First Impressions
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So this was Sian, the horrible, traitorous Sian. Draco had heard about her crowd. They hung out with mudbloods and halfbloods, they didn't believe in what the Dark Lord was doing, they were good Slytherins. He snorted, had he not been stuck in his position right now he would have been mocking her.
"I would've been mocking Potter, Granger, and the Weasleys too." He reminded himself.
He found himself placed next to her at dinner, but was to busy watching people come in to notice. He saw his old Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor, Remus Lupin, he saw a lady in her twenties with bright blue hair and a heart shaped face who introduced herself as Tonks, and many other people, after a while he stopped keeping track.
"So," Sian said between bites, giving Malfoy a start; he'd forgotten she was there, "What brings you here?"
He sighed, "It's rather embarrassing to tell the truth."
"You actually give a damn what I think? Priceless."
He stared at her, not what he expected, "No, I don't care what you think."
"Then why are you worried about being embarrassed?"
"Fine, I failed one of the Dark Lord's tests and now my parents and all other Death Eaters want to kill me."
"Sounds like fun..."
"Tons," he studied the girl for a second, she was pretty, not stunning gorgeous, but not like Pansy, not at all, "Why are you in Slytherin? You don't seem the type," at this question Harry, Ron, Ginny, and Hermione's faces snapped toward them, they seem to be wondering the same thing.
She looked at them as if they were crazy, "You all realize that being Slytherin isn't all about being pureblood and evil. That's a damn stereotype, and I'm getting tired of it. Didn't you listen to the hat's stupid song? Cunning, Ambition, Greed, those are what Slytherin likes, and that's what I've got."
Draco shook his head, "You don't seem like it."
"Wait until you get to know me," she went back to her food and the table soon fell silent.
"Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Sian, Draco," Mrs.Weasley addressed the minors, "it's time for bed."
Draco stared, "It's 7 pm!"
"And knowing all of you it will be 9 before you even making an attempt to go to sleep."
It was Ron's turn, "Why not let us stay in here so you can keep an eye on us?"
"OUT!" They all sprinted out away from Mrs.Weasley.
"What was all that about?" Draco asked.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny all said simultaneously, "Meeting."
Ron turned to his sister, "Extandables Gin?"
"I'll go grab them," Draco watched her sprint up the stairs, he was so confused, what in the name of everything muggle was an extendable?!
Sian beat him to asking the question.
"You'll see, one of Fred and George's inventions, so we can listen in."
"Cool," Sian shrugged in Malfoy's direction and the two looked up the stairs in anticipation.
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Kings Cross was packed as the 6 teenagers, the Weasleys, Mad-Eye Moody, Remus Lupin, Kingsley, and Tonks made they're way to Platform 9 ¾. Moody went into his over-protective mode and began doubling people up to go through together. First was Harry and Lupin, then Hermione and Tonks, Ron and Mr.Weasley, Ginny and Mrs.Weasley, Sian and Kingsley, then finally Draco and Moody himself. He sighed as the other pairs went running through the barrier. When it was just him and Mad-Eye left Moody turned to him.
"You, I'm worried about," he growled, "Almost as much as Harry."
"Why is that?"
"At first I thought you were a spy, but Dumbledore trusts you, so I do as well. Listen closely, stay close to Sian and away from your old friends – they will want to kill you. Be careful especially in Hogsmeade. That's all I have to say, let's go," he turned quickly and strode through the barrier, a confused Draco following suite.
"Oh there you are!" Mrs.Weasley sounded slightly frantic, "Come on the train leaves in two minutes!"
She fussed for a little bit and got her children, Sian, Harry, and Hermione on the train, then it was Draco's turn.
"I do hope you'll join us for Christmas, dear."
"Sure, Mrs.Weasley, I'd be glad to."
As he made his way to the prefects compartment, he realized he really would be glad to, he had thoroughly enjoyed himself at Grimmauld Place, even with the Golden Trio, the Weasleys, and the traitor. He was surprised at himself, he didn't realize how much he had changed. He sighed as he entered the Prefect's compartment, he had forgotten that Pansy Parkinson was the other prefect, as well as a Voldemort supporter. All the other prefects, old and new, were there, and after being introduced they split up, Draco found himself trying to follow Sian, before Pansy caught him.
"You'll pay Malfoy, no one turns their back on the Dark Lord," Pansy glared.
"Funny," Malfoy said maliciously, "I thought I already had."
She moved out of his way, but as he brushed past her, she muttered, "You've been warned."
Draco turned and followed her into the prefects compartment. There Ron and Hermione had already positioned themselves, along with two 5th year Gryffindors Draco didn't recognize, two of the Hufflepuff prefects were already in the carriage as well, a Ravenclaw as well, and upon Pansy, Draco, and Sian's entrance all the Slytherin prefects were present as well. Draco sat carefully between Sian and Pansy.
