This fanfiction takes place in 2010.

Tempest's Appearance: .

2:

The New Slytherin Gang

Twelve-year-old Tempest Draco Malfoy woke up as early as he always did, which was pretty early on a normal day, let alone one where he had things to do. He got out of bed and went to his bedroom door, easing it open slowly and looking around the hallway. It was still dark in the mansion, which meant that his mother, middle brother and sister were definitely still asleep, and his father may or may not have been up. His youngest brother, Leo Dante Malfoy, was nearly always up before him and had a creepy habit of never turning on a light if he could help it, which meant that more often than not, the little twerp jumped out of the shadows at him, though Leo didn't so much jump out as appear out of nowhere. His paternal grandparents lived with them too, but his Grandpa Lucius was most likely already at work, and his Grandma Cissy was most likely up but in bed, as she'd taken ill a few years ago.

Tempest went back into his room as he closed the door. He got some clothes from his closet and drawers then went to his bathroom. Nearly all the rooms in the Malfoy Manor were huge and had their own bathroom. That was probably one of the reasons that Leo woke up so early. Leo shared a room with his twin sister, Titania Emeralde Elizabeth Malfoy, who already took forever in the bathroom even though she was only nine-years-old. It wasn't that the twins couldn't have their own room, as their father had told them they could at any time; they were just content for now sharing a room.

Tempest showered and dressed, then brushed his hair and teeth. After he'd gotten ready, he pocketed the list he'd gotten by owl and stepped out of his room, closing his door back. He went to his parents' room first and knocked.

"It's open!" he heard his father call out.

Tempest opened the door and looked around. His father was awake and sitting in one of his bedroom chairs reading a book. He was dressed and ready it looked like. Tempest didn't see his mother though. He looked at his father. "Where's Mother?"

His father pointed at his bathroom door, which was closed, but had light showing around it. "Bathroom, getting ready," he answered. "I woke her up as soon as I was finished. Wake your siblings and have them get ready."

Tempest nodded. "You know Leo is most likely already up," he responded before closing the door and going to his middle brother's room next. He didn't bother attempting to knock. The boy slept like the dead. He went inside the room and over to the bed, shaking his brother to get him to wake up. "Scorpius! Wake up! We have to go to Diagon Alley today!"

Ten-year-old Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy just continued to sleep, not responding at all. The sad part was that he most likely was not faking. Tempest rolled his eyes, grabbed his brother, and pulled him out of bed, dropping him on the ground. That immediately woke him up.

"Ouch!" Scorpius complained. He looked up at him and groaned. "Tempest! You couldn't just shake me awake like a normal person?"

Tempest just gave him a dry look. "Get up," he told him. "We have to go to Diagon Alley for my stuff for school." He would be starting his second year soon. "And I suggest you learn to wake up early, Scorp. Next year you'll be going to Hogwarts yourself."

Scorpius laughed as he stood up. "Yeah, I'll outdo you in everything."

Tempest flicked Scorpius's forehead. "You wish." He smiled. "If you hurry up and get dressed, I'll teach you some more wand movements later." He couldn't teach Scorpius actual magic, because he couldn't do magic outside of school, but if he knew the wand movements, he'd get the actual spells easily when he started Hogwarts himself.

Scorpius rushed to get ready at his words and Tempest left, going to his youngest siblings' room next. He went to knock on the door and jumped as Leo appeared right next to him, eating a bowl of cereal. His nine-year-old younger brother didn't even look smug or amused at his jump; he just seemed to take it in for a moment.

Unlike him and Scorpius, Leo had inherited the dark hair of their mother Astoria, and liked to keep it so it sat rather shaggy-like and brushed into his eyes. He liked the messy look without it being actually long. He also shared the shockingly green Greengrass eyes with their mother, but with a hint of grey from his father.

Tempest sighed slowly and looked at Leo. "You really need to stop doing that." Leo just shrugged at that. "What are you doing anyway? It is beyond me how you eat a giant bowl of cereal and Mother's breakfast. You're only nine-years-old, for Merlin's sake. But at least you're already ready."

Leo didn't respond to any of that, just raised an eyebrow. That was another creepy habit of his. Leo didn't usually speak unless spoken to first, but it was out of not feeling the need to rather than subservience. If you did speak to him first, he may or may not answer you, depending on what you said. According to Leo himself, he only responded to "nontrivial" things, or if he found the person speaking particularly interesting. Insults he responded to with mocking or sarcasm, and responded to mocking and sarcasm with something dramatic. If he spoke without being spoken to first, it was usually because he found that something needed to be said or really wanted to talk to you. He also had a habit of making everything he said sound uber-important.

Leo ate some more of his cereal before he actually decided to say something. "You shouldn't wake her up," he said. "You know she doesn't like being woken up."

See? That sounded uber-important because he was saying in it a cultured voice that even put their Grandpa Lucius's to shame. Tempest just looked at him a moment before knocking on the door.

"I'm trying to sleep," Titania snapped from the other side of the door.

Tempest sighed and went in to wake her up, closing the door back. When he eventually came back out, he looked a bit more ruffled. He looked at Leo, who was still there and looking him over in a way that screamed "I-told-you-so" as he ate some more cereal.

Tempest gave him a look before walking away without a word.

XXX

Tempest, his parents, and his brothers waited near the fireplace until Titania appeared out of the floo and sneezed in what had to be the daintiest way ever. It was weird that no matter what the youngest female Malfoy did or said, they always found it adorable. Even Leo seemed to only normally speak to her out of the five of them. Tempest found it funny though how Leo almost never spoke to Scorpius.

