My grammar is not as bad as the following.
Author's Note - 'ello! I decided that I wanted to try my hand at slash and this is what I came up with! For the time being I'll call this trial and error, it's just somethin' that might be fun to write, regardless if people like it (though I hope ya do). It'd mean a lot if you'd review.
Warnings: This is terribly AU as it is Non-magical and I'm sure just about everyone is OOC. This is slash between Harry and Draco if you haven't got that yet. I don't know yet if it's gonna be graphic as I've never wrote anything like this before but if it does get there, Harry bottoms, 'kay? Definitely watch out for so cursing though.
Summary - The last thing Draco Malfoy wanted to do was move, but when was the last time his parents ever listened to him? Now he has to go to a new school and try to fit in with this crazy new group of friends… but hey, maybe he will get something out of it. Slash. (Will get better summary once I get a better grip on story)
Disclaimer - Nope, don't own. Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling.
Notice, we're jumping headfirst into this.
Draco Malfoy watched crossly as his parents left him in the car to enter their new home. They were just going to let him sit here and sulk and that pissed him off more then anything. He hadn't wanted to move but it seemed as powerful and influential he was, he had no control over this. And so here he sat as movers uprooted his life and put them in a new home far away from home.
"Hey! New kid!
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Harry sat back in the drivers seat of his car and tapped the wheel impatiently as he and the girl next to him waited for his little sister. He was staring across the street where two huge moving vans were parked and the movers were bringing a ton of stuff into the house. A car was in the drive way and a blonde man and woman had just got out of the front but he could still see a blonde head sitting in the back.
"You know if you keep staring like that someone's going to take you for a pervert." Ginny muttered as she put on her makeup in his rearview mirror.
"I don't even know who's back there." Harry said still staring.
Ginny looked up for half a second at the house before looking back into the mirror. "It's a boy," she said confidently. "Which means you seem even more creepy."
Harry finally looked at her and rolled his eyes. "Whatever," he muttered and sunk deeper into his seat.
"Where is she?" Ginny asked suddenly and looked up at the big house that was the Potter Manor. She managed to see someone passing the window. "Oi! Hailie!" she yelled and the girl on the third floor returned to the window.
"What?" she called back.
"Hurry it up!" Ginny demanded. The girl glared down at them.
"You can't tell me what to do!" she shouted arrogantly.
"She can't," Harry said. "But I can. As your big brother I hold that kind of authority. Now move your ass or we're leaving without you."
The girl, Hailie, once more disappeared with an irritated look. Harry turned his head back to his new neighbors. "Think we should say something?"
"Whatever." Ginny huffed still watching his own house closely. Harry leaned slightly out of the car.
"Hey! New kid!"
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Draco turned his head before he could stop himself. He was not some new kid! Well, he was but . . .
Across the street a convertible was parked in front of a manor just as large as his and every other one in this neighborhood and a dark haired boy and a girl sat in it. The boy was staring right at him with a friendly smile.
Draco sighed to himself as he opened the door and got out of the car. He may as well make some friends as it was obvious he wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. He walked over to them and the boy held out his hand.
"Hi, I'm Harry Potter, your new neighbor." he said cheerfully. "And the sullen redhead next to me is Ginny Weasley, she doesn't live around here."
"Thank God," Ginny muttered.
Harry glanced back at her as Draco took the offered hand and shook it.
"Draco Malfoy," he introduced.
Harry had a bright smile and even brighter eyes. They were pretty and almond shaped and a startling cross between emerald and jade in color. His hair was wild and Draco wondered if it was purposely so. He wore all black, which was technically just his tee-shirt and jeans, and it made his slightly tanned skin stand out. Ginny, it seemed, was unassuming. She was pretty and might have been beautiful if it wasn't for the dark look on her face. Her hair was an unnatural shade of flaming red that made her hard to miss but at the moment it was covered in a blue scarf matching her jeans and belly shirt. Other then that she would be capable of sinking into the background with her lovely brown eyes and modest figure.
Harry nodded happily and then said, "Get in."
Draco blinked.
"What?" he asked intelligently.
