A/N: So I finished this story and have decided not to let you wait until the scheduled update. So hereby the second to last chapter of this fic. Enjoy!
How to handle the haters
The doors to the hospital wing open with a bang and Minerva hurries in. "Draco?" Poppy appears from behind a curtain. "He's over here Minerva." Minerva walks over and gasps when she sees Draco lying on his stomach with a rat's tail coming out of his trousers and his ears transfigured to rat's ears. Poppy leaves the two alone to get some potions for Draco.
"Who did this?"
"Doesn't matter."
"Of course it matters. You don't deserve to be punished for something you have no control over."
"But I do deserve this. I have made bad choices from the moment I asked the sorting hat to put me in Gryffindor. I have been an arrogant prat and treated people horrible. I always took the easy way out and I'm done with that. I'm gonna be the Gryffindor the sorting hat saw in me my first day here."
"The sorting hat wanted to put you in Gryffindor? I had no idea."
"Well I haven't exactly told anybody until now. I knew dad would loose it if I wouldn't be sorted into Slytherin, so when you put the hat on my head I just begged to be sorted into Slytherin. He argued I had true gryffindor courage but all I could think of was the beating I would get if I was being sorted there. He eventually relented and respected my wish, be it reluctantly."
"I do believe the sorting hat was right. You have Gryffindor courage, what you did last summer, the way you stood up to your father shows this."
"Well I have a wonderful sister and stepmom who set a great example."
Minerva blushes a little. "Thank you Draco."
"I should be thanking you minerva. You and Hermione set a wonderful example on how to handle the haters. Both of you have your head up high no matter what people write, whisper or say about or to you."
"Be that as it may, I'd still like to know who did this to you. Students are not allowed to use magic against each other. Whoever did this will be punished."
"I didn't see who did it." Draco answers in a flat voice which tells Minerva he is lying.
"I know you're lying."
"I didn't see who did this. And it's not like you can prove I do know."
"You're right I can't prove you're lying. I can warn you though that I will not hesitate to punish you, or the girls, if any of you were to seek revenge."
"I know and I won't tell the girls or seek revenge. I told you I deserve this and I will endure this with my head held high like any Gryffindor would. I figure at least my new housemates will eventually see I belong in their house."
