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Draco Malfoy looked up at the magnificent castle through the bars of large wrought iron gates.
"Ahh the comforts of home" thought his cynical brain with a snicker.
Even though he was being rather negative about the whole thing he couldn't help liking being back at the place that had tormented him so. Though the place held many memories of things he would rather forget it also made him think of wonderful times that he longed for once again.
"And when did I turn into such a girl!" also though the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor with vengeance.
The gates slowly opened as a figure clad in all black trudged down the path to meet him.
"Hello Mr. Malfoy! I trust you have been well these long years?" asked the flat voice of a certain potions professor.
"Yes thank you Severus. Have you been well yourself?" asked the blond haired man as he walked next to his godfather.
The long walk up the driveway was filled with many pleasantries as the two men caught up after nearly half a decade without contact.
This whole procession was watched by small steel eyes. She had been told by Snape that she was not to approach this man at all.
"Why not Sevy?" she asked with true confusion.
"That is not something I am to discuss with you my little one" sighed the black haired man before he settled the young child into her new room down in the dungeons.
Tulip planned mercilessly from her view out of the Gryffindor Tower of ways to watch this new figure that was oh so familiar. Her little face quickly disappeared from the window as she went to negotiate with a certain friend of hers.
Still crossing the vast grounds of the castle Draco saw a young girl, she was maybe a 6th or 7th year but he couldn't decide.
"Who is that Severus?" He said pointing to the bushy brown haired girl.
"Zulemanix Corretta Blimpkazanic. Weird child she is"
Malfoy studied the girl as she practically floated around the grounds. Her normally black robes had large patches of various fabrics stitched over them and her robes had no sleeves showing off heavily tattooed arms. Around her neck were many pieces of jewellery and each ear had 15 different piercings. She was not a tall girl, her full height probably only reached at maximum of 5ft 4 and she wore no shoes on her feet.
"She is rather strange looking." Replied Draco.
"She is in your 4th year D.A.D.A class; she does have a funny character. Studies hard. Shame she's a Gryffindor..."
"She's a 4th year!!" uttered Draco in disbelief.
"She has always seemed much older but yes she is a fourth year student. I trust you know where your rooms are, if you don't then call for a house elf to show you. I have business to attend to. I will see you at dinner."
And with a swish of robes the haughty old potions professor was gone.
Zulemanix watched the two figures as they crossed the large expanse of grass. She noticed the movement up in the tower and saw a young figure disappear from view.
'Aha the little monster is scheming something!' thought the young girl. That thought was quickly stolen away as she saw the distinct glitter of grass piskie wings and dived for the little fiend. She quickly put the nasty little bugger in a jar.
"I think I'll call you Von Eberting!" she said with a proud grin. She stuck the jar into one of her self-made pockets and carried on hunting.
Tulip was on a mission now, she knew that Snape knew she was up too something so now she had to be extra careful, she had scoured the dorms for Zu and she wondered where that crazy girl with the purple eyes was.
Snape was striding through the castle in search of a certain Potter child.
'Where is that little blighter!' he thought as he checked yet another hidey-hole.
Draco Malfoy had easily settled into his new rooms he didn't know why but he felt comfort in the room, as if there was a presence their giving him a hug. He had all his belongings neatly arranged and was ready just in time for dinner.
As he descended the stairs Draco was sure he saw a flash of icy blonde hair of the exact shade of his but quickly shook his head and told himself that he was going crazy. As he entered the great hall through the teacher's entrance the hall fell silent. Dumbledore stood up.
"Everyone; I would like to welcome our newest member staff Professor Malfoy. He will be teaching D.A.D.A. for the rest of the year. That is all. Enjoy your meal!"
Everyone burst out in mutters but got down to eating as a glorious meal appeared in front of them.
From her place next to Zulemanix at the Gryffindor table, Tulip watched her other daddy eating his evening meal. She had rushed past him on the stairs on the way to the great hall, she would have stopped him and chatted but Snape was lurking somewhere and she could not risk it.
"You look like our new professor" whispered a dreamy voice in her ear.
"It's cause he's my daddy!" excitedly whispered the young girl in Zu's ear.
"Ahh Wizarding male pregnancy! You don't see that often...." Zulemanix's voice wavered along as if she was in a trance.
"You say big girl words" giggled the 4 year old and they both stopped the chatter to eat.
From his place on the teachers table Draco could easily see the gap where a small black head sat.
"Since when did Hogwarts accept toddlers?" He said to Snape beside him.
