-1Chapter 12: Exactly the Way Things Were….Riiight.
After awakening to a hot howler on your back from a furious mother who couldn't understand what adult meant if it bit her in the--Yeah. Needless to say, Aiden was not in the cheeriest of moods that morning. The morning that was supposed to change everything. Today they were making it official.
Aiden Drake Potter was to become Aiden Drake Malfoy, Heir to the Malfoy fortune in a little over an hour. An hour to contemplate what he was going to do with all that money. Aiden's face grew into a smirk, scaring off a few of the younger students.
If he was to be first in line to millions upon millions of galleons, he would know how to spend it. His gray eyes scanned the crowd on the Slytherin table for his Half-Brother Luke, who was to be made second in line this morning also. Aiden briefly wondered what this was doing to the kid, but remembered that Luke had all the money for 14 Years. It wasn't like it was going to walk away. He sniggered. Walk away! Ha!
Said person was sitting with a few of his friends, trying to avoid all-together going to the stupid ceremony. Luke scowled. He was an understanding guy. He understood that the first born was to be the Heir, but in all honesty, why did it have to be a freaking Potter? Pushing his eggs around on his cold plate, Luke glanced over towards the approaching Head Boy.
His silver eyes gently glided back to his soggy eggs. He picked up his rather big fork, and stabbed a piece of sausage.
"Being violent with the poor piece of pork isn't going to help. Or, make things better. May I suggest sticking the fork in a rather cushion-y place this side"-he pointed to his rump-" of the Head Girl's face? No points deducted. Scott free." Aiden stared seriously at the younger boy, who, in all but his nose, looked like a smaller twin.
Luke glared resentfully at the new Malfoy Heir-to-be. "I can stick it up your--"
"Luke!" Both boys turned to see their father standing beside the Slytherin table.
Draco frowned. This wasn't going as well as he had thought. Ok, to be truthful, he hadn't thought. At all. Not even a little bit. Ok, maybe a tiny smidgen. Nope, that was a lie. Just a little one…
Running a hand through his still perfect hair, he sighed. "Let's get this over with. Both of your mothers will have my head for keeping you both from classes when it could be avoided."
Shrugging Aiden lazily followed his father, Luke walking behind them both, feeling more like a step-on than a biological one.
"Do you Mr. Draco Lucius Malfoy take Aiden Drake Malfoy to be your lawfully wedded--Sorry wrong ceremony…Mr. Malfoy, are you of sound mind and body to make this decision at hand? Do you understand that you are switching Heirs from one Luke Draconis Malfoy, Fourteen years, one-hundred eleven days, and ten hours, to one Aiden Drake Potter-Malfoy, Seventeen years, Three hundred and one days, and eight hours?"
Draco blinked. "Yes."
The notary nodded and smiled. "All done. All your sons have to do is sign here their real names, and you're through."
"Luke you first, then Aiden."
Luke took the gold quill and scrawled his name on the line, giving the quill to Aiden.
"First time to sign my name…Real name." He commented to the two other Malfoy men. He took a breath and signed the contract, it vanishing in a puff of purple smoke.
Draco smiled, "Let's get back, I have some talking to do with you two."
Two groans came his way, and Draco took that as a good sign.
Harry James Potter hoped that God could hear his prayers right now. His wife was clinging to him, and she had been that way since she had gotten home late yesterday evening. And here he was, sitting there, hadn't eaten a thing since lunch that day, and she was all over him.
"A-Aiden won't l-l-love me a-a-anymore…And all because of the arse hole that I was an idiot to be attracted to! He'll forget his good upbringing, and sneer all the time and smirk! Well, he does do that quite a bit now, but honestly! He had to take away my baby! Draco Lucius Malfoy can rot in Hell for all I care--"
Harry put a hand to her mouth. "Malfoy knows what he is doing, as much as I hate to admit that. Aiden is a very smart boy, he would know if something was up, and Herms, I doubt that there is. I mean, he gave you that Gringott's key for Aiden. It wasn't like he didn't try to help, you just didn't take the money. If he honestly wanted to do something to hurt us or Aiden he wouldn't make him is lawful Heir. "
Hermione sniffed, gradually letting Harry go. "I never did give him his key. I suppose he should get it." She did her version of the Malfoy Smirk ™. "After I see what's in it!"
Rubbing his ace, he sighed. "Sugar lumps, I highly doubt that there is anything terrible or despicable in there, besides mounds of galleons and priceless jewelry that would sell on the black market for millions."
"Exactly."
Harry's eyes opened wide. "That's Aiden's. That would only force you two into a greater rift if you took anything. Just give him the stupid key and love him regardless."
She leaned back onto Harry. "I know, I just still want to protect him, Draco may not have anything bad in there, I just still want to distance him from the Malfoy's as a whole."
"I know hun, I know."
This was highly undesirable. Sitting in a muggle diner with one's father and half-brother, talking about our 'problems'.
Aiden sighed for what seemed to be the umpteenth time this hour. This was going no where. "The little brat is just upset that I'm older than he is, thus making things worse for him, by making me the 'heir'."
Luke scowled. "I'm not little. Nor am I a brat. If you'd take a little time to notice, I'm the only person in my year that isn't spoiled. And I would also like to point out, that you are one of the more spoiled persons in your year. Having Harry Potter for a Daddy helped in that area didn't it?" Luke smirked™.
Draco gave a look to the two boys, and slouched back in his side of the booth.
Aiden glared. "Yes, I admit it did have its perks. But it won't compare to the perks of being Malfoy heir, having all that money at my beck and call, all the power. Being Harry Potter's son for sixteen years will just be my tiny taste of what the rest of my life is going to be. And yours is going to be hell."
Hey, I'm terribly sorry about the long wait! I liked this chapter a lot! It brought out their Slytherin Qualities, and made them the perfect Malfoy's!
R&R!
Sarah
