"Bantor, it's perfect" A cold lifeless voice Draco Malfoy recognized as his own father's voice rung through his ears as he slept.

Thank you sir." Lucius Malfoy's voice was followed by a gruff, scratchy one that was full of undeniable fear.

"When can I give it to him?" an obviously pleased Mr.Malfoy replied," I would think on his 15th birthday." It sounded as if he were going to say more, but he just stayed silent letting the seconds turn to minutes. A short period of time had gone by when finally Mr.Malfoy spoke again.

"Well?" He commanded, without any hesitation he continued talking to Bantor as a teacher would a child" It would not do to have a servant who does not answer my questions, especially when it pertains to the dark arts. That is essential."

Draco felt as if a sheet of frost had just been laid over him, then as quick as it had come it was gone and it was now replaced with a hot surge of light burning in his eyes.

Draco's grey eyes opened ,shining like silver in the morning light.Crabbe and Goyle were leering over him with a strange look on their faces as if Draco were wearing pink underwear.

"What?"Draco asked sitting up in his bed.He was in his dormitory at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.Crabbe squinted his eyes and then throwing a wary look at Goyle replied in a voice that told Draco something was up.

"Well, we were tryin' to wake you up." He had a gruff voice similar to the one Bantor had in Draco's dream." 'Cause you were moaning we thought you was having a nightmare or something?" He looked at Draco with a lengthening stare.

"Are you okay?" Goyle asked not fully convinced.

"OF COURSE I'M OKAY!" Draco's voice echoed off the walls leaving a ringing sound lingering in the air above them." look just go to Breakfast and I'll meet you there in a couple of minutes"

Crabbe and Goyle looked pleased about the idea of going to breakfast, but as they walked out the dormitory room they both cast worried glances at Draco who was now walking himself into the small bathroom at the right of his bed. Shutting the door behind him, Draco stood himself in front of the mirror.

They remind me of puppies, Draco thought with a disgusted look on his face, puppies eager to please and follow their master.

Draco hated this, because ever since he was small Crabbe and Goyle had flanked him, following him everywhere, listening to his every word, but yet Draco never considered them his best friends, he didn't even consider them his friends. To him they were just two loafs who where there. Draco didn't have friends just people who wanted, wanted to hug him, wanted to talk to him, wanted to kiss him. Girls. Draco laughed silently to himself.

Girls he thought with a small smile playing on his lips. I have never felt anything for a girl.

It was the truth Draco had never felt anything for a girl, not even the slightest crush. There were girls who were in love with him, but were in love with him, but he was simply blind to them. Putting on his black robe he walked out his dormitory room and entered the common room. On the left entrance was a fire that was always a blaze with large, smoldering flames which seemed to leap out at anyone who passed it. A slim Slytherin girl with rust-colored hair pulled back in a loose ponytail smiled at him at Draco as he passed her, on habit he smiled back. He left the warm common room, and was walking past the portrait with the fat lady on it when it opened with a large creak. Three people Draco quickly recognized as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley happily walked out a small cheerful babble floated among them. They hadn't seen Draco so he walked slowly, and quietly behind them listening to their every word.

"It will be so fun!" Hermione said joyously to Harry and Ron, a big grin spread across her face, ear to ear." They will be so surprised! I can bake a cake!"She squeaked with happiness.

"I never knew you could bake?" Ron asked curiously looking at Hermione with an astounded look upon his face.

"Well, I don't. .but I found this neat little spell that can turn a basic cake into a beautiful cake in no time!"Naturally Harry and Ron were not surprised Hermione had learned a spell for this because she practically knew every spell.

"Oh Good!" Harry said with mock thankfulness, "I almost thought for a second the entire party would die young. "That set Hermione off.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!" She yelled as Ron and Harry cracked up.

"Ha! You think you're sooo funny don't you?" It was at this point that she realized not only Harry and Ron were laughing, but a third person. Turning around she saw Draco Malfoy laughing a laugh she had never heard coming from him. The laughs he always laughed usually began with some snide remark.

Glancing up Draco saw Hermione looking straight at him, and then Harry and Ron followed turning around and giving him looks that plainly asked what he was doing.

What am I doing? He thought hastily to himself avoiding their questioning glares.

"Were you following us?" Ron asked Draco, some anger growing. If there was anything Ron hated more than Draco himself it was a sneak, which he pointed out to himself Draco was being right now.

"I have better things to do than follow you three around, Weasley."Draco was getting a little steamed that Weasley would even consider him to be following them.

