Prologue
Hermione made herself comfortable in the chair, the hairdresser off somewhere to get some bobby pins. She always loved going to her Muggle hairdresser, doing hair was something that wizards and witches somehow didn't understand without their wand, and Hermione liked it the traditional way. With an actual scissor, and the nice, smooth feeling after the conditioner. Anyway, it took a lot longer than Molly Weasley trimming her hair twice a year (which way necessary, otherwise Hermione would still look like a whole forest as in her first years of school, this way, it was a mere bush) and she usually had to do it on Saturdays – just like today. She mentally prepared herself to be seated in this chair for around two hours, always envying those who could leave after twenty minutes. Lucky bastards. Being armed with a cup of coffee and some Muggle gossip magazine, the battle began.
"So Hermione, how's work going?", Megan, who did Hermione's hair ever since fourth grade, asked, without expecting an answer. Since Hermione had been sent to the boarding school for highly talented in the US, she barely talked about what she did. All Megan knew was that Hermione dealt with international affairs.
"Great, thank you. A former classmate of mine now works in the institution as well, and he's ever the git, but apart from that … great, really! And what about you? I cannot believe I'm coming here for ten years now, can you?"
Megan laughed. "Somehow, I can, yes. You've grown so much."
Hermione smiled. She really liked Megan, it was never awkward with her. She wouldn't mind if Hermione started reading her magazine, she knew Hermione. Always a book or something similar in reach. Even when they first met, Hermione was around ten back then, the girl brought a book that seemed for adults, although Megan was sure it was some sort of fantasy. Was it something about herbs? Or creatures? Either way, it looked like some scientific book, but from 18-hundred-whatever, and therefore Megan concluded Hermione liked fantasy.
Flipping through the pages, Hermione spotted something about the royal family. She really wasn't into gossip, but all the magical world could offer her was the Daily Prophet and Witch Weekly, the first being a more or less serious newspaper, the latter nothing a 20-year-old would possibly want to read if she had some self-respect. Hermione mentally added that she did not insult Molly just because she thought so. Oh, and there was the Quibbler. Yep. It … was there, and hard to describe, but either way, sometimes Hermione missed Muggle magazines, about actors, singers, and her beloved royals. She adored the Queen. And she was actually sad when she'd heard about Diana's death after the Battle of Hogwarts. She had been dead for almost a year at that point, Hermione was still sure the Death Eaters were somehow involved in the tragedy, which hadn't made it easier for her.
So there they were, at some gala or something. Being all practical, and not into glamour when it came to herself, Hermione couldn't name the event, but they all were dressed nicely.
Who is the mysterious man close to the Queen lately?, Hermione read, and she wondered if good old Elisabeth got divorced. That would come as a shock.
In the past few months, a new face has been spotted amongst our favourite royals quite often. Sometimes accompanied by a beautiful blonde, the unknown man raised a lot of questions, but was never available for an interview. We wonder who he is?
Hermione looked at the picture more closely to spot the mysterious man. He was highlighted by a red circle and had long, blond hair.
Hermione gawked.
In front of her, in the Muggle magazine, was no other than Lucius Malfoy.
Hello lovelies!
I've just attempted something huge – at least to me. I haven't written proper fanfiction in ages, and only in German so far, so I'm basically new to this :D I got the idea for the story at Pottermore yesterday, when they released new chapters. There was special content about the Malfoys (YAY!) and about purebloods in general, and it just popped into my mind. Hope you enjoyed it! :3
Two more things:
English isn't my first language and this isn't betaed. So if you liked what you just read, and you know anyone who does betaing or do it yourself, you may want to…? You know. Would be great! (I just expect people to read this, haha :D Hopefully someone does.)
Second, I know it's really short. My chapters are usually longer, about 2500-4000 words. You can expect that from now on.
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