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A/N: This chapter is out early for reason explained at the bottom plus the fact that the previous two were short and so is this. Enjoy!

I Built My Life Around You

**Narcissa's Thoughts**

Chapter 10

Narcissa heard no more on the subject from her son until mid way through December when she received a long letter that had clearly been written in stages over a period of several weeks. She had had no time to do more than glance at it before Lucius walked into the dining room where she had just finished breakfast.

"Narcissa, I need to talk to you."

"Go ahead," she said putting the letter down on the table.

"Have you planned anything for Christmas?"

"No, nothing."

"Right, well I've been invited by an old friend to go to Moscow, he needs help with some business," Lucius always made her want to shudder when he said that word. "I'm not sure whether or not to go. The invitation is for the two of us only; Draco would have to stay in school."

"Couldn't I stay here and then he could still come home?"

"I'd really prefer it if you came with me, but I suppose that's up to you. You used to like travelling, I assumed you'd want to go."

"I'll think about it."

"Don't think for too long I need an answer soon."

She nodded, **No way am I spending two weeks in Russia with you! Particularly not when I could spend a relaxing Christmas with my son. You only want me to go so you can show me off like the trophy wife I am!**

Lucius glanced at the letter, "That from Draco?"

"Yes, and it's addressed to both of us."

"You'd better read it then."

Narcissa had hoped to read it herself first, her son never wrote the same letter to both of them and she was wildly curious, but then she supposed she should count herself lucky Lucius had not simply left and taken the letter with him.

Dear Mum and Dad,

We had our first game against Gryffindor the day before yesterday and it was an utter nightmare! We lost, obviously or it wouldn't have been a nightmare, but I don't want to talk about that.

I'm writing to the two of you because of something I heard this morning. Do you remember mum that I mentioned an annoying little gryfffindor first year who worshipped Potter and carried a camera everywhere with him? Well, he's been petrified just like the cat. No one knows how it happened and the teachers aren't keen on talking about it. Oh, I've got to go I'll finish this later but I'm going to be late for class if I don't go now.

5th December

Gosh, I forgot I'd started this letter, it's from ages ago and there hasn't half been a development since then! They started this duelling club at school and I thought it'd be fun so Crabbe, Goyle and I went along. It was a farce, taken by that fool Lockhart and Snape, who looked like he was going to kill Lockhart at any moment!

Anyway, Potter and I had to do a demonstration and I cast this spell Snape told me to, Serpensortia, and then when Lockhart tried to get rid of it he just ended up making it angry by chucking it up in the air.

Anyway the next thing anyone knows is Potter's talking to the bloody snake! Harry Potter is a parselmouth! It almost looked like he tried to set the snake on this Hufflepuff boy but I don't know if that was what he was doing or not. It was seriously weird though and now everyone appears to think that he's Slytherin's heir.

I mean come on, Mr all round gryffindor the heir of Slytherin? I doubt it somehow!

6th December

Further developments, at least that's one way I could put it! That Hufflepuff that the snake went for at the duelling club last night, he's been petrified along with gryffindor ghost!

The whole school's in a panic! Clearly someone's taken it in to their head to do what Dumbledore should have done years ago and purge the school of mudblood scum. Do you know anything about it all dad? Please write and tell me, I wish I could help whoever's doing this.

I'll see you at Christmas,

Draco.

Narcissa was appalled. **He sounds so unlike the little six year old who told Sev off because he thought he made me cry, or the ten year old who accidentally set the curtains on fire when he was upset because Lucius had yelled at him, or the little boy who was nervous enough on his first morning of Hogwarts to eat my cooking!**

"Well, well, well, that's quite the development. Mr Potter is a parselmouth. Intriguing!" Lucius said. "I'll write a reply to the letter don't you worry abut that, I think he should be warned to stay away from this, he doesn't need to be involved. Oh and I'm going to need your answer about Christmas."

"I've already made my decision. He can stay at school, I'll come with you to Moscow."

"Ah, good. I'll go and reply to this." Lucius took the letter from her unresisting hands and left the room.

**I don't want to be anywhere near you right now Draco Malfoy! I am for the first time in my life thoroughly ashamed to call you my son!** She couldn't help but worry though and so she went found a quill and drafted a note of her own:

Severus, I need to meet you, send me the date of the next Hogsmeade weekend along with where and when we can meet.

N.M.

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A/N: Another short chapter! Forgive me! The next two are twice as long! That means the one with the lovely Sev in is twice as long!

I promised honest_iago that I'd have my first Sev chapter posted no later than Tuesday 3rd June, so anyone waiting on that will be able to see it then. There will be more updates between now and then! After that updates may get less frequent, I will never update less than once a week but my exams start in that week so I won't have as much time as I would like to be putting this up or writing it in the first place, I am however quite a long way ahead of myself as I am currently writing chapter 29. This story will be finished! Just bear with me if I don't update for a week or so! I'll try not to let that happen!

I'm going to put up chapter 11 late on Friday (30th May) night so it'll be up Saturday (31st May). I'll try and get chapter twelve out Monday (2nd June) night but if not then it'll be posted on Tuesday 3rd.

Thanks for reading, now please review as I hurt my brain working out how and when I should update, I have to do it in secret as I am being nagged about phone bills!