A/N I do not own Harry Potter, he belongs to JK Rowling and Warner Bros

Hidden in Lion's clothing

Daphne Greengrass

Tall

Brunette

Attractive

But ignored by men in favour of another adjective: Slytherin.

Everyone knows that Slytherins are cunning and ambitious but no-one seems to realise that it is not a fault. That's the most annoying thing.

Yes she wants to be successful and yes she sometimes uses methods that others wouldn't, but that doesn't make her evil. It just makes her different.

She can't understand Gryffindors who put all their faith into believing all Slytherins are the spawn of Satan, when they are probably more evil than any Slytherin. Slytherins have reasons behind their insults whether it's to please their abusive fathers, prevent them being killed by the Dark Lord or to show others their attraction. Gryffindors purely use them to hurt. They can't see the reasons, can't understand the hurt hidden behind the sarcasm and taunts or the desire to have the simpler life Gryffindors seem to have.

All Gryffindors except one.

Harry Potter

The Golden Boy

The Boy Who Lived

The Chosen One

The pampered price as Professor Snape likes to call him.

And she can't understand it.

In those verbal sparring matches with Draco Malfoy, she sees amusement and sympathy in his eyes, not the outright hate in others. It could be explained by an attraction but that's not what it seems like.

It's sympathy, not empathy. He understands the pain and it makes her wonder

How can he understand? Is he really the Gryffindor Golden Boy?

If her instincts are right he's hiding something, something that has taught him to recognise the facades that Slytherins put up to protect themselves. Is it cunning that stops him from saying anything to break the façade or is he protecting himself like any good slytherin would?

In reality is he like them, like her, but hiding in lion's clothing?

A/N Thank you Red Cat for the review. I checked and it seems it should be sympathy not empathy according to freedictionarydotcom but it confuses me as well. Also thank you for my first fanfiction review.

Sorry for the language mix up, AngelDustt, it now says english which is what it's meant to be.

To answer SimFlyer's question, at the moment this is just a oneshot but it is possible that I will write Harry's perspective at some point.

Also thank you to the people who have put this story on alert or have favourited it, it is appreciated.