Chapter 1 – the Search of the Path Back to Glory
It is the same thing every time, Draco thought. His mother and father sitting in his father's study with newspapers, heritage scrolls, Gringotts vaults information and many other things spread in front of them. Flipping through it and marking the information that could be of use to bring the Malfoy name back to high society. Apparently the way to do that was by fixing their son, Draco to a well off, love by public and respected and also powerful family by marriage to their children. This was the reason for the reports and scrolls as both his parents try to find someone who could possibly agree to fix an arranged marriage with their son.
Personally, Draco though it was hopeless since the fall of the Dark Lord, who he rarely called Voldemort was defeated by Harry Potter. The fall of the Dark Lord brought Draco's father, the mighty Lord Lucius Malfoy status as a Death Eater to the public earning him time in Azkaban, the wizarding prison, along with other Death Eaters. The family that had a Death Eater was considered even darker and the general public tend to avoid them. When most of the respected families were strictly light it is nearly impossible to find an accepting alliance to be made.
Though, people called Draco handsome and beautiful like an angel but his sarcastic tongue with insults and high standards made him a company not many people prefer in their spouse. So with Draco's attitude, that he had no intention to forcefully change and his family's reputation, overall this search for a good marriage was utterly useless.
To stop this depressing thought, Draco picked up the morning issue of the Daily Prophet and starts to read through it.
After skimming through the headlines about the latest Cannons list and the superb Keeper of Puddlemere United, Oliver Wood, his eyes went to the gossip section where it had the latest report of the Savior, Harry Potter sighting apparently in a town close to Godric's Hallow.
After his triumph against the Dark Lord, Potter, based on his so-called-friends Weasel and Weaselette's account, left a note, about a one month after the battle, in his room saying that he is off on a much needed vacation to discover about his heritage and also to study around the globe while experiencing his freedom. Since the start of 'Savior's Freedom Trip' about four years ago, any sighting of Harry Potter was a highly advertised information.
All this thinking about Potter made Draco remember against his will about that one fateful day in winter of his seventh year at Hogwarts just two months away from the final battle.