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Chapter Ten: The First Encounter

"Welcome to Hogwarts, Mr. Malfoy. I am Minerva McGonagall, the Dean of Admissions to the school." McGonagall said to the platinum blonde that entered the building.

"Thank you." He responded with a polite nod of the head.

"I am going to be giving you the tour today and lastly showing you to your dorm room. Here at Hogwarts, most students sleep in a common dorm area including around six to ten students. It includes a common room and bedrooms where people sleep two to a room. Because you are coming here as a sixth year student, I had to place you in a room with people slightly younger than you. The sixth year dorms were all filled up but fortunately one of the fourth year students just left this year and you can take his spot." McGonagall said as they began walking down the hallways of the art academy.

In this area of the campus there are the visual art classrooms." McGonagall showed Draco into one of the classrooms. She led him inside a classroom where there was a class of twelve people painting all around the room. There was a quiet music heard in the background from outside but he turned his attention to the students.

There was a girl with blonde hair that flowed down her back that was painting a picture of an animal that he had never seen. It was pink and had green and blue ears. He shook his head and looked around.

There was an Italian boy with dark brown hair that was painting a bleeding heart. Draco made a mental note to stay away from him.

Before he had a chance to look around at the other students McGonagall led him out of the room.

"There are five more art buildings including those for sculpture, drawing, jewelry, sewing, and woodwork." She said while pointing accordingly to the different areas of the hall. She walked him out of the hall through a door. They walked along a path until they reached an outdoor studio.

"This is where some of the arts students go to paint and draw in peace. The music you hear is coming from the music hall upstairs."

She led them back down the path and into the building again. They walked up a flight of stairs onto the second floor.

"This floor is dedicated to music. The area to your left has classrooms for guitar, flute, clarinet, harp, and drums. The area to your right has classrooms for piano, songwriting, violin and trumpet. I am probably missing an instrument, mind you, because there are so many but you get the idea. I teach guitar." She said.

He nodded his head and looked around at the different classrooms. He did not play any instruments but he sure did like the sound they created bouncing from the walls and flowing through his ears.

"Directly in front of you there are studio practice areas for those practicing for the concerts or just for fun. I can show you into one of them if it isn't locked. If there are locked rooms it means that the artist does not want you to listen into their music but I'm sure there will be at least one unlocked." She said with a smile.

She led him directly down the hall and into a studio area. She smiled when she say it was Harry playing in the room. He had his eyes closed as he played a new piano composition that he wrote.

Draco was transfixed on the small boy in the room. He had silky and ruffled raven-colored hair that was begging to be pet. Behind the piano he looked so small and adorable. And yet, the small boy played the most amazing music that he had ever heard. It was complex yet simple and loud yet soft. He had no idea who the smaller male was but he desperately wanted to know. He wanted to have the smaller boy as his boyfriend but for the time being, not to scare the boy, he would attempt to be friends with him. He wasn't even sure if the small boy was gay or not.

Draco smiled to himself as they watched him play the piano before they both snuck out and continued the tour.

"Now, on the third floor there are the dancing studios. If I am not mistaken, you are a dancer?" she asked him.

"Yes Ma'am. Ballet" he said.

She nodded and led him up the stairs to the dancing studios.

"Ballet takes up this half of the dance area." She said gesturing to the right half of the hall. "There is a practice room and three classrooms. The other half of the area consists of hip-hop, tap, jazz, and contemporary."

They continued through the tour with McGonagall showing him the eating hall and the lounges.

"Now we are approaching your dorm area. At least a couple of your dorm mates should be in here seeing as there is no class." McGonagall said to the blonde.

She opened the door with the administrator's key and led him inside.

There were three guys in the room. The first, Ron was spread out on the couch with a bag of chips propped up on his stomach. He was watching some television show which he turned off when they got into the room.

The second guy in the room was Seamus who was having a discussion with the third guy in the room, Harry. They all three halted what they were doing when the teacher and the new person came into the room.

Draco looked around the room and his eyes fell on the beautiful raven-haired boy he saw in the practice room. Their eyes meet and it took all of Draco's willpower not to gasp out as he was met with the most amazing emerald eyes he had ever seen. They were more beautiful than any jewel he had ever seen in his life and shone with innocence and pure beauty.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet Draco Malfoy." She said gesturing to the blonde standing beside her who had his eyes transfixed on the emerald-eyes boy, not going unnoticed by McGonagall.

"Draco, these are three of your new roommates. The tall, red head," she said gesturing to Ron who had stood from the couch to shake hands with his new roommate, "is Ronald Weasley."

They both politely shook hands. "Please call me Ron." Ron said to Draco. Draco shook his hand and said a polite "Nice to meet you."

"The brunette in front of you is Seamus Finnegan." She said gesturing to Seamus. They shook hands.

Draco was excited to finally meet the boy with the silky black hair and bedazzling emerald eyes. The seconds seems to take forever before McGonagall said, "Lastly, this is my adopted son Harry Potter."

Harry, who was now standing beside Seamus, took a step forward and Draco could not help but think how small and adorable he was. He couldn't have been more than 5'4'' whereas Draco was six feet fall.

Draco stuck out his hand and Harry looked up at him shyly before placing his small hand delicately into Draco's hand.