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Chapter 6

Ch.6:

The Chosen One No Longer Single?

No doubt, the hearts of several of our readers will be broken today. It is with great shame that The Daily Prophet's correspondent, Rite Skeeter, reports the attachment, even possible pre-engagement of Harrison Potter.

This shocking news comes to us from the Welcoming Feast at Hogwarts last night. Since the day the Potter heir was reintroduced to the wizarding world (for more detail surrounding the scandal of his arrival, turn to page 7), he had not been linked to any witch or wizard in or outside of Hogwarts nor has an engagement contract ever been made public; for these reasons, last night's actions leaves not only this reporter stunned, but amazed.

Besides the anxiety and curiosity many felt this year thanks to the sorting of several heirs of England's prominent families, particularly the heir to the Malfoy fortune, Draco Malfoy; this year's sorting proved to be full of surprises. The hall was a flurry of whispers when the Malfoy heir was sorted into Ravenclaw, becoming the first to be sorted in another house besides Slytherin, but that was not only bombshell. Instead of sitting with the first years, the Malfoy heir approached Harrison Potter and was quickly placed on his lap!

This small action stupefied the room into silence, even the sorting was halted! And that was not all my dear readers, throughout the feast, Lord Potter held the young Malfoy heir and even referred to him as "love"!

Is this any indication that Lord Potter is soon to be off the market? Yours truly, surely believes so!

Once known as the Potter heir, Harrison Potter was able to claim his Lordship on his fifteen birthday and as the wizarding world knows, that is not only his only Lordship. He is also the default heir of the Rosier fortune after the rightful heir was murdered by Aurors due to accusations of Death Eater activity, although no evidence was ever found. Following Sirius Black's imprisonment for the murders of Lord and Lady Potter, he received the Kiss, which caused the Potter heir to be sent to a muggle orphanage (for more information on the family line and history, turn to page 10). The Black fortune later passed to Lord Potter thanks to Sirius Black being his godfather. This not only made Lord Potter one of the most legible bachelors in the world, but also one of its wealthiest. Consequently, it is reasonable to suggest that if anyone would ever capture his heart, it would the Malfoy heir, whose lineage and wealth is renowned and deeply admired.

"I have no doubts an engagement is in the works," Madame Gertrude Bovary, foremost expert in Pureblood traditions and etiquette stated, "the Malfoys would never allow such a display otherwise. It would be a disgrace and a huge scandal."

This report agrees. For such a display to take place, an agreement between families must have taken place. When I contacted both families, their respective family lawyers took my owl and agreed to answer my questions. Although no comment was made about such an agreement, Madame Bovary is not discouraged, "It would not be publicized so soon. The Malfoy heir is too young, if anything Lord Potter has pledge himself to wait for him to reach of age then we will be greeted by a marriage announcement."

"Lord Potter has made a great choice in the Malfoy heir," the Daily Prophet's expert Alfred Reed declared, "Not only are they compatible in terms of wealth and prestige, but my sources in France have repeatedly stressed that the current heir was a Malfoy beauty. Lord Potter might have been enchanted from the first meeting, if this is true."

This left me speechless my dear readers, a Malfoy beauty had not been borne in generations since Lady Septima Malfoy, whose marriage to Prince Jacques', the Duke of Étampes and Calais, captured the imagination and hearts of both countries.