"Well, then why were you being so quiet?"Ms.know it all Hermione know questioned him, which set him off little more.

"Because," he said rather slow as if they were stupid" I didn't want this to happen."

"What to happen?"

Now potter wants to question me?! Draco's mind raced as he become angrier and hungrier.

"I didn't want you three to stop, turn around and associate with me 'cause then people would think I know you. That's why I kept my distance." They just stared at him as he spoke Ron looked as if his face was going to blend in with his hair, and Hermione looked offended, while Harry just gave him a look of pure amusement. Draco hated the way Harry always kept his cool, even when Draco gave him his worst.

"Wouldn't wanna ruin your 'cool` reputation, so we'll just leave you here loner." and with that they stalked off not glancing back at him.

"Today!" Snape hit his hand hard on the desk in front of Neville Longbottom's nose to prevent him from resting his head on the desk again. It was potions class and Harry was wishing he could be in his bed asleep or in the Griffindor common room next to the warmth of the fire playing a game of wizard chess with his best friend Ron, instead he was stuck in a room that was almost as cold as his professor Snape's tone and attitude towards him. Glancing around the room he saw the Slytherins Crabbe ,Goyle, and who else but Draco Malfoy.It wasn't that Harry hated him it's just that he treated you like something that had been out in the rain and were really smelly.

"POTTER AND MALFOY!"

Harry and Draco's head jerked up as they heard their names called by snape.

"Uh..I'm sorry what were you talking about?" Harry heard Draco ask in a voice that proved he was just as confused as Harry.

"You two."Snape said in his voice that could only mean trouble" I want to see you two after class." All this he topped off with a nasty smile that made him look as if he were eating a lemon. Sour.

The bell rang and Harry was putting up his stuff when a shadow enveloped him in darkness.

"So," the voice he knew could only belong to the hateable Draco Malfoy said" what did you do now, potter?"

Harry got up from his knees and found himself staring face to face with Draco.

"I didn't do anything I wouldn't be surprised if it was your stupidity that got us in trouble." Harry was furious that Malfoy would imply that, he wasn't the best student in class but he wasn't bad either.

"Both of you shut up." Harry and Draco swirled around to face Snape who had an evil gleam in his eyes as if he had just discovered the school was expelling them. Harry hoped this wasn't the case, because then it would be back to the Dursleys."Neither of you did anything, I just heard from Dumbledore that there is a new kind of competition that will be set up here." he stared at their faces and seeing that they were still quite confused he continued in a more annoyed voice than when he had started." It's a tournament where we will have weekly duels, and since I have been given the pleasure of choosing my team I chose you two." He sounded rather proud when he said this last bit.

"Let me get this straight" Harry said looking at Snape as if he were crazy" you want to put me and this sorry excuse for a wizard-"he was interrupted by an outraged Malfoy.

"Hey Potter I am just as good as you in fact I think I'm better!"

"Yeah! Sure I'd like to see you beat me!" Harry stepped back and took his wand out of his robe sleeve. Draco followed, doing the same, but Snape got between them.

"As much as I'd like to see you two kill each other, I have already registered you two so therefore if I lose you I lose my team." he cast his dark cold eyes over to Harry then Draco.

"Ok."Harry said softly his chest heaving up and down.

This means a lot to Snape, Harry thought with a look of curiosity masked on his face. I wonder why?

Meanwhile Draco was thinking the same thing, he had seen some sort of pleading look in Snape's eyes, like a little boy who wanted something a lot.

"Ok." Draco agreed the truth was he didn't even mind being on a team with Potter. Ever since the first day he had seen potter he had wanted to get to know him better, he knew what it felt like to have to try to live up to other people's expectations. Harry had defeated the dark lord escaping with only a scar on his forehead and since then he had been expected to defeat the dark lord whenever he showed up to kill him. Draco's father was always talking about how important it was for him to learn the dark arts so he could get Potter for the dark lord and please him, Draco knew some dark magic, but his father had forbidden him to use it outside their mansion.

"Good."Snape said, his icy tone had now returned again and so had his stare." our first meet is at the Quidditch field today after your last class." with this he dismissed them with a note to their next teachers. Draco and Harry walked together to their next class because they had the same class next. Entering the dark classroom Draco heard Hermione call out to Harry, and Harry left his side to sit beside her and Ron. After a while Draco found Crabbe and Goyle, and sat down beside them just as professor Sprout began lecturing.