"Get in." the boy persisted and Draco opened his mouth to repeat his question, because surly he'd heard wrong, when the girl Ginny leaned over Harry and the door so that she was closer to him.
"Let me apologize for him," she said sweetly and not looking so sullen anymore. "He's really sweet but has no social skills whatsoever. Let me translate. In Harry, 'Get in' means 'Hey, since you just moved here and I've never seen you around before and I'm assuming you don't know anyone would you like to come into town with us and meet some reasonably cool people?'"
She sat back in her seat and Harry smiled at her. "Thanks for that."
"No problem," Ginny said her slightly bored face back in place.
"Oh." Draco said dumbfounded and then looked behind him at his new house that was still being organized. "Sure." he said turning back to the two who were waiting for his reply.
"Awesome," Harry said as Draco opened the door and got into the back seat.
"Where you from?" he asked the blonde with interest. Draco shrugged.
"We've lived in London my entire life." he said and Harry whistled as Ginny turned around looking a bit intrigued.
"You're a city kid?" she asked and he nodded. "What possessed you to move out here to this hell hole?"
Draco chuckled a little. "I didn't have much of a choice."
Ginny nodded. "Parents?"
"Parents." Draco agreed.
Harry rolled his eyes at the both of them. "It's not that bad here." he said and both looked at him unconvinced. "Really." he said. "Godric's Hollow is small and quite but the east side of town, Hogsmead, has the city feel to it."
"Like you would know." Ginny said with pressed lips.
"My relatives live in the city Gin." Harry protested.
"Yeah. The suburb part of the city." Ginny snorted. "And you only see them, like, four times a year."
"Not the point." Harry said not giving in.
Draco was watching them from the back seat and found himself enjoying the little argument. Harry turned back to Draco.
"City vibe or not, Hogsmead is cool and that's where we're headed now to meet some friends. As soon as-"
"I'm out now. You happy?" an aggravated voice said and Draco turned to look towards the Potter's house.
His eyebrows shot up in surprise. It was a girl with literally scarlet red hair and light hazel blue eyes. She was dressed in black like Harry but was much more . . . Revealed. Her outfit consisted of a mini skirt a halter top covered only slightly by a tight vest and fishnet stockings only a bit revealed by her knee high heeled boots. She walked over and stopped at the door.
"Who are you?" she asked Draco rather rudely and before he could snap at her Harry answered.
"Draco Malfoy, our new neighbor. He's coming with us, be nice."
The girl looked him up and down before nodding as if in approval.
"Draco," Harry said drawing his attention. "This is my little sister, Hailie." Hailie opened the door and slid into the car next to him and behind Ginny.
"It's about time." the redhead up front said and Hailie kicked the seat completely ignoring Harry's shout of protest.
"Bite me." she bit out whilst settling back.
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The ride to the other side of town was indeed short, they reached it in just under twenty minutes. The whole way there the three had asked Draco plenty of questions. Oddly they seemed to avoid questions about themselves which Draco didn't particularly mind. It just made him curious.
Harry went down a street with stores only on one side. On the other was a brick wall filled with rather artistic graffiti. He pulled up across the street from a place called The Three Broomsticks.
"What an odd name," Draco cared to comment.
Harry laughed. "It's not the only one around here either. The woman who runs it, Rosemerta, is really sweet and beautiful if not a bit crazy. It's a place for people of all ages really though mostly teens hang out here. Accept Sunday's. No one under 18 allowed in after 5 o'clock. Unless they're renting a room of course."
"A room?" Draco questioned as they all climbed out of the car.
"It's an inn also." Hailie said. So far she'd only opted to be polite, not by any means nice. "She has a bunch of rooms on the second and third floors."
Together they walked across the street and entered the busy tavern. Draco looked around impressed. The place was warm and homey and filled with chattering couples, laughing friends and people just enjoying the atmosphere in general. People were standing around and moving from table to table even though there were quite a few seats open. Harry was right, they were mostly teenagers. The place wasn't decorated with the best of tiles or hardwood floors and there was a wall filled with pinned up drawings but it was clean and beautiful in its own way.
