"My Lord you came!"
Harry forced himself not to roll his eyes at the youngest Malfoy's declaration. "Yes Draco, I told you I would this summer did I not?"
"Well I mean yeah but… it is just awesome that you did!"
"You realize I am not spending the entire summer here correct?"
"Yeah, but… bugger just come inside already!" the blonde exclaimed, before grabbing his friend's arm and pulling him into the mansion.
"Ah, Mr. Potter it is good to see you again."
"You as well Lord Malfoy. I hope I am not interrupting anything."
The man merely shook his head, "Of course not, unfortunately I do need to leave, there is a meeting at the Wizengamot concerning several new laws and I wish to be there to support them."
A raven-haired head nodded, "I wish you the best of luck."
With that the man left, leaving only the two boys and Narcissa Malfoy alone.
"Draco," the woman's voice called out, earning the teen's attention, "Please go and finish unpacking from school."
"But mommmmmm."
"No buts, you may spend time with your friend afterwards, this is your punishment for not doing this when you came home last week ."
The boy promptly sulked off, leaving only two, plus Hedwig, in the room. It was at this point that the older woman slowly paced around the boy-who-lived, examining him. "You may have them both fooled, but not me."
"Oh?"
"I can see how weak you are, how childish. My son seems to believe that you will rule the world, my husband is beginning to believe him as well. I, however, am unconvinced."
"I wasn't aware I cared whether you were convinced or not."
The woman sneered, "You are a stupid boy, a child who has no idea what kind of world this is. You think that you are in control when in reality you are just as stupid and ignorant as any other child. Your fate is to be swept away in the tide just like so many others who believed themselves better than they truly were. You are not worthy of the title of 'Lord' and I will see to it that my husband and son see this."
Harry stared back, face expressionless and silent until he shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever you think is best. If you will excuse me, I would like to unpack for the short time I will be staying here."
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"Welcome Lord Pup to the fabulous newly christened 'Hall of the Marauders'!" Sirius triumphantly proclaimed as the trio, along with Hedwig on his shoulder, entered Grimmauld Place. "Ahead you will notice a rather large hole in the wall, soon to be filled with… well I would like to place a giant portrait of some half-naked woman but Moony here keeps telling me no…"
"Padfoot, as hilarious as I think it would be to replace the portrait of your dead mother with a woman who constantly strips for guests I don't necessarily think that is the best option…"
"Awww come on, what could be better than that!?"
"Scenery, something calming and yet expansive that shows change, either seasonal or time. Perhaps a sunset or sunrise."
The two men glanced over at their godson, who had taken to glancing around the rest of the entrance. "Uh… pup?"
"Yes?"
"Why…"
"Because if you ever hope to bring home a female to your house the first thing she should be seeing is not another naked female on your wall, especially if you hope to keep her in the house for more than ten seconds."
The Black Lord blinked a few times to process the information, before hastily grabbing a nearby quill and piece of parchment, "What was that about a sunset again?"
"Anyways… cub we have finally finished remodeling which puts us at seven total bedrooms, you can have first choice of…"
"I assume the two of you have already chosen? I can pick from the remaining five."
"But pup… we declared you our 'Lord' for a reason and…"
"And it is your house. I am not the Dark Lord Padfoot, I have no intentions of taking anything from you or making such demands. Keep the rooms you want to have, I grew up with virtually nothing, so I will be content with any room at this point."
Hedwig flew off his shoulder, shifting back to her human form and clutching his arm a second later. "So long as the bed is big enough for at least two people… do any of the remaining rooms have attached baths? Because we had one back at Hogwarts and it was practically a delicacy ."
"At least two eh? Plans on having company stay over sometime pup?"
Harry shrugged, before gesturing for Hedwig to pick out a room for them and earning a happy giggle from the girl. "Always plan for the unexpected Padfoot, you know this."
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