Susan Bones and Hannah Abbott
Ever since he started working on magical metallurgy, Draco discovered a new function in his system that allowed him to trade in metals for other metals, so he'd been working with something his system called mithril. He was still very far from making proper weapons with it, but his first project was something much simpler.
Draco had created a bunch of bracelets with a simple enchantment on them. Normally they were made in pairs and were called yin-yang bracelets, and it was intended that a girl would wear the Yin one and a boy would wear the yang one, and as long as they both wore it, they'd always know when the wearer of the partner piece was distressed.
Draco, though, had made fifty Yang bracelets and fifty Yin bracelets, and bonded them all to one-another, and today was the day he planned to give a Yin Bracelet to each of his girls. He sat at his desk, waiting for Olympia to return from delivering a second letter and a bracelet each to Gabrielle and Fleur Delacour. He had received an owl from each of them a couple days ago, but he'd chosen to wait to reply again until he finished preparing these bracelets, which he'd accomplished just yesterday.
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Fleur Delacour's Closeness has risen by 16%
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When he saw that notification, Draco grinned, realizing that the Bracelet had the effect he had hoped. Sure, she wasn't in love with him yet, but he'd made a bit of a leap in that direction. Since Gabrielle was still on his relationship tracker as a Soulmate, he did not expect any notification from her, but wanted to keep in touch sometimes so that she wouldn't forget him and her feelings would remain a strong as ever.
Draco was just checking his relationship tracker as Olympia returned.
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Gabrielle Delacour - SOULMATE
Astoria Greengrass - SOULMATE
Holly Potter - Love (54%)
Hermione Granger - Love (2%)
Ginny Weasley - Close 94%)
Daphne Greengrass - Close (93%)
Luna Lovegood - Close (89%)
Fleur Delacour - Close (74%)
Susan Bones - Friend (73%)
Hannah Abbot: - Friend (71%)
Parvati Patil - Friend (6%)
Cho Chang - Neutral
Padma Patil - Neutral
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"Thank you, Olympia" Draco smiled at her and fed her some treats before she disappeared back onto his arm with his Familiar Tattoo power.
Draco got up from his desk and headed for the fireplace, where he'd floo over to the Greengrass Manor.
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Daphne, Astoria, Holly, Ginny, Luna and Hermione were all over ay the Greengrass Manor already. Since it was the school year, Hermione couldn't come over as much any more, but today was a Saturday so she agreed to come. Hermione had met Susan at Ginny's birthday party, but hadn't spoken much since as far as most magic-folk were concerned she'd be a muggle.
Holly, similarly, hadn't said much because at the time she was a runaway who didn't want to be sent back to the Dursley's, but now that her godfather was free she was no longer as stressed out about that. She still was living alone in the place Draco set up for her, but knew that if she was found out she'd at least have the option to go stay with Sirius instead. She really was enjoying living alone now, though, especially when Draco dropped by to visit her.
In spite of having these thoughts, Holly was chatting with the others, excited about the reunion with Susan and with meeting this new girl named Hannah, when the fireplace became active and Draco stepped out of it.
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Draco grinned as he stepped out of the fireplace and saw how excited everyone seemed. Astoria even just about tackled him and hugged him. Draco chuckled and gently patted the top of her head while giving her a one armed hug "Susan and Hannah aren't here yet, huh?"
"Not yet" Holly said with a slight blush.
"Alright. I have presents for each of you, but I'll wait until they get here since they were invited to join our little group as well." Draco said to the others, then went to hug Hermione after parting from Astoria. Due to the school year having started for Hermione, he didn't get to see her as much as he did the others so he decided to give her a bit of special attention when he was able to see her.
Draco saw Hermione's cheeks pinken a bit and chuckled lightly as he parted from the hug "Cuuuute."
Hermione's blush became even more obvious and she lightly punched Draco's shoulder
Draco then went over to hug Daphne, and as he was parting from the hug, the fireplace came alive and first Susan arrived, followed a moment later by a cute blond girl. Holly and Ginny were the quickest to go greet the pair.
"Oh no, the Ginger's are multiplying, their going to take over the world." the blond girl, Hannah Abbott, said jokingly when Holly and Ginny, two Gingers, came to greet her and Susan, who was also a ginger. She then noticed Luna arriving with the rest of the group "Us blonds should stick together if we're to survive the Gingerpocalypse."
Susan giggled at Hannah's attempt at trying to make a good first impression through humor.
"As Grand Overlord of the Ginger Revolution, it wont be that easy to evade me." Ginny joked back proudly before attempting an evil laugh, which she failed miserably at because it sounded too cute, but the intent was obvious, and still humorous.
"Ohhhhhh nooooooo" Hannah said dramatically, placing her hand over her heart, feigning distress.
Draco couldn't help but laugh as he watched the antics between Ginny and Hannah, causing all of the girls to turn their attention to him. "You are Hannah Abbott, right?" Draco walked over to the blond and offered her his hand "It's a pleasure to meet you. I am Draco Malfoy."
"From the Daily Ptophet. I read about you." Hannah recognized him and grasped his hand to shake it "The article sounded so cool." their was a hint or adoration in her eyes, so Draco decided it was definitely the right choice to add her to his future harem,
"Now that both of you are here." Draco said to Hannah and Susan "I have a, pesent I made for each of you." as he said each of you, Draco looked at each of the girls, not just Susan and Hannah.
