The Art of Silence.
Harry Potter and Karissa Malfoy were never friends. You could say they were distant enemies, but never friends. Karissa Malfoy, daughter of Lucius and Narssisa Malfoy, had two siblings, Draco and Angelique Malfoy. Draco, Angelique, and Karissa were fraternal triplets, Draco being the eldest, then Angelique, then Karissa. To them, whoever was the oldest or youngest did not matter, they were family through and through, everybody was treated equally. On September 1st, 1991, the three Malfoy siblings attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, with one Harry James Potter. Throughout this story, you will learn about the relationships between Harry and Karissa, starting with the train ride to Hogwarts...
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First Meetings And First Impressions
Karissa Malfoy hated trains. She hated how they always rocked back and forth, she hated how loud they were. She like peace and quiet, she like stillness. But she hated trains. She hated how boring they were. She hated how nothing interesting happened on trains.
Until now.
She was walking down the hallway of the Hogwarts Express alone, surprisingly. Draco and Angelique had run off and left her on the platform. So much for sticking together. She supposed she could forgive them, for now anyways. As she was walking she was looking into compartments, trying to find her brother and sister.
"Bloody siblings, couldn't keep track of them if I tried." She muttered to herself. She saw a girl with bushy hair and buck teeth walking her way. When the girl was close enough, she said,
"Have you seen a toad anywhere? A boy named Neville has lost one."
"How do you lose a toad?" Karissa asked.
"Don't ask me, ask Neville."
"Right, well, I haven't seen it. Though I did hear some girls screaming a few compartments down the way I came. Might want to check there."
"Thanks." She said and walked off in the direction Karissa had led her. She seems nice, Karissa thought to herself. She continued her search. When she reached the end of the train, she sighed, and turned around. She didn't waste her time looking in compartments again. Instead she just walked, fully planning on finding an empty compartment and sitting there until Draco and Angelique decided to come and find her. She passed a compartment and saw a familiar head of platinum blonde hair that was very similar to her own. She opened the door to see her two missing siblings.
"I've been looking for you forever!"
"Hello to you, too." Angelique said with a smirk. Karissa rolled her eyes and sat down next to her.
"Have you been in here the whole time?" She asked.
"No. Did you hear that Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts?"
"Everybody has heard that. Where were you?"
"Around. Well, duh, it's Harry Potter. He made friends with Weasley already. And the Mudblood Granger. Bad taste, that one."
"Yeah." Karissa said. She had never really followed the blood purest thing. To her, if you're a witch, you're a witch, if you're a wizard, you're a wizard. Her siblings, however, well they were a different story. Karissa had always gone along with whatever her siblings said. She had to keep an image. The Malfoy image. Angelique was the most talkative of the three, she and Draco were always the ones to start the fights. Karissa was the more quiet one. Well, she wasn't that quiet, just... not as loud as her brother and sister.
Which is still pretty loud.
But hey, it's not like anybody's keeping score.
"Well, I'm bored." Draco stated and stood.
"Where are you going?" Angelique asked. Draco didn't answer, just opened the door and left. Typical.
"Well, we'd better follow him." She said and stood as well.
"You go ahead. I'm staying here."
"Why?"
"I don't want to get into trouble on my first day. And seeing as it's you, I know there will be trouble."
"Okay, then. Have fun." Karissa hummed in response. After a few minutes of sitting in the empty compartment, Karissa could conclude that she was bored. Should have gone with Angelique. She thought. She sighed and stood, leaving the compartment and wandering around the train with no real destination in mind. She looked in to a compartment window and saw a peculiar sight. She stopped walking. Should she go in? She figured it would be entertaining. Should she knock?
Nah.
She opened the door. Inside she was greeted bye three pairs of eyes. There were two boys surrounded by candy. Karissa wrinkled her nose. Why you would want that much candy, she would never know. She turned her attention to the girl in the compartment with brown, bushy hair.
"Hello again." Karissa said.
"Hi." The girl said.
"I never got your name." Karissa said, sitting next to her.
"Hermione. Hermione Granger." She said, sticking her hand out for Karissa to shake. Oh. Hermione Gra...Oh. She took Hermione's hand anyway.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Karissa." She didn't want to tell her her last name just yet. That would ruin everything. "And... who's that?" She knew who they were, but she asked anyway.
"I'm Ron Weasley." One of the boys said, his face stuffed with candy. The one with red hair.
"Hi."
"Hey."
"Who's that?" She asked.
"I'm Harry." The other boy said, not saying his last name. She knew it anyway. She didn't say anything about it.
"Hullo."
"Uh...hi."
"Well, I'd best be off. The train's about to stop. It was nice meeting you, Ron, Hermione, Harry." She nodded and left. That went better than I expected, she thought as she walked back to her empty compartment to wait out the rest of the ride.
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That was their first meeting. It did go well indeed, but their future meetings did not.
