Through the Darkness | Draco Malfoy

Fourteen

"Too many people, too many people. One of them is definitely evil, I can feel it." Aries muttered after leaving the tent along with the others.

"Hey, Aries! Ireland or Bulgaria?" Ron asked.

Aries was still a beginner at Quidditch, so she didn't know anything about the Quidditch teams outside of Hogwarts, but she chose to pretend that she knows what they're talking about by answering. "Ireland of course!"

Ron sighed heavily. "Traitor."

"What? was that the wrong answer?" she asked in confusion, thinking it was a test.

Fred and George had explained everything to her, and she still ended up supporting the Ireland Quidditch team.

After that, Mr Weasley called all of them and took them inside the Quidditch stadium, the place was crowded with people cheering for their team. The moment they walked through, Mr Weasley kept shaking hands with people, while the others were waiting in boredom.

"Ron," Aries leaned over to whisper in Ron's ear. "Your father must be very famous among wizards, is be a celebrity?"

"That's because he's not a celebrity, Aries. He works in the Ministry so he obviously knows everyone there." Ron explained to her.

"Oh." she replied.

"Fudge! it's good to see you here." Mr Weasley said as he shook hands with the Minister who had just arrived.

"And you, Arthur." Cornelius Fudge replied, smiling at him, he looked at the rest of them. "I see you brought your children— Harry... Aries." He smiled widely again when he finally noticed them.

Aries had an awkward smile. "Fudge..." she laughed nervously and grabbed the end of Harry's shirt.

"You've grown since the last time I saw you." He chuckled amused. "And it looks like you're doing well too."

"I was," she nodded. "Until I saw you." she mumbled to herself.

"Ah Fudge."

Everyone turned their heads towards none other than Lucius Malfoy, he was standing there along with his wife, Narcissa, and his stupid son, Draco.

Aries raised her eyebrows in surprised, so these are the snake's parents. Draco looked so much like his father as she noticed.

"Malfoy." Fudge greeted him.

"How are you? I don't think you've met my wife, Narcissa? or our son, Draco?"

"How you do, how you do?" said Fudge, smiling and bowing to Narcissa. "You know Arthur Weasley, I daresay?"

It was a tense moment. Mr Weasley and Lucius looked at each other, Lucius's cold grey eyes swept over Mr Weasley, and then up and down. "Good day Arthur." he said softly.

Aries leaned to Harry and Ron and tried to ask them. "Is he—?"

"Yes." they both said in unison.

Awkward pause.

"He's a bad guy." Ron whispered.

"Very, very bad guy. He beat Mr Weasley two years ago." Harry whispered to her.

Her mouth opened wide in surprise as she looked at them. "He did not!" she said as quiet as she could.

"He did." Fred and George spoke simultaneously.

"Lucius has just given a very generous contribution to St. Mungo's hospital for magical maladies and injuries, Arthur. He's here as my guest." Fudge told him.

"How- how nice." said Mr Weasley said with a very strained smile.

"Well isn't that lovely to know."

Everyone looked at Aries, even Draco. They watched her as she stared at Lucius with a devilish smile. Draco knew something was about to start.