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"It's a hell of a lot better than anything you or your idiot son could accomplish, and unlike you, I would never let another dictate to me on how to run my house, let alone bow to another who is unworthy to even lick the dirt off my boots, like you did with the Dark Bastard you served."
Magnus spoke loudly and with anger and venom dripping from every word as his voice boomed in the great hall as all went silent.
Both Flitwick and Moody froze in their steps as the hall went silent.
Flitwick looked shocked and Moody stood stock still his gaze fixed on Magnus, along with everyone else in the hall.
All of the professors were so shocked not even one of them thought to reprimand Magnus for his foul language.
Andromeda's head snapped to Magnus when he spoke with such anger and she froze as he spoke, too stunned to even speak as Magnus finished.
Draco was the same as the rest of the students in the hall, his mouth openly agape, all his composure forgotten as he stated at Magnus with utter lack of comprehension as he openly insulted the Dark lord, no one did that.
Lucius looked as if he had just swallowed something extremely foul as Magnus finished speaking, both insulting him, his son and his lord in one fail swoop.
His eyes hardened as he glared at him.
"Watch your tongue boy, you do not know of what you speak," he said with a snarl, "it is for reasons just as this why my son would be a far better Heir to the House of Black than you, he at least knows to respect his elders."
"Respect," Magnus spat, "Is something that is earned on an individual basis, and I will never have any respect for the likes of you and your filth."
Lucius' face tightened with anger at that remark as he straightened his back to look down on Magnus even more than he had been.
"You will learn the error of your ways soon enough when my son beats you and proves to all that he should be the rightful Heir to House Black, once and for all."
Magnus felt his anger spike as once again Lucius challenged his position and he had passed well past all point of rationality as he spoke with pure anger in his words once again.
"Then why not make a bet of it then" he said as the entire hall held a collective breath, "If Draco beats me in this duel, then I will willingly step down from my position as Heir Black and turn it over to Draco." He said as all colour drained from Andromeda's face as she registered his words.
"But when I win, you will not only have to give a public apology to your affronts towards myself and House Black upon the finishing of the duel, and a public apology in tomorrow's edition of the daily prophet, but you must also publicly denounce Draco as Heir to House Malfoy."
And with that all colour drained from both Malfoy's faces at just what that would mean for House Malfoy, it's future would no longer be secure.
Lucius was just about to deny the challenge and champion himself for Draco, he had been planning to all along so that he could teach him a lesson for his words.
No doubt his Aunt would champion him if he did so, but it would be just as sweet, if not sweeter to watch him break down in tears as he reduced Andromeda to a mangled heap.
But just before he could speak, Magnus spoke again.
"After all," Magnus sneered, "if he's proven to be less than someone of my 'former status' when I am the same age as he is, he would hardly be suited to hold the position in either Houses, is that not the case."
The hall was deathly silent in wake of Magnus' statement and offered wager, everyone waited on Lucius' reply on whether or not he would accept after such a final statement.
Draco was as white as a ghost when he heard Magnus' challenge, he hadn't signed up for this, it had completely shaken him, surely his father would never accept the wager, he couldn't he was his son, his heir.
Lucius looked utterly furious, but he didn't know who to be more furious with, the boy for the wager or himself for walking himself right into this.
Say what you want about Lucius Malfoy but the man was in Slytherin for a reason, and he could spot exactly what had happened here and how Magnus.
Knowingly or unknowingly had used his own words against him and put him in a position where he couldn't do anything other than accept because to do otherwise would mean that he would be admitting that his whole basis for slandering him as House Black's Heir was completely invalid.
It was a very Slytherin move, and no doubt any true Slytherin in the room would recognise just what the boy had done.
With a half snarl Lucius drew his wand from his cane, and almost instantly in reply both Magnus and Andromeda had their own wands in their hands ready to attack or defend themselves, but the attack never came.
Lucius only glared at Magnus as he snarled, "you will regret this boy," he said before he raised his wand into the air, and Draco's eyes went wide in shock as his father spoke.
"I Lucius Abraxas Malfoy, Lord of the Magical House of Malfoy, do hereby swear that on the completion of this duel, should my son Daconis Lucius Malfoy lose that I will disown him...."
".... As my Heir and meet all other requirements to make amends to any insult that I have levied against House Black and it's heir, so I say, so mote it be."
Lucius intoned as he glowed brightly for a second showing that his oath had been accepted.
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