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The Little Orphan Girl
Chapter 1 – In which Draco Malfoy was aged seven
Seven years old Draco Malfoy sat between his parents in the Leaky Cauldron. As usual his parents were chatting to yet another of his father's business acquaintance. It seemed to Draco that they were endless, as one came forward after another.
He hoped that this man was the last. He desperately wanted to go to Quality Quidditch Supplies and get his hands on the newest Comet 5000 that his father had promised him if he behaved himself for the month of December. And he had behaved himself despite wanting to scream at his stupid house elf Notty who had brought him a vanilla ice cream instead of the chocolate he wanted. Who in the right mind would want vanilla when they could have chocolate, he wondered?
His parents were still deep in conversation, no doubt about another shady business deal. Hey! He might be only seven years old but he certainly wasn't stupid. Still, he had to rein in his edge to charge to the shop since his parents didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.
He casted his eyes around the pub, hoping to find a distraction to while away the time. And then he saw it, or should it be said that he saw her.
She was peering through the windows of the pub, her big brown eyes taking in the scene in the Leaky Cauldron. She looked to be around his age, probably no older than himself. She had long brown hair down her back that would look pretty if she was able to take care of it. But as it was, she was most probably an orphan with neither money nor food.
From his vantagepoint, he could even see that her teeth were chattering from the unforgiving December cold, her face and hands were also blue with cold. Of course, the tattered and torn clothes didn't do much to keep her warm.
But even if Draco didn't know who she was, he knew one thing. She was a witch as he was a wizard. This little orphan girl had magic running through her veins like him. It was no great feat to have figured this out really, after all how else could she see the Leaky Cauldron, much less look through the windows.
Suddenly as if sensing his gaze upon her, the girl turned her head in his direction and looked right in his direction.
Gray eyes locked onto brown ones.
And the rest as people later would say is history as Draco Malfoy got his first good look at the soon to be Hermione Granger.