Chapter 6- Diagon Alley pt. 2
They quickly found their way back to the table. Draco seemed to know the waiter serving them. "Hi, Mark." Draco greeted as a young man their age came to the table. "Oh, it's you Draco. The usual? Butterbeer?" Mark asked. "Yes and three extras for my friends here." He pointed to Harry, Ron, and Amanda. "Coming right up." Mark left the table to get the four drinks. "Draco, what were you wanting to say to Ama?" Ron asked suspiciously. "Okay, here goes nothing. I wanted to talk to Amanda about my plans. I want to join you guys. My father may be heartless, but I'm not going to be a lapdog for Voldemort… Weasley, grow up." Draco glared at Ron, who flinched when Draco used Voldemort's name.
Ron glared back to Malfoy. "I was wondering if Amanda could convince you guys that I wasn't as mean and cruel as all that. I really need help, I have no clue where to start." Draco finished just as Mark returned with four big mugs of butterbeer. "Well, I don't know what to tell you to do, but give me a second and maybe I'll get something." Harry said as he took a sip of his drink and started to think. Ron, Draco, and Amanda took Harry's lead and started to come up with ideas.
"I have an idea." Amanda sounded proud of herself. "What?" all three boys asked quickly. "Draco, you can stay in my family's castle during school breaks. Your father would never be able to find you." Amanda finished still amazed with herself for her idea. One flaw was in the way… Her mother and grandfather would have to say yes. "I was going to write mom about letting all my new friends come for Christmas. Our castle has a ridiculous amount of rooms; it wouldn't be a problem. I just have to see if mom is alright with all these people staying." Draco's face lightened up to the suggestion. "Yes, this is a great plan. Luckily, my father was going to be busy, so I was going to stay at school. Thank you guys very much. I better get going. I have a lot of more things to get for school. Bye." Draco gulped down his remaining drink and left.
"We better go too. Everyone will be getting worried." Ron said. The three quickly finished their drinks and went to find Hermione, Neville, Ginny, Fred, and George. The teens and the Order finished getting everything for school a short thirty minutes later. After dinner Mrs. Weasley got all the teens to bed for a long day of packing and cleaning.