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Pride & Prejudice & Leprechauns	By : Refictionista Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Draco/Hermione Views: 4178 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The Honorable Draco Malfoy was among the most cunning of those Slytherins who circumvented an undesirable prison stay in Azkaban after the Second Great Wizarding War. He had always intended to come out on the winning side, though his family had held fast to the Dark Lord until it was almost too late.

It was his mother, and not his father, who was responsible for their Machiavellian change of allegiance during the final battle. All they had done was wiped clean when Lady Malfoy had courageously saved the life of the Harry Potter, savior of the Wizarding World, during a pivotal moment of the final battle. Draco was grateful she had shown such great cunning; however, his mother had lost all sense when it came to seeing her only child married.

Lady Narcissa Malfoy had lost her acute sense of forward thinking, or so it seemed to Draco.

Conversely, he and his father had returned to the long view, and together they had vowed to bring respect and dignity back to the Malfoy family name.

For Lord Lucius Malfoy II, the long view meant keeping his head down, focusing on the affairs of the Malfoy Estate, and seeing to it that their Gringotts accounts increased from respectable incomes, such as the Malfoy Apothecary. Once his house arrest was lifted, Lord Malfoy spent a great deal of time expanding such businesses to become more profitable than ever.

It was important to bring the same publicly perceived respectability back to those businesses. Among the apothecary’s products was Superior Red, a brand of red wine matured for a thousand years. Lord Malfoy had donated an entire case to a charity auction benefiting the war orphans. He had done so anonymously, knowing that even the simplest of reporters would figure out where such a substantial contribution had come from.

The Daily Prophet hadn’t disappointed.

Still, the main burden of social rehabilitation was on Draco’s shoulders. His was a task that could not be solved by Galleons or staying out of sight. It was Draco’s responsibility to show that the Malfoy family could be of good stock and, even better, the epitome of good character.

A challenging, if not near impossible, undertaking. Nevertheless, no Malfoy had ever failed before and Draco swore he would be no different.

His immediate plan had been twofold. First, he had decided to become an Auror. That choice alone led to a journey with monumental hurdles to overcome.

Being an Auror was a difficult career path, as their office only took the very best. Draco easily possessed some of the primary requirements to qualify as an Auror applicant. He had Outstandings in every class he ever took, with the exception of several understandable Exceeds Expectations during his sixth year. He had N.E.W.T.s from all subjects his seventh year, of course. His aptitude test exam scores were practically off the charts, and he was an accomplished duelist.

Draco had thought that the stringent series of character tests would be his toughest problem.

They hadn’t.

That had been Mr. Ronald Weasley, a former school adversary of Draco’s.

The character tests showed that Draco was a natural leader who strove for perfection. That he was objective, independent, quick-thinking, and adaptable. He was also shown to be rather pessimistic, but he had always tended to compensate for that with an aura of definite self-confidence.

The youngest Weasley male dismissed all of that.

Ron first heard from Harry, another Auror applicant, that Draco had applied. The redhead stormed the ministry offices, demanding to see the Acting Minister of Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, himself. Fortunately, M.M. Shacklebolt had been a Slytherin and was able to dismiss the schoolboy rivalry accusations and complaints from Ron. Instead, the Minister calmly explained that it would be of great benefit for the Aurors to have a wizard such as the young Malfoy, who had a unique understanding of the Dark Wizards and witches they were going to hunt.

Having overcome Ron’s objections, Draco was grateful to the Minister for the chance to apply. His backup career was to have been to become a humble servant in the Ministry; this would have been just as conducive to his family’s plan but utterly boring. He vowed even more fervently to make it into the Auror’s ranks.

After a thoroughly exhausting application process, his scheme’s opening move was successful. Draco was now a Probationary Auror, same as Harry and Ron.

The second part of Draco’s plan to restore the Malfoy name was, oddly enough, to remain a bachelor. The young Malfoy was a gentleman and the handsome heir of a proud wizarding dynasty. Obviously, a union with him would be a desirable match to any eligible witch, and he very much wanted to remain desirable. As long as young witches felt that they had a chance with him, their ambitious mamas would continue to sing his praises. He had only to show up to events like the Ministry’s many balls without a partner to create the crackle of anticipation and possible social advancement that could be made viable through a connection with him.

True, the girls from his year at Hogwarts were already being snatched up, but he only needed to wait a few years at most to join the rest of his newly married classmates. He thought Daphne Greengrass’s somewhat attractive younger sister might do nicely after she finally completed her schooling, for example. However, he needed to remain seemingly attainable yet unattached until then.

Unfortunately, this was easier said than done when his own mother was pushing him towards matrimony.

It was at this moment that Draco’s father, Lord Malfoy, arrived via Floo. Having just dealt with his own wife, Lord Malfoy observed that his son may have chosen wisely to move out of the manor.

“Good morning Father, what brings you here?”

Ignoring his son for the moment, Lord Malfoy’s wandering gaze fell upon the Tantalus set against the opposite wall. He immediately went to the traveling room’s ornate cellarette and took out a decanter, then poured himself a generous glass of firewhiskey.

“Your mother has noticed your absence at the manor. She has prevailed upon me to convince you to come back.”

“To subject myself to her matchmaking schemes, I suppose.”

“Most assuredly,” said Lord Malfoy, at once refilling his glass. “Also, I come with a word of warning. She will discover where you live at some point, should you not come to visit and often. I myself had only to ask a house-elf your Floo address. The creatures are equally loyal to your mother and will give her the same information without hesitation, should she ask.”

This disturbed Draco. Perhaps getting his own flat in Diagon Alley wasn’t enough. Unfortunately, he couldn’t leave Britain, so that left no location that gave any further distance between mother and son. Unless, perhaps, he chose to take lodgings in the non-magical side of London.
Not that Draco would ever consent to live near or amongst Muggles. After all, just because he wanted to show that he was reformed did not mean that he needed to live near those filthy masses.
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