I actually came upon this story doing a google search for "signs of magic in Harry Potter," research for another story I'm writing, and I found this gem in the process. Very cute.

loved the slight angst!

AW! I felt so bad for Draco during this even though he was being a brat in the beginning. Nice job!

hah! brilliant, i really like these... you should do more

cute story too :)

love little draco and lucius...

ha ha ha LOL

It is distressing how close to peril Draco came, especially when magical signs aka accidental magic may not have been triggered. Course, how much is known about the topic is scant at most. Are there horror stories of wizard children dying because magic didn't come to their aid?

I like the portrayal of Lucius. It gave a sense of distance of behaviour compared to the normal happenings of a middle class family.

Wow. I found some of your stories at Malfoy Manor and followed your trail here-you are wonderful. I have stayed up much later than is improper, because your writing is so-so-wow. In the Beg Me For it Series-which I will add to my favorites when I'm more concious, was one of the best series I've ever read-and I've read a LOT.
I'd say your strongest and most appealing point as an author is your ability to write stories in the voice of the person who's telling the story. When it's Ron, the tone of the story is casual and joking, when it's Lucius your language gets more complex, and, yes, a bit harder to follow but that's how it SHOULD be! The man's an evil frigging genius! It's only reasonable that he would be hard to comprehend-and you do it frighteningly well.
Anyway. I love everything of yours that I've read so far, and look forward to reading the rest of it as soon as possible.

Aw... Poor little Draco... :o( And it was SO nice of Mr. Malfoy to send recommendation letters to all of his neighbors... :P

Oh, so cruel? I love Lucius Malfoy; he's such a delicious character with so many possibilities. Again,again, all I have is Praise; I love how you characterize them.

gotta love that lucius!

Lol! Great stry :)

I love this! In character but sweet as well. Well written too.

Okay, umm definately NOT boring! My goodness that was one of the best fics I've read in a while. I absolutley loved your characterizations of Lucius and Draco. Wonderful! I checked out your profile and I noticed you hadn't written any other Malfoy fics. Would you please?(And soon) :)

Hi Rogue Reviewer, I went to your page to see what you had written, and there weren't any stories. So. You don't write.

I went to your favorites to see what your tastes normally run to... and there weren't any stories there, either. Nor were there any favoite authors. Strange.

All this, plus your name, gives me the impression that all you do is submit negative reviews to people. But if you put stories in your favorites, you could prove me wrong.

So, to review your review (and show you how a bad review is *done*, with specifics):

- You need a beta reader for your reviews. Your spelling, grammar and punctuation is poor.

- You need to learn the meanings of the parts of a story before you toss around words like 'plot' and 'POV.' You can't just use these words to make yourself sound good.

- 'Point of view' or 'POV' doesn't mean 'opinion.'

- It refers to what perspective the story is written from - where the camera is in the room, so to speak.

- 'Plot' is the sequence of action in a story.

'Weak' plot is a little vague, but usually it means that the plot is implausible, unlikely.

Usually, when something has weak plot you point out what's unlikely. For example in 'There's Something About Mary' the girl reaches over and grabs some goo off a guy's ear and uses it as hair gel. That's a weak plot, because who would do that? (On the other hand, unlikely things can be funny.) I think you don't know this, because everything in the story was pretty likely: child annoys dad - gets sent to room - gets scared - tries to go out the window - dad's pissed when he learns his son nearly died - dad blames the person who locked him in the room.

- You seem using 'weak plot' to mean that the story didn't grab you. But that is something different. That is called 'Pacing.' The speed at which the story rolls along. Some stories are action-packed and things happen quickly. Others are more slow moving.

You did state two specifics: you thought the story was 'boring.' Well, one can't please everyone. This story is more black humor than humor. Those who don't like black humor would find it boring, yes. I do take some time to explore and develop characterization, and that could detract from the humor. But I don't really care.

Then you say it shouldn't be rated 'G.' Point taken. I forgot about that word when I uploaded. On the other hand, I really like Lucius referring to Draco as 'that little shit.'

I don't mind bad reviews, some of my worst reviews I treasure because they really helped my story. But I expect people to be honest and not inflate themselves.