At breakfast Hermione was telling Ron and Harry how sensible Maria became in not going to meet him. Maria and Draco knew differently, he also had a permanent reminder in the form of a strand of purple hair.
"She just left Malfoy stranded in the tower," Hermione explained, Harry and Ron grinned and glanced at Draco.
"Go Maria," Ron said as if he were cheering on his quidditch team. "Hope McGonnagal found him and made him clean the trophy room." Maria cast a sympathetic glance at the subject of the conversation. Draco was arguing with his stooges, presumably Crabbe and Goyle.
"Yeah, is he joined at the hip to those two?" she asked.
"Crabbe and Goyle? I think his father cast a spell on them so they never can be separated." Ron laughed. "Come on then, I'm dying for a butterbeer." Together the four set out to Hogsmead, laughing at Draco.
"Draco thought I was a mudblood," Maria smiled.
"Are you?" Harry asked over his steaming drink.
"Course not, my mother was a sorceress and my father a wizard," she explained sipping at her drink. "But, Draco doesn't need to know that."
The door to the three broomsticks swung open and in swaggered Malfoy and his goons. Harry groaned loudly as Draco came over to them. Maria smiled at Draco's purple hair.
"Malfoy, seems there's something in your hair," Maria giggled.
"What? What are you on about Bristol?"
"Your hair, it's... it's purple," she reiterated.
"WHAT?" he screamed. Ron, Harry and Hermione burst out laughing and Crabbe and Goyle were struggling to contain theirs. Draco stormed off shouting at his cronies.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked.
"It's a simple charm, it's much easier than hair dye," she smiled.
The three finished their drinks and headed to Honeydukes to buy supplies until the next visit. They bought Every Flavour Beans, Jelly Slugs, Fizzing Whizzbees, Cockroach Cluster (as a treat for Ron's brothers Fred and George) and toad shaped peppermint creams. Maria also purchased a blood lolly (for Draco, but she had to reassure Ron that she wasn't a vampire). In Zonco's they bought an array of jokes and pranks to pull around Hogwarts, Maria equipped herself for further battle with Draco.
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After dinner Maria was sat alone in the library, researching advanced natural magic. The person she most and least wanted to see ventured up to her.
"Bristol, why did you leave that in my hair?" he enquired.
"Leave what?" she asked innocently.
"My hair!" he screeched.
"Oh that, just a little reminder of our battle last night,"
"What battle, you were the only one casting spells,"
"Lighten up, Malfoy," she replaced the book on the shelf then walked out of the library. Draco struggled to catch her up. Maria rolled her eyes when he reappeared next to her halfway along and isolated corridor. He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.
"Look Mudblood...." he began.
"Whoever said I was a mudblood?" Maria queried
"I just assumed," he said
"Malfoy, never assume anything around me, I'm not a mudblood or a wizard. I'm a cross between a sorceress and a wizard," Draco's mouth hung open and he grinned.
"I'm impressed, I got you wrong," he admitted.
"I doubt I got you wrong," Maria replied flicking at her nails.
"Hey,"
"Draco, you are arrogant, patronising, condescending and snobbish," she explained.
"I'm sorry," he looked down at the stone floor.
"Why?" she asked wishing she could look into his eyes and gauge his emotion.
"I... What does it matter? Get going Bristol before I do something that maybe regrettable," his cold heartless front resurfaced. Maria smiled.
"You won't beat me, something is wrong with you and I saw something different with you. Something almost human," with that Maria left.
"She just left Malfoy stranded in the tower," Hermione explained, Harry and Ron grinned and glanced at Draco.
"Go Maria," Ron said as if he were cheering on his quidditch team. "Hope McGonnagal found him and made him clean the trophy room." Maria cast a sympathetic glance at the subject of the conversation. Draco was arguing with his stooges, presumably Crabbe and Goyle.
"Yeah, is he joined at the hip to those two?" she asked.
"Crabbe and Goyle? I think his father cast a spell on them so they never can be separated." Ron laughed. "Come on then, I'm dying for a butterbeer." Together the four set out to Hogsmead, laughing at Draco.
"Draco thought I was a mudblood," Maria smiled.
"Are you?" Harry asked over his steaming drink.
"Course not, my mother was a sorceress and my father a wizard," she explained sipping at her drink. "But, Draco doesn't need to know that."
The door to the three broomsticks swung open and in swaggered Malfoy and his goons. Harry groaned loudly as Draco came over to them. Maria smiled at Draco's purple hair.
"Malfoy, seems there's something in your hair," Maria giggled.
"What? What are you on about Bristol?"
"Your hair, it's... it's purple," she reiterated.
"WHAT?" he screamed. Ron, Harry and Hermione burst out laughing and Crabbe and Goyle were struggling to contain theirs. Draco stormed off shouting at his cronies.
"How did you do that?" Ron asked.
"It's a simple charm, it's much easier than hair dye," she smiled.
The three finished their drinks and headed to Honeydukes to buy supplies until the next visit. They bought Every Flavour Beans, Jelly Slugs, Fizzing Whizzbees, Cockroach Cluster (as a treat for Ron's brothers Fred and George) and toad shaped peppermint creams. Maria also purchased a blood lolly (for Draco, but she had to reassure Ron that she wasn't a vampire). In Zonco's they bought an array of jokes and pranks to pull around Hogwarts, Maria equipped herself for further battle with Draco.
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After dinner Maria was sat alone in the library, researching advanced natural magic. The person she most and least wanted to see ventured up to her.
"Bristol, why did you leave that in my hair?" he enquired.
"Leave what?" she asked innocently.
"My hair!" he screeched.
"Oh that, just a little reminder of our battle last night,"
"What battle, you were the only one casting spells,"
"Lighten up, Malfoy," she replaced the book on the shelf then walked out of the library. Draco struggled to catch her up. Maria rolled her eyes when he reappeared next to her halfway along and isolated corridor. He grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him.
"Look Mudblood...." he began.
"Whoever said I was a mudblood?" Maria queried
"I just assumed," he said
"Malfoy, never assume anything around me, I'm not a mudblood or a wizard. I'm a cross between a sorceress and a wizard," Draco's mouth hung open and he grinned.
"I'm impressed, I got you wrong," he admitted.
"I doubt I got you wrong," Maria replied flicking at her nails.
"Hey,"
"Draco, you are arrogant, patronising, condescending and snobbish," she explained.
"I'm sorry," he looked down at the stone floor.
"Why?" she asked wishing she could look into his eyes and gauge his emotion.
"I... What does it matter? Get going Bristol before I do something that maybe regrettable," his cold heartless front resurfaced. Maria smiled.
"You won't beat me, something is wrong with you and I saw something different with you. Something almost human," with that Maria left.
