Adventure 1: Part 3

Neville's Toad

So, is Draco really a playboy? He looked a little different than Tom Felton, the actor who plays Draco in the movies, but this kid definitely had potential to grow up looking just as gorgeous.

"What are you staring at?" He griped, interrupting my thoughts.

"Huh?" I blinked, then quickly looked away. "Oh, nothing, sorry…I'm a little groggy from my nap I guess…" Draco stared pointedly at me for a moment, then shrugged his shoulders and returned to lounging in the seat.

I stood awkwardly in the center of the compartment for a moment before I finally decided that there was simply not enough room for me in here where Crabbe and Goyle barely fitting onto one bench and Malfoy sprawled out on the other, so I started to slide open the compartment door to find somewhere else I could sit. Maybe I could find Harry and Ron, or maybe Luna!

"Hey!" I felt a tug on my robe. "Where do you think you're going?" I turned to see Draco holding on to the back of my clothes. "We are not done here."

"W-what do you mean?"

"Your accent, where are you from? I have never heard it around here before. You're not a mudblood, are you?" he sneered at the name and made a face.

"I'm from America…and I – uh…I don't think so…"

"What do you mean? How can you not be sure?"

"I um, I've never met my parents…All this kind of appeared…" Draco's eyes were big with a mixture of surprise and curiosity.

"You do know about magic and what not, right?"

"Yes, of course! I know all about the wizarding world, Hogwarts, and other things. I feel like I've just grown up with it all."

"Hmmm," Draco squinted at me, as if he wasn't sure he believed me or not. "Ok then, what is your wand made of?"

"It is a ten inch willow branch with a unicorn hair at its core. "

"What is the thing you are most looking forward to learning?"

"Quidditch!" I jumped with excitement. My college had a quidditch team – and I was the captain/seeker – but I really wanted to learn the real thing…I couldn't wait for flying lessons!

Draco smiled at my eagerness and swung his legs around to touch the ground.

"You're pretty cool Rose, here sit down." He held his hand out to help me back into the compartment and onto the seat next to him.

"Ahh!" I jumped up and looked down in the seat Draco had offered me and saw that Trevor, Neville's toad was sitting there and I nearly squashed him! Crabbe and Goyle snickered quietly on their bench and I turned to look furiously at Malfoy.