To Dance With Jean

Disclaimer: I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. I Majasty do not own the characters of this fanfiction except perhaps a few OC's that may make an appearance. Otherwise, all characters belong to JK Rowling. Additionally, this fanfiction gets inspiration from a combination of different movies, books, and real life events. A full reference list will be uploaded at the end of the story. Mischief managed.

This story disregards the Deathly Hallows except for some key dates and times. It also disregards the epilogue. This story is set primarily in the year of 2040 and has some parts of 1997-1998. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 3

William Archer Malfoy

Diagon Alley, London, England. November 9th, 2040.

"Black text on a white background: One Chance, one opportunity, take it." William finished his presentation in the conference room of his workplace. All the members of the board clapped enthusiastically at his work, and a surge of pride seemed to start in William's stomach, building to erupt as an explosion in his chest. It felt so good to know that he was doing something right for once in his life, he felt satisfied and proud of how far he had come, and all the achievements he had made.

William Abraxas Malfoy was the only son of Xavier and Emerald Malfoy. When William's father Xavier was twenty-two years old, his wife Emerald fell pregnant – which cost Xavier his opportunity to become the Department head of the Department Of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. Nine months later Emerald gave birth to William. Over the years whenever William's father – Xavier— complained about his shit job and how his life spiraled downwards, it was obvious that he blamed William because if William was never conceived, he would have finished his training and might be a Department Head now. He might have had the chance to sit in a leather chair at a mahogany desk with a plush carpet under his feet, and not to mention he would have his very own office with his name on the door and have a fully functioning light.

Xavier never let a day go past where he wouldn't make it known how much he hated his life, and that was why William always felt so useless, and unwanted. That was why it felt so good for William to be praised, for once he felt like he didn't ruin anything.

William graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the age of seventeen in the year of 2037. He started school at the age of eleven in the year of 2031.

William was different to every other Malfoy that had come and gone. Yes, he was technically a pureblood, because both of his parents are wizards although his father's blood percentage was unsure, and yes, he was ambitious, and he had a thirst to prove himself, but it went deeper than that, for one William was the very first Malfoy to be sorted into Ravenclaw.

Ever since William stepped off the Hogwarts Express he had devoted himself to his studies, he never really had friends except for one or two, and he never had a girlfriend throughout his entire duration at Hogwarts. He received praise from all his professors, always got top of the class, and he was named prefect and then Head Boy.

Another reason why William was different to all Malfoys was that he was afraid of flying, he feared heights. How utterly un-Malfoy-like. All Malfoys enjoyed flying, they were all a part of the quidditch team as seekers, and they all wanted to pursue the role of captain one day. All Malfoys played quidditch, all except for one – William Malfoy – no wonder he never got his father's approval.

No one knew exactly why William was so different from the other Malfoy men, but they believed it was in defiance of his father. For some unknown reason, every Malfoy male had a rocky relationship with their fathers; Abraxas and Lucius, Lucius and Draco, Draco and Xavier and now Xavier and William. Every father and son relationship had some sort of misunderstanding that caused such a great hostility. However, despite the hostility – every Malfoy son looked up to their father, yearning for their approval and praise, a yearning none of them had fulfilled. No Malfoy has ever gained the approval of their father, not one.

When William was in his fifth year at Hogwarts and was at the age of fifteen his family was hit with a great tragedy that increased the distance between the relationship of Xavier and William; William's mother Emerald died from a muggle car accident. Emerald was in Muggle London making her way to the entrance of St Mungo's when she was hit by a car who ran a red light.

Emerald Noble was a British witch who came from a long line of purebloods. She was the youngest child and only daughter of Rubi and Jasper "Jay" Noble as well as the younger sister of Onyx Noble.

Jay Noble worked with close relations to muggles, he was a philosopher and enjoyed devising new theories whether they be about muggles or wizards. His last investigation which he was researching before his death was the core and cause of how muggleborns receive their powers when they had no magical lineage, and how wizards can become squibs. Jay used lots of means within his research including studying a group of muggles and muggle-borns. He studied them from their actions and their DNA as well as sending his children to muggle primary schools to see if they witnessed any magical behavior.

Due to her father's occupation and her family moving around all the time Emerald learned to live and do things the muggle way. She had learned to like muggles as well as do simple things like washing the dishes or walking. Emerald liked to do things the muggle way once she learned how. She claimed that it kept her grounded, that it was a privilege that she was given such power and magic and that she shouldn't abuse it. She would wash the dishes, do the laundry, and walk. Unfortunately for her, the last time she decided to walk rather than apparate to her job in St Mungo's, she ended up getting killed.

William was very close with his mother. Xavier was never around to see William grow up as he was always too busy trying to accumulate as much money as he could to raise his family. It was ironic how Xavier hated his father but didn't see he was acting exactly the same way as him. Xavier was too stubborn to ever ask for help from his own father, much like Draco who also was too stubborn to ask for help from Lucius.

That is why the relationship between Emerald and William was greater than the relationship of the father and son. Emerald was the only company William had as he was growing up. She was the one that used to listen to his stories about his adventures at Hogwarts. She was the one who congratulated and celebrated with him when he got named as prefect. That was the last time they celebrated something, because the same year, William's mother passed away.