"Harry!" The boy in questioned turned at the sound of his name and grinned.
"Pansy! Baby!" Draco was startled when Harry walked over to an overly large table in the corner filled with people and hugged and kissed a dark haired girl sitting there. "Baby I didn't know you were back! Why didn't you call me?"
"Like you answer the phone anyway." the girl laughed as Draco followed Harry's path over to them with Hailie and Ginny hurrying after them.
"Pansy." Hailie greeted gaining the girls attention.
"Hailie! Ginny! I missed you guys so much!"
Harry let go of her so that his sister and friend could hug the one named Pansy.
"What did you bring us?" Hailie asked.
"Yeah, where's our stuff?"
"You have to come and get it." Pansy laughed again.
When they let go Draco could finally see her face. She was more handsome then pretty and very curvy, more so then Hailie, but was dressed in a reserved way. She was obviously wealthy; her cloths and the way she held her self said as much and she was smiling at Draco. "Hey, who're you?"
"Draco Malfoy." he introduced himself.
"He just moved into our neighborhood, baby." Harry said excitedly. She laughed and held out her hand.
"I'm Pansy Parkinson, the hyperactive ones best friend."
"You have a new best friend?" Harry asked teasingly and Pansy rolled her eyes and pulled him down into the seat next to her. "Take a seat Draco so we can introduce you." she instructed and Draco obeyed curious as to what other friends these people had.
Hailie and Ginny sat between two girls who were watching him with something hardly more then disinterest. He noticed that beside him and Harry there was two other boys both with dark hair and with unreadable expressions on their faces. He wasn't exactly surprised when Harry did the introductions and started with the girl on the other side of Pansy.
"This is Hermione Granger," he said and the girl with frizzy brown hair and warm cinnamon eyes smiled slightly at him.
"This is Ariella Lupin," This girl had sandy brown blonde hair and golden eyes and waved at him half heartedly.
"You already know Hailie and Gin but the other girl is Jillian Black and then her brother Reggie . . ." It seemed likely that Reggie and Jillian were twins. They both had light but odd purple/blue eyes and they looked scarily alike for being a boy and girl. The only real difference was that Jillian had blond and black streaks in her dark brown hair making her look kind of tabby.
"Between you and Reggie is Basile Zabini." The black boy blinked slowly at him from slightly narrowed eyes. Harry glared at them all.
"You guys don't have to be so nasty, he's okay, otherwise I wouldn't have invited him."
"Yes you would have," the girl Ariella said but she was smiling now and the tension around the table lifted.
"So you moved into the grand neighborhood? Where at exactly?" Reggie asked. Draco thought for a moment.
"North Heights, Founders Road."
He didn't understand the surprised looks that were sent his way and the smug look on Harry's face. "He's directly across the street." Hailie piped up. "In the Ruther's old manor."
"No way." Reggie said.
"You must be loaded." Hermione mumbled and there was agreement all around the table.
"Why do you say that?" Draco asked feeling uncharacteristically nervous.
"Have you even been inside of your house yet?" Hailie asked incuriously.
"What does it matter?" Draco asked.
"It's not cheap to move into our neighborhood." Pansy said simply bringing some of the heat off of him.
"No shit." Jillian snorted.
"Harry could tell you all about it." Basile said smugly and ginning at his friend who ginned back.
"No Harry couldn't." he responded. "I'm not interested in that stuff and so for all I know it's all a bunch of rumors."
"Mmhmm." the entire table went disbelievingly except Hailie who was snickering to herself. Who knew? She was human.
"I'm serious!" Harry exclaimed but he was grinning madly. "All I know for sure is that we live in our house because it's been in the family since Godric's Hollow was established."
"Coincidently." Hermione smirked and the table started laughing. Draco had no idea what was going on and so watched them silently.
"Whatever the story is," Pansy cut in "The point is Draco in richer then you sods so back off." She winked at the blonde who found it odd that none of the others seemed the least bit angry or jealous.
"Oh please," Jillian said. "We would be living up there too if daddy hadn't practically been disowned."
"Like Sirius would move you guys into our part of town." Hailie sniffed and causing another round of laughter.
