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A/N: Muggle AU, Draco x Harry
Chapter 01
A small hand gripped Narcissa's left pinky and ring fingers while she finished filling out the last of the Emergency Contact Form. Why there was an additional novella for her to fill out today, on top of the other Registration Forms was yet to be seen. She had included this information in the other paperwork she previously filled out two weeks ago. Maybe it had to do with starting her son in the middle of the school year. Maybe it had to do with the school being so disorganized they needed redundant records of everything. Either way, Draco was late for his first day of Kindergarten and nothing irritated Narcissa Malfoy more than tardiness.
The class was buzzing with the sounds of children's laughter. Narcissa led Draco to the front of the class to speak with the teacher, Mrs. Figg at her desk. If Draco tightened his hold on her fingers, Narcissa didn't seem to notice. Narcissa chatted briefly with Mrs. Figg and introduced her son ("My, aren't you handsome!"), and before he knew it his Mummy was off ("Behave, Draco. You're a big boy now. I'll see you soon, love."), and Draco was left alone with Mrs. Figg and thirty children. He kept his arms crossed against his chest, his Scooby Doo backpack a source of comfort snug on his back, and stared up at the elderly teacher, his heart beating wildly in his throat.
I'm not shy, Draco told himself. I'm a big boy, and big boys aren't shy.
The Malfoys just recently moved to the area, and Draco was still adjusting. His Dad had been transferred, not that he knew what his parent's did for work. They seem to always be there for him, and for now that is all he wanted to know.
The first thing Draco noticed as he looked around was the number of children. The class was larger in size than he was used to. The children quieted down at Mrs. Figg's gentle but stern voice. Draco looked into the sea of children, stubbornly raised his chin as Mrs. Figg introduced him to the class instead of hiding behind her like he wanted to- because he wasn't shy. The children gazed at him curiously, sitting together in groups of 4, backpacks hanging off the back of their chairs. He took a deep breath as he followed Mrs. Figg to the only empty seat near the front of the class, where a group of two boys and a girl sat at a together.
"I want you to meet your group, Draco. Go ahead and put your backpack on the chair - that's right. Good. You'll be sitting next to Daphne. Across from her is Ron, and sitting next to Ron is Harry." Mrs. Figg smiled. "Take a moment to say hello, and then we'll continue on with learning our Numbers."
Draco had stopped listening to Mrs. Figg as soon as the last child's name left the tip of her tongue. He stopped worrying about not being shy, and being nervous about the number of kids in the class, and stopped worrying about being nervous about being the new kid and making new friends, because Harry-was that his name? -Had the brightest green eyes Draco had ever seen. Harry sat across from him, smiling a crooked smile that made Draco's pale cheeks tint with pink and the back of his neck tingle. Harry looked at him with those wide green eyes, and Draco's heart stopped beating in his throat.
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