"She's potters child." He replied with a cough.
"Is she some sort of magical protégé thing or does he just get special treatment and get free day care here" Draco said this all with a clipped tone.
"No. He was the D.A.D.A Professor before you and he can hardly take a child into a battlefield!" Snape replied in a just as clipped tone as Malfoy.
"Where's her mother!"
"I cannot divulge that information with you." The conversation was ended there.
Draco entered his first lesson, 4th year Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs, 2 minutes late. He did this on purpose to make sure that everyone would be there already.
He breezed through and put his things on the desk at the front. He was about to call a register when the weird girl from the grounds floated in.
'What is her name!' thought his brain furiously. As he watched her he realised that she had no bag and wondered where her things were.
Zulemanix was slightly late for her first lesson but she noted that her professor had only just placed his things on the desk, this was good as it gave her extra time.
'Which pocket did I put my parchment in' she wondered.
Draco watched the girl in interest as she placed various items on her desk from the patches on her robes, which actually turned out to be pockets. He noted jars full of grass piskies and vials of various potions.
"Aha!" he heard her dreamy voice utter as she found her quill and inkwell. She stood for a further five minutes of silence and objects until she pulled out a long line of parchment. She finished the whole shebang off by digging around in her hedge of hair and pulling out her wand.
"Are you quite finished Miss. Blimpkazanic?" he sharply asked her.
"I think so... OUCH!" she quickly retracted her finger and started sucking on it.
"What now!" asked Draco exasperatedly.
"Von Eberting bit me" he did not want to even ask who the hell 'Von Eberting' was.
He could finally start teaching.
The lesson was nearly over when there was a small pattering knock at the door. He was about to answer it when Zulemanix got up and said
"It's for me" and walked to the door. He watched as she stooped down to a low level and whispered to a figure he could not see.
She quickly stood up and returned to her seat.
"Are you quite finished?" he asked with anger lacing his tone.
"Yes sir, I think I am" she said in a far away voice.
"Good!" he was already sick of this child's insolence and bad manners. She was as bad as that Luna Lovegood from back in his days!
When the day finished everyone descended to the great hall for dinner. Draco sat at his perch at the end of the teachers table and watched as the carbon copy of Harry walked through the door. He noted how her hair was the exact messy black that he loved to stroke in the morning and how her eyes were the same dazzling green that he stared into. He looked at her attire and was amazed at how formal the girl looked. She had on a clean white shirt, black pressed shorts and a long sleeveless Slytherin green knitted cardigan, all topped off with mid calf length black military style lace up boots. He wondered why she looked so smart, before he had seen her in very relaxed muggle clothing which was a far cry from what she was currently wearing.
He watched in awe as the young girl happily trotted to the Slytherin table and hopped up onto an already placed seat next to a girl with bright emerald hair cut in a choppy bob with a side fringe and black lined almond coloured eyes.
It really annoyed Draco how much the girl looked like her father.
"Did Potter go out and find his identical twin sister and then get her pregnant cause that kid looks so much like him!" Draco said to Snape. Severus did pick up on the whine in his tone but wondered what the hell Draco was on about, he thought that the child looked so much more like Draco then Harry and was rather confused as why Draco had not picked up on this.
"How does she look like Potter so much?" questioned the overly confused potions professor.
"The black hair, the bright green eyes, her Gryffindor-ness! It's all there! All you need is a Weasley and a Granger and you would have the fricking golden trio!" the whole little conversation-slash-argument they were having was all heard by a certain small girl through her favourite uncles device. She quickly reeled in her extendable ear and put on her thinking face. Something rather fishy was going on here! She had blonde hair not black! And she had grey eyes not green! Well they had small flecks of emerald within the sterling of them but that was it.
"Uh oh!" said Christiana next to her, "Everybody watch out Tulip's got her thinking face on!"
She grinned a little at this statement. She really had a great reputation already.
After eating and chatting with her fellow Slytherins, as she liked to call them, she bade them good night. She left only after being complimented many times on her clothing and was told that she was to visit the Slytherins again soon.
She quickly dashed pat the teachers table as to catch up with Snape as he glided from the Great Hall; she stopped quickly to tell Mr Dumbles that the suit of armour on the 6th floor staircase had left his post and ran on again.
As Draco watched the child fly past him again he could not help but notice that her hair again appeared to be a short blonde cut, rather similar to his thick hairstyle, than its initial long black locks. He was beginning to think something rather fishy was afoot....