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- Didn’t you see that? You were there, weren’t you?
- What is it Harry?- Asked Ron very unclear about what he was saying. – Hermione, what is he talking about?
- Malfoy. Harry thinks he is a vampire, - she said in the most bored tone in the world.
- I don’t think! I know he is a vampire! – Harry raises his voice as he begins to get angrier.
- Yeah my friend! Now what’s next? I am a werewolf? – Ron said with irony and a big laugh.
- Very NOT FUNNY AT ALL!!!- said Harry in rage and furiously he stood from the seat and went out of the compartment.
- Harry where are you going? – asked Hermione from behind, but Harry didn’t care to answer.
- Just leave him! – said Ron while still laughing. – Seriously! That is the joke of the century! Malfoy, a vampire??!!!
Harry was very angry. He wanted to show the world that Draco is indeed a vampire… but how? He saw Draco at Madam Malkin’s store...
*Flashback at Madam Malkin’s*
Harry, Ron and Hermione entered at the store, to buy the new clothes as it’s the tradition on every beginning of school year. Ron entered first while Hermione was pushing him to move as he was very lazy that morning. Harry was thinking about the new school year that was ahead, not because he wanted to learn new things. He wanted to imagine in what kind of trouble he would find himself this time. As he stepped inside the shop, a strong “magnetic” force pulled his head and attention towards the right corner of the shop. There was standing Draco Malfoy! Harry’s heart started to beat fast. His breathing fastened too. His eyes couldn’t miss Malfoy’s grey ones that stared at him back. Both stared at each other in silence and surprise. Not even a blink from the boys. Draco’s blonde hair, smooth milky skin, and grey eyes caught Harry’s attention once again. Draco’s pink lips parted in surprise and Harry would swear that Malfoy was going to say “Potter!” in that moment, but that word didn’t come out. Also, Harry kept his “Malfoy!” word inside his mouth, and didn’t let it out this time. Harry was standing there… and he had forgotten the world around… Suddenly, someone shouted. That loud voice “woke” Harry and Draco from their “staring daydream”.
- What was that?- asked Hermione very worried.
- Oh, there’s nothing! – said Malkins. – One of the new assistants of mine, pricked her finger while preparing a first year’s uniform.
Harry sighed. He blinked twice and then his attention went to Draco again. But… this time… he saw something very… unusual: Draco was breathing fast and was all red in his face. He was staring at the assistant who shouted. Her indicator finger had some blood over it, still fresh and glimmering at the dim light. Draco clenched his teeth. The left canine tooth, shone very bright… as if it was… a fang.
“A fang??!!” Harry thought in shock. “Blood?! Uneasiness?! Fang?! Is … Is Malfoy … a vampire??!!” Harry’s eyes widened in shock as he stared at Draco. Draco managed to control himself and rose his head. Draco’s grey eyes met Harry’s widened green ones. This made Draco frown and angry, but all he did was telling Madam Malkin he didn’t need the new clothes anymore. As he said that, Draco stared at Harry once more, this time in a threatening way, and then he left the shop, furiously. Harry was standing there, in the middle of the shop, waiting for something to explain all this to him. “Malfoy is a … vampire?!”
- Harry, it’s your turn friend!
It was Ron’s voice calling. That voice made Harry “jump down” at the reality. But…
- Did you see him? – asked Harry very fast while his eyes were still opened very wide.
- Harry… are you ok? You are very pale! – asks Hermione worried.
- Did you eat breakfast? – asked Ron worried too.
- Mister Wealey, this way! – Madam Malkin showed him the corner to prepare his clothes.
- I’ll take him out for a bit, said Hermione while grabbing Harry’s arm while he was standing still in the middle of the room.
- Did you see that Hermione?! – Harry asked again.
- See what?
- Malfoy. He was here!
- Ok. What’s the matter then? He is a student just like us so he came here to buy new…
- No not that! His reaction towards the assistant’s blood!
Hermione frowned in confusion.
- What??!!
- Yes, Hermione! Malfoy… Draco Malfoy is a vampire!
*Back to Present*
How fool Harry has been all this time! Draco Malfoy, is a vampire! A very beautiful one! And standing in the middle of the Hogwarts like this, no one doubted on him! “How? How did he manage to hide all this time, so perfectly? How could it be that no one had ever noticed once his difference from the others? How could he manage so well to fit in the middle of the wizard’s society? Why? Why nobody has ever asked him why he had such silky white blonde hair, pale white skin, gray shining eyes and those pink alluring lips…” Then for a moment, Harry shook his head. “He must have allured everyone in this school but not only! Vampires have an alluring scent that makes everyone obey at them and makes the victims hypnotized from their charming appearance!” Harry was beginning to think hard. He took his invisibility cloak out of his pocket and approached at Draco’s compartment. With a very determined decision …
- What is going on? – asked Draco in doubt and worry.
