Lion King Quote Some where in last chapter

"Hey Uncle Scar Guess What?"

"I despise guessing games" This line is the quote

Chapter 4 Life at the Greengrass Healing Narcissa Malfoy and Draco Malfoy an unlikely friendship

Narcissa Malfoy sat sipping her tea watching her beloved Draco he was such a lonely child he didn't really have any friends and unlike herself at that age he didn't even have any family his own age. Despite her best efforts the children in her husbands accepted social circles weren't true friends they were rats who would betray them and flee at the first sign of trouble. Maybe she was just wishing for things Draco could never have except for her family she never had any people she considered friends just people who were her loyal lackeys because she was a daughter of House Black. However even though she married a Malfoy she was still a Black and they never gave up. Emma Greengrass was currently the ward for Harry Potter and despite what she considered the Potter's many flaws they were never pushovers she was also very interested to meet the boy she had heard what had happened at the Greengrass ball through the gossip mills. The only problem would be her husband however he had very little to complain about each of the Potter's allies were pureblood from permanent members of the Wizengamot and the Potter's themselves were a Noble family. Smiling Narcissa went to the floo to put her bold plan into action.

It was mid-May lessons were done for the day Daphne, Astoria, and Harry were extremely bored due to rain outside. So bored in fact they were bouncing a ball against a wall in Greengrass Manor Daphne said,

"So does anyone have any ideas?"

Harry who was also reading a book looked up, "Unless you want to do our homework for today otherwise we just have to wait till the rain leaves"

Astoria tilted her head staring up at the ceiling, "Maybe no not feeling it"

Daphne nodded, "Your right maybe in an hour"

Emma Greengrass then entered the room looking them over with an amused expression, "Since the three of you are not doing anything productive would you mind helping me on my little project?"

Three eyes simultaneously lit up with cautious interest Daphne spoke for the group, "So what does this project involve?"

Emma smiled, "Nothing to strenuous Narcissa Malfoy wants a health check up and she wants me to take you all to play with her son Draco Narcissa tells me that's it not raining at her place"

Astoria raised her eyebrows, "A day with Draco last time he talked about how the great the Malfoys were and himself by extension."

Then Daphne decided to copy his voice, "My hair it's Malfoy hair it is simply blond and unlike yours it's not tangled up. You're not a Malfoy but you can definitely bask in my presence it's quite an honor"

Emma took a deep breath, "He may be a bit arrogant, but he's a sweet child underneath it all so are you coming or not?"

Harry as always stepped up to the plate, "I'll do it"

Daphne and Astoria groaned and simultaneously spoke, "I suppose we can go to keep Harry out of trouble but he'll owe us"

Ten minutes they were by the floo the children were carrying various pieces of medical equipment while Emma with a triumphant expression on her face was carrying nothing. Less than five minutes later they were at Malfoy Manor the one word that Harry could find to describe it was grand rare wood for the stair cases, gold chandeliers, marble floors, and high end furniture. Waiting to greet them with a halfhearted smile and proud bearing was Draco Malfoy,

"Welcome to Malfoy Manor"

Harry quickly gave his medical items to Emma and shook Draco's hand, "Harry Potter may your family be prosperous and your ambitions succeed"

If Draco was surprised at the traditional magical family greeting he didn't show it instead replying with a traditional greeting of his own,

"Draco Malfoy may your accomplishments and actions bring light to most you can"

Astoria and Daphne arrived greeting Draco with cool indifference then Harry asked, "So what do you do for fun around here?"

Draco smiled, "Well we could fly around on the Quiditch pitch we have several extra brooms"

Harry's eyes lit up thinking about what Remus told him about Quiditch Daphne looked at her sister silently communicate and arriving at an agreement,

"Harry can fly with you we would prefer a game of exploding snaps"

Being the good host Draco replied, "Certainly right this way"

A couple minutes later Draco and Harry were soaring through the air and after a few well-placed questions by Harry had Draco bragging about his favorite quiditch team the Paladins and how they were on a three game winning streak this led to them trying out different quiditch maneuvers taking out the snitch Draco said,

"This is a practice snitch we'll have it at the lowest speed since this is your first time"

