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Usagi laughed nervously. "Ummm. Well, that's a nice name."

The boy---Draco---glared again, eyes cold. "Yeah, well you don't belong here." He jerked a thumb in the direction of another table. "You're Gryffindor material, not Slytherin."

He peered more closely at her face, then smirked again, as if satisfied with what he saw. "Just as I thought. A goody-goody, like Granger and Potter and Weasley. Why don't you go sit with them? They're more your type." And with that, he looked away, and began talking to a girl with short brown hair, dismissing her.

Indignantly, she gave a 'humph', and glared right at his back. "Oh yeah? Well, I've got news for you, Buddy. I can be just as bad as the next person and....." She trailed off, regretting what she had said as soon as the words left her mouth.

Draco Malfoy was now facing her once again, amusement glinting in his dark eyes. "We'll see." He paused, smirking. "I doubt you have it in you......but we'll see."

Usagi shrunk back a little, gulping. Then, she seemed to regain her composure, and glared again, defiance like a blazing fire in her eyes. "You just watch."

He laughed, a strange, almost cruel laugh that was filled with pure and utter amusement.

She flushed slightly, but managed to remain calm. Though, in honesty, she wasn't sure if she was blushing because of embarrassment or anger or indignation, or all three.

Her expression only made Malfoy smirk. He leaned over and whispered in her ear: "I knew you were a goody-goody. But if you think you can prove me wrong, go right ahead."

THAT made the red on her cheeks flame to life even more, although this time, she knew it was out of anger. "Why you---" She was cut off, however, by a loud voice.

"Now, let the celebration begin!" Piles of food and other appetizing morsals suddenly appeared upon the dishes before her, and she gasped. Now, this had never happened at her old wizarding school.

Forgetting her fury at the other boy, she began loading things onto her plate, the hunger pangs finally kicking in.

"Mmmm. This is sooo good!" She said between bites.

"Better watch it there, you might explode if you don't slow down." Malfoy smirked, and she glared.

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Hermione glanced over at the Slytherin table. "I feel sorry for her. To be stuck sitting by Malfoy, of all people! I'd die. And he seems to be getting on her nerves, too."

Harry watched the girl---Usagi, that was her name---glare at a smirking Malfoy.

"Well, look at it this way. At least he's not being cruel with her, just a bit annoying." Harry said, smiling ruefully in her direction. Ron elbowed him in the chest, grinning.

Harry sighed. "Ron, please. I do not like her, I don't even KNOW her. I just PITY her, and that's only because she's got to deal with Malfoy."

The red-head's face drooped a bit. "AWWW! C'mon, Harry! You're not still stuck on Cho, are you?" Harry frowned, brushing a few ebony bangs from his eyes. "No, I don't think so."

"Good. For a second there I was worried." Ron let out a breath of relief.

"Why do you care about who I like, anyway?" Harry asked the other boy, suspicion reflected in his bright green orbs. Ron laughed.

"I don't, really. I just think that Cho was awfully mean not to go to that dance with you in your fourth year. I mean, she probably thinks she's too good for you, and a girl like that isn't worthy of your affection."

Harry smiled. "Thanks for the flattery, Ron, but I don't think she meant to be mean. And besides, someone else had already asked her before I did."

Hermione glared. "Would you two just shut-up and stop talking about who you want for a girlfriend. It gets annoying."

Harry and Ron just looked at eachother, the same question bouncing around in both of their minds.

'What was bugging Hermione?'

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After everyone had eaten their fill, and were more than stuffed, the remaining food on the plates began to dissapear, leaving the dishes sparkling clean as before.

The blonde yawned widely. She was tired, overly so, in fact. Many people, girls especially, had welcomed her to Slytherin. Although, still, there were a choice few that did seem to be a rather unpleasent lot, and had refused to even spare her a glance, much less words of greeting.

She sighed, a tear stinging her eye. This year was going to be difficult, she could tell.

And once more, a fair number of people, most sitting at different tables, kept giving her strange looks, and it unnerved her terribly.

Draco Malfoy stared intently at the girl next to him.

'Why had he even spoken to her? She wasn't worth his time. She belonged in Gryffindor, not Slytherin. Any house besides Slytherin was where she belonged.'

Glancing in her direction, he smirked. Clearly, a tear could be spotted forming in her eye. 'She is weak. I can't believe that stupid hat put her in Slytherin. What a mistake that was. Idiotic hat.'

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