 Draco’s influence in the ministry and the prophet withered away without bribes or threats to keep it afloat, and for a long period of time there was a strange calm. His school had been completed and was in full operation, but was named after the wealthy wizard who had stepped in and provided funding for its completion—though a bronze plaque bearing Draco’s and Hermione’s names was installed, detailing their generous donations at the start of the project. There was even a bust of Draco’s head put up in its gallery—a notion Hermione found ludicrous.