Chapter 4 – The Malfoy Test

Harry, still smiling, turned to look at the doorway, when he heard Hermiones' voice.

"You will never guess who the Head Boy is this ye..." she said, stopping when she saw that Harry had company that wasn't Ron.

"Hey Hermione, this is Rachael and Richard, they transferred here from America," said Harry, "Rachael, Richard, this is Hermione Granger, she is one of my best friends."

"Hi," said Rachael politely, although looking at Harry fondly

"Hey," said Richard, "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Hermione replied

"Sorry, what were you going to say, Hermione," asked Harry

"Oh right," said Hermione, "Well guess who this years Head Boy is."

"Um.............Malfoy?" guessed Harry

"How'd you know?" asked Hermione sarcastically

"No really, is it Malfoy?" asked Harry

"Yep," said Hermione sighing

"I can't believe it. How?"

"Well I don't know do I, but it's probably another bought position."

"No, it can't be, can it?"

"Excuse me but who is Malfoy and why is it so hard to believe that he is Head Boy?" asked Rachael

"I'm going to tell you about the most horrible student that Hogwarts has ever had," said Harry

"Err...Harry, don't you think that you are being a little harsh?" asked Hermione

"No I don't! Just think in first year he sneaked on Hagrid and us with Norbert, which meant that Norbert had to leave Hagrid, we got detention and 150 points were taken off Gryffindor.

In our second year he called you a mudblood, which left you very upset and Ron burping up slugs for hours after he tried to curse Malfoy for calling you one.

In third year, he turned up at the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, dressed like a Dementor to try and make me fall off my broom, and lose the game.

In our fourth year, he made the 'Support CEDRIC DIGGORY – the REAL Hogwarts Champion!' and 'Potter Stinks' badges and wore them to all the tasks.

In fifth year he made those "Weasley is our King" badges and songs, and he sang the songs at every Gryffindor Quidditch match, to make Ron feel more nervous so he would miss the goals.

Last year, he nearly killed you. When revising the cheering charm, he put too much of everything in it. You just had to be partnering him that day, because Professor Flitwick thought that he could learn something if you sat beside him in class, and Malfoy knew that it wouldn't wear off until lunch, so as the lunch bell rang, he lead you up to the top of the west tower and nearly had you jumping off it. Of course you thought that it would be the funniest thing in the world if you did jump but luckily Ron and I noticed that you were missing, and we found you just as you were about to dive off the tower and die," said Harry, counting off the years and the things that Malfoy did on his fingers.

"He makes people feel bad about their families as well," explained Hermione, to Rachael and Richard, while shuddering at the thought of what happened to her last year, "We can give you a Malfoy test if you would like to see how he will treat you."

"Are your parents dead?" asked Harry

"No," replied Rachael

"Are they muggles?" asked Hermione

"No," said Richard

"Are you poor?" asked Harry

"Em...No," replied Rachael

"Are you pure blood?" asked Hermione

"As far as I know, yes," said Richard

"Well then, you have nothing to worry about, Malfoy won't have anything to upset you with," said Harry

"Ah, ok, about all those questions..." started Rachael, but Harry cut her off.

"Malfoy sometimes teases me because my parents are dead. Hermione gets teased because her parents are muggles. Ron's family are pure blood, and they are a lovely family but there is a shortage when it comes to money, and he gets teased for that." said Harry, answering Rachael's unfinished question.

"That's really evil," said Rachael, "I can see why you don't like Malfoy."

"We have been enemies since our first year and I hardly think that this year it is going to change," Harry said

Fifteen minutes later, Ron appeared in the doorway, with no signs of ink anywhere.

"I see that you got it all off," Hermione said

"Yea, it took longer than I thought though," Ron replied

"Hey Ron, this is Rachael and Richard, they transferred here from America," said Harry in an orderly fashion, "Rachael, Richard, this is Ron Weasley, my other best friend."

"Hi," said Ron

"Hello," said Rachael and Richard, together.