I still don't own anything except for the plot and dodgy dialogue. And my Jeans, of course.
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Sacrifices
Part Two - Of Hamsters and Ferrets
Transfiguration classes were a bore. Draco wished it were time for Potions lessons. After all, Snape was the only decent teacher in the school. He would have loved to see Ron Weasley mix up a basic potion. Or Longbottom blow himself up. Or Snape give that bloody Harry Potter an ear bashing. But instead he was stuck here, transforming a spoon into a Hamster. Where the hell was going to use that, anyway? Oh yeah, he's losing a fight with a dragon, but - never fear! He can turn the spoon that he happened to be carrying with him at the time, (cos let's face it, nobody leaves home without a spoon in their pocket) into a hamster. And the hamster can take out the dragon. Then he'll say 'oh, gee, I'm glad I was paying attention in transfiguration. That really saved my life!' Draco leaned back in his chair and yawned, stretching his arms out, closing his eyes, and sighed loudly.
"So sorry to have bored you, Master Malfoy"
Draco opened his eyes and realised that most of the eyes in the class were now focused on him. He could imagine Potter and his motley little gang sniggering at him.
"Perhaps if you are so bored with this lesson, you might care to give us a personal demonstration" Professor McGonagall continued, eyeing Draco sternly. He looked down at his hamster. It stared back indifferently. What was that woman talking about? He'd finished twenty minutes ago!
"I'm already done, Professor" He said, with all the self-rightousness he could muster. Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and shook her head in exasperation.
"We've all finished transfiguring the spoon to hamster - and back again" She said, looking at his hamster with disapproval. It still didn't look like it cared either way. "What we're doing now, and you'd know this if you were paying attention Mr Malfoy, is transfiguring a fork to a ferret"
Most of the Gryffindors were giggling. Malfoy looked around. Sure enough, the hamsters were gone. The spoons were in a basket out the front. Now the students had a fork sitting on their desks. Mudblood Granger, he noticed with annoyance, was the exception. She already had a ferret sitting placidly on her desk. Malfoy glared at her. She glared back with obvious pleasure, and then cast her eyes to the Hamster sitting on his own desk. A slight smirk formed on the corners of her mouth, and Draco felt a strong desire to throttle her.
"I suggest, Mr Malfoy, that you spend more time paying attention and less time daydreaming"
"Yes Professor McGonagall" He muttered. She turned away and he sneered after her. Biased Gryffindor cow. He looked down and grimaced at his hamster, who had fallen into a heavy sleep. 'Argh' he thought, before transfiguring it successfully back to spoon state and getting up to fetch himself a fork. If this was any indication, he was going to have one hell of a year.
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A/N: Argh! That one wasn't much longer at all! I think I'll have to wait to get into the story more before they get any longer.
I've been thinking about Snape being a spy, and how much Draco might know about his involvement with the Death Eaters. I assumed that Lucius had mentioned to Draco that Snape is (at least as far as he knows) still loyal to Lord Voldemorte. What I grappled with was whether Snape actually favoured Draco Malfoy, or whether he simply pretended to in order to make his position as a death eater more convincing. I'd like to know people's thoughts on the matter, because the way the story is progressing in my head, it'll be a rather important distinction later on. I really can't make up my mind on that. Maybe I missed something?