Releasing the snitch Harry and Draco decided to give it a good head start before going after it. Harry's black hair sprawled in all directions as he dived and weaved through the air his eye's constantly searching for the golden glint which was the snitch. After several minutes of not finding anything Harry got a mischievous glint in his eyes making sure Draco could see him he started to dive. Draco thought Harry had seen the snitch and dove after him Harry then proceed to turn his broom upside down and fly over him Draco realizing he was played yelled,

"Just so you know I wasn't fooled by your little stunt Potter"

Harry grinned at Draco, "If you say so however I disagree"

Raising his head Draco made a puffing noise, "I know so because I'm a Malfoy"

Harry green eyes twinkled, "And I'm a Potter that makes me pretty knowing as well"

Staring at each other hard for a couple minutes they both started laughing though neither if ever asked could identify what they had found so funny about the situation. Harry then saw the golden glint above Malfoy's head Harry decided his best chance was to go for it before Draco noticed,

"What are you doing Harry?"

Holding the snitch above his head Harry simply smiled,

"I demand a rematch I'll beat you for sure next time"

When all was said and done Harry had five snitch catches while Draco had three as they landed on the ground they were slapping each other on the back bragging about their catches to each other. Seeing this Narcissa lit up with a small slytherin smile perhaps her plan had worked. Emma, Daphne, and Astoria were watching the two chatting boys with bemused expressions on their faces looking at Draco Harry decided upon something,

"Emma would it alright to invite Draco over on Fridays when we have the others over I have a feeling he would fit in quite well"

Draco looked at Harry with a hesitant expression on his face, "There the right sort of people right Harry?"

Harry knew what Draco meant but decided to be indifferent with answer to see what Draco would do,

"There all good people if that's what you mean"

Looking conflicted Draco decided to take a chance and gave his best puppy dog eyes to his mom and Emma,

"Please"

Both Emma and Narcissa looked at each other as if they just couldn't decide before both saying at the same time,

"I suppose so"

As Harry walked toward the floo leaving Malfoy Manor Daphne spoke,
"Only you Harry"

"That means what exactly?"
Daphne smiled, "Making friends with Draco"

Looking at Daphne with a calculated expression, "It won't be all bad I'm sure the first conversation between Draco and Luna will be most interesting"

Grinning Daphne said, "That certainly will be I'll give him a second chance for you Harry"

Harry grinned, "Thank you"

Chapter 5 Goodbye Greengrass family: heartfelt goodbyes, tours, swordsmanship, and venomous plants

Another year gone that's Harry could really think about looking at the rising sun riding on Llameris Harry concluded that it wouldn't be any easier than when he left the Lovegood's the year before Harry felt that Daphne and Astoria were as much his sister's as Luna was. However he was looking forward to what he called guy time with Neville especially learning swordsmanship. An hour later of mostly silence their ride came to an end. As he put Llameris in the pen Harry petted him whispering in his ears,

"Don't worry I'll be back every Wednesday for a ride take care of them for me alright"

Llameris snorted muzzling Harry's head smiling held his head, "I know I'll miss you too"

With one last look Harry left the stables and headed towards the floo his things were already at Longbottoms because of the house elf's. A couple minutes later Harry was standing near the floo he gave his last hugs one to an emotional Astoria and the other to a seemingly unemotional Daphne,

"Stay safe Harry and while learning the sword to point the pointy end away from you"

Smiling at Daphne Harry replied, "Will do"

Astoria looked up at Harry, "Feel free to visit any time Harry not just once a week"

Giving another hug Harry said, "I'll do my best"

After a brief goodbye to Emma and Daniel Harry went toward the floo, "Longbottom Manor"

Harry exited the floo greeting Neville with a half hug, "Good to see you Neville"

Nodding Neville said, "You too I suppose I should give you the full tour"

Harry nodded, "Sounds good Neville I liked your birthday present the book Quiditch through the Ages did you like mine"

Neville smiled lost in thought, "Yeah healing magical plants is a great read"

Bowing slightly to Augustus Harry said, "Madame Longbottom"

Nodding sternly Augustus replied, "Harry it's a pleasure to have you under our roof breakfast is whenever you wake up every morning, lunch with me is twelve thirty sharp, and dinner is exactly at six. Your lesson's shall take place Saturday through Tuesday seven till two the lesson's will be in finance, mathematics, and swordsmanship know I will be at the ministry this afternoon if you have any further questions Neville will answer them"

With that she turned around heading toward the floo before she left she turned around giving Neville and Harry a frown,

"Now be on your best behavior boys"

Grinning at Neville Harry said, "I think it's time for the exploring to start"

Nodding Neville replied, "I'll start by showing you the greenhouse and moving on from there"

Longbottom Manor Harry found from his brief tour had magic that felt living as if it was encouraging you to grow and expand upon your ideas. It also had an ancient feeling the walls, the decor, the staircase, even the greenhouse structure. There was also this underlying feeling that the Manor needed more people to live here. After the tour Harry asked,

"In the greenhouse you mentioned something about defensive plants what does that mean exactly?"