"Yeah, even if Grandma snuffed it, we would still be out of luck." Reggie sighed dramatically.
"If I didn't know your grandmother I'd say you two had to be the worst grandchildren in the world." Ariella said disapprovingly.
"Calm down, Ari," Jillian brushed her off.
"The Blacks have an enormous fortune." Draco turned his head to Harry who was smiling at him. "Reggie and Jill's dad, Sirius, is the only living person in the direct line so when their grandma dies, she's a wicked old women who won't even acknowledge them, they get the whole thing even though Sirius is despised with a passion." Draco was interested.
"Really? That's a little weird isn't it?" Harry nodded.
"It is, but Grandma Black is a little weird. She is high and mighty and is willing to 'forgive' her oldest son because she refuses to give it to anyone in the extended family."
"Wait, oldest son?" Harry's eyes darkened.
"Yeah. Her youngest and her favorite was Regulas, who Reg is named after. Uncle Regulas got in with some bad people and they killed him years ago. He was in his twenties." Draco winced feeling sympathy for the family he didn't know but then another thought came to him.
"Grandma? Uncle? Are you related to them?"
Harry's face turned bright and cheerful again. "Jillian and Reggie are our god sister and brother. Ariella is too, actually."
"They don't have to live with you though," Hailie said catching the end of their conversation. Childishly Harry stuck out his tongue at her. Draco laughed.
The next few hours wiped by I a flurry of conversation and laughter. Draco found himself liking these people and he was sure they liked him. He asked them questions about themselves and even Harry, Ginny and Hailie were willing to talk now that they were surrounded by their friends.
He learned Ginny was16 making her the youngest and only girl of seven children and Draco could imagine why she was so sullen.
Hermione he learned was 17 and most-likely the smartest in the lot, apparently top of their year at school and was generally cheerful if not a bit bossy.
Ariella came in at a close second in the academics, was 16, and had a wicked fascination with wolves that Draco assumed came with the name.
Jillian and Reggie he was surprised to hear weren't twins at all as Jill was16 and Reg 17 but they were really big in the pranks department and were sometimes the only ones in on a joke and when asked about it they say 'It's a Black thing, you wouldn't understand.' and start laughing again at their pun. Also, they wanted to go into business with Ginny's twin brothers who were already out of school and had started a joke shop.
Basil he found interesting. The boy was 17 and very sly with his remarks and his sarcasm was abundant but he was also joyful though his background story was kind of depressing. His family was very wealthy also but then again he was on his sixth over- sixty- year- old step dad. It didn't seem to bother him but he did express some irritation towards his mother when the subject came up.
Hailie, Draco found out, wasn't as much of a bitch as she appeared to be. She was 16 and snippy and short tempered but when they didn't bother her too much she laughed along with the rest of them.
Pansy was the mediator of the group. At 17 she kept the peace every time Hailie raised her voice and calmed Harry and Reggie when they started to get a little too hyper. She was smart but said she was much more interested in boys and cheerleading then she was in studying and left it at that.
Harry was odd to say the least. Draco could never quite tell what was going on in his mind. He was 17 also and obviously fun loving and hardly ever stopped smiling. He said some rather weird things that his friends took in a stride and shrugged off as 'Harry-ness' and he was absentminded, as in he found it hard to keep his concentration. In spite of that he showed he was intelligent with his witty remarks to Hailie and Basile snide ones.
He and Pansy had known each other since preschool and were best friends. Being 'related' he and Hailie had known Reggie, Jillian and Ariella practically since birth and so they all and Pansy had spent their very early years together. They'd come across Hermione and Basile in kindergarten and the second grade
respectively and Ginny showed up in Ariella's family bookstore the summer before the elders of the group started forth grade.
At some point Draco had even met the owner of The Three Broomsticks, Rosemerta. Harry had described her well, she was a bit crazy but completely sweet and very beautiful. She'd greeted Draco with a grin and welcomed him to Godric's Hollow.
"I thought this was Hogsmead," Draco said to Harry at one point and Harry laughed.
