"The Slythindor"
By Chou aka Tash Bita
Summary: Fifth year Cassidy Crow, is starting out fresh at Hogwarts. The sorting hat's having a lot of trouble deciding where to put her. Slytherin? Or Gryffindor? Befriending both Slytherins and Gryrffindors, both houses are where she belongs. But where? WHERE?! She can't wait to meet the legendary Harry Potter she's heard so much about! But then she finds it's not Harry she's falling for… It's Ron!! Hogwarts has many new choices in store for young Cassidy. Never has she had tasks so difficult as this.
A/N: Cassidy Crow is going to miss the Hogwarts Express! The only free compartment contains Draco Malfoy. Cassidy doesn't know anything about him being the evil inconsiderate person he is, so she gets to know him a little bit, while anticipating the arrival of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Harry Potter ;_; and I never will!! But I do own the Serpentine broomstick, Kuro-Shiro, Cassidy, and the rest of the lot in Cass's family.
The Slythindor
Ch 4: Meeting the Malicious Malfoy
The next morning, Cassidy and her mother left for Kings Cross Station early, to prevent being late. Unfortunately, they still somehow managed to be late anyways. 'Hurry now, come on, it's going to leave any minute!' Mrs. Crow said, panicky.
'It's okay, mum! I'm going to make it! Look, we're almost there, see?' Cassidy pointed to the Hogwarts Express straight ahead, and quickly pushed along her cart with her trunk, and her pet owl that she had named Kuro-Shiro, in a cage balanced on top. She ran along platform 9 ¾, and was just in time to hand her belongings over to one of the conductors, and hug and kiss her mother goodbye. This was the part that Mrs. Crow hated. Having to say goodbye to her only daughter, and not see her until the Christmas holidays. She wiped a small tear from the corner of her eye.
Cassidy boarded the Hogwarts Express, and waved one last time to her mother. The train began to move, and she watched her mum disappear from sight, as the train pulled out of Kings Cross station.
Cassidy turned, and walked down the train, searching for an empty compartment. There was none. Cassidy was hoping to find Harry and Hermione to sit with, but she was having no luck. Finally, at the very far end of the train, she found a compartment that appeared empty. She slid open the compartment door, strode in, and --
'Oh!', she said, surprised. 'sorry, I didn't see you there. I thought this was free.' a blonde boy of her age with too much gel in his hair, pale blue eyes, and a glum face sat hunched over in the corner, head in his hands. Cassidy turned to leave.
'No, you can stay. Sit.' the boy said. So Cassidy sat. She sat directly across from him, so she could look him over better. He sat up straight, forcing himself to look in high spirit. But Cassidy was not easily fooled.
'What's wrong with you?' she asked, hoping that didn't sound too rude.
'It's nothing.', he said plainly, putting out a hand. 'Draco Malfoy.' Cassidy shook his hand.
'Cassidy Crow.', she replied. 'I just moved here. It'll be my first year at Hogwarts.'
'Crow, you say?' Draco repeated, looking Cassidy over, carefully observing her long jet black hair, pale skin, and green clothes. He seemed quite confident about one thing. 'You'd make a fine Slytherin.' he said. Cassidy starred.
'Huh? You think so?' Cassidy had the impression that she'd do better in Gryffindor. But if Draco thought Slytherin was for her, maybe he was right.
'That's what you are, correct?' she asked. He nodded. "Well. I'm sure you'd know best then." Cassidy thought. 'Harry Potter is a Gryffindor,' she said. 'and I sorta thought that Gryffindor suited me better. But now I don't know.' Cassidy noticed that Draco made a face when the name "Harry Potter" was spoken of. She knew why, straight away. 'So you and him are like, rivals or something?' A perfect guess. Draco nodded slowly.
'You could say that, yeah. But how come you figured that out so fast?'
'Dunno.' Cassidy then smiled thoughtfully. Draco didn't look convinced. 'I'm good with figuring people out.' she explained. He still didn't quite understand, but let it go.
The train ride to Hogwarts was long and dull. Although Cassidy was happy to have some company, Draco in particular made it rather awkward, as Cassidy wasn't a very good talker. Draco seemed quite depressed, anyway. So they didn't talk much more, until the witch with the food trolley came by their compartment.
She slid open the door. 'Would you like anything dears?' she asked, pushing the trolley up to the entrance. The two bought some candy, and the trolley lady went on to the next door. Draco got some every flavour beans and fizzing whizzbees, while Cassidy got a chocolate frog and some coconut ice. She set the sparkling pink cubes of coconut ice aside, and opened the chocolate frog box. Before she could grab it, the chocolate frog hopped onto Draco's head, and he let out a startled yell.
