Chapter 6

It was surprising how quickly the paperwork for custody transference went through, at least to Harry. Then again he shouldn't have been surprised considering the connections Lucius maintained in the Ministry. Draco was being strangely silent to Harry throughout the entire week while it went though. It was actually quite unnerving considering his immediate outburst when they'd left the back the week before.

"Father how could you!?" Draco had whispered vehemently.

"Draco, you will behave. We are in public and you will not tarnish our reputation with this tantrum of yours." Lucius said calmly, the underlying reprimand only minimally softened by his calm demeanor.

"But Father," Draco persisted, this time a bit more calmly. "It was more than sudden, your proposal. You proposed an addition to our family, without consulting any other members. Did you not think to speak to myself, or Mother about adopting the Boy-Who-Lived?" Draco pointed out, rather reasonably he thought too.

"Somehow, with the situation as is, I doubt your mother would have any objection." Lucius responded.

"And what about me? You're signing me on to have Harry-Bloody-Potter as my bloody brother." Draco's voice was still calm as could be but the underlying rage was unmistakable.

"Draco, as much as I love you, you need to understand that I am the head of this household. If your mother were pregnant, there would be no conversation other than for me to tell you. As it is, you were witness to the decision. That's more than you would have witnessed were the situation otherwise." Lucius told his son.

"So you're saying I have no say in this matter?" Draco asked incredulously.

"That is exactly what I am saying Draco. I am sorry that this decision of mine makes you unhappy but I am doing what I believe to be the right thing here. Perhaps one day you will understand when you are the head of the household."

Draco merely huffed and the conversation had died there, school shopping done silently.

And indeed, Mrs. Malfoy had been more than okay with the addition to the family, even giving Harry a quick hug before going off into the gardens. While that was the extent of the interaction between Harry and Mrs. Malfoy, he was pretty sure it wasn't because she was avoiding him, more that she was just more interested in her garden from what Harry could tell.

And so it was that Harry was pretty much left to himself for the majority of the week, given free access to the Malfoy Library. There were a multitude of books on any number of subjects, but only one of them included anything on Chaos Magic, and it only briefly mentioned Hemingway. Harry read that particular book but all it really taught him was that he knew nothing about it and covered exactly what Corey and Dana had told him: use your birthstone as a control, and that rituals were occasionally required for extensively complex magics.

Overall the book was a waste.

And so it was that when Harry finished the book for the forth time, and was absolutely positive he couldn't glean any further information from it's pages, he found Lucius in his study.

"Um, sir?" Harry knocked on the open door.

"Yes Harry?" Lucius looked up from whatever paperwork he was working on.

"I was wondering if Hemingway sent any kind of paperwork or pamphlets about courses. There isn't really any new information in the library about chaos magic or Hemingway or even magi in general. I just don't want to go to a new school with no idea what's going on." Harry rushed though his spiel.

It was obviously something he'd been thinking of how to say for a while.

"I was waiting for you to ask. The information arrived yesterday but as much time as you were spending in the library I assumed you had found something to hold your interest. I wanted to give you the opportunity to finish whatever it was you were reading first." Lucius told him as he pulled out two pamphlets and a sheaf of loose papers.

Harry looked at the pamphlets first. One was on magi and the other was on chaos in particular. Glancing at the loose papers he saw that they contained a list of required classes, and a list of alternative classes. He put aside the two pamphlets to read the class lists.

Transportation, Teleportation and Manifestation were among the required classes.

"Isn't teleportation a form of transportation?" Harry asked.

"From what I've read, teleportation is the instant effect of moving yourself from one place to another and the class includes learning the many ways to do so. Transportation seems more to include levitation and things of the like with objects other than yourself." Lucius explained as best he could.

"Hm" Harry made an agreeable sound.