Like Leo, Titania didn't inherit the usual shade of blonde associated with the Malfoy family, but the dark hair of their mother. While it wasn't exactly curly, it did have a bit of body and life to it, but she usually maintained it well and kept it in a loose braid over her shoulder, except in some cases where she put it back. Her eyes, however, were gray like her father's rather than the Greengrass color. She wasn't particularly tall or short, but rather a comfortable average height. As far as features, she had inherited a bit of a mixture between their parents.

His father waved them all to follow after taking the list from Tempest and looking it over. "Your mother and I will get your books, Temp. Go on ahead and get your new uniform. Take Scorpius. Come along, Tania. We'll meet back up at the broom shop." As Tania went over to take her mother's hand, his father addressed Leo. "Which group are you going with Leo?"

"I already read all the books when we came here last year," Leo responded as if that answered their father. When he realized they were still waiting for an answer, he clarified, "I'll go with Tempest." Their father nodded.

Their mother smiled and hugged Tempest. "I can't wait to see you in your new uniform," she told him.

Tempest stiffened at the contact. "Mother! I told you! You can't hug me in public anymore! I'm twelve-years-old!" He pulled away from the hug.

Their mother waved him off. "Well, I'm still your mother. That gives me hugging rights." She hugged Scorpius. "Be good. And pay attention. We'll have to get your stuff next year." Scorpius nodded and she turned to Leo, pausing. "Can I please have a hug, dear?"

Leo sighed. "Only for a moment." She hugged him quickly and kissed his cheek as she pulled back. "Mother! I said you could have a hug, not a kiss." He pulled away.

"Well, I didn't ask," she responded with a smile. "Listen to your brothers. And don't run off like you did last time. You scared the hell out of us." Leo rolled his eyes.

Tempest spared his brothers and went off with them, making sure that they both stayed in front of him so he could keep an eye on them. He got fitted into his new uniform after telling the store owner that he was in Slytherin House. Afterwards, he took them over to the broom shop to wait for their parents and Tania. Leo was nearly always calm and collected. The only time he wasn't was when he was pissed, which didn't happen often, thank Salazar, because he was frickin' scary when he was. So he was easy to manage. Scorpius, however, put him near the end of his rope by the time they arrived at the broom shop. Leo actually took pity on him and wrangled Scorpius himself, which was quite the sight as Leo was younger, but Scorpius didn't dare go against him.

Their parents eventually showed up with Tania, who was eating candy out of a bag. She let go of her mother's hand and went over to Leo, offering him some of the candy. Leo checked which it was before taking some. Leo had never liked sweets, but he did like sour candy, which is what she had. His father bought Tempest the best broom and they left the shop.

Tempest paused as they walked out of the shop when he saw two of his five friends, the Bradford twins. He pointed them out to his family. "Those are two of my friends from school. I have three others too. All in Slytherin."

His mother looked amused and nudged his father. "Looks like Hogwarts has a new Slytherin gang," she said to him. His father smiled at that slyly with a little pride.

Leo looked at the Bradfords and looked from them to Scorpius as if expecting something. Scorpius didn't disappoint him. "Is that the girl you have a crush on?" Scorpius asked Tempest, making Titania laugh.

"Shut it," Tempest told Scorpius before waving over the Bradfords and they walked over. He did like Marianna Bradford like that, but he didn't want her to know that yet. "Hey, guys," he said to them. He nodded to their bags. "Got everything?"

Marcus Bradford shook his head. "Just our new uniforms," he responded. "We still need our new brooms." Marianna gave him a look. "What?"

Marianna shook her head with a laugh. "We also need our new books for Second Year," she told Tempest. "Marcus is procrastinating on that part."

Tempest smirked. "I procrastinate on that part. By the way, this is my family." He pointed everyone out. "This is my mum and dad, Draco and Astoria. This is my younger brother, Scorpius, who will be going to Hogwarts himself next year. And these are my youngest siblings, Leo and Titania. They're twins."

"Call me Dante," Leo told the Bradfords. "It's my middle name."

The Bradfords nodded to everyone politely. Tempest was glad that they didn't bring up his father's past. Nearly everyone knew that his father had once been a Death Eater.
"It's a pleasure to meet all of you," Marianna told them. "I'm Marianna Bradford, and this is my twin brother, Marcus."

Marcus nodded again. "Pleasure."

"Likewise," his family all said.

"We've just finished our shopping," Tempest told his friends. He looked at his parents. "Can I hang out with them until they're done? Then I'll floo back home?"

His parents exchanged a look and his father nodded. His mother shrugged and handed him the floo powder, taking the bag that held his uniform. "Be safe, Tempest." They left with his siblings.

Tempest went into the broom shop with them and spoke with them as they got their new brooms. As they walked to get the books next, Tempest paused when he noticed people waving and calling out to them. It was two of their other friends. He pointed them out to Marianna and Marcus.

"It's Denyara and Kaziel," Tempest stated. Tempest and Marianna chuckled when Denyara smiled at the sight of Marcus. Marcus just frowned at them, oblivious. They went over to Denyara Kent and Kaziel Fawley. "Hey." He noticed that they'd been eating. "If you guys are done, you should hang with us for a bit. Marianna and Marcus still need to get their books."

Denyara nodded and stood. "Sure. We're stalling anyway." She slid a smile over to Kaziel. "Kaz is waiting for our Ms. Snape."

Kaziel stood quickly and shushed her. "Be quiet," he told her. He nodded over to someone with a smile and a wave. "Here she comes."

They all looked over to see Eileen Snape with who they assumed was her family.