'Oops, sorry! Didn't mean to, here --', Cassidy quickly ran over to catch the frog, but it jumped out of the way of her hands, and Draco caught it, laughing a bit. The chocolate frog seemed to have cheered him up somewhat.
'It's okay, here.' he transferred the squirming frog into Cassidy's open hands. She quickly bit off its head to stop it moving. Then she sat back down.
'Thanks for that.' she picked up the wizard card from the box, and flipped it over.
A man around the age of 35 with longish shiny black hair and a sour look starred at her. 'Severus Snape?' she questioned, reading the card.
'What?' Draco looked over, interested. 'I didn't know he had a card of himself.'
'Who is he?' Cassidy asked curiously.
'A Professor at Hogwarts. He's the Potions master, and also the head of Slytherin house.' Draco replied, sounding proud. 'The best teacher at Hogwarts, in my opinion.' of course he would be according to Draco, because he, Draco, was the "teacher's pet" in Potions class. Professor Snape thought quite highly of all the Malfoys, as a matter of fact.
Cassidy looked at the card again, then tucked it away in her robe pocket. When the conversation topics were low again, and the train ride began to seem long and boring again, Cassidy remembered her Serpentine broomstick, and realized she hadn't discussed quidditch with Draco yet. When she told him about her new Serpentine, he was at first very interested and impressed, but then a new look spread across his face when she continued the story about how she managed to buy it. It wasn't jealousy, like Cassidy had somewhat expected, but rather hatred, when she spoke more of Harry Potter. Cassidy thought it best to shut up now.
'And so he's *keeping* it for you?', Draco said, anger noticeable in his voice.
'yes..'
'…and you actually *trust* that creep? That disgusting, poor excuse for a wizard?'
'yes.' although she didn't like the fact that Draco had called Harry a creep and a disgusting poor excuse for a wizard. Cassidy thought he was pretty cool. She wondered why Draco and Harry hated each other so much. For a moment, she considered asking why, but second thought about it, seeing as how she'd already made Draco angry enough.
After ages on end, the Hogwarts Express finally pulled into the station, and students filed out excitedly onto the platform. But none were excited as Cassidy. She still simply could not believe that she was actually going to Hogwarts. It all seemed too perfect. Too unreal. But nevertheless, she followed the head boy and girl up to the invisible-horse drawn carriages, and along the path to the castle, with a feeling of complete and utter euphoria.
A/N: is it good? Is it great? Tell me what you thought about this brilliant chappy by submitting a nice long and complex review!
By Chou aka Tash Bita
Summary: Fifth year Cassidy Crow, is starting out fresh at Hogwarts. The sorting hat's having a lot of trouble deciding where to put her. Slytherin? Or Gryffindor? Befriending both Slytherins and Gryrffindors, both houses are where she belongs. But where? WHERE?! She can't wait to meet the legendary Harry Potter she's heard so much about! But then she finds it's not Harry she's falling for… It's Ron!! Hogwarts has many new choices in store for young Cassidy. Never has she had tasks so difficult as this.
A/N: Cassidy Crow is going to miss the Hogwarts Express! The only free compartment contains Draco Malfoy. Cassidy doesn't know anything about him being the evil inconsiderate person he is, so she gets to know him a little bit, while anticipating the arrival of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own Harry Potter ;_; and I never will!! But I do own the Serpentine broomstick, Kuro-Shiro, Cassidy, and the rest of the lot in Cass's family.
The Slythindor
Ch 4: Meeting the Malicious Malfoy
The next morning, Cassidy and her mother left for Kings Cross Station early, to prevent being late. Unfortunately, they still somehow managed to be late anyways. 'Hurry now, come on, it's going to leave any minute!' Mrs. Crow said, panicky.
'It's okay, mum! I'm going to make it! Look, we're almost there, see?' Cassidy pointed to the Hogwarts Express straight ahead, and quickly pushed along her cart with her trunk, and her pet owl that she had named Kuro-Shiro, in a cage balanced on top. She ran along platform 9 ¾, and was just in time to hand her belongings over to one of the conductors, and hug and kiss her mother goodbye. This was the part that Mrs. Crow hated. Having to say goodbye to her only daughter, and not see her until the Christmas holidays. She wiped a small tear from the corner of her eye.
Cassidy boarded the Hogwarts Express, and waved one last time to her mother. The train began to move, and she watched her mum disappear from sight, as the train pulled out of Kings Cross station.
Cassidy turned, and walked down the train, searching for an empty compartment. There was none. Cassidy was hoping to find Harry and Hermione to sit with, but she was having no luck. Finally, at the very far end of the train, she found a compartment that appeared empty. She slid open the compartment door, strode in, and --
'Oh!', she said, surprised. 'sorry, I didn't see you there. I thought this was free.' a blonde boy of her age with too much gel in his hair, pale blue eyes, and a glum face sat hunched over in the corner, head in his hands. Cassidy turned to leave.
