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Beautiful-Liar13: Yes this will have switched/mixed points of views. Sometimes a chapter will have, mixed, or just one point of view, depending on what's happening in the chapter :)

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Chapter 2: Renewing The Old, Bringing In The New.

It has been a couple of day's since Lucius had the conversation with Draco, during dinner at Malfoy Manor. He now sat in his office, in the Ministry of Magic, drinking in the peace his office gives and relaxing every bone in his tense body, completely letting everything go.

His divorce with Narcissa had been a stressful ordeal, the war, restoring the Manor to its original place, and he had a week left of the Summer, and a week left at the Ministry of Magic. He accepted the job Dumbledore offered him because he felt Hogwarts will be less stressful, and more laid back than the Ministry's, constant demanding and on red-alert system.

He's not old, but he's not young either. He feels like he's going through an early mid-life thing, only just realising what he's missing, and missed out on; such as his newly found freedom, the fact he's wasted most of his life away, pleasing his father and serving the Dark Lord, by staying alive.

He never had a choice whether or not he wanted to have the life of a Death Eater, his grandfather was high in favour of the Dark Lord, and a good friend to his Lordship, during their Hogwarts days. As soon as his grandfather signed the dotted line in his seventh year, when the whole 'Death Eater' shit started, it was for life. Every Malfoy would have to be put to the test of loyalty.

Now he was free, free to spread his wings. He has the chance of a life, which he never had in the past, but now has no clue how to go about it, or what direction to turn at the crossroads he finds himself standing in the middle of.

Plus, there was a small matter of the whole Malfoy family secret and a certain blood trait, that runs through his very veins, and through generations of Malfoy's before him; and when you have children, the first child gains the curse that runs through their blood, so Draco has his curse.

He wonders what would happen if he ever had another child, he wonders if that child will have the curse as well, as he won't be having any more children with Narcissa. He wouldn't want another child with Narcissa, as harsh as that may sound.

Lucius inwardly wonders why he's thinking about children and the Malfoy family secret. Was it his time? Or, was it because Narcissa is no longer in the picture and he is a free man, free to find his own path in life and break out of black abyss he had created for a life.

He sighed and wondered if Draco was picking up on any strange emotions of feelings, he wouldn't normally feel, he's now of age and has no arranged marriage waiting for him just around the corner, he is free to spread his wings, and do as he pleases.

Lucius could have easily given Draco the life he had and was very surprised that the Dark Lord hadn't tied Draco down with an arranged marriage when he was at the height of his power, during the war. The one thing he and Narcissa both agreed on was that they didn't want this life for Draco, it wasn't fair and they didn't enjoy it, so they knew he wouldn't either.

The pure-blood society in this time was allot different to the time when their fathers were alive, and had full control over their children and family. There was arranged marriages, mistresses, balls, and house parties, where they showed off their wealth.

Maybe some of the old can be renewed. Start over, restore the old pure-blood society with new and old traits. The Malfoy family has the most influence and is well respected within, not just the pure-blood society, but outside of the pond too.

He could be a real big influence, in good and bad. But he's tired of warring, he's tired of fighting a lost cause, he wasn't to restore the pure-blood society to it's original forum, and bring in new blood, bring in new traits and start a new era. The Malfoy family are practically pure-blood Royalty.

Draco may be a little shit at times, but he's the way he is because of the environment he was brought up in. He's not as prejudice as people think he is though, and he does not have a strong hatred towards muggleborns or half-bloods.

They had to act they way the did, due to the Dark Lord and the dark times that surrounded them in the past. They had to act as if they hated the very ground mudbloods walked on; they had to follow certain orders and beliefs in order to just survive and avoid the wrath of the Dark Lord.

But as he keeps realising, with the freedom they now have, they can change the way the wizarding world views the pure-blood society, and bring back old traits and bring in some new, mix and match. He could host balls and allow the wizarding world to see how they live life, that they aren't just rich and have nice homes, and own nice things, but they are people too, they have feelings, believe it or not, and they are not as hostile as people believe the Pure-Blood society to be.

He has an image to uphold, but he also has the power to change how the world views them and his society.

The one thing that'll never change is the animosity between the Weasley and Malfoy family, the hatred runs too deeply there and he knows that, and he knows that there will be those who won't want to change things, there will be those that will be against what he's thinking of doing.

But it's worth a shot right? There's no harm in trying to prove to a larger audience that the pure-blood society isn't as dark and hostile as people think.


Authors Note: Hehe, next chapter Lucius shall be in for a surprise when he goes out with Draco to Diagon Alley to by his Hogwarts things.

Also, perhaps there will be similar confrontation like in the first or second book between the Malfoy's and Weasley's, when Lucius slipped Riddle's Diary into Ginny's cauldron!