Contra Mundum:

Against The World

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Chapter 1

Draco Weasley

Molly Weasley was in her kitchen preparing lunch when there was a knock at her door. She quickly untied her apron and went to answer it. She didn't know anyone who would come to see her at this time of day. 'Maybe it's Fred and George' she thought to herself. Her twins Fred and George had moved out a month earlier, but they occasionally came to visit when they were hungry for a home-cooked meal.

Molly sighed. Her older children almost never came to see her anymore. Charlie was in Romania, Bill was constantly working at Gringotts, and Percy still wasn't in touch with the family even after the announcement of You-Know-Who'sreturn. All she had left to comfort her were Ron and Ginny and pretty soon they would be leaving her, too.

Molly plastered a smile on her face and flattened her hair before opening the door.

"Good afternoon, Molly. Pardon me for disturbing you on this fine July day." A man with a long, white beard and half-moon spectacles stood outside her door dressed in dark purple robes.

"Dumbledore, oh you are not disturbing I was just fixing lunch for Ron and Ginny. Please, come in." Said Molly stepping out of the way of the door so the old wizard could enter.

"Please, have a seat." Molly said walking over to the stove and turning off the fire. She then took a seat opposite Dumbledore. "Do you want anything to eat? I just made some soup."

"No, thank you. I actually came here to discuss something with you." Dumbledore said seriously crossing his fingers together beneath his chin.

"What is it? Is something wrong?" Molly said referring to the Order of the Phoenix. She always got nervous when someone mentioned it, thinking that at any moment the news would come that someone she loved had been hurt, or worse.

"No, it's nothing like that. But I must confess that it is indeed something rather big."

"Yes?" Pried Molly, hating the suspense Dumbledore was keeping her in. Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak when there were loud footsteps coming down the stairs. Seconds later the door to the kitchen opened.

"Mum, is lunch ready yet?" Said Molly's youngest son.

"Yes, Ron. But Professor Dumbledore and I are speaking right now so you'll have to wait." That was when Ron finally noticed the old wizard sitting in his kitchen.

"Oh, sorry. Hello, professor." Said Ron.

"It's nice to see you again, Mr. Weasley." Said Dumbledore, smiling. "Actually, Molly, this really does concern the whole family so Ron and Ginny should hear this, too." Molly nodded, now extremely confused as to what Dumbledore wanted to say.

"I'll go get Ginny." Said Ron, running out of the kitchen. A few minutes later he was back with a confused Ginny trailing along behind him.

"Hello Professor Dumbledore, what's going on?" Ginny said cutting straight to the point and taking a seat at the table.

"Good afternoon, Miss Weasley. As I was saying, there is something extremely important I must discuss with you." Just then, Ron got up to fix a bowl of soup.

"Ronald Weasley, what are you doing?" Said Molly, with narrowed eyes.

"What? I'm hungry!" He said sitting down at the table with his bowl. Ginny rolled her eyes.

"Please continue, Albus." Said Molly, still pretty ticked off.

"As you know, Lucius Malfoy escaped from Azkaban about a week ago." At this Ginny's fists clenched and Ron started muttering angrily. Molly just nodded for him to continue. "And the Ministry has just got news yesterday that Narcissa Malfoy has disappeared for over a week and is presumed dead. Aurors were sent to Malfoy Manor for questioning as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Malfoy and found the only occupant of the house to be a young Mr. Malfoy." Ron started muttering again, his face contorted in anger. "Mr. Malfoy had no idea where his mother had gone and also told the Aurors that at the present time he was all alone in the house. Now, as you know wizarding law clearly states that an underage wizard cannot possibly live alone, so Mr. Malfoy was removed from his home and taken into custody, where he remains still. It seems that the Ministry will not let him go until they find a proper guardian for him, with his father a known fugitive he has no one to stay with. Which is why I am here. Molly, I would like to ask you to take young Mr. Malfoy in." At this Ron choked on his soup and Ginny's eyes went wide.

"Take Malfoy in! Professor, have you gone mad!" Said Ron jumping out of his chair causing it to fall back onto the floor.