'No, you can stay. Sit.' the boy said. So Cassidy sat. She sat directly across from him, so she could look him over better. He sat up straight, forcing himself to look in high spirit. But Cassidy was not easily fooled.
'What's wrong with you?' she asked, hoping that didn't sound too rude.
'It's nothing.', he said plainly, putting out a hand. 'Draco Malfoy.' Cassidy shook his hand.
'Cassidy Crow.', she replied. 'I just moved here. It'll be my first year at Hogwarts.'
'Crow, you say?' Draco repeated, looking Cassidy over, carefully observing her long jet black hair, pale skin, and green clothes. He seemed quite confident about one thing. 'You'd make a fine Slytherin.' he said. Cassidy starred.
'Huh? You think so?' Cassidy had the impression that she'd do better in Gryffindor. But if Draco thought Slytherin was for her, maybe he was right.
'That's what you are, correct?' she asked. He nodded. "Well. I'm sure you'd know best then." Cassidy thought. 'Harry Potter is a Gryffindor,' she said. 'and I sorta thought that Gryffindor suited me better. But now I don't know.' Cassidy noticed that Draco made a face when the name "Harry Potter" was spoken of. She knew why, straight away. 'So you and him are like, rivals or something?' A perfect guess. Draco nodded slowly.
'You could say that, yeah. But how come you figured that out so fast?'
'Dunno.' Cassidy then smiled thoughtfully. Draco didn't look convinced. 'I'm good with figuring people out.' she explained. He still didn't quite understand, but let it go.
The train ride to Hogwarts was long and dull. Although Cassidy was happy to have some company, Draco in particular made it rather awkward, as Cassidy wasn't a very good talker. Draco seemed quite depressed, anyway. So they didn't talk much more, until the witch with the food trolley came by their compartment.
She slid open the door. 'Would you like anything dears?' she asked, pushing the trolley up to the entrance. The two bought some candy, and the trolley lady went on to the next door. Draco got some every flavour beans and fizzing whizzbees, while Cassidy got a chocolate frog and some coconut ice. She set the sparkling pink cubes of coconut ice aside, and opened the chocolate frog box. Before she could grab it, the chocolate frog hopped onto Draco's head, and he let out a startled yell.
'Oops, sorry! Didn't mean to, here --', Cassidy quickly ran over to catch the frog, but it jumped out of the way of her hands, and Draco caught it, laughing a bit. The chocolate frog seemed to have cheered him up somewhat.
'It's okay, here.' he transferred the squirming frog into Cassidy's open hands. She quickly bit off its head to stop it moving. Then she sat back down.
'Thanks for that.' she picked up the wizard card from the box, and flipped it over.
A man around the age of 35 with longish shiny black hair and a sour look starred at her. 'Severus Snape?' she questioned, reading the card.
'What?' Draco looked over, interested. 'I didn't know he had a card of himself.'
'Who is he?' Cassidy asked curiously.
'A Professor at Hogwarts. He's the Potions master, and also the head of Slytherin house.' Draco replied, sounding proud. 'The best teacher at Hogwarts, in my opinion.' of course he would be according to Draco, because he, Draco, was the "teacher's pet" in Potions class. Professor Snape thought quite highly of all the Malfoys, as a matter of fact.
Cassidy looked at the card again, then tucked it away in her robe pocket. When the conversation topics were low again, and the train ride began to seem long and boring again, Cassidy remembered her Serpentine broomstick, and realized she hadn't discussed quidditch with Draco yet. When she told him about her new Serpentine, he was at first very interested and impressed, but then a new look spread across his face when she continued the story about how she managed to buy it. It wasn't jealousy, like Cassidy had somewhat expected, but rather hatred, when she spoke more of Harry Potter. Cassidy thought it best to shut up now.
'And so he's *keeping* it for you?', Draco said, anger noticeable in his voice.
'yes..'
'…and you actually *trust* that creep? That disgusting, poor excuse for a wizard?'
'yes.' although she didn't like the fact that Draco had called Harry a creep and a disgusting poor excuse for a wizard. Cassidy thought he was pretty cool. She wondered why Draco and Harry hated each other so much. For a moment, she considered asking why, but second thought about it, seeing as how she'd already made Draco angry enough.
After ages on end, the Hogwarts Express finally pulled into the station, and students filed out excitedly onto the platform. But none were excited as Cassidy. She still simply could not believe that she was actually going to Hogwarts. It all seemed too perfect. Too unreal. But nevertheless, she followed the head boy and girl up to the invisible-horse drawn carriages, and along the path to the castle, with a feeling of complete and utter euphoria.
A/N: is it good? Is it great? Tell me what you thought about this brilliant chappy by submitting a nice long and complex review!