Sirius drew his wand. "I Sirius Orion Black-De Sable accept the oath of fidelity offered to me this day by Lucius Abraxas Malfoy. It is right that such fidelity be rewarded. I swear on my life and magic to protect the House of Malfoy as a cadet branch of my house. I will protect them from those that would harm them physically, financially, and politically in return for their fidelity to the ideals of the House De Sable. I will support their goals, as our goals are henceforth the same. I undertake full physical safety concerns of the House of Malfoy as my own. Any attack on the House of Malfoy shall be regarded as an attack on my own."
Sirius quirked an eyebrow as if to ask if his oath was sufficient.
Lucius was surprised. Sirius had vowed to protect the Malfoys on a physical basis completely. He really hadn't expected that. The Blacks were known for their wards, Narcissa had told him once that as a young boy, Sirius, as heir of the Black familiy, had begun training in warding at four. With the oath Sirius just made Malfoy Manor could have the impenetrable Black family wards. The wards currently on the manor were good but Black wards were a magnitude of ten better. Lucius rapidly nodded his acceptance of Sirius' oath.
Both men spoke "By my oath and by Magic so mote it be."
The room glowed golden for a moment as their oaths took hold. When the glow faded Sirius spoke. "I'm surprised cousin. I did not expect an oath of fidelity. I believed you to be too Slytherin to make such an oath."
"As a Slytherin I must look out for my own interests, House of Malfoy while on the surface is strong in actuality is on the brink of failure, mostly due to alliances chosen by my father and their consequences. If I must turn my coat to save my family I might as well turn it all the way. I will however require a few months to acquaint myself with your stances and the ideals of the House De Sable."
A chime sounded from elsewhere in the house. "Indeed. The chime signals that dinner is ready, won't you come and meet my family." The meal that followed was something quite outside of the Malfoys experience. The Duchess said "Hello." While her hands were full trying to corral her daughters and son into the tall chairs about the table.
Maryanne Stevens greeted Sirius with a, "Well?"
"Charges dismissed."
"Of course, what else would they do throw an innocent man into their idea of a good prison?"
Beth smiled at her husband. "I'm just glad it went as expected. Harry will be relieved."
Narcissa couldn't resist that lead in. "Yes Sirius, where is your godson?"
Beth chimed in with the answer before Sirius could. "He's at school of course. He attends one of the top preparatory schools in the US. He's at the top of his class."
Lucius was surprised. "I wasn't aware there were preparatory schools for magic in the US."
Rick came into the room holding a pile of papers. "There's not, it's an elite academy for mundane children. Sirius I'm reading through the papers given to us by the Minister and frankly I'm having trouble making heads or tails of some of these details, maybe your knowledge would help…"
"It's dinner time Rick put those aside for now." Maryanne stated.
Rick gave his wife a sheepish grin and vanished the papers back to his office.
Sirius smiled and said, "Everyone I would like to introduce my cousin Narcissa Malfoy her husband Lucius and their son Draco. Lucius, Narcissa, Draco starting with the lovely blond my Mother in Law, Maryanne Stevens. Next to her is her husband former Magical President of the Untied Magical States and current Ambassador to Magical Britain Roderick Stevens. Next to him is my oldest daughter, Elizabeth Marie, then comes her sister Lila Rose, then comes my lovely Duchess and attache for the U.S. Government, Beth then my son, James Sirius."
Beth immediately said "Welcome and please don't mind the chaos, it is somewhat normal."
Dinner was somewhat chaotic with the politics of the days events being the main topic of conversation. Narcissa couldn't help but think her aunt would be completely appalled, discussing politics at the dinner table, but somehow it worked and it was one of the most interesting evenings she had ever had. After dinner Lucius, Beth, Sirius, and Roderick gathered and discussed spiritedly the Queen's initiatives for Magical Britain, while two house elves and the nanny came and collected the triplets. Maryanne joined Narcissa and Draco, on seeing Narcissa's look she smiled. "I have something Draco might enjoy."
She lead them to a room with a large screen TV and a VCR was and she put in Star Wars. "This is one of Harry's favorite movies."
Narcissa gave Maryanne a puzzled look. "What is that?"
"Television and a video cassette recorder modified by Sirius so it will work in a magical environment." The three of them watched the movie, Narcissa and Draco were both fascinated by what they were seeing.
As the movie came to an end, Draco said. "That's it? But what about the Empire? It's still out there."
"That is why there are two more movies Draco." Maryanne said with a smile.
"Is that real?" He asked.
"No, it's… It's a made up story, acted out to make it seem real."
"But the Jedi mind trick it's like-"
"Draco darling it's late and we need to go home and get you into bed." Narcissa cut him off before he could say something… unfortunate.
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