Chapter 4: Welcome to the Weasley's

Draco found himself nervous about meeting Mrs. Weasley but she ended up being nice to him when they met. "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Malfoy."

"Thanks for having me Mrs. Weasley." He found himself walking with them to portal. As they went through the gate, he found himself stopping short, Ron crashing into him as he did so.

"What are you doing?" Ron hissed at the other boy in his year.

Draco moved forward. "Normally we apparate."

"A person can apparate with only two people." Mrs. Weasley smiled at him. "I am the only one of legal age to apparate to and from the station, so that means that we have to take a different route to get back home. It will be the knight bus."

Ron rolled his eyes. "You know... you're eyes are popping out of your head and it is really annoying. I mean... if this is too much for you, then perhaps you should go and find some Pureblood family to go live with that actually believes in your elitist ideals. Oh... wait... you've been ostracized."

It was then that Draco pulled back his hand and punched Ron in the face. There was a resounding crack and Draco found himself breathing deeply. "You... why would you assume I dislike what is going on. I mean... I admit that I'm not comfortable with things, but that doesn't mean I don't like learning about all of this."

"You..." Ron stood up, only to have the twins step between them.

Fred spoke up first. "You really had that coming."

George spoke up too. "It's understandable that you're not very comfortable around Muggles. This is the first time you've ever been around any, right?"

Draco looked away. "Yes. I've never been around them before."

Mrs. Weasley smiled. "Well... riding the Knight Bus should also be an interesting experience for you."

They headed over to a side street that wasn't busy and Mrs. Weasley held out her hand so that the bus appeared. The vehicle came with a bang that caused Draco to jump and for Ron to give him another glare, as if the Knight Bus was in fact a normal thing to come across. That, or Ron was still thinking that Draco had an attitude problem when it came to things that he had never tried before. Getting on the bus, he saw that there was a bunch of folding chairs around the bus and he followed the Weasley family after Mrs. Weasley paid for their fair to sit in one of the chairs. It was then that there was another bang and he felt like he was in the process of apparating, but in reality he knew he wasn't.

Looking over at Ron, he saw that the boy had managed to fall to the floor. This caused Draco to let out a sigh as well as roll his eyes into the back of his head. Draco leaned back and crossed his arms, his eyes shutting until Percy nudged him back awake and told him it was time to get off. He got off with them and found himself looking at the most peculiar building he had ever seen, the structure seeming to defy gravity.

Ron of course had to have something to say about the whole thing. "So... you think it looks awful compared to what you're used to. Right?"

Draco blinked a couple of times. "No... it's actually amazing. I mean..." There came a pause. "I've seen nothing like it."

"You're just trying to be polite to our mum." Ron slipped into the house, causing Draco to frown.

Percy patted him on the shoulder. "You've done nothing wrong. Ron just... well, your father hasn't been exactly kind to our father when he stops by the ministry."

"My father told me you can identify Weasley's by their red hair and their ratty clothes." Draco flinched, realizing what he had said. "Except... there are other students at Hogwarts who dress similarly."

"Your father's mad that we're blood traitors." Mrs. Weasley piped up. "He's mad that an old family like ours is willing to mingle with Muggles."

"I've still honestly never met a Muggle, only seen the ones that we walked by."

Percy's eyebrows went up. "You've honestly never interacted with a Muggle before?"

Mrs. Weasley frowned. "Sometimes that is for the best. I mean, I can trust my children to act accordingly around Muggles, but my husband..."The woman let out a sigh and headed into the house.

"What about your father was she refering to?"

"Out father works for the misappropriation of Muggle artifacts department but in reality he's in said department because Muggles and their artifacts happen to amaze him. When he gets around Muggles he tends to off put him with all of their questions as to how their things work. Plus... the vocabulary he uses when he speaks with them is... well, it is considered eccentric by Muggle terms. What I mean to say is... he has a knack of drawing attention to himself."

Draco frowned. "I guess then he's not going to like me as I am the exact opposite of everything he understands."

"Give father time. He'll come round to the idea that you're not like your father."

The boy frowned before heading into the place. He noticed that his trunk was nowhere to be seen and Mrs. Weasley spoke up. "Your things... they are in Ron's room."

"I'll be sharing a room with him?" Draco frowned.

Percy noticed his dicomfort. "If you and Ron can't get along then we can see about you staying in my room, or Charlie's old room or Bill's old room even if you want more privacy."

"Privacy isn't an issue. It's his stupid attitude." Draco followed Percy up the stairs. As he went up the stairs, he noticed a small female pop her head out of the door, only to quickly hide after he looked at her.

"That's just Ginny. Ginny is rather shy. I guess it comes from being a female in an almost all male family." The boy opened the door to Ron's room.

As soon as the door opened, Draco grabbed his nose. "I take that back. It isn't his attitude that is going to be the main issue. I knew that he had problems keeping things straight due to him leaving things around the dorm room, but this..."

Percy frowned at the mess. "I'd forgotten. Ron never cleaned his room before he left. Ron... clean your room."

"You're not my mother." The red head wrinkled his nose up.

"Draco has to stay in the room with you."

"All the more reason to not clean it up."

"I'll tell mother then. I'd love to hear what she has to say."

"Well... then he has to help!"

"No... you need to get things clean on your own."

"I'll tell father!"

"Yes... while father tends to be very lax about things Ron I think in this situation his temper with you will be far worse then mum's. Now... get things cleaned up. It's honestly bothering Malfoy."

"Yes... well, Malfoy is just being stuck up because this isn't what he's used to."

Percy narrowed his eyes. "Seriously... would you knock it off already? Most people aren't used to this level of mess." The boy turned to Draco. "Until he finishes, why don't you go down stairs and sit with mum. If she asks feel free and tell her that..."

"No! Don't make him go down stairs! Mum will kill me if she finds out I chased him out of my room."

"Now you're thinking. Honestly... I don't know what you're problem is." Percy turned and left.

Ron of course crossed his arms and decided to smart off. "Of course I have a problem. Everyone else in this family is just way too perfect."

Draco simply moved to the side of the room, hoping that Ron would get to work right away.