instilled many of such ideas.
This led to the two of them having a different attitude towards Draco than their usual peers.
As for Draco, he didn’t care about their friendship or such, they would probably be only good for errands.
Of course, Draco didn’t show this on his face. With impeccable grace and manners, he greeted, ” I am Draco Malfoy. Welcome to my house. I believe we well get along very well in the future. ”
T/N: Part 1 of the third chapter. For details check my yesterday’s post.
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