"Well, this isn't exactly ideal, between my past friends and my future friends... at least... I hope her group will become my future friends, haven't got anyone else to turn to right now. I wonder what the Great Harry Potter and his followers think of this whole revelation, I'm on their side now, ohh, I bet they do not like that. Come to think of it I don't like that either." While Draco was lost in thought the rest of the prefects had found their seats, shortly followed by the Head Boy and Girl. Katie Bell and Ryan Lee walked into the room; the hubbub that was the group of prefects soon died and the compartment fell silent.
"Welcome," Katie said in what was obviously a practiced, hopefully short, and rather boring speech, "to another year at Hogwarts. You are all Prefects, new and old, and I would like to introduce you to your duties, whether or not they are new. First off you will be patrolling the train and corridors, we will be handing out schedules as to when you are expected to be in the halls. THIS MEANS PATROLLING. If you are caught doing otherwise during one of your allotted times you will be stripped of your badge. Patrolling times will be before and after classes and up to half an hour after lights out. Another thing we would like prefects to note is that you are ROLEMODELS. We expect you to be on your best behaviour at all times, any serious rule breaking could not only result in your regular punishment, but could cause, yes you guessed it, you to be stripped of your badge. We will be holding meetings once a month, starting next month, during which more detailed assignments will be handed out. Please remember that prefects do not have the authority to dock points from houses. Thank you for your time, you are now free to do as you please, all we ask is that you spend part of your train ride patrolling," Katie and Ryan smiled at him, Malfoy was not impressed. Katie, he knew from experience playing quidditch against her, was outspoken and intelligent, but Ryan seemed a tad... slow... He shoke his head and got up to leave the compartment.
Draco soon caught up with Sian, "Do you mind if I sit with you? I don't think I'm going to be too popular with my old friends?"
"Not at all," her face broke into a grin, "Come on in." (a/n haha, I rhymed!)
He followed her into a fairly full compartment, and Sian set to work introducing everyone.
This took a while, as Draco noted, there were an unusual number of people crammed into the compartment, and they were all different ages, they had second years up to seventh years, very odd indeed. He carefully watched their reactions when they heard his name, all of them turned and a few glared, a sixth year named Will especially seemed to have it in for him. This could be an interesting train ride.
"So Sian," a tan girl with dyed-red hair addressed Draco's new friend, she had been introduced as Ruby, a seventh year and the oldest of the bunch, "How was your summer?"
"Pretty good, and yours?"
"Same ol', same ol', seems so different without camp though."
"Yeah, I know what you mean."
"I can't believe you made Prefect," Will cut into their conversation.
"Yeah, it's kind of cool, power and all that."
"Twelve step program," was all it took, and the three dissolved into laughter.
"Nah, I don't want to turn into you, I think I have my own paths."
"And dangerous ones they are Sian," the boy named Nick smiled up at her, he was a second year, although very mature, and old for his year, he seemed a bit dense to Malfoy.
"Everything about Sian is dangerous," Ruby said matter-of-factly.
"No, everything about Will is dangerous, everything about Sian is just scary," interjected Eve, a blonde fourth year who seemed like a stereotypical blonde gone awry.
"This is a stupid conversation," Sian ended the argument before it started.
"Ahh, but stupid conversations are just so much fun!" Will whined jokingly.
"So, Draco," A fifth year named Maddie turned to address him, "What brings you to resort to hang out with us... what was it they nicknamed us? Traitors?"
Malfoy felt himself turn crimson, he was about to reply, quite rudely, when Sian cut in, "I already explained you guys, be nice, he's had to put up with me for the last two weeks, the least you can give him is a little gratitude for getting rid of me for a while."
They all fell silent stealing silent glares at Sian and Malfoy, Malfoy spaced out while Sian glared back. After a while he got up and opened the door, "Gonna go patrol for a bit."
"See yeah," they all muttered rather resignedly, Sian shot him an apologetic look.
He closed the door behind him, the moment he shut it he thought he'd heard an explosion, but when he listened closely he could tell it was just Sian's muffled tirade at all her friends. He stifled and laugh and moved down the hall to where the Weasley's, Harry, and Hermione sat, there he spent the rest of the train ride, he just dreaded returning to Hogwarts, he knew he'd have to face the Slytherins sometime. Draco was amazed at how short the train ride was, amazed, appalled, and scared out of his mind, he drug his feet out of the carriage and up the stairs to the great hall... That's when all hell broke loose.
(A/N Sorry it sucks, I'll probably rewrite it... again, lol, review, please please please, I want constructive criticism, what can I do to make it better? I'm at a loss... I forgot all about the prefects compartment and had to go back and add it, lol!)