A/N – Hello, sorry I have been so long in updating. There have been exams and all types of nasty little surprises teachers like to throw at their students every now and then. This is a really short chapter and I know that I am an evil author for not at least giving you a medium sized chapter after so long a wait. Sorry, I intend to have another chapter up shortly as it is Christmas break now and I should have time to write. One of the reasons that it took me forever to write this chapter is I couldn't decide who should go with Draco. Anyway, I finally decided after much procrastination and thought and school crap. All right, I am done yammering. I hope that you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer – I don't own anything, except Bethany and Janice and Jake and the other original stuff. Hehehe, I do own some stuff then, just not any really nifty HP stuff. Darn that JK person…
Draco lounged in one of the train's compartments, his long legs propped up on the seat in front of him. All his school things had already been loaded on the train and his large owl was perched in an ornate cage at his elbow. He tossed an annoyed look at the bird. He had always hated the stupid creature. It was showy, vain, and barely had the brains to deliver the mail it carried.
He looked out the window again, night was falling, and he should meet his destination in a matter of hours. He was supposed to get off the train at the Janiper Station, where he would meet Mrs. Holt and the other exchange student, who he still didn't know. Then he would spend the night in the Wyntry Hotel before going to Berkshire the next morning.
Just then the apartment door slid open. Draco stared at the person on the other side.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here Potter?" He sneered. Harry's eyes narrowed.
"I could ask you the same question Malfoy." He spat, coming into the compartment and sitting down, placing his snowy owl on the seat next to him.
"I am here to participate in the exchange program." Draco said imperially. Then a thought dawned on Harry.
"You're the other student?" Harry asked, looking sorely disappointed.
"No, you are." Draco countered, glowering. Damn, he thought, I go to another country and Potter, of all people, has to come with me! "Couldn't stand to be out of the spot light for one second could you Potter, not only do you have to save the world once a year, but now you have to go and win America too? Or is it you just couldn't stand the thought of having to deal with that pathetic Weasley and Mudblood for another year?"
"What about you, get tired of those huge hulking masses of dungeon slime following you around all day?"
"Yep, pretty much." Draco answered. Harry glared, then sat back and proceeded to ignore Draco.
After about an hour of complete silence, Harry spoke up.
"Look, we should agree to a truce. I mean, we are representing Hogwarts and all that. The least we can do is peacefully coexist." Harry said, overly calm. Draco looked over at him, an amused expression on his face.
"Alright Potter. But, I don't want you insulting my friends anymore, bad form that is." He said. Harry clenched his teeth but denied Draco any response.
"So, what is the point of this truce if you are going to ignore me same as before?" Draco asked, his face the picture of innocence.
"This is going to be the school year from hell." Harry muttered quietly.
After what seemed an eternity, the train finally arrived at Juniper station. Harry followed Draco off the train and a very short, plump witch in cheerful blue robes immediately met them as they stepped down onto the station floor.
"Oh, hello! You must be Harry Potter, and Draco Malfoy!" she addressed them, after looking down at a short parchment that she carried.
"Yes ma'am, and you are the Mistress of Admissions, Mrs. Holt. Correct?" Draco asked smoothly in his most polite tone. Mrs. Holt beamed approvingly at him.
"That's me alright!" she said happily. "Now, your luggage has already been taken to the hotel, but I thought that we could all have dinner together in the hotel's restaurant. You would have a chance to ask questions about the school, not to mention that you must be starving!"
"Yes ma'am we are, an excellent idea." Draco agreed in such a nice tone that Harry thought he was going to puke. He couldn't decide which was worse; Draco being an absolute prat, or Draco being nice and *shudder* polite.
MORE A/N – Okay, there it is! The second chapter! YAY!. I don't know if any of you read Christopher Pike's The Last Vampire series, but if you do, that is were I got Sita's (Janice's owl) name. I almost wanted to give that name to Bethany's owl, but then Bethany didn't get an owl and she wont because that always lends to a Mary Sue type atmosphere which I avoid like the plague. Well, I try don't know if I am particularly successful. Anyway, good books, read them, maybe. They are kinda dark, but pretty good. And now, time for me to thank my dear, beloved reviewers
LadyLaura020 – I am so glad that you like it and that you took time to review this fic.
Mr. Padfoot - I kinda based the descript on me, sorry, but I could resist seeing myself in a HP fic. But, Bethany is my middle name, and I decided to use it because I am a big Dogma (the movie) fan and I thought I'd use it just because. Wow, that is really cool there are so many parallels between my story and you.
The Charmed One – Thank you for your review and I fully intend on continuing to write this fic, just please be patient I am prone to huge writer's block and school work.
Aislynn – I tried to clean up my spelling errors and stuff, I am working with Word so that should pick up most of them. But I am uber good at tricking the computer to miss stuff. I am glad that you thought that my first paragraph was a "hooker" j/k.
Thanks again to everybody that read my story even if you didn't review... No, I am not insinuating that you should review. I am flat out telling you! (Sorry couldn't resist slipping just a little bit of Dogma in here) Okay, tune in next update for… Draco and Harry's "date" (no that isn't a hint that slash is coming, there will be no slash ever in this fic) Bethany and Janice's trip to Janiper and other mysterious happenings!