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" look she's finally passing over to us again let's go ! " Crab says pointing at the lady leading the trolly of sweets he thinks he's being subtle about it but he's not and draco is too bored to care
" Come on draco your coming right ?! " Goyle said looking back at draco
The train was still probably miles away from Hogwarts and draco was beyond bored out of his mind at this point but then again crab and goyles idea to harras a random woman on the train for extra sweets didn't seem anymore fun , hell , he didn't even like sweets
" No I'm not in the mood plus I don't even like sweets " draco rolled his eyes as he looked back at the window on his side
" You're no fun come on goyle " crab huffed hurrying goyle to follow him
Why were they even doing this ? Draco had more then enough money to buy them the whole trolly if they wanted, draco figured it was less about the sweets and more about just causing chaos to entertain themselves draco let's them they're a bit like dogs in the sense that you needed to let them tire themselves out
As soon as they go draco starts looking around the train for something entertaining to keep his eyes on , he should have brought a book or something but he figured the ride couldn't be that long , he was wrong.
Suddenly tho as his eyes look around for anything , something or rather someone catches his eye , a pale boy with pitch black messy hair sat across from draco on the train his eyes lingered for a few seconds when suddenly the boy turned to dracos direction and... Wow the boy had the brightest green eyes draco had ever seen on anyone that's when it clicked that boy was... Harry Potter
The son of the famous potter family , Voldemort the most evil wizard that had ever lived had tried to kill Lily and James as well as their son when he was just baby and they had both not only lived to tell the tale the only people who had ever survived an attack from Voldemort but they had also helped Dumbledore defeat Voldemort years ago
There was not a single wizard or witch that didn't know the name potter and their son had always been a focal point in the news papers around the wizarding world although his parents always tried to shield their son as best they could from the spotlight so not much was known about him except for the fact that he looked exactly like his father except for the bright green eyes he had inherented from his mother
Draco couldn't keep his eyes away from the boy he was the most captivating person draco had ever seen it made him feel a weird flutter in his stomach he had never felt before , and watching the boys bright green eyes made his face feel oddly warm what was this feeling ? He'd never felt like this before
Draco figured it had to be admiration that's right draco admired him he was the most talked about boy in the whole wizarding world and yet he didn't really know a single thing about him all he'd heard from his and his family had been either from the daily prophet or from gossip because bizarrely his parents never talked about him they talked about every wizarding family he could meet at Hogwarts except for the most famous one they seemed to not like the potter's very much for some reason
Well it's not like his parents were here and draco was desperate to catch the boys attention and make him his friend . Draco quickly got up from his seat to approach the boy as he got closer tho he noticed something , he had apparently been so excited and laser focused on the potter boy he hadn't noticed that another boy was right beside harry talking potters ear out , he immediately recognized the red hair and freckles a Weasley , his parents had told him about the Weasleys , when it came to pure blood wizarding families they were in the rock bottom when it came to everything , they were disgustingly poor always wearing hand me downs buying the worst of everything and probably begging for scrap's whenever they went it didn't help that despite their financial situation they keep having kids.
They were also traitors to their kind always buddy buddy with muggles and muggle born insisting their treated " fairly " it was disgusting, his parents had warned to never be caught dead with a Weasley in public ' their filth will drag you down ' they said not that draco needed warning he would never associate with such lower kind of wizards and witches.
