((Unpopping Lucius after the proper procedures. =) He doesn't remember his previous time at HH Hogwarts, and will be a very canon characterization. Closed because Lucius is in no state for socializing with strangers.))
It was past midnight, and a butter-sodden man was sitting hunched outside the popcorn room, eyes open, but unmoving and seemingly
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But nothing could have been so comforting at that moment as the sight of Narcissa, alive and well. Although Severus had told Lucius that Narcissa was there, and he had been aware that he was being taken to her, he couldn't fully believe it until he laid eyes on her, heard her voice, felt her touch. He was not sure that everything was all right, not when Draco was apparently a Gryffindor at this strangely corrupted Hogwarts, but ( ... )
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"I knew this, about Gryffindor, but it's all nonsense. It doesn't matter in the slightest what they call him. No one can touch him." Narcissa was positive of that much. For her sanity's sake, she'd made the unconscious choice to interpret Severus' explanations of popcorn in the most selective and benign light. "Draco is safe, closed away in 'popcorn'. It's a sorcery we never learned, and Severus assures me it has nothing to do with the Dark Lord nor his enemies. It's as though our darling boy were packed away in cotton wool, where nothing can get at him."
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He listened carefully to Narcissa's explanation- this 'popcorn' was a magic he was unfamilar with, but he could sense that Narcissa felt confidence in it being a sort of ward for their son. And her judgement on the matter meant a great deal to him- he knew that if she were to have any doubts at all of Draco's safety, they would have been voiced. "When I saw our son's name on that plaque, I thought it just another mockery conjured by the dementors. I don't understand this nonsense that is Hogwarts but not our ( ... )
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The news that Gellert Grindelwald had recently been at Hogwarts was both remarkable and somewhat unsettling, as, Lucius' admiration for the man was unquestionable. But to the best of his knowledge, Grindelwald was still firmly imprisoned, and his infamy in the wizarding world was such that if he had escaped, it ( ... )
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When the house-elf drew his serpent-headed cane from the closet, Lucius felt a renewed surge of hope and relief. He still had his wife, his wand, and, his son, even if the latter was apparently in an enchanted state. It was a safe enchanted state. There remained a chance that ( ... )
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A very significant measure of her distress, all through Draco's disturbing sixth year at Hogwarts, could be traced to this source: without Lucius to light her path and lend her strength, Narcissa never could feel completely sure of the course she took. She might have spent that year muffled in the safe silence of the Manor, were it not for her son's plight. Severus' help had been something of a comfort, but for heaven's sake, she had needed to force the man to an Unbreakable Vow to have any real measure of peace. One could never be completely certain of Snape's loyalties, no matter what assurances of faith Narcissa flung in the face of Bellatrix's disbelief.
Lucius' apology -- I am sorry that you had to, it all should have gone very differently -- she knew for what it was. Of course everything should have gone differently. Of course Lucius was not at fault ( ... )
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It was the contrast between Azkaban and an atmosphere not permeated by the influence of the dementors that likely served to calm Lucius somewhat. If it were not for the soul-rending variety of horror present at Azkaban, the horror of a different Hogwarts would have set in much more quickly. Established places like Hogwarts didn ( ... )
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