Chapter 9 Malfoys not suppose to feel!

Nita ran out of the shop and out into the crowded alley. She looked over her shoulder and was relieved when no one followed. She slowed down and stopped in front

of the quidditch shop. She was angry at the snobbish and conceited Weasley. She was happy that his brothers were nothing like that. She couldn't understand

how they were even related.

Then there was Malfoy. The wealthy boy with fancy looking clothes and an aristocratic face. He was also a pain, but, not the way Weasley was. They had different

ways to annoy and torment her. Weasley was the heated, bad-mouthy one. He insulted her with all the crap he could come up with. He hexed her behind her

back, and every time, he got away with it. Because no teacher believed that "the fine and noble golden quartet could do such a distasteful thing." Oh, Professor

Snape was an exception. He did everything he could to make their lives miserable., but that was about it.

She sighed. All this hate because of such an unimportant thing. In her second year, Weasley had asked her out and invited her to hang around in Longbottoms

group. She had declined the offer, and that was it. She remembered his words clearly.

Flash Back

"What?" He looked wide-eyed at her.

"I said, no thanks. I have my own friends, and I'm perfectly happy with them."

Weasley, Finnegan and Thomas glared daggers at her, but Longbottom looked down at his shoes and seemed embarrassed. "You will regret this Potter!" Weasley

raged and turned to leave.

"I don't think so." She knew that she had made a mistake when she answered him. Finnegan shot her a glare. "No one refuses the friendship of the Boy Who Lived."

"I have done no such thing." Longbottom looked up. She looked at him. "He didn't ask for friendship. Weasley did."

After a while, with Weasley and the others following behind him, Longbottom stepped forward and looked uncertain at her.

"Do you want to hang out with us?" She gave him a small smile. "I like you, or, I have nothing against you. You are nothing like I thought you would be,

but I'm not so happy about the other three. They act like they are some sort of heroes and for all I know, they haven't done anything to earn that title.

You may have earned that, in some way, but I won't treat you any different for that. So as long as you are with them, I will spend time with my other friends."

End Flashback

Longbottom hadn't said a thing after that, and they had walked down the corridor. After that, the hard times had begun.

Malfoy was another thing. They had met when they were children, and because of their parents, grown up to dislike each other. They could talk to each

other, but just about trivial things. The Malfoy family was a political one, with high standing in the wizarding world. Most of it had to do with their

ways to bring people to silence and so on. The Potters were also in the politics, but it wasn't a thing you associated them with.

The Potters were wealthy, but didn't brag about it that much. They were famous for their dignity and their dislike for the dark side. Of course, there had

been some Potters in the dark lord's service, but not as many as many others.

Nita left her thoughts for another time and headed down the alley.

That evening, back in Potter Manor, Nita flipped through the new books she had bought. She had went back to the shop later that day, and picked them up

again.

She also waited to hear from the ministry, she had begun to wonder what the answer should be. She hoped that they would accept her, but you never knew.

The week went fast and September 1 came. Nita stood on the platform 9 ¾ and waited for her friends. She had skillfully avoided Weasley and his pack and

she hadn't seen Malfoy yet, and she was grateful. She didn't want to start the trip with a fight between the to of them.

"Nita!" Susan came running at her and gave her a hug. "Hi, Susan." Suzan released her and smiled. "You know what? I'm going out with Terry!" Nita smiled.

"That's great! I knew he liked you more than a friend."

Susan beamed at her and waved at Terry, who walked down the platform together with his mother. They came up to them and Susan took Terry's hand.

"Nice to see you Mrs. Boot." Diana greeted.

"Hello Diana, has the summer been good?" Diana nodded. "It's been fine, thank you."

She turned to her son. "Have a good year then, and write me for Merlin's sake!" Terry blushed. Diana smiled. Terry wasn't known for his letters, he rarely

wrote anything except in class and homework.

"I will see to that, Mrs. Boot." Terry gave her a mock glare.

"Great. Now I must be off, take care." She gave Terry a swift hug and disaparated.

The three of them climbed onto the train and started the search for an empty compartment. The trio found an empty one in the middle of the train and settled

down for the long ride. After a while, Ernie, Hannah and Justin joined them. They all talked about their summers and Nita told them about the letter from

Lars Donovan, and the test.

"Wow, are you serious? They all looked at her in awe. "Dad told me that Moody was the top auror in his time. He's impossible to beat!" Nita blushed.

"I didn't beat him, we were both knocked out." She didn't want them to think that she was as powerful as she was. She didn't want the attention.

"So, do you think that you made it?" Terry looked at her with a smile.

"I don't know, I hope so."

After lunch, Nita left the compartment and went for a stroll. She walked past the new first years and gave them a smile. They looked quite afraid of the

boys across from them and when she looked closer, she saw two Slytherins glare at them.

"Run along you two, nothing to see here!" She told them and turned to the first years. "Everything alright here?" They nodded. "The Slytherins aren't all

bad, but some of them can be a little scary." They gave her a small smile.

"Scared of me Potter?" She looked up and saw Malfoy standing in front of her. She met his silver gray eyes and saw something she never had seen in his eyes

before. Was it amusement?

She gave him a glare. "No, Malfoy, certainly not." She turned back to the children. "This is Draco Malfoy, sixth year Slytherin and Perfect. He is a jerk

to everyone not in Slytherin, but I'm sure that he will take good care of those who make it to Slytherin." She met Malfoys gaze and stepped around him.

"Good day, Malfoy."

Draco looked after Potter as she made it further away in the corridor. What was that all about? She hadn't insulted him in front of the new students, and

he hadn't come up with a good insult either. He felt weird. When he looked at her, he felt...he wasn't sure what he felt. A Malfoy wasn't suppose to feel!

He was going weak. He had to do something about it, but what?

He turned around and glared at the new students. "What are you looking at?" he snapped and made them all jump. He stormed away down the hall. I'm still capable of scaring the firsties, so that's not the problem...good.´

He had this feeling, that this would be a weird year.

Nita stopped when she came to the next vehicle of the train. What's wrong with me? We have always insulted each other in front of others. So what's changed?´

She gathered herself and started to walk back. And his eyes. She shook her head and headed back to her compartment.

She had a feeling that this would be a weird year.