Poor potter draco thought , he must be dying to escape the annoying red haired idiot at his side talking his ear off , no matter draco would scare Weasley off for potter
" Hello are you harry Potter ? " Draco said confidently on the outside but on the inside he was dying of nerves
Potter turned to look at him and draco almost lost his train of thought at seeing the boys pretty green eyes so much more closely and in detail , focus draco ! He told himself
" So its true , the famous harry Potter is finally attending Hogwarts it's great to meet you " he said trying to copy his father's most charming smile
It seemed to work at least somewhat since potter smiled sheepishly at him and nodded his head
" My name is Malfoy , draco Malfoy " draco said as he extended his hand in a friendly gesture just like his father did in meetings when he wanted to seal a deal
' friendships are a lot like political deals and associations draco ' he remembered his father saying to him before going to Hogwarts ' you need to search for people who will benefit you in some way and then convince them that you will be of enough benefit to them to accept your friendship ' he dropped the Malfoy name at first for a purpose he knew his family name was famous and held lots of influence and prestige and that was what he was trying to achieve when he said his name to show potter his value and that they could both be of use to each other
And he felt like he was going to get it but then he heard a nasty little chuckle the moment he said his full name , a chuckle that came from the annoying red haired boy on potter's right and anger boiled inside him , how dare he ? A Weasley mocking him ? When their family name carried nothing but shame and disgrace
Draco's eyes immediately landed on the Weasley boy with a sharp cutting edge
" Think my name's funny do you ? " Draco said a venomous rage in his voice
" Don't need to figure out where your from , disgusting torn hand me down robe , you must be a Weasley your one to laugh when your at the bottom of the pecking order you shouldn't even be allowed to sit around people like us " he spat with a nasty grin
Weasley shrinks away slightly at the words even if his eyes still blazed with anger and stubborness he knew draco had said nothing but the truth which was why he couldn't even defend himself
Draco smirked satisfied and turned back to potter whos entire demeanor had shifted, his eyes had seemingly darkened with anger and his mouth had turn downwards into a scowl, dracos heart started beating faster in anxiety
" Do not talk to him like that " potter said angrily at him
Draco's heart dropped a little at the tone and he could feel his stretched hand shake a little so he decided to hide it behind his back to let it rest a bit while he cleared things up with harry
" Harry I know he seems nice enough but I promise you you really don't want to associate with a Weasley , maybe you don't know this but you'll soon learn some wizarding families are better then others and the Weasleys are the bottom of the barrel his name will drag you down with him by association and your way too good to be brought down by his filth so "
Draco extends his hands once again " how about you forget about him and join me " he said as his heart pounded in his chest
Harry looked down at his outstretched hand and looked back up straight into Draco's eyes with anger and rejection
" I think I'll choose who I want to spend my time with and I know that regardless of status I wouldn't want to befriend someone as mean as you " harry said with determination turning his nose up at Draco's outstretched arm
Draco's heart dropped to his chest at the rejection he quickly lowered his hand and felt a mix of embarrassment , shame and sadness that seemed to overwhelm him completely he even started to feel a knot forming in his throat his eyes wanting to water at the feeling.
Suddenly he heard footsteps behind him and two familiar voices call out his name it was crab and goyle
Draco immediately buried his feeling in the back of his chest his posture straightening in an authoritative threatening stance he wouldn't be caught dead crying Infront of his friend and he especially wouldn't be caught dead crying Infront of his new found enemies.
" Draco ? What happened ? " Goyle said slightly defensively
Draco turned around to goyle with an air of controlled anger " oh nothing much it's just that the fame seems to be getting to potter's head he had the nerve to reject me just now "
" Oh did he know head getting a little too big potter ? " crab said approaching potter threateningly
Weasley being the reckless idiot he apparently was snapped out of his shock and jumped Infront of harry to stare crab down " what is it malfoy ? Do you need your little body guards to defend you "
Goyle stepped forward as well joining crab " I would shut up if I were you Weasley you and that skinny little potter boy wouldn't stand a chance in a fight "
Draco smirked oh what he wouldn't give to see his boys beat up potter and weasley senseless, but they were in a train full of staff it wouldn't be convenient to start a fight now
Draco put a hand on both crab and goyles shoulder " it's ok boys calm down it wouldn't be smart to beat them in here you'll get them soon enough " at draco saying that they both retreated to go back behind draco
Draco glared at potter with a look that promised revenge " you'll regret humiliating me like that potter and you're little friend will regret being so stupid " draco says one last time fore he walks off with crab and goyle