“if you are still a student at that shool, then you annot do magi—”
“i annot do magi?” drao ehoed, as if in disbelief.
“and i will e any eness in my house!”
harry wondered if his u a wizard his fiané, a his unle r to both.
“and here is where our viewpoints differ,” drao drawled. “you seem to be atihe idea that i am a wizard, a student at hogwarts.” drao emphasized the ely as the dursleys flinhed. “i am no wizard. in fat—” there was the sound and drao’s wiward from his bak in an upward asade of sharp bk feathers. “—i am not even human. and i assure you…” drao’s head tilted iiohihe air and dudley found himself suddenly thrown into the wall by an invisible fore. “i an very easily do magi.”
the dursleys didn’t adjust to drao ao adjust to their standards. after ompining that harry’s bed was the worst piee of furniture he’d ever seen, drao summoned a small army of house elves to ompletely redo harry’s bedroom, the bathroom, the kithen, and any other ommon rooms that “this poor exuse for a house” might have. this theiween unle vernon and drao about where the inal furniture had gone.
vernon said that drao had stolen it, ahat he wouldn’t touh the furhis house if his life depe, and that the muggle would find his furheir pes o.
drao had also tur of the living room into a potions boratory whih harry’s auunia ouldn’t stand. the smell was dreadful, she said a drao get rid of it immediately. to whih drao almly replied, “make me, you patheti exuse fle.”
dudley learned very quikly to avoid drao at all osts. oake of alling drao a “fag” and, one harry expi meant and that it was an insult, drao had sealed his mouth shut and loked dudley in his bedroom for three days.
yes, when drao and harry fihe dursleys were very happy to be rid of them and did o hide it.
harry ty bed the day of the wedding, and a house elf nervously stammering, “master harry sir.. the-ere’s guests here, sir.”
“who are they…lilty?” harry muttered as he slid out of the ooos he found himself in.
“a mr. ronald weasley and a miss hermier, master harry sir.”
harry hem ihem i’ll be down in a minute.”
hermione alled eared in pajamas. “harry! it’s nearly noon!”
“i know, hermio in.” harry thahe house elf that brought him breakfast. “do you want anything?”
“no,” hermioh ron and herself. “you have to get dressed, harry! guests will start to arrive in three hours!”
“lupin and snape should be here any minute,” ron added, swiping a muffihat had been brought to harry.
“fine, fine, i’m going!” harry shook his head helplessly as he headed bak to drao ao hange.
hermione and ron looked around the house while they waited for their friend.
“the house elves have outdohemselves,” rly admitted. “it doesn’t look half bad.”
“it looks geous, ron,” hermioed him. a did.
&ire first floor and stairway had beee and ptinum. the marble and wooden floors shoh equal sparkle, as if just leaned. gare roses hung from the moldings and arouers. the flowers ihat lead to the double doors of the manor were iion and in full bloom. white petals had beehe walkway and aross the lose wns, and a bouquet of white orhids sat primly on every windowsill.
“your husbaaste, mr. malfoy.” kutterma drao’s robes. “here are the rings. i wish you many happy years, mr. malfoy.”
“thank you.”
snape and lupi arouime, with drao following shortly after. snape and drao theo what had been luius’s study and was now drao’s, as lupin, hermione, and roh harry.
she rings for a moment bef them bak to drao. “they’re lovely. they’ll do both of you justie. and the spell work is immaute.”
“good.”
“are you nervous?”
“why should i be?”
“you have the weasley twins oming to your eremony. they’ll probably try to jinx the doors shut.”
drao b tell me thi.”
“you’re serious then.”
“of ourse i’m serious. did you doubt me?”