Emerald Noble-Malfoy was William's hope, and when she passed away, that idea came crashing down. His life turned into glass shards randomly littering the ground, and he thought he would never get back up again. He thought he would never be able to find someone to believe in him, he thought he would never be able to be successful, that he would never do something right.

William worked at a magical advertising and public relations company located in Diagon Alley. It was owned by a man who was only nine years older than him, his name was Abraham Bradford. The company was a successful one, and when William joined the company at the age of nineteen, he never expected it to grow and be the number one magical advertising company in the whole of the United Kingdom. They took in any clients, but their largest clients were the Puddlemere United. Whenever the quidditch team wanted to get more supporters and clean their image their company took care of it. Bradford's was the place thanks to their close ties with The Daily Prophet.

William was now making his way to his cubicle, when he arrived there, he began to think how his life was looking like his father's. William had all the credentials, he was head boy, and he could have been anything he wanted, he could have worked in the Ministry, but instead, he worked in an advertising and public relations company. Working at Bradford's was a very spontaneous decision that William made — yes, his wage was alright, but he could be getting a lot more.

Truth was, William didn't know what he wanted to be, he was always so sure of himself until Emerald passed away. For most of William's life, he had aspired to be a healer at St Mungo's. He wanted to work in the children's ward, and put smiles onto their faces, just like what his mother did. However, by the time of William's graduation from Hogwarts he became unsure, he became afraid. He knew that if he worked in that same vicinity, he would feel the presence of his mother. He was afraid of randomly breaking down in the middle of the ward, begging Merlin to return his mother. He was afraid that they would see his weakness.

William was working on a new client –some industrial wand company that seemed to take up what Ollivander's had left behind— when Abraham Bradford walked by his table.

"That was one impressive presentation you had in there," Abraham said with a smirk as he leaned on William's table. "You could give Kathy a run for her money. How is she by the way?"

"Kathy is good, she just wanted to have a change in scene, and she got it, she has been offered a position at Hogwarts as a charms teacher as well as offered a spot in the Wizengamot, I think she plans on taking the position in the Wizengamot for the time being and then when she gets enough money she wants to take that teaching role," William explained with a smile.

Katherine Devereux Malfoy has been William's wife for two years. She attended Beauxbaton's for the duration of her schooling life and only moved to England once she graduated. She also worked at Bradford's where she met William and eventually fell in love, and got married.

Before William, Katherine was the star of Bradford's. At first, William hated her for it, she was always thinking up new ideas, and she was just brilliant. Katherine and William were known as the rivals of Bradford's always yelling at each other and debating. It wasn't until a conference in France and a heated moment in an elevator that they finally realized that they had more in common than they thought.

Katherine and William were soon known as the Star Duo, together they thought up proposals for their clients, and before they knew it, they helped Bradford's boom to success. It was only three months ago that Katherine decided to resign and change the scene—she thought her life was leading to no purpose.

"Tell Kathy that she always has a spot here if she ever decides to return, now I came here to tell you that the Wander meeting and presentation is on Monday, I expect it to be done," Abraham said standing up.

"Yes, sir I am on it right now," William replied taking out his quill and returning to his presentation. Whilst Abraham moved towards his own office.

"Oh, and William, if you are going to be my Junior Partner, just call me Abe." Abraham winked at William and then walked away.

William smiled in realization of what his boss just said. Junior Partner, it had a certain ring to it.

Windsor, England. November 9th, 2040

William apparated to the front of his townhouse to see Kathy walking out the gate carrying a duffel bag and wearing traveling robes. "Kathy?" William asked in question as he saw her looking as though she was going somewhere.

Kathy sighed, "I am leaving Will," was her awkward reply as she shuffled her brown boots against the concrete. She had not counted on William being home so soon and had hoped she would be gone by the time she had left.

"Leaving? Where are you going? When will you come back?" William asked confused, where was she going that she needed to bring a bag, did she plan to work at Hogwarts after all? Was she going to have a sleepover at one of her friends? What?

"You don't understand me, Will, I mean I'm leaving, as in I'm leaving you," Kathy explained as though she was talking to a child who seemed to not understand a word she was saying.

"Leaving? Kathy, why?"

"I just need a new scene Will, and you…well you seem to be content with the life you have, you don't talk to your father, you're not excelling at your work-"

"Abe says he's going to make me a junior partner, I am excelling Kathy and,"

"Is that really what you want Will? Don't you want to have a dream? I mean…you are working for someone, and you are working as an advertiser for Merlin's sake. I feel I am getting older and you are not. I'm leaving Will, and you cannot stop me." That was the last of what Will heard from Kathy before she apparated away.


A/N: Yes the last two chapters were boring, but the story isn't just about romance you know, it is about the entire family and how the three generations of Malfoy men seemed to go down the same path of losing their wives one way or the other. It is a very deceptive and misleading plotline I wanted to play with. I'm hoping that this story would actually catch an audience this time and people don't begin to hate me. The characters are not overly OOC for once. Just a little bit…Please review

Majasty

Trivia #1: Rubi, Jasper, Onyx, and Emerald are all names of jewels.

Trivia #2: Holy shit. William and Katherine wasn't even named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I literally just noticed that but am going to pretend that it is intended and hence makes Trivia #2.