Holly sat next to Draco at the Slytherin table for dinner on her first day of school. She decided that Draco was about the only person who was willing to talk to her out of the whole of Hogwarts considering that her last name was Black. She did understand why people started avoiding her, or whispering among themselves about her in the hallways in-between classes. She had only been here one day and people already hated her. It's because of him she thought, it's all his fault she assured herself and it was true. She was being silently tortured like this because of the person her father was. A murderer, a Voldemort supporter and a Potter lover, yes that's what he was, and Holly finished her silent conversation with herself by summing up her father in those words: Murderer, Voldemort, and Potter. She had never met Harry Potter personally, but she knew that he was her god-brother, and she knew that her father adored him and was best friends with James Potter, Harry's father. Dumbledore had explained this to her when she arrived, and he had also said what a good man her father was and he wasn't a murderer or a Voldemort follower, but Holly didn't care, as far as she was convinced her father deserved to be. She hated him for NOT being a father. And he hated Harry Potter for taking her father away from her. He had a father and he died, and then he took Holly's father and Holly got no-one. Stop she told herself, as she pushed the food around on her plate. Stop and just forget about it, it's not worth it she said definitely to herself, and took a rather large gulp of pumpkin juice which made her cough. Draco was watching her funny.

"What?" she asked him

"Nothing" Draco said to her but kept watching Holly

"Well quit watching me then"

"Ok" Draco answered and looked over to the Gryffindor table, where Potter was making many people around him laugh. But Harry turned around, and looked at the Slytherin table and directly stared at Holly who was looking at her plate. Draco looked at Harry to try to make him turn around, but Harry just kept looking at Holly. Draco finally made a rude hand gesture to Harry and Harry made one back and turned around.

"He's a prick" Holly said quietly

"Yes, he is. You picked it up fast"

"Oh I can tell" Holly replied and pushed her plate away from her

"You've hardly eaten anything" Draco said looking concerned

"So?"

"You'll starve and be mal-nourished and skinny and gross like Pansy over there" he indicated with his head where Pansy was sitting. She no-longer had her pugish face, but it was long and slender. Her hair was limp and very straight, but in bad condition from too many Perfect Blonde treatments and hair straighteners. She had the impression of a skeleton, and she looked like a classic tart. Her skirt looked like a belt and she had knee- high boots on. She had a group of girls, who dressed just like her and giggled with her. From what Holly could see Pansy attracted all the guys' attention. She wasn't eating anything; she didn't even have a plate in front of her.

"I'm not hungry" Holly told Draco

"Well if you say so, C'mon dinner's nearly over, I gotta go to the bathroom, so we better get out early" Draco said standing up

"Yeah ok" Holly said picking up her books

Draco walked with her to the boy's bathroom and she waited outside. She was holding her books, leaning against the wall when something hit her and she fell to the ground dropping her books everywhere.

"Sorry, Ron isn't that good with wands" a male voice stated "here, let me help you, I'm so, so sorry about that" and someone started helping her pick up the books.

"Well tell your friend Ron, he shouldn't be practicing hexes on innocent people" Holly said, and stood up, and came face to face with nun other than Harry Potter himself.

"You must be Holly, Hey, I'm Harry" He said, and stuck out his hand

Holly didn't accept it

"I know who you are"

Holly was staring at Harry with a blank expression on her face but Harry was grinning right back at her.

"Its weird you were put in slytherin" Harry decided to try to make conversation with her

"Why is that?" Holly asked startled

"Well, well your dad wasn't in slytherin, he was in Gryffindor" Harry said quietly

"I'm not like my father in any way" Holly replied stiffly

"But you look so much like him" Harry said losing his grin a bit

"Well I wouldn't know, I never had the pleasure of meeting him" Holly said rudely

"Well I just thought..." Harry said startled but was cut off by Draco coming out of the bathroom door

Draco went and stood next to Holly, who was staring daggers at Harry

"Potter never thinks Holly; you should see him in potions" Draco replied coldly

Harry gave Draco a narrowed eye stare, and nodded to Holly.

"Seeya round Holly" Harry called with his back turned and started to walk down the hallway.

Draco stared after him and took Holly's books from her

"C'mon lets go" Draco said to Holly and walked her down the corridor to the slytherin common room.

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