As Draco Malfoy looked out over the Crest Lake, he smiled knowing it was finally his. It had taken him three years, but he finally wore the owner down. The lakeside estate (and lake) cost him millions, bay it was a small price to pay to make his wife stop nagging him and his children happy.
His white-blonde hair fluttered in the cool breeze as his five year old and four year old daughters ran down the hill and crashed into him.
"Mother's looking for you," the oldest one named, Moira, said with a bright smile on her face.
Immediately, his second daughter, Janine, started crying loudly. "Mother said I could tell him!" she wailed as she kicked Moira hard in the knee. Then Moira reached out and pulled her hair.
By the time Draco was finally able to pry them apart, both girls were sporting fresh bruises. "Come on you two, you've both told me now. So stop fighting or else you'll both go into timeout.
The little girls giggled at the thought of a timeout. Never before had their father given them timeouts. Only their mother ever punished them. The loved their dad a lot more than their mom.
""Haha…" Draco replied in a pretend huff. "Let's head up before your mother gets really angry. And supper must be nearly ready."
As Draco sat his two children in their chairs, his wife walked in the dining room. "Good evening, Pansy," he said with a frown.
"Where have you been all day, Draco Dear?" she asked with a fake smile. Draco sighed and looked over his wife. She had really grown into herself since school. Her brown hair was sleek and shiny. Her grey eyes were huge and had a malicious glint to them. She was thin and walked with a simple elegance.
He still wished he had never married her. It wasn't like he had a choice though. It had been a family arrangement. He was stuck with his cruel wife unless he wanted to be shunned from his family and have his daughters taken away.
"I was checking out the land around the house I bought for you," he replied heatedly.
"Well," Pansy scoffed. "If you had been here you would have gotten to read the invitation to Hogwarts before it was accidentally thrown out," she said as her eyes twinkled evilly. Draco was furious. He knew she threw it out just to spite him.
He quickly masked his anger and asked, "Well, what did it say?"
Pansy smiled. "It's a ten year reunion. We're going. It said we can bring the kids,but we'll get a sitter."
"But Mother!" Moira protested loudly. "We want to go, too!" Janine quickly nodded in agreement. Pansy glared at them. They both grew silent instantly.
"We'll get a sitter," she said through gritted teeth.
Draco knew it was useless to argue, so he secretly thought of a plan to bring Moira and Janine on his own. He looked up at Pansy over his soup and smiled one of his old,cruel smiles.