Revolution Song

Despite Lucius’ best efforts and all of the considerable resources at his disposal, he had yet to find any information about the blasted Lord Shari. The boy had appeared practically out of thin air. There was no information about his family line, his relations to the other lines, his education. There was even nothing on his companions. There was nothing! Lucius did not know what to do. He had every connection looking for information, even Severus.

There was information about his investments, however. Lucius did not know if Jaydin was a fool or not. Jaydin was investing primarily in Research and Development, especially in offensive magics, healing, and potions. He was also investing in publishing companies and properties in both the Muggle and Magical world. There were very few things that Jaydin was not invested in but it appeared as if his primary investments were for humanitarian affairs, which were all well and good in Lucius’ opinion but not if you wanted to make a profit.

Draco had been in correspondence with Lord Shari since the Malfoy Ball. They had written to each other at least once a day. Draco had never been so entranced with a potential consort before. Draco had been Promised to Pansy or Blaise, depending on his sexual preference, since birth. Even though he was close with them, he had never been in such deep communication with anyone before.

Lucius decided to talk with Draconis. Lucius needed to either gain more information about this so-called Lord, in order to ascertain his worthiness for his only son and heir, or Draco would need to end his fascination with him.

Lucius approached Draconis room. As he knocked on his door, he heard Draco speaking to himself.

“Obscurité, how do you do? Do you bring a letter from Jaydin? Is he well? Not that you can tell me… I worry about him, dear Obscurité. I know he is hiding something from me, he has a slight note of melancholy in his letters.”

Lucius was concerned. Draconis was even more enamored with the Lord Shari then he thought. He proceeded to knock on the door.

“Who is it?” Draco asked.

“It is your father, Draconis,” Lucius said.

“Come in, father,” Draco responded.

Lucius entered. Draco was sitting at his desk with a beautiful raven next to him.

“What are you doing?” Lucius asked.

“I have just received a letter from Jaydin. Is there something that you need father?”

“Yes, yes. You have been writing with Jaydin often. Have you learned anything about him?”

“Why do you want to know, father?”

“There is no information about him, Draconis. No one knows where he was born, his familial connections, his education.”

“So, father? You knew Jaydin Shari is not his true name. Just because Jaydin does not wish to tell me his name does not mean that I am less interested in him.”

“Tell me about him then! What has you so enamored? What about him holds you attention when no one else has?”

“You wish for me to tell you about him? He says that he loves Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions and that soon he is going to learn Healing, which he is very excited about. We discuss Magical Theory and Ritual Magick. We both have debated about politics and we share a vision for the Ministry. He says that he cannot wait for when he can reveal his true self, even though that is not for a while. We discussed what we wanted in our potential partners. We are complimentary father, we like the same subjects, we have similar philosophies, we want similar things from our partners.”

“How do you know that he is not lying to you? You are a child, you do not know what you want yet. You cannot see the truths within truths. You cannot know what he is. You do not know anything about his family or his social standing!”

“I know he is a Lord and that should be enough for you. Even if he was not a Lord, I believe that I would be enamored with him. He is beautiful father; he is so passionate about the change he wishes to see. He cannot wait until he becomes 15 so that he can emancipate himself and truly enter the Blessed Game. I know that I am a child, that we are children, but I want to grow with him. I want to see where this leads us!”

“You keep exclaiming about his beauty. How do you know that he is beautiful? He hides himself behind that wretched veil. He is hiding from the world.”

“I know he is hiding. He is afraid of being recognized and being judged by his false name. He told me this. Anyway, father, I approve of him wearing a veil. It is traditional for submissives, especially unpromised ones, to wear one. I do not care if the practice has gone out of style. That he wishes to hold to traditions is good and I admire him for that and so should you.”

“Is there nothing that I can do to persuade you to end your contact with this so-called Lord Shari? He cannot be good for you. There is no way that he is good news.”

“I do not care father! There is nothing that you can do to persuade me. There is nothing that you can do to me to make me stop communicating with Jaydin. I wish to see where this leads; can you not accept that I am happy? I am making a decision for myself, for once, instead of allowing you to make my decisions for me. If you cannot accept that I am doing this then it is unfortunate. Now I am going to write to Jaydin. He wants to know what I would like him to wear to the Second Malfoy Ball.” Draconis turned away from Lucius and took the letter from Obscurité.

“Do not dismiss me Draconis! I am your father and you will show me proper respect! I do not care what your precious Jaydin desires from you. He is already a bad influence on you. I demand that you cease your correspondence with him at once or you will fear the consequences!” Lucius was furious. Draco had never acted in such a disrespectful manner before.

“No listen to me father. Leave me alone. I have made my decision about my relations with Jaydin. Don’t you see? In his own way Jaydin is already submitting to me. He is asking me to choose his attire. He is asking me to take care of him and I will not let him down. You can do what you want with me, you can punish me, you can try and forbid me from talking to Jaydin but I will never, ever forgive you. If I decide that Jaydin is not the one for me, then that is what I decide, not you, not mother, not Severus, but me.” Draco’s silver eyes were blazing with the passion of his speech.

Lucius stormed out of the room. He would figure out a way to end this dalliance with this false lord.
Several days later and two days before the Second Malfoy Ball there was a knock on Lucius’ office door.

“Enter,” Lucius said.

Draco entered the office. “Father, Severus,” Draco acknowledged.

“What do you need Draco,” Lucius asked coldly. He was still upset with Draco for the conversation they had several days ago.

“I wanted to apologize father, my words were uncalled for, I did not mean to disrespect you so.” Draconis replied.

Severus raised an eyebrow, “What brought this on Draco? I do not believe that I have ever heard you apologize.”

“Jaydin convinced me,” Draco muttered sullenly.

“Oh, and how did he do that? Shouldn’t he be pleased that you defended him and your relationship?” Severus replied.

“I thought so too but he said that I shouldn’t be so rude to Father. He said that Father obviously loved me very much to investigate who he is. He said that Father only wanted what was best for me and I should respect that. I did not want to apologize but he convinced me to do so.” Draco said with a slight pout.

“What did he do?” Lucius asked.

“He said that he would not dance with me at the Second Malfoy Ball if I did not apologize.”

Severus laughed, “He already has you whipped.”

Draco just pouted and nodded. “I do see what he means, even though it took me a while. I am truly sorry father but Jaydin is important to me. I originally was only going to apologize for Jaydin’s sake but I realized his wisdom.”

“Why do you have to dance with Jaydin?” Severus asked. “You could just talk to him all night.”

“Because I chose his outfit and if he looks anywhere near as beautiful as he looks in my mind then I will have to fight potential suitors off of him.” Draco said with a smirk.

“Then I cannot wait to see what he looks like at you Introduction Party,” Lucius responded.

“Neither can I father, neither can I,” Draco said as he glided out.

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