"Ron! Sit down now!" Shouted Molly.

"No! There's no way that…that…bloody ferret is staying in our home! After all he's done to us! To Harry! To Hermione! After all those insults to our family! No, he is not staying here!" Ron yelled, his chest pumping in and out from his heavy breathing.

"Ron, that is my decision to make now sit down!" Molly said quietly but sharply and Ron reluctantly sat down. "Albus, you always have a reason for the things you do, but I do beg your pardon if I do not see the reason in this."

Albus smiled slightly before answering. "It is quite simple, you are related to the Malfoys, your family being one of the few pureblood families out there."

"Excuse me, professor," said Ginny, speaking for the first time since he broke the news, "but there are many people related to the Malfoys besides the Weasleys, why us?"

"Very good question, Miss Weasley. My answer is as follows; most of the families the Malfoys are close to are either dead or in Voldemort's rank, which the Ministry is now fully aware of. The Minister of Magic came to me with this information and I immediately recommended you, Molly, because I believe you have a better way with families than the others." Molly had the grace to blush at this statement and mumble a 'thank you'. "It is true, Molly, you have a way of caring for people that the others lack. I believe, in time, Mr. Malfoy will see that, too."

Dumbledore paused and Molly thought about the situation at hand. Would she really take in a boy who is in a family that caused nothing but trouble for her family for generations? Could she take in a person who brought anger to her family whenever his name was mentioned? As she thought about it, she knew it was wrong. The question was, would she take in a boy without parents to love him and be there for him? Could she take in a boy with nothing left?

"Dumbledore, how are we to afford taking him in? I mean, I barely have enough for Ron and Ginny." At this, all the Weasleys blushed. But Ron was the one who spoke up.

"Mum, are you seriously going to take that arsehole in?!" said Ron.

"Watch your language, Ronald." Snapped Molly. "And yes, I think I am."

"But, mum-

"But, nothing, Ron!" she shouted. "Would you be having the same attitude if it was you who needed a place to stay?"

"No, but I wouldn't act like he does either!"

"You mean you aren't being the same way right now?" Ron shut up, but still looked furious. "Now, I don't want to hear another word about it. He will stay with us until he is of age to live on his own."

"Ron," said Ginny, "look at it this way, no matter how much of a snob Draco Malfoy is," she said his name with extreme distaste, "we'll only really be seeing him for the summer which ends in a month, then we're back at school and everything will be the same."

"He would still have been in our house, he doesn't deserve such good treatment. Not after all he's done to us."

"I have heard of what Mr. Malfoy did last year, Ron, and he and his fellow Slytherins got their just punishment." Said Dumbledore calmly. "You all must put this rivalry behind you, how else will the wizarding world unite if we cannot join together?"

"But, what if Malfoy is a Death Eater?" said Ron at a desperate attempt to not have Malfoy stay. "Did you check him for the Dark Mark?"

"Mr. Malfoy has been checked numerous times and has also been given Veritaserum to find out if he is in Voldemort's circle or if he is a spy. I assure you he is not."

"But…but…it's Malfoy!"

"Oh, enough Ron! He's staying here." Said Molly with finality. Ron leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest.

"So, I guess it is agreed upon then?" said Dumbledore and Molly nodded. "Well, the paperwork has all been sorted out and Mr. Malfoy will be arriving tomorrow evening. I cannot thank you enough, Molly, for your generosity."

"Dumbledore, I will always help out in any way I can. Especially a child in need. Feel free dump any needy child on my door step." Molly replied with a slight laugh. "Of course, I don't have much money but we always make due and I'm sure Draco will just have to make due."

"Oh, I must have forgot to tell you. As Mr. Malfoy's legal guardians, you will receive all of the Malfoy fortune until Draco is of age to claim it himself. That is about it, I'll just be on my way." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling merrily. He left out the front door; of course this went unnoticed by the three Weasleys. They were all in shock.

Molly had her hand covered over her mouth with a gaping expression on her face, and Ginny made a startled squeak and whispered "Oh my goodness" and Ron-

THUD!

Ron had fainted.

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