Chapter 113: Urge!
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He had of course considered that his father might have some plan to try to reinstate him as heir Malfoy.
But he had thought that it would only take a few weeks or months at the most but what his mother revealed to him was not something that he could accept.
Even if his father did produce a second heir, the earliest they would be able to take up the heir title would be seven years old.
That itself was unacceptable from his point of view. But what made him fearful was his mother's warnings about his father.
He had seen his father angry many times and knew what he could do in that anger having witnessed him take his anger out on others, muggles, on many occasions.
It had been where he had learned most of the dark arts that he had used in his duel with Magnus.
He knew that his father didn't tolerate incompetence, or mistakes, and he had clearly made just that by accepting the duel with Magnus that caused this whole mess and lost their house so much money.
Regardless of what had been the original cause of the duel Draco knew that his father would see the whole mess as his fault for not winning the duel.
If he had to continue on through all of his Hogwarts years without his position as heir Malfoy he knew that sooner or later he'd make more mistakes it was inevitable and if he made too many then his father may just decide that he isn't worthy of the position after all and decide to remove him.
That thought alone made him nearly wet himself as he remembered the screams of some of those muggles which his father tortured in his anger.
Would he scream the same?
Coming back to himself Draco immediately schooled his features and put the letter away within his robes as he tried to look as if nothing was bothering him.
He was at the Slytherin table after all, he knew that showing any weakness would give others in his house cause to look more into his actions to find the right leverage on him to use him for their own gains.
Which with his current lack of status was something he couldn't afford.
And as much as it stung his pride to admit it, his mother had a point, Magnus may have been the cause of his problems but right now he was the only one who could offer him and his mother any kind of protection from other dark families and his own father.
For the time being he would have to swallow his pride and keep his head down until he could tell just how things would go with his mother's bid for their future.
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Timeskip:
Andromeda said in her chair behind her desk with her hands stapled under her chin as she watched Magnus as he read the letter she had received from Narcissa that morning.
She had waited until he had a free period to have him called to her class room so as not to disturb his lessons.
Magnus for his side of things found himself completely at a loss as he re-read the letter for a third time.
Out of all the things he expected to happen because of his actions with the Malfoys this was not one of them.
That Narcissa would reach out for aid because of this had him at a loss.
He liked to think that he had a good grasp of Narcissa's character from what he understood about her.
He realised now that he had clearly underestimated certain aspects of her personality if this was her response.
After reading the letter a final time he began to understand just what it was that he had judged poorly about her.
He had assumed that Narcissa had a deep sense of caring for her family, given how she had been the one to see her family away from the final battle instead of fighting.
But apparently that sense of caring didn't extend completely to Lucius like it did for Draco.
'It must be the family magics that urge her more to protect her son due to his being half Black.' Magnus thought to himself now knowing the nature of the Black families magics.
Magnus could see now that Lucius and Narcissa's marriage was made more out of a political standing than of actual love for one another.
And now with Lucius being persevered as a threat to Draco, Narcissa was acting against him as well.
Putting the letter down on the table Magnus sat back in his chair and frowned, "interesting, I didn't expect this," he commented glancing to Andromeda, "thoughts?"
Andromeda inhaled slowly before speaking, "it is a rather surprising outcome but not completely unexpected for me. Narcissa has always been a survivor, and an opportunist, she will seek out shelter beneath with whatever group will offer her the best future."
"She did so with house Malfoy, they were only settled here in London from France at the time and their influence was still growing Narcissa saw an opportunity with them and now it has turned against her, it's only natural she would seek another safe haven at this time."
Magnus nodded as he let those pieces fall into place in the mental jigsaw puzzle he was building in his mind of Narcissa's character.
"I see, you believe she will have some ulterior motives by seeking house Black's protection?"
Andromeda snorted, "of course she will, she's a Slytherin through and through, and a Black to boot. You can bet she will have an ulterior motive and several plans to make sure she gets it."
Magnus chuckled softly, "then that leaves only one option as to how to deal with this. As things stand a meeting will be required either way but with how things are at the moment it won't be soon," he mused as he glanced at the letter again.
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