Title: A Wizards Fairy Tale Rating: G Warnings: n/a Word Count: 499 Once upon a time, in the wilds

of England, there lived a beautiful and brilliant young princess named Hermione. Beautiful like mummy? Scorpius asked his daddy. Well, no, Draco Malfoy admitted. This womans beauty was not immediately apparent to those who did not know her. In

fact, on first glance, she was hopelessly bourgeois ratty hair, big teeth, conventional dress nothing extraordinary. But if one looked beyond surface appearances, then her beauty was unsurpassable. Scorpius looked unconvinced. Now this lovely woman had dedicated most of her life to protecting defenseless creatures that had been abused by dark and evil wizards. Was she a veterinarian? Scorpius asked, his eyes wide. A what? A veterinarian. Thats a Muggle animal

healer, the small boy explained to his father. No! Draco grumbled. He was going to have a serious talk with his wife about exactly what she was teaching their son. She didnt heal animals, she protected them. Anyways, one day Princess Hermione came across a handsome, smart, proud, caramel-coloured eagle-owl. The eagleowl was in trouble. There were a number of men who wanted to lock him up in a cage and never let him fly again. Why did they want that? the blond boy asked.

The owl had been branded by a ruthless wizard, who had tried to get him to do horrible and wicked things. Like what? Scorpius gasped. Like biting off the noses of little boys, Draco grinned, pinching his sons nose lightly and giving it a tug. Daddy! the child giggled. The owl never wanted to do these bad things; however, because he hadnt been taught the proper way to behave, he wasnt very good or kind. Luckily, Princess Hermione recognized the disadvantages the owl had been laboring under and decided to teach him to be

better. Howd she do that? the child asked with a yawn. First, she served as an example of how one <i>should</i> act being kind, friendly, and nonjudgmental about outward looks. Second, she nagged him a lot and cast a canary hex on him if misbehaved. Most importantly, however, she just loved him and showed him she believed he could be a better owl. And it worked? Draco nodded. Yes, he became a better owl. He was still handsome, proud, and had a continuing tendency to nip at the

fingers of annoying gits, yet at the same time, he began to do good things. He helped other owls that had been hurt by his old master and tried to aid in the rebuilding of those parts of the world destroyed by dark magic. Eventually, people came to see that he had changed for the better and no longer wanted to lock him in a cage. Did the owl and Princess Hermione live together happily ever after? Scorpius asked. The elder Malfoy shook his head. Unfortunately, a pathetic, bedraggled weasel came into the picture and Princess Hermione felt it necessary to rush to his aid. But that my boy is a story for another

night.