Smiling smugly Neville replied, "I can't tell you the specifics but if anyone goes into the green house and is an enemy we'll take away a shield from a certain plant which will release a poisonous gas that will kill the intruders within ten seconds my grans gotten a bit paranoid ever since the attack upon my parents. There are enough traps in the manor to kill a small army of invading wizards"

Harry nodded, "I should ask Marian what Perlington defenses are"

Neville shrugged, "I'm sure whatever they are they are more than sufficient however if you're interested I can show you some of the more non-lethal defenses in the greenhouse"

Looking at Neville with a calculated expression Harry said, "Sounds interesting"

With that the boys headed down to the greenhouse the greenhouse was a rectangular building with a glass wall on all sides there were six rows with hundreds of plants in each row. Neville had an expression that Harry would later call his greenhouse expression it consisted of a small lop sided smile,

"Our family magic can be classified in two areas earth magic and battle magic. Earth magic allows you to communicate with the earth itself which means we are naturally more in tuned with plants and growing things. The most advanced application is considered battle magic because it allows us to determine the location, the size, and the power of our enemies. Like your ritual magic it is currently out lawed however my family still practices and learns about this magic"

Harry smiled, "That's pretty amazing so I take it you're going to be an ace at herbology"

Neville nodded, "I hope so now I'll show you the plant that I brought you here to see"

The plant had a large mouth, had several vines growing from it, and two large flowers on the end,

"This is bashal plant the vines can grow out and if they hit you slowly start hallucinating until your death"

Harry shivered and decided from now on that he wouldn't be entering the greenhouse unless he was with Neville he had no wish what so ever to die a painful early death brought about by a tragic accident. They continued to talk and Harry agreed to wake up every morning and join Neville every morning in taking care of the plants. The rest of the day they read in companionable silence, had dinner, and watched the sunset. The next day also went by quickly between the greenhouse and various tutors who came by for lessons though classes were shorter than they would have been because they hadn't found a finance tutor yet. So there was an hour wait until the last lesson of the day which was the lesson they were most excited for. Swordsmanship Harry and Neville's daydreams consisted of wielding enchanted blades surrounded with blue flames which was the coolest thing ever for two nine year old boys. Reality though wasn't quite as cool. At one thirty they led the instructor to the sparring room he had wide shoulders, a bury frame, black eyes, and carried himself very confidently. The man looked them over with a critical eye and he got there attention with his gruff commanding voice,

"My name's Ged I'm not here to be your friend I'm here to teach you a subtle art work hard with a little bit of skill thrown in I might be able to get you boys up to shape though by the look of you I think I have my work cut out for me. Now first thing you got to understand is to have a good stance otherwise you'll just get knocked down."

They copied the instructor's stance and then got thrown of balance when the instructor pushed them knocking them onto the practice mat he proceeded to do this until Neville and Harry were able to stand up after the initial shove,

"Good know that you have your stance down I have some home work for you," turning around he grabbed two books from his bag and continued to speak, "Part of the sword arts is clearing your mind this a book on meditative techniques we will only be reading certain chapters out of this book however I would like the first chapter read by our next class period take notes because we'll a short discussion before we begin our exercises and sword techniques."

Even though the class wasn't what Harry initially imagined to be he had overall good feeling about the instructor and the class. The rest of day was quiet except for dinner which they informed Madame Longbottom all about their day she looked particularly pleased about the meditative exercises for reasons neither Harry nor Neville could identify. As they were headed to bed Neville touched Harry's shoulder,

"Yes Neville"

Neville hesitated for a second as if he was trying to decide if he should tell him something,

"Never mind good night Harry"

Not really knowing what it was all about Harry simply replied, "Good night to you as well Neville"