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Often the most intrepid and selfless in a society may be branded a villain.

Such a malefactor shall ever lay down upon the altar of sacrifice that which is most sacred - one's own soul.

In this fashion a villain does what is necessary to triumph.

He or she is willing to be hated to save the world.

--Facebook's All Villains Unite Fanpage


We used to be friends, or at least I think that's what we were, for around two seconds.

Looking back, I honestly couldn't remember exactly why I ever thought we had a decent chance to actually get along, except that we were young, naive, and I didn't know any better. Plus at that time, he seemed as willing to put our obvious differences aside and start our Hogwarts years on a clean slate (as it rightfully should). It was only later that I found out how impossible of a dream this was. When you're a Weasley, things just won't start clean with any Malfoy.

It was on the platform before boarding the train that I first saw him--my Dad gave me quite a few pointers about that "Malfoy Boy"--but it was ten minutes later, after the King's Cross Station and my Dad had disappeared into the distance, that I actually met him.

"Is it okay if I sit here?", he asked, pointing towards the empty seat opposite mine. "Everywhere else is full."

At that time, there was only me, Al, and another girl named Nicole inside our compartment. Coincidentally, Nicole had said the exact same thing when she came in about three minutes earlier, and I was beginning to wonder whether the train seats were charmed to hold the actual number of students on board, making sure all compartments were filled to the last cushion. I considered him for a minute, my Dad's voice ringing in my ears. Don't get too close to him, though, Rosie. But I remembered what came after that statement and decided to ignore what my dad said altogether.

"Sure. I'm Albus, but you can call me Al. And this is my cousin, Rose. She's Nicole." Al introduced us all, offering him a smile. If he smiled back at him then I didn't see it--either because it happened for a nanosecond (probably less) or I was too busy gaping disbelievingly at my cousin. Luckily, no one else noticed my reaction towards our newcomer. And Nicole, whose chatting earlier had been paused by his arrival, resumed almost immediately the moment the new boy took a seat, dispelling most of the awkwardness.

"--we are going to be so close, and we can have pillow fights in the gryffindor towers every night, and we'll do each other's hair everyday, and maybe we could stay over at each other's place for the holidays--" she was saying, "--I know I'd love to see your home, and meet your mom and dad--"

I honestly thought she was thinking way to far into the future, but I had to admit it was better than I had hoped for. Everyone else seemed to make it a point to avoid me and Al since we got on the train, and I thought for a while that I may not be able to make friends. I love Al by default, but I was hoping to meet people who were not related to me in one way or another. And aside from that, I would need girls to hang out and do girly stuff with when Al would start engrossing his time in his favorite sport, Quidditch, since I have no passion for it whatsoever. I was glad Nicole was nice enough to approach us when others wouldn't.

Though of course this was when Malfoy had to ruin the moment.

"Oh I'm sorry," he said, not sounding the least bit apologetic at all. "But what makes you think you'll be sorted into Gryffindor?"

"Well, my mom's a muggle, and my dad was a Hufflepuff, but he had an uncle who was a Gryffindor!" Nicole replied rather defensively. "Besides, I have Gryffindor qualities."

"You don't inherit a house, and even if you could, the relation's too distant to make a connection. And what qualities are you talking about? Airheadedness is not categorically Gryffindor material."

"Who do you think you are?" Nicole rose to her feet, face flushed in anger.

"I'm Malfoy. Scorpius Malfoy."

"Like Draco Malfoy's son?" Al asked curiously.

"Oh, son of the deatheater, you mean!" Nicole burst out angrily. "Why, what would you know about Gryffindors? You haven't got any drop of it anywhere on you or your family! Slimy Slytherins!"

For a moment, there was a flicker of something in Malfoy's eyes, and he looked like he had turned into someone totally different, more dangerous.

"Hey--" I interfered, sensing the tension in the air. "There's no need to fight. I mean, we're all friends here. Nicole, don't be mean. Apologize to Scorpius."

"What? Why are you reprimanding me and not him?"

Flustered at this, I turned to the boy in front of me. "Scorpius--"

"Save it. I don't need you to tell me what to do." He stood up, towering over all of us, and stepped out the door. "If this is the company you'll keep, then I guess this compartment isn't big enough for the four of us."

He glared at us disdainfully and walked away. Part of my mind wondered where he would sit (everywhere else was supposedly full), but I had no particular interest to call him back inside anyway.

"I don't know what just happened.." Al sighed, crossing his arms over his chest. "We've only been here a minute and we've already earned ourselves an enemy. We haven't even gotten to Hogwarts yet."

"Well, good riddance," Nicole commented, obviously relieved but not wanting to let the issue go.

"What you said about his family was below the belt", I pointed out. "You should've just apologized."

"Are you kidding me? He was a total jerk!"

"Well, so were you."

"Why are you taking his side? You've known him for like, two seconds!"

"I knew you for about five."

"FINE!" Nicole huffed indignantly. "I'm going to leave now so you could get him to come back in here, since you obviously prefer him to me! Sheesh! I can't believe I agreed to befriend you. You're such a brat!"

She stormed out, slamming the door for dramatic effect. When she was gone, I realized the gravity of the situation.

"Well.." Al muttered. "It's just you and me again, Rosie."

Malfoy just had to ruin everything.


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