"Malfoy, Draco" called Professor Mcgonagall, Draco gulped and made his way to the front, he sat on the wooden stool and the Professor placed the heavy hat on his head as he closed his eyes and prayed for Slytherin.
"Slytherin... hmmm, you would certainly do well in Slytherin, however I believe I have a better place, for you to thrive outside of your family's shadow.." whispered a deep voice in his head.
Draco flinched as he heard "GRYFFINDOR!" Echo around the Great Hall. Professor Mcgonagall took the hat off him and he made his way down to the shocked applause of the Gryffindor table, trying his best to keep his composure and not let the tears that threatened to fall show.
A few people tried talking to him but he only nodded politely and stayed silent for the remainder of the evening, untill a tall, gangly wizard walked to the front of their table "I'm Percy Weasly, I am your prefect, if you would all follow me in an orderly manor I will take you to your dorms." He said proudly as he escorted them out of the Great Hall.
He found his trunks and belongings had been put by the bed on the end, next to the window. He would be sharing his dorm with four other Gryffindors, Dean Thomas, Seamus Finnigan, Ron Weasly, Neville Longbottom, and Harry Potter. He wasn't very please to be sharing with a ginger haired blood trainer, or the boy who had destroyed the dark lord, but he would have to accept it, untill tomorrow at least, he planned to write to his father immediately and tell them there had been some mistake, his father would fix it and he'll be in Slytherin in no time, where he belonged.