"Coaches!" Yelled a stout man who was slightly balding at the top, with two wisps of hair protruding out of his top lip, which Draco presumed was his mustache." When I call your name you are to come forth with your team and pick from the bowl we have set up here." he glanced around giving the coaches a while to take all of it in. Snape just watched him with small dark eyes. The man continued loudly making emphasizes where he felt was needed." the strips of paper that are in the bowl have names on them." he paused once more before talking again." It will be the name of your team. I will now began to call your names." he shuffled through some papers, and had called several names out before he called out Snapes."SEVERUS SNAPE!"

Harry and Draco followed Snape as he walked to the front of the crowd, to the bowl. He picked a small paper from the wooden bowl and opening it he handed it to Harry who handed it to Draco after he had read it.

SilverFire? This is what Harry and Draco first thought when they read this. They still didn't really know what all this was about Snape hadn't told them much about it, so to them SilverFire meant nothing. After all the coaches had received their team names the stout man gave them some more instructions.

"Ok, when we have meetings like this one, you will be set up on the field in this order." He proceeded to give them their spots on the field, and soon the field was filled with people in little rows. SilverFire, (Harry, Draco, and Snape) were second to last on the field. The man spoke again just to tell them the coaches should set up their own meetings with their team, so that they could practice before their first duel. SilverFire's first duel was the following Thursday, which didn't give, them much time to practice.

"NO!" Snape yelled at Harry as if Harry were about to put a nasty curse on him." Hold, your wand up. Good, now point it directly at your opponent, which right now is Malfoy.Now say the Words!" Harry didn't now what spell it was he was about to say, but it must be worth learning, because Snape had been trying to teach it to Harry for about 30 minutes. With his wand pointed at Draco's chest, Harry said the words he had memorized already.

"Crusates Levas!"A jet of crystal blue light flowed from Harry's wand hitting Draco in the chest. At first it looked like it had no effect on him, but a second later Draco's, wand fell out of his hand and levitated into the air until it was pointed straight at Draco's heart then a red stream of air burst out of it. The red air enveloped Draco causing him to rise too.

"Ok!"Snape yelled at Harry.

"Finite Incantatum!" as soon as Harry yelled this the red air disappeared, andDraco fell to the floor with a loud THUD! His wand following.

"OW!"Draco yelled out as a sharp pain shot up his back.

"Excellent!" This was the first time Harry had gotten praise from Snape.

Draco and Harry took turns practicing this one spell until Snape felt it was as perfect as it could be. Finally, moving on Snape told them they would need to know more then a simple counteract spell to defeat the enemy: RedFire.

So he taught them another spell that would cause an incredible amount of pain to the opponent. After he had taught them it he told them to practice it on each other, but neither of them wanted to.

"Oh come on!"Snape yelled at both of them loudly." After you have it down I'll teach you a spell that will allow you to block its effects." Harry and Draco shot uneasy glances at each other, then Harry spoke in a muffled voice"Ok, I'll go first."

They took their positions in front of one another, and Draco raised his wand waiting for Snape to give him a signal.

"NOW!"Snape yelled his voice already sounding hoarse, from yelling all night.

"Apparus difinate!"Draco's voice sounded strange and alone in the deserted field, but it was loud and strong at the same time. The thick string of green light that floated out of Draco's wand hit Harry in the stomach causing him to gasp. A little moan escaped Harry's lips as he fell to his knees, grasping his stomach. He felt the pain start in his stomach, but slowly and painfully it moved to his legs. Hoping it would stop he clutched his stomach and silently cursed.

"Ok!"Snape gave another signal and Draco disarmed the spell. Harry still on his knees looked up and saw sympathy? Sympathy in his eyes.

"Good job, Mr.Malfoy"

They continued practicing and perfecting the three spells Snape had taught them that night, till finally seeing the tired look upon their faces, let them go to their dormitory and sleep. Harry and Draco trudged up the stairs, very tired and sore. Getting to his dorm room Harry passed Ron's bed and fell onto his own. He was asleep before he hit the bed.

"AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! WE WILL BEGIN OUR FIRST DUEL!" The voice boomed over the Quidditch field as Harry and Draco faced their opponent. Their opponent was RedFire and as tired as Harry and Draco were they had determined looks upon their faces. Snape had prepared them for this first duel, but Draco still had doubts. RedFire was made up of a Ravenclaw girl and a Hufflepuff guy that neither Harry nor Draco knew. Harry and Draco raised their wands towards their opponents.rere