Days passed in a blur and the day of Yule ball arrived. Draco and Blaise were waiting in the common room for Daphne and Tracy.
"What are they doing there. It's been hours" Blaise complained
"Doing girly stuff." Draco supplied
"Well, how do I look?" Blaise asked
"Good, though not as dashing as myself. " Draco said with a smirk
Just then Daphne and Tracy arrived. Daphne picked a blue dress with silver flower design as her dress while Tracy wore a green dress with silver flower design.
"You both look beautiful." Draco said
"Hey, don't hit on my date." Blaise complained
Draco took Daphne's hand and led her to the great hall. They had to wait until the champions opened the ball. The first song was for the champions and they led their dates upon the floor and began a small waltz. Then the rest of the students began to enter the floor and began to follow in a small waltz.
Draco spun Daphne around the floor as they followed a slow pace and enjoyed the evening. Draco switched partners and danced with many others. After some time he again led Daphne along the floor.
Draco led Daphne away from the great hall and took her to the seventh floor.
"Draco, why are we here." Daphne asked
"Just wait and see." he said
Draco walked three times back and forth and a door appeared on the wall. He dragged Daphne inside. She looked around in awe.
"A complete muggle style setting with music. Let's dance." Draco explained
"Thank you Draco." she said as she kissed him
They spend the rest of the night in the room enjoying each other's company.
The days passed by after the ball. Moody's classes were filled with him subtlety taking a dig at the children of death eaters and buttering up Potter. Draco was the only one who understood why he did that. He respected Crouch Jr. for a very well done impersonation. Nobody would doubt him after the act he put on.
The mall was doing splendidly. The foreign students and visitors were very much attracted to the mall. We were cashing in like never before. Business was booming overall.
After the first task was over Draco began to remodel the Slytherin's chamber. In a year the ROR would not be feasible for his activities so he began to refurnish the Chamber using the house elves. Within two weeks the entire chamber was thourghouly cleaned by the hard working elves. Then he began moving anything of value from the hidden room of the ROR . He also began to copy the books available in ROR that could not be taken out and placed those copies in the Chamber. It took a better part of two months to complete the copying using automatic quills. He also began to copy books from the Hogwarts library as well.
Draco had a dilemma about the Ravenclaw's Diadem. He very much wanted to destroy the Diadem in the ROR but ultimately decided to leave it there. It was not going anywhere and he didn't want to change the timeline that much.
The second task of the Triwizard Tournament took place in the Black lake. It was a cold day and the four champions had to enter the Black lake and retrieve a precious person that they lost. It was a completely boring one hour for all of us. Krum was the first to return with Hermione. He transfigured himself into a shark and swam the black lake but his transfiguration was partial so some points were deducted, so he gained 38 points.
The next to return was Cedric Diggory with Cho Chang. He used the bubblehead charm to breath underwater. He was awarded 45 points.
Fleur returned empty-handed. She was attacked by several grindylows and was unable to retrieve her little sister. Once she regained her consciousness she was very distraught over her sister's absence and her inability to save her. After one hour passed Harry Potter returned with Ron Weasely and Gabrielle Delecour. He used gillyweed to breathe underwater. Fleur began to shower both Ron and Harry with kisses as she thanked them for saving her sister. Harry was awarded 47 points for showing compassion.
It was a total waste of time. All the viewers were basically bored to death for one hour. Anyways it was over and the final task will happen after the end of year exams.
But Draco was not totally bored. Up until the second task he was happy with Narcissa and Daphne being his lovers. But after watching Fleur in her swimsuit he changed his mind. He was now very much committed to draw her into his web. So in order to entice her, he approached her one evening alone.
"Miss Delecour can I have a moment of your time?" Draco asked
"Yes, what is it?" She asked with a sigh
Draco cast some privacy charms around them and then produced a sealed letter.
"My name is Draco Malfoy. You may have heard about the mall operating on Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade." he asked
"Yes. I thought you British wizards had no class. But whoever built the certainly have some sense." she said with a huff
"Well both of those malls are owned by my family. My mother operates the mall but we have some security issues that are now cropping up. We are forming a security team to analyse the wards and charms around the building as well as inside it. You see we are forming a permanent group of wizards and witches dedicated to the security of the mall. So we have been enquiring potential recruits and from our enquiry about you we were able to gather you are very proficient in charms. So this is an official invitation to attend an interview for the job." Draco said as he gave her the sealed letter
"But why do you need me? You could have many recruits from Hogwarts itself." Fleur asked suspiciously
"We do have such recruits. But we are also expanding our business into other nations as well, so we are in need of foreign staff as well. Moreover, you are a Tri-wizard champion, so there is some publicity to this as well. We are already in talks with your headmistress to conduct a recruiting program in your school as well as in Hogwarts." Draco explained and for once he was not making things up as that was a genuine recruitment
"Let me think about it. But tell me, is that the only reason you are offering me this job." Fleur asked as she began to unleash her allure
Draco employed his Occlumency shields and resisted her allure.
"What other reason is there? I saw what you did on the first task. It was no easy feat you did, putting a fully grown dragon to sleep. Your charms work was excellent. You have a natural affinity to it." Draco said acting completely normal
"Oh, I will contact you after I make a decision." Fleur said looking at him in wonder
"Good day then Miss Delecour." Draco said as he walked away
"Good day" Fleur whispered as her eyes never left Draco watching him walk away
After a few days of thinking it over Fleur decided to give the offer a try. She went to the mall for the interview. There she was led to the top floor where the interview was conducted. It was hheld by Narcissa Malfoy and Emilia Clearsky who was a charms mistress herself. After everything was said and done she was very much interested with the job. The first year was a training period under Emilia and then she would be given some field experience with the Goblins of Gringotts bank. After that she can fully join the mall as a security personnel. She would be in charge of maintaining the charms of the building and the pay was very good as well. In the future she could transfer back to France as well as already negotiations are already underway with the French ministry for opening a branch in Paris. So she agreed to join the mall after this years exams ended and achieving her NEWTS.
Once Fleur returned to Hogwarts she found Draco Malfoy alone sitting under a tree facing the lake. When she neared him he looked up and invited her beside him.
"I took that interview. " She began
"So, how did it go?" Draco asked
"I got the job. I have decided to join here." she replied
"Congratulations." Draco wished her but on the inside g
he was patting himself on the back for a job well done. This plan had a 50% chance of success rate but somehow the fates were in his favour
"Tell me this. Many among the British Pureblood houses resents those with magical creature ancestry and yet you have been very cordial to me. Why is that?" Fleur asked
"I don't care about your ancestry. My father would have but he is no longer with us. I like to judge people with what they do rather than what they supposedly is miss Delecour." Draco said
"My friends call me Fleur." she said
"My friends call me Draco." he said as they shook hands.
As Fleur left back towards her friends Draco watched her swaying hips and her bouncing ass. He really wanted to slap a controlling bracelet on her wrist and use her as he saw fit. But he didn't want to take any risks right now. Besides she has taken the bait, now he can have year-long access to her without any problems. He couldn't wait for this academic year to end.