"You must have been asleep when you came into town." he chuckled. "Did you're parents not tell you where you were moving?" Draco rolled his eyes but couldn't comment as Harry continued.
"This is the town of Godric's Hollow, the entire place. It's split up into four sections basically. Where we live is North Heights, a gated community more or less where it's really the homes of the wealthy, like government officials. You'll meet them I'm sure. Where we are now is Hogsmead which is the east side of town, most of the businesses are here. The south is a lot of open spaces. No matter what school you go to it'll be there. It's called South Green. The west side or Vinkus, is middle and lower class housing even though there are houses every where in town. It also has a few more businesses and things like that."
Draco had nodded still a bit confused but feeling he'd figure it out eventually. Harry had given him a goofy smile as if reading his thoughts but had said,
"Don't worry about it. We're friends now, right? And friends with cars are the best kind."
Draco had chuckled and was glad Harry considered him a friend.
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"I don't know how you find them, Harry. He is hot." Pansy whispered in his ear. Harry snickered quietly.
"Don't go there, Pansy." he whispered back to her. Pansy's eyebrow shot up.
"You don't think he's hot?" she asked disbelievingly.
"I didn't say that!" Harry said instantly causing Draco and Ariella to look around at him and Pansy to start giggling.
"I'm-I'm sorry to bring it up." she choked out and Harry sighed and raise his eyes toward the ceiling.
"Hey Potter."
Harry blinked at the familiar voice but didn't turn around. The entire table got quite.
"Hey Ron," he answered completely neutral. He could just imagine the redheads irritated face.
"What do you want Ronald?" Ginny snapped.
--
Draco could tell the instant this boy came up that he was one of Ginny's brothers. The hair was a dead giveaway. He could also tell that no one was happy with his presence. Especially Harry. His face went to a scary blankness and his eyes were frosty.
"What do you want Ronald?" Ginny snapped her expression going hard.
Ron sneered at his little sister. "Mom called and told me to give you a ride home."
"Why would I want a ride from you?" Ginny asked in disgust. This was the most animated Draco had seen her.
"Because you don't have a car and still insist on going out with your loser friends."
"My loser friends?!" Ginny said loudly standing up.
"Yeah," Ron glared. "The nerds, the out-casts, the sluts and the fag." he said referring to Hermione and Ari, Jill and Reggie, Pansy and Hailie and-
"Don't talk about my brother like that!" Hailie, Ari, Jill and Reggie all exclaimed in outrage.
"I dare you to stop me."
Reggie stood up.
"Reg, sit down. You're going to get kicked out again."
Draco looked at Harry who was the only one not looking upset but instead kind of bored. Hell, he even felt angry on behalf of his new friends. Reggie sank slowly back into his seat still practically growling at Ron. At the moment he looked pretty wild.
Harry looked up at Ron. "I'm driving Ginny home. I picked her up and brought her here so I'm perfectly capable of bringing her back safe and sound."
Ron pressed his lips. "Fine." Then he spotted Draco and smirked.
"So," he said looking back at Harry. "It seems you have a new boy toy, eh Potter? Hopefully this one turns out better then the last." Before anyone could say anything he stuck a hand out at Draco. "You don't want to be associated with this bunch, bad blood." he said looking at the Blacks. "I can help you there." (a/n - who just got de-ja-vu?!) Draco didn't even think about it.
"Fuck off." he said and Ron looked completely shocked as did everyone else at the table. "I don't need any assistance, most especially from you, in picking my friends."
Ron snatched his hand back as if burned and glared back at Ginny. "Be home by ten."
"That's not my curfew you bastard!" but Ron had already turned on his heal and stalked away through the crowd of the den.
Ginny let an incomprehensible shout of rage and fell back into her seat. "I hate him!" she exclaimed. Suddenly she looked around at them.
"I am so sorry everyone." she said quietly and she locked eyes with Harry. "I'm sorry." she repeated looking distressed.
Harry smiled. "You have nothing to be sorry for, there's one in every family."
"And there's, like, three in our family." Hailie said wrapping an arm around her friend.
Jill and Reggie traded looks. "We are the ones in our family," they said in unison.
