A Perfect Life… Whats That??
Summary: A loving mother, a reformed father and a great career as an auror in the ministry of magic, Draco Malfoy didn't believe that life could get any better. In fact, it was perfect! Only when Hermione Granger joins the auror section, does he realize how wrong, or perhaps right, he had been!
Prologue
According to Draco Malfoy, there are two types of people in the world… One, who believe it is their personal duty to rid the world of all evil, wrong, pain, misery, poverty and stuff. Who strive for universal peace and co-existence. Who think they can make a difference. Who want to make a difference…
The others don't give a damn!
The person who best fitted the first description was none other than the boy wonder, Saint Potter…
It is suffice to say that Draco Malfoy fitted the other…
But, such a life suited Draco very well! He was more than happy living in the Malfoy Manor, his ancestral home, with his parents, fifty or so house elves to do his bidding, a ravishing health (probably that was a big understatement. He was more than just fit!) and the career he had always wanted… He was an auror and quite successful one at that!
After the war had ended, as soon as Draco was 18, he had joined the ministry a an auror under Kingsley Shacklebolt, the best auror at that time and the most likely winner of the elections for the minister of magic which would be held the next year.
Since Draco was 11, it had been his dream to be an auror. The power and the thrill of doing something exciting and dangerous had made him starry eyed whenever he thought of himself as an auror. His aspirations, hidden under the mask of his arrogance and his family's dark history as well as present, were out in the open and boosted by his parents' support as soon as he was free from the hell created in his life by the Dark Lord.
Along with Harry Potter, he had decided to join the ministry as soon as he could. Though Potter's sidekick Ron Weasely had not scored enough in the entrance exam of auror training, he had not been heartbroken. Indeed, he had gone on and joined the Chudely Cannons, his favorite quidditch team…
Draco was only thankful of his merciful absence from his routine! One of the Golden Trio was enough…
He was sure that Hermione know-it-all Granger would be the first one in auror training as she had aced the entrance exam, but, she had joined the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to save the house elves and campaign for their rights. She could join the auror training any time but she had decided to do some good for other living beings. Another one who fitted Draco's first description of people… No wonder she irritated the hell out of him!
Forced to work together during their training as well as afterwards during encounters and missions, Draco had learnt to tolerate the boy who lived and vice versa. Though they were not bosom friends who hugged each other every time they met, they were no longer at each other's throats either! They made a great team. Because of this, they were paired together many times. Spending so much time with each other, they started understanding each other. They were not mere colleagues but not best friends either. Draco could now bear Harry's do good attitude and his saving the world thing and Harry learned to be amused by Draco's sarcastic and witty humor and snide remarks…
At home, Draco was happier than ever. His mother loved him and showed it. She did everything she could to make her darling son happy and Draco always held her in the highest regards… He loved her unconditionally…
His father was another matter entirely. Though he was no trying to turn his son into a bigoted and prejudiced spoilt brat, he was not the jolly, happy go lucky type father either. He was an intelligent man and treated his grown son just the way he should and Draco was content.
He had never had a scarcity of girl friends and even now, what with his auror title, his gorgeous looks, his 6'3" height and a self confident and arrogant personality, the girls totally flocked to him! And he had his own pick!
Not many people, his numerous girl friends included, could bear him when he got into one of his moods or his 'I'm an arrogant dude, what are you gonna do about that?' mode except for his best friend Blaise Zabini. Blaise, though not very close to him earlier in life had become his best friend and Draco his, when they realized how similar they both were. Blaise had always understood him completely. Draco had never had to explain anything to him, he had always been there for him and for this, though he never said anything, Draco was more than grateful.
Blaise's attitude was not much different from Draco's and that was the reason they both bonded so well. Tall, dark and handsome and an auror as well, Blaise was another one with a playboy aura and habits. Though a very efficient auror, Blaise was not usually assigned missions along with Draco. He specialized in capture whereas Draco and Harry went for encounters. Blaise had never had any problems with the golden trio and thus, got on pretty well with Harry Potter.
After the defeat of Voldemort, a change, perhaps for the better had come over the people. Prejudices against muggle borns and squibs were slowly dying out except by the oldies of old pureblood families. Tolerance and a need to co operate came over the rest of the people. They had realized that discords between themselves and hatred towards anyone different had been the cause of the devastating second war. Notions of equal treatment of all living creatures were now preached to children and grownups alike. And they had succeeded. People, now living happily, not scared that the life of their loved ones could be somehow in danger was result enough. No wonder Hermione Granger had succeeded in helping passing of the bill declaring the end of enslavements of all living creatures, especially house elves who would now be paid for their work, with flying colors!
Yes, it was the best time to live in the magical world. And to Draco, such a backdrop in his already great life was not less than paradise. He believed that his life was just awesome, perfect! Little did he know what was about to happen when Hermione Granger joined the auror section in the ministry… He would realize how his life could get so messed up because of that girl… Would she be able to make his life even better or miserable… You will find that soon enough, so, on with the story!