Fate seemed to favor the Potter family. Back when James Potter was at school, he only ever hung around with Sirius Black and that crowd. Unlike Draco, he never went around recruiting people, yet he still got along well with everyone.
Harry was the same. Lucius thought it was because both of them were Quidditch players and could bring victory to Gryffindor, so when Draco was in his second year, he bought every member of the Slytherin team the latest model of broomstick, getting the team to accept Draco as a Chaser.
Harry Potter rode a professional-grade broom against an amateur team. It was cheating and favoritism, just short of outright fixing the match. Lucius had originally intended to buy one for Draco too, but Narcissa found out. She only had one son—who would take responsibility if something happened to him?
Later, Draco quit the Quidditch team in a fit of anger. Looking back, it seemed his rebellious nature had begun to take shape then.
Harry Potter had a hard time in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Becoming department head at his age had already been a stroke of luck, though after defeating the Dark Lord, many witches and wizards had hoped he would become Minister for Magic.
Being a judge required learning a great deal. Anyone with eyes could see that he would rather have been an Auror, but undercurrents were raging among the Ministry's factions. They needed a puppet sitting in that position. Hermione Granger's return to the Ministry put some people on guard, but when they heard that she had gone back to managing House-elves, everyone relaxed a little.
Hufflepuff had stood with Gryffindor in the last war, making them one of the victors. Following the old custom, everyone had planned to have