As Draco was taking his friends to his favorite location in London, he wasn't fully aware of where exactly he was leading them to; his feet just started walking in a direction on their own. It was as if his body knew exactly where to go to get to his favorite place, while his mind was trying to think of where that place was.

It wasn't until 15 minutes later that Draco realized where they were going. His favorite place was the fair grounds where the Annual Fairylights Festival was held twice a year: once in the Summer, and once in the Winter.

Upon the revelation of where he was heading to, Draco's mind wandered to the memories of his first time attending the festival, back when he was 6 years old. It was the middle of the Summer, and while Lucius was away at work, Narcissa had decided to take her cherished son to the 189th annual Fairylights Festival. She had gone numerous times in her younger days, many of those times with Lucius.

Narcissa smiled as little Draco pulled her from one attraction to the next until he was too hungry to drag her anywhere else. They stopped to get hot dogs and candy apples as the two of them sat to enjoy their food. A very happy, little Draco got interested when his mother started speaking to him about her times at the festival.

"Your father and I used to come to this very festival all the time, back when we were at Hogwarts," she told him, smiling fondly. "These candy apples were your father's favorite."

"So everyone brings their girlfriend here? I keep seeing people kiss, and it's disgusting," he stuck out his tongue, then continued eating.

Narcissa laughed, "Not everyone, people come with friends and family too. Like you and I, right now."
"Can we come here every time it happens? We should bring father, too! All three of us."

"Of course you and I can, but I don't think your father would ever join us, dear."

Draco frowned, "Why not?"

"He's... different now. He has a lot of work he has to do, you know. And he doesn't like such crowds," she sighed, slightly frowning.

"But I thought you said you guys came here all the time, mummy?"

"Perhaps we could ask him when we get home. For now, you need to wipe off your face and we can go on more rides, okay love?"

"Okay! Come on, we need to go on the Ferris Wheel now!", he grabbed his mother's hand and pulled her along with him again.

Hours later when the pair of Malfoy's returned home, Draco was excited to tell his father about his day and to ask him to join them at the Winter festival. But instead of doing such things, Draco was called by his mother to meet the new neighbors who were moving into the house next door.

Draco's flashbacks were interrupted when Briana exclaimed, "I think I know where we're going! Oh Merlin!"

"Well are we almost there, then?!", Chuck asked.

"Yeah, we've been walking for half an hour," Blaise complained.

"Stop your whining, it's right there, across the street," Draco pointed to a great, gigantic open field with a few large bodies of water splattered around it, the whole fantastically huge area surrounded by tall, black gates. On the front, a large sign readAnnual London Fairylights Festival.

As they approached the fairgrounds, Briana squealed and squeezed Draco's arm, "I knew it! Took me a long while, but I figured we were coming here!"

"I've never been to this festival before," Alex said quietly, gazing at the great mass of land behind the gates.

"What?!", Blaise looked at him crazily, "Even I've been here 3 or 4 times with Draco and my sister!"

"First time here, I was 4. I've been to almost every single one since then," Chuck confessed.

"Draco and his mum took me here for my first time when I was 6. It was the Winter one. Draco and I went to every single one after that together, except for ONCE. And then I moved of course... So I haven't been here in years!", Briana shared.

"Wow, now I really feel out of the loop...", Alex said.
Chuck nodded at him, "We're bringing you next time, for sure."

The group of five observed the grounds before them in silence for a few minutes until Blaise asked the constant question, "So why's this your favorite place?"

Still looking out at the grounds, Draco answered him, "My first time here, I was 6 years old. One of the best days of my life, considering I met Briana later that day. And I met Chuck here when I was 10. And all-in-all, most of my best memories are here. My mother and I used to always come here, just the two of us..."

His four friends watched him as he continued to stare out at the fairgrounds, obviously having deep thoughts and memories playing in his head. Nobody said anything for a while, and Briana silently begged for Chuck to make some sort of joke to lighten up the mood, since he was so comical.

He must have had the same idea, because he finally broke the silence, "Since all of us have such fond memories of this place, it seems imperative that we take Alex with us so he can have memories too, yeah?"

Briana sighed with relief as Alex smiled and Blaise laughed loudly, saying, "Yeah like, Draco, remember that one time when we watched Chuck try to pick up those girls, and they pushed him into the lake?"

Draco laughed lightly, recalling that day as Chuck frowned and rolled his eyes, making Alex and Briana laugh as well.

Trying to keep the happy memory train going, Briana said, "Do you remember when we came for the last time together, to the Summer one when we were 11, and we were obsessed with daring each other to do stuff?"

Briana interrupted herself by laughing too hard at the memory to finish her story.

"And?! What happened?!", Chuck pressed.

Draco laughed with Briana as he finished the story, "Since we were obsessed with daring each other to do things, she dared me to enter a pie eating contest where I got last place and threw up everything. And I dared her to enter the dancing contest they were having, which... she got second place in... but we went the whole day daring each other to do really weird but hilarious stuff. It was great!"

Briana and Draco's laughs made Alex laugh too. Blaise sighed and tried to keep himself from laughing, as Chuck smiled at his friend's happiness. Their laughter died down and Briana wiped a tear that was on her cheek from laughing too hard.

"Can I tell you guys something?", Chuck asked, catching everyone off-guard.

"Of course. What is it?", Draco asked, interested in what he had to say.

Chuck thought a moment more about what he was about to say, then decided against it. "Never mind," he said, sitting on the street curb, "I forgot what I was gonna say."

Briana and Blaise sat down next to him as Blaise said quietly, "That's a load of bull, Chuck, and you know it. Now suck it up and just say what you were gonna say."

Chuck sighed and shrugged, then said, "I was just gonna say that I really have been having a great time with all four of you. And I actually think that the five of us will be friends for a really long time."

Blaise made a snoring sound to tease him while Alex laughed and Chuck pushed Blaise over, making him laugh too. Draco smiled and rustled Chuck's hair, and Briana "aww'd", giving Chuck a side hug.

Chuck smiled slightly, "Shut up you guys. Now anyways, isn't it about time we went to a certain somebody's favorite place now?"

"Oh yeah! Zabini, you're up!", Draco patted him on the shoulder.

The five friends stood up as Blaise led the way, in a seemingly random direction.

"Do we have to walk faaarrr?", Briana pouted.

"Uh, it's right by my house, so I'd say it's about a 30 minute walk," Blaise estimated.

The boys laughed as Briana dramatically fell to the floor.

"Bri, do you want me to carry you?", Draco offered her.

She smiled weakly at him, "Thanks for the offer, but I'm wearing a dress."

From the back of the group, Chuck quietly said, "No one's stopping you from just taking it off..."

Alex and Blaise laughed as Draco thumped his head and Briana laughed saying, "In your wildest dreams, Solomon."

The group of five walked the half hour journey to Blaise's favorite place. On the walk, they told funny stories, sang a song they all knew, and at one point, Chuck and Blaise picked up Briana and hauled her over their shoulders as she screamed and laughed at the same time, the whole thing making Alex and Draco howl with laughter. The thirty minute walk seemed more like ten minutes. Time flies when you're enjoying yourself.

Three down, one to go.