Chapter two: Threats and Romance
"I thought that that I would come over and say hi," Draco drawled out.
"How nice of you," George sneered.
"Now, let's not be rude," Draco ordered. "One of these days I just might have to teach you some matters."
Nancy heard a couple of snickers coming from somewhere just out of sight of Draco. Nancy did not have to strain her brain too much because she knew that Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle were always attached to Draco's hip. As Draco glanced behind him, his two lackeys came into view behind him. Gregory Goyle was tall and muscular with short bristly hair and the Vincent Crabbe was short and pudgy with hair that resembled a helmet.
"Well, the gangs all here," Bess piped up as she rolled her eyes.
"Say, I was wondering if you Mudbloods knew what was going to happen this year?" Draco asked with a gloating laugh.
"Santa Claus is coming to town and all you are getting in your stocking is coal!" Bess called out getting an enthusiastic laugh from Nancy and George.
"What are you talking about, Marvin?" Draco demanded as he narrowed his eyes.
"Never mind," Bess replied with a twinkle in her eyes. "This like so many other things is over your head."
"You know, Draco," Nancy interjected as she stood up with her arms folded. "I was wondering something.""What is that, Drew?" Draco growled.
"Don't you people ever have any other insults for us?" Nancy asked. "You always use the same one."
"Why abandon a classic?" Draco asked as Crabbe and Goyle laughed appreciatively.
"Maybe your feeble mind is incapable of coming up with anything else," Nancy explained. "Maybe the sorting hat sucked all of the imagination out of your head when it made you a Slyhterin."
"You're asking for trouble, Drew!" Draco spat.
"Wouldn't be the first time," Nancy replied.
"There's something you should know, Draco," George called out.
"Yeah, what?" Draco fumed.
George smirked and pointed at the ceiling. Hanging directly over Draco's head was a bucket of slime. She then pointed her wand at the bucket and it tipped over and dumped its entire contents on Draco's head. Slime poured down ran down his head and his clothes.
"I'll get you!" Draco screamed as he started to run at George.
Nancy stepped to Draco's right side and grabbed his arm. She then gave Draco a judo throw and he made a loud thud on the ground. He sat up with a bloody nose. Crabbe and Goyle were just about to step in and help their leader when the snack cart creaked in the distance.
"You'll pay for this, Nancy Drew!" Draco promised as he ran off with his cronies.
"Put it on my credit card!" Nancy cackled at Draco's back.
"Good job, Nancy, " Bess complimented as she patted her friend on the back.
"Does anybody want some snacks?" Nancy asked her two friends. "My treat!"
"What's going on here, Nancy?" a round faced boy called out as he entered the compartment.
"Oh, nothing much, Neville," Nancy replied. "We were just visiting with our special friend.""Oh, him," Neville snorted. "I've had plenty of meetings with him too."
"Would you like to join us, Neville?" Bess asked as she batted her eyelashes at him.
"Who me?" Neville gasped as he started to quickly leave the compartment. "Why… I… um… better be going."
"I think someone has a crush on you, Bess," George commented with a smile.
After eating their snacks, Nancy and her friends dug their school robes from their suitcases and headed for the changing rooms. There were four spacious stalls with curtains in front of them, one for each house. Nancy headed into the one designated for Gryffindor while George went into the room marked Hufflepuff. Since Nancy was the first of her friends to get dressed, she started to head back to her compartment. She was just about to open the door when she heard a voice coming from a compartment across the hall. Nancy put her ear against the door to listen.
"I sure would like to get that Granger!" a sinister voice called out. "She makes me sick!"
"What are you doing, Nancy?" Hermione asked, starting Nancy away from the door.