A/N: Thank you Mystic Queen and MerlinHalliwell. You are my first ever two reviewers *hands out cookies*
posted: 5/23/03
Meeting at the Manor
Ron arrived by floo at Malfoy manor two hours later. "Good you're here. Put this on." Draco handed him a new badge.
"Vice President?"
"Well you were the first to reply, and having a Gryffindor as my right hand will reassure those who simply don't believe my superior judgement."
"I'm VP." Ron couldn't help but smile.
"Glad you have the concept straight Weasley. Now, there's a huge amount of work left to do...help me order the house elves to do it." Draco led Ron to the ballroom.
"Malfoy?"
"Yeah?"
"Aren't your parents going to notice a huge buffet, the SMITEM banner and oh I don't know, a hundred kids in their ballroom."
"Of course not."
Ron just stared at him.
"They're taking a world vacation this summer. Father dropped me off and left me in charge of family affairs. There's nothing to worry about."
"What if the house elves tell?"
"Ha. They don't go near Father without direct orders, and Mother would just be happy I held this using proper etiquette. Which reminds me, I must require you to put on your family robes for this occasion." He looked him up and down. "I can't let you in the ballroom looking like that."
"That wasn't in the letter!"
"Don't looks so affronted Weasley. You're a pureblood, just summon them on."
"You know I can't do that. The Ministry would know in a second."
"Not here they won't. You could spell a mountain troll from the ceiling and they wouldn't notice...watch."
Draco pointed his wand at the chandeliers. " Incendio," and the room took on a soft glow. He then looked calmly at Ron as no letters appeared out of thin air.
Ron slumped his shoulders defeated. "Facies Gens," and his cloak covered pajamas transformed into yellow and orange robes. He looked into one of the mirrored walls, noticing how sharp his VP badge looked next to his family crest. "Happy now."
"Immeasurably." Draco turned. "Mott, you idiot elf, I said five courses not three!"
Soon the future of SMITEM began to arrive.
The Banquet went off without a hitch and Draco was quite pleased. True, it had taken an hour to convince the Gryffindors, but once Weasley had harped on about spider infestations and vacuum cleaners they'd been jumping to hex something. Once Potter was mentioned, the younger, female version of all-things-Weasley looked ready to Avada Kedavra the entire muggle world. With the proper mood set, he'd summoned the first course. Several hours later, after an artfully decorated selection of desserts, Draco handed each member an elegantly written itinerary scroll designating the first step:
Camp Muggleborn (read Phase I)
1. Invitations and Relocation (kidnapping)
2. Adjustment and Personal Attention (deprogramming I and isolation)
3. Grooming and Natural Enchantments (burning muggle clothing and makeovers)
4. Etiquette and Social Graces (mental reconditioning I and deprogramming II)
5. Informal Group Chat (recording testimony for later court use)
6. Craft Shop: Family Crest and Colors (mental reconditioning II)
7. Future Shop: Planning a Family Manor (reprogramming I)
8. Optional Testing and Evaluations (keeping Granger & Ravenclaw from trying to leave)
9. Ball Prep (reprogramming II)
10. Formal Wizarding Ball (pridefully flaunting a job well done)
Now they just had to set up an 'invitation' system that wouldn't get them all thrown in Azkaban. Draco did have some help in that area though. Most all of the muggleborns were isolated from each other and their homes were unwarded. A few well sent portkeys should be enough to get most witches and wizards back here, then stunning their muggle families and storing them in the manor dungeons should keep everything running smoothly.
Of course some might have wards and ones like Potter and Granger were too high profile to go missing first. They could get the others silently as long as those two stayed in place for a while. Weasley would work on Granger and that would only leave Potter. Draco had to admit Dumbledore did an impressive job warding him seven ways for Sunday. Right now, they just didn't have enough wizard-power to get Potter out for Phase I. Luckily, this was were the beauty of Draco's plan came in, by the end of Phase I their numbers would be doubled. They'd be able to come up with a suitably elaborate and theatrical (yet still not so evil villianish as to be doomed to immediate failure) plan to rescue the Boy Who Lived and do it all without rounding second with a Dementor.