"A present, even though we just met?" Hannah asked with surprise.
"Well, everyone seems to like Susan, and she vouched for you, and though we haven't known you long, you seem cute and funny, so why not?" Draco asked her.
"Cu....cute?" Hannah asked with embarrassment, but quickly recovered "So, why are you the only boy here?"
"I had a guy friend once, his name was Theo, but he turned traitor on us." Draco told Hannah simply "I haven't felt any motivation to seriously try to make guy friends since then. And besides that, once he left the group it was fun to be surrounded my cute girls."
"The truth at last!" Ginny chuckled with amusement, playfully pointing her finger at Draco "You enjoy being the only boy."
"I feel really fortunate indeed to have so many cute girlfriends." Draco agreed.
"Girlfriends?" Hannah asked with surprise.
"Well, everyone should properly introduce themselves this time" Draco suggested to the girls.
"I am Ginny Weasley." Ginny introduced herself
"My name is Luna....Luna Lovegood." Luna introduced hersef
"Daphne Greengrass"
"Astoria, Daphne's little sister"
"Hermione Granger"
"Holly Potter"
Everything was going fine with the introductions until Holly said her name. Both Susan and Hannah were caught unprepared for that information "The girl who lived?" Hannah asked.
"Please, I prefer Holly" Holly insisted "We're going to be friends now, right? so please don't treat me differently then other girls."
"That's wry you didn't tell me your name last time?" Susan asked Holly, confused.
"I was trying to keep a low profile. I didn't want you to hear my name and cause a scene" Holly admitted.
"Hermione, right?" Susan asked her "Did you have a reason for not saying your name then?"
"Muggle-born." Hermione admitted "Draco, Daphne and Theo befriended me thinking I was a muggle and when my magic manifested they taught me about the magical world." she smiled "I've made good friends since then, so I am really grateful."
"Now that introductions are out of the way, shall we preceed to your gifts?" Draco asked while retrieving a box of Yin Bracelets from his inventory. After sending one each to Gabrielle and Fluer, and one that he was wearing opposite his Yang Bracelet, there were Fourty-seven left "These are called Yin Bracelets, and they are part of a set with this." he showed the yang Bracelet he wore "Normally when a set is made, it is only one Yin Bracelet and one yang Bracelet that are linked together, but since I was making them I went a bit overboard and made fifty of each and connected all of them."
Hermione turned beat red from embarrassment. she had read the goblin metalworking books that Draco shared with her, and knew the meaning of these bracelets "Aren't we a bit young for this?" she asked while flustered.
"Are you alright, Hermione?" Astoria asked her.
Draco chuckled in amusement "It's an old tradition among goblins that's not commonly practiced anymore, but normally a goblin would offer a Yin Bracelet to the girl he wants to marry."
Hearing that, Astoria swiftly grabbed a Yin bracelet excitedly.
"We are not goblins, so you don't have to feel pressured or anything" Draco reassured the rest of the girls "The important thing is the magic that these bracelets hold. When the wearer of a Yang bracelet feels fear, distress, sadness, grief, or similar emotions, the wearer of all paired up Yin bracelets senses it, and the same is true in reverse."
"So we'd feel your sadness but not each others?" Astoria asked Draco.
"That is correct" Draco agreed.
"Would that be resolved by giving us a Yang bracelet too?" Astoria asked, having noticed that Draco was weaing a Yin Bracelet in addition to a Yang.
"That is correct, but though since we are not goblins, I figured we'd modify the tradition a bit. The Yin bracelethas no conditions, but if you want a Yang one as well then we'll treat it as a life-long promise to always love each other." Draco pointed out to them "Nothing formal like an unbreakable vow or anything, just a personal promise between two people."
He retrieved a second box from his inventory, this one with Yang bracelets, and set them down. Astoria, Holly, and Ginny each took a Yang bracelet, in addition to a Yin bracelet, though the others just took a Yin bracelet for now. Once everyone finished, Draco returned the boxes to his investory and checked his relationship tracker.
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Gabrielle Delacour - SOULMATE
Astoria Greengrass - SOULMATE [Vow]
Ginny Weasley - Love (73%) [Vow]
Holly Potter - Love (68%) [Vow]
Daphne Greengrass - Love (21%)
Luna Lovegood - Love (20%)
Hermione Granger - Love (5%)
Fleur Delacour - Close (74%)
Hannah Abbot: - Close (41%)
Susan Bones - Close (12%)
Parvati Patil - Friend (5%)
Cho Chang - Neutral
Padma Patil - Neutral
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Draco had disabled notifications for his relationship tracker so he had not been hotified as they were changing, but he saw some great improvements. The appearance of [Vow] surprised him, though, since he had not expected an indicator like that.
It did seem like Hermione was going to be the greatest challenge to get up to Soulmate the way things were going, but Draco had not given up.
Draco pulled Astoria, Ginny and Holly into a group hug "I wont let any of you down." he reassured them.
"I already owe you my life." Astoria told Draco "I happily offer you my everything."
Draco chuckled "I didn't do it so that you'd feel obligated to repay me." Draco insisted to Astoria "If you are with me, I want it to be because it makes you happy."
"It does." Astoria insisyed "I love you, Draco."
Draco patted her on the head "We can sort that out when we are older.
Astoria nodded her head in acceptance.
After that, Draco and the girls sat down to get to know each other better.