Since the war never happened Draco Malfoy has never had a reason to change. His parents arrange him a marriage, hoping to stop his playboy ways and continue on the pure blood Malfoy line. Fred Weasley tries to find the joke in everything, taking next to nothing seriously. So when he bumps into a Slytherin who never really laughs he makes it his personal goal to make her do just that. Astoria Greengrass has never really had a say about anything. Like the beautiful puppet she is, she does everything her parents have ever asked her. But you can only play with a China Doll so long before it breaks.