“gryffindor!” it yelled, and harry smirked at dra in the appuse fhter.
“o, harry,” drao reminded him over the hatter ahe urge to groan. would the rivalry betweewo op? for oe?
drao edged forward i as hermioo the &he list.
“malfoy, luius.”
snape’s jaw dropped as a arbon opy of the luius he had goo shool with made his way through the small huddle of first years, afully at his fathers bef dowatiently as the hat ards his head. touhed the long ptinum hairs that were brushed bak into a horsetail did it shout:
“slytherin!”
drao beamed at his son as luius sat proudly at the slytherin table, very muh ihat drao himself had his years at hogwarts. the twiher hallenging looks aross the hall ahe urge to groan, thinking of all the trouble two malfoys—who otter—would ause, now that they were i houses.
&hink that we have feared, harry,” drao spoke as the s ontinued. “our inter-house rivalry legay will be ontinued.”
nothing else was said until “weasley, mordred” was sorted.
“mordred?” she blond to him as the redheaded boy sat dowool and his mother dropped the hat on his head.
“it arently mrs. weasley’s idea,” was all the malfoy patriarh would expin. “and mr. weasley didermination to tell her no, welve hours of bor.”
snape nodded, wining slightly, aever fuiding the u he would o worry about hildren of his own.
“slytherin!”
at the other eable, the flying instrutor, ronald weasley, begahe very air he was breathing. hermione, however, smiled proudly at her son and wathed him swagger over to the table over whih hung green and silver bahe redhead plopped down to luius and, from the riwo, harry and drao both k something his turs.
drao ould. “you should be happy, weasley,” he smirked dow the sputtering ron. “my boy will make sure yrht.”
ron shot a gre at drao but didn’t say anythiurning his attention to the s y.
& night harry remarked o was in the manor, now that luius aayis dorms.
drao’s smile redatory as he whispered in harry’s ear, “i bet i ould make you sream loudly enough that it ehoes.”
and he roven that was there not the sound of a nervous house elf tryiheir attentiohere is a guest demandihe fire.”
drao sighed and got up, pulling harry off the ouh with him. the two walked into the foyer where a very irate severus shem in the firepe.
“drao, i o floo to hogwarts immediately. you are needed as head of slytherin house.”
“outed.
“beause your son and his weasley frie aught so the restrited setion of the library.”
harry burst out ughing as draed ao grab some floo powder. he had a feeliwo wouldn’t be puryihe restrited setio night of hogwarts. no, drao would hew them both out with a leture to rival aerly destroy one of snape’s own; but it would breaking the rules…no, it would be ab the rules aing aught.