- It must be a joke from the first years! They play with ridiculous toys like this. Calm down Draco! – Pansy assured him.
- Idiots! Is it that fun making the whole wagon dark? – adds Blaise with irony.
But Draco wasn’t convinced. He could feel that this was not a mere joke from the children. But, he sat on his seat and started to look at the window as the landscape blurred from the train movement.
- Do you want something to eat? You look pale! – asked Pansy with worry.
- I can’t believe they are going to teach us silly charms another two years! – says Draco with angry bored and ironic voice, without even looking at his friends. He didn’t reply to Pansy’s question either.
- Yeah. – sighed Blaise. - What to do? This is all we can have!
Draco smirks and raises his head. He felt a familiar presence at the empty place near the luggage. He knew very well whose presence was, so he decided to play a bit.
- I’ll go out for a bit. – Draco said as he stood up and walked toward the door of the compartment.
- Draco! – Pansy called him, but she got no response back. – I’m worried about him!
- He’s ok, Pans! – said Blaise in a bored voice.
Harry was stuck up to place near the luggage. He couldn’t just drop down, as he would be noticed by Pansy and Blaise. But he wanted badly to follow Draco, and see again the fact that he is a vampire! “I’m stuck! Think Harry! Think! Think!” Then, an idiotic idea came to his mind: He kicked the luggage near him and so it fell over Pansy’s head. She shouted from pain and fell from the seat.
- Pansy! – Blaise called and ran to her to help her.
- I’m …fine… I’m fine! – she said while holding her hurt place in the head with her hand. – I’m just a bit dizzy, that’s all!
- What… how can the luggage fall like this? The train didn’t even made any irregular movement! – asked Blaise very confuse.
- Maybe I placed it not like usual… I don’t know Blaise! I just … I just … - Pansy said in worry and then sighed deeply.
- Stop worrying about Draco! He is fine, and as always, he will manage whatever it comes in front. – Blaise tried to calm her down, but he knew that was a useless move.
While Blaise was comforting Pansy, Harry managed to get out of the compartment.
“Now, where is Malfoy? Where did he go?” Harry was looking at the right, at the left, everywhere he could, but there was a lot of people and no one of them was Malfoy. Harry decided to walk through the people even though he was under the invisibility cloak. Sometimes, he bumped over the others, but he was furious about letting Malfoy escape from his sight, so he didn’t care about the others. Harry gritted his teeth, his hands fist and his nails digging deep in his palm. “How dare he leave the compartment like that! How dare he!!” He was not sure if he was angry with “Harry” for letting him escape in front of his eyes, or with Malfoy, that somehow understood that someone uninvited was in his compartment. “He saw me! I know! His eyes… his cold … icy grey cold eyes… stared at me… that smirk… he ….” Then Harry stopped and wanted to punch something to release all the anger, but a strong hand grabbed him from the back and pulled him very fast inside an empty compartment. The compartment’s windows covered with their sun-blinds. All this happened in a couple of seconds. Harry remained confused… surprised…
- What… - That was all that Harry could say as the same hand that pulled him inside, this time took off the invisibility cloak from the confused boy.
- Did I lose from your sight, POTTER?
Harry spun around immediately, in a fraction of second, facing Malfoy.
- Malfoy! – the instinctually answer came out from Harry’s mouth.
It was like a secret greeting code: Malfoy smirking while saying “Potter”, and Harry gives him the immediately answer “Malfoy”. This time, Draco had a victorious face, while Harry was in shock. He didn’t even notice Malfoy while approaching at Harry, even though Harry was searching for him in every possible direction.
- I can sense pure fear in you! – said Malfoy while ironically smiling.
- I know who you are Malfoy! – said directly Harry, failing to manage his anger toward Malfoy.
- Oh really?
- Yes I do!
- Go on! Let’s hear it! – continues his smirks.
- You are a Vampire! – said Harry while putting a strong “highlight” on the word “Vampire”.
- Am I? – says Malfoy while crossing the little distance between him and Harry.
- Yes! I saw you at Madam Malkin’s. You bore your fangs!
- Listen, Potter! I know very well what you saw! So… If I were you… I would better keep the mouth shut, rather than…
- Otherwise what?
Draco smirked and approached at Harry even more. This time he looked at him from the bottom to the top of his head, just like that day on the third year, on the Care for Magical Creatures. Harry felt a shiver, but he didn’t let himself appear weak in front of Malfoy.