"Besides," Harry added. "I think it's kind of funny how homophobic he is."
There was a general half hearted laugh around the table.
"So that's what he was talking about?" Draco asked gaining everyone's attention but he was looking directly at Harry who was staring back. "You're gay?"
Harry nodded. "Yeah." then he paused. "Is that a problem?"
Draco could feel the tension radiate around the table daring him to say the wrong answer.
"No," Draco said and he smiled. Harry grinned back. The others all traded relived looks and Basile spoke up taking the attention off the two them.
"I'm bi." he told Draco.
"Which is gay with a boob fetish." Harry added causing laughter and Basile to roll is eyes.
"Whatever. Anyway the only reason he didn't say anything to me-"
"Because he usually does everyone." Ginny muttered bitterly.
"Is because my current step dad is his dad's Head of Department at work."
"See? And you thought dad number seven was useless." Hermione joked.
The atmosphere was a bit lighter now but the overall air had kind of died when Ron came. "I should probably head home," Ginny said after ten or so minutes.
"Okay," Harry said and he and Hailie stood with no qualms. Draco began to stand when Harry stopped him.
"Ginny lives in Vinkus, a bit out of the way. If you need to be home . . ."
"We're all leaving." Pansy said standing up. "And I live, like, directly behind Harry so I could drop you off."
"I don't have a curfew." Draco told them.
"'Kay," Harry said. "So you can come with us."
"I'm driving these two home." Basile said standing with Reggie and Jillian.
"Hermione has me." Ariella said standing up and stretching.
"And that means I'm all by my lonesome." Pansy sighed.
"We're coming over to get our presents tomorrow." Harry threatened as they all exited and Pansy laughed and gave him a tight hug.
"Of course. I missed you."
"And I you. Love you Baby." Pansy waved and headed down the darkening street towards her car.
"Bye-bye guys." Ariella said.
"See you all tomorrow." Hermione called as they went the opposite way as Pansy.
"Peace and love." Jillian said and the boys waved as they wandered off.
Harry got into the car along with the others. This time Ginny and Hailie switched seats. Harry started the car and they took off. The ride was silent and sleepy and Draco was surprised when he looked at his watch and found it was only a bit after nine. It was summer and so the sun wasn't even fully set yet making the sky look beautiful.
Crossing over into Vinkus took about a half hour and by then the girls were asleep. They pulled up to a relatively large house with a lot of lights on. "Wake her up, will you?" Harry asked Draco as he put the car in park and climbed out.
Draco reached over and shook the girl as Harry came around and opened her door. "Come on Gin, you're home." he prompted and Ginny opened her eyes with a moan. "Don't you want to go and rat Ron out?"
This had Ginny moving. Harry tried to hold in a laugh. Ginny kissed the sleeping Hailie on the forehead and waved to Draco. "It was cool hanging out with you," she said and she gave him a hesitant smile.
"Same here. I'll be sure to see you again soon."
Harry walked her to the front door and watched as Ginny knocked and waited. A women appeared, redheaded and warm eyed. He couldn't hear what they were saying but the woman's expression turned cross and she looked over her shoulder into the house and called to someone then she sent Ginny inside. She turned back to Harry with a big smile and gave him a hug. After exchanging a few words Harry returned to the car and the door closed.
"Was Ron home?" Draco asked when Harry got in.
"Nah, but when Ginny told Mrs. Weasley was pissed. I'll have to watch out next time I see him."
Harry pulled off and headed in what Draco figured was the direction of North Heights. They were silent for quite a while when Draco said "Wow."
"What?" Harry asked turning his head slightly to look at him. Draco pointed sky wards.
"The stars. You never see them this clear where I live."
"Well, you live here now." Draco smiled at the back of the boy's dark head and sat back in his seat.
Yes, he did. And maybe it wouldn't be as horrible as he thought.
End Chapter One
A/N - Wow. That's probably the longest chapter I'll ever write. /shakes head/ Whatever. Let me know what you think, please and thank you! If you're confused which I have no doubt that someone will be, fill free to ask anything you like and I'll clear it up... that is of course if I myself actually have and answer /grins/
hitori~~