Chapter 27: The More Things Change
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{"I believe I can see the future...'Cause I repeat the same routine...I think I used to have a purpose...But then again, that might have been a dream...I think I used to have a voice...Now I never make a sound...I just do what I've been told...I really don't want them to come around, oh no...Every day is exactly the same...Every day is exactly the same...There is no love here and there is no pain...Every day is exactly the same..."}Everyday Is Exactly The Same, Nine Inch Nails
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Knockturn Alley, Wizarding World...
The silvery gray eyes of Draco Lucius Malfoy had been teeming with sorrow and regret had been firmly etched across his ghastly pale face. While his notoriously platinum blond hair had grown out over the years he had done his best to keep it trimmed shorter than that of his disgraced father's.
The end of the war had seen to Draco Malfoy and his family being shoved at the bottom of the food chain while those like the Weasley family had been elevated in status. It had done little to change the new wizard Draco had become following the events of the second wizarding war. He had managed to get a cushy desk pushing means of employment and a "Medal of Merlin" considering his bravery in standing up to the despot before everyone during the battle of Hogwarts.
He and his parents were given a pardon and returned to Malfoy Manor to live as powerless citizens for the remainder of their years.
Not a day had gone by that Draco didn't knew full well that the reason he yet drew breath was because of his fallen godfather, Severus Snape.
The dour wizard formerly of Hogwarts had taken his death at the end of Voldemort's wand and his punishment concerning the death of Albus Dumbledore. With the looming knowledge never far from his mind, the once spoiled Pureblood of Slytherin House had lost all interest in his former ambitions and promptly settled down with an unassuming witch and they had a child.
A son, Scorpius Malfoy.
The last few years leading up to when Scorpius would attend Hogwarts in this new peaceful world so far from the one marred by the chaos of the wizarding wars and the darkened might of Voldemort, his mother passed away leaving Draco the sole parent in the care of his only son.
The misery aged wizard had been dressed in his best suit, not so unlike the old days it had been black with little to no resemblance of a Slytherin house emblem like his father's more sophisticated attire. His dress shoes had been black as well and heavily polished and clicked against the ground as he walked.
He had been well on his way back to his simple and modestly decorated home when he was greeted rather harshly by unwanted company.
Before the Junior Malfoy knew it he was flung into a nearby brick wall with a very angry and violent Harry Potter moving toward him with his wand drawn.
"You've finally gone too far Malfoy!" said Harry with rage in his tone. "Attacking The Ministry of Magic...attacking Hermione!?"
"I have no idea what you are talking about, Potter." said Draco rolling his eyes. "Your ceaseless quest to blame me for any and everything wrong is not only petty but childish...I have more impressive things to hold my time and you are not one of them."
"Liar!" shouted Harry. "You think I'd be stupid enough not believe all this Pro-Snape propaganda has everything to do with you Malfoy or should I say Arcturus...given it's your fallen cousin's name...Regulus Black."
"I never knew the man." replied Draco in a bored tone. "And unlike my father you can't hold a thing over my head to get me to play along to this...I have a life unlike you despite my uncle losing his to ensure your victory all you've managed to do was stave off the inevitable."
"What's that suppose to mean?" asked Harry glaring murderously at the Junior Malfoy.
"Apparently you've pissed off someone very powerful and they see it as their personal mission to destroy you." said Draco with a smirk. "I can't say as I disagree with their logic concerning you Potter but I'll not be privy to another war during my son's life time."
"Your son?" asked The emerald green eyed wizard.
"That's right, Potter." replied Draco still with a smug expression. "I...too am a father, and it is that very reason alone that I don't wipe the alleyway with your carcass."
"Just you try it Malfoy." said Harry aiming his wand at Draco's face.
The aged Junior Malfoy had not even bothered to defend himself.
"HARRY STOP IT!" came the voice of Hermione Granger-Weasley as she approached her friend .
She had made it her mission to stop him before he did anything to hurt Draco without actual proof that the former Slytherin had done anything along the lines of lead the S.B.D.
"Mione go home." said Harry in a gruff tone.
"Harry, this isn't Hogwarts...Draco is a private citizen of the wizarding world." reasoned Hermione.
"I don't trust Malfoy." said Harry not taking his eyes or his wand off the seemingly oblivious Draco.
"He really needs to seek professional help." said Draco calmly. "He lives in the past far too much."
"That's not a half bad idea." replied Hermione in agreement.
"Are you kidding me?" asked Harry turning his attention to Hermione. "You're siding with Malfoy?"
"I'm not siding with anyone, it's simply a matter of right and wrong." replied the amber eyed witch. "Didn't you attack Lucius believing him to have ties to the S.B.D. and found him innocent?"
Draco narrowed his gray eyes.
"What the hell is she talking about?"he asked showing his rage for the first time. "WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE TO MY FATHER!?"
The junior Malfoy suddenly summoned his wand and turned the tables on Harry Potter slamming him into the brick wall.
"SO HELP ME POTTER, IF YOU'VE DONE ANYTHING TO MY FATHER I'LL FUCKING FINISH WHAT VOLDEMORT STARTED NINETEEN YEARS AGO!" said a furious Draco.
"Calm down." said Hermione trying to reason with him.
"How about we pay a visit to Mummy and Daddy." replied Harry gripping his wand. "I'm sure you can explain to them why all of you are on the fast track to Azkaban."
Before Hermione could interject further, Harry and Draco apparated to Malfoy Manor. She sighed noting the obvious immaturity on the part of her best friend and apparated to Malfoy Manor as well.