Disclaimer: slips everyone twenty dollars you didn't see me borrow Draco Malfoy. I will return him… eventually.
By the way, I didn't say this in my first chapter. This story is like my own version of the whole series of books. Basically I'm telling the story from Adel's point of view. I will be working diligently on this one and it will be very long. I hope you like it. Also, I'm an American. What I make the people say probably doesn't work with what a normal British kid would say. If something is too American for this story, please tell me and tell me how to fix it, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.
Chapter 2: Late night chats
Slytherin is basically what I expected. The common room is pretty nice, but the dorm rooms leave something to be desired. I guess growing up an only child of wealthy parents has made me slightly spoiled, but I definitely don't like the idea of sharing a room with three other girls. The beds are okay and the bathrooms huge, but now I'm getting my first pangs of homesickness. I want my white vanity and my huge soft bed. I miss my parents and I wish now that I had gotten a familiar so I would now have some kind of animal to hold trough this night.
Knowing that tonight I would not be falling asleep in my room, I made my way down to the common room. I figured that staring into the fire for about an hour would put me right to sleep. Sitting in a huge armchair by the fire, I thought back to the speech Professor Snape had given us when we arrived in the common room.
Flashback
"Welcome to Slytherin, home of the cunning and clever. You will soon come to find that most students in this school do not play nicely with Slytherins. It does not matter what your previous relationship with them was, you are no longer going to get along with them as you had before. Your only hope is to band together. You may hate a fellow Slytherin, but in front of those from another house, you must put up a united front. It will be the only way to survive the cruelties you will endure over the next seven years. Fighting among Slytherins will not be tolerated outside of this common room. Take a good look at the students around you. They are your new best friends.
"Also, I do not tolerate misbehaving or slacking by the members of my house. Anyone found to be doing either sill incur my wrath. I expect the best from you and I will not be disappointed. Goodnight."
End Flashback
That man could sure intimidate you when he wanted to. Suddenly, the flames roared to life and someone grabbed me from behind. Before I could scream, a hand covered my mouth and a voice was whispering in my ear.
"Boo! Gotcha!"
"Draco! You scared the hell out of me. What is your dish?" He plopped down on the sofa across from me with an evil grin on his face.
"I couldn't sleep, so I decided to come down here and stare at the fir for a while. Seems I was beaten to that spot. I was going to leave, but I saw it was you, so I decided to come talk to you. Why are you down here?"
"Same reason you're here. Couldn't sleep. Guess I'm kinda homesick."
"Really?! You actually miss your parents?! Not me. I'm glad to be out of that house. Now I don't have to listen to Lucius for almost 10 months. This school thing is looking better and better every minute." He sneered when he said his father's name, almost like a dog growls at an old enemy.
"Well I kinda miss home. I don't have a pet to play with and I don't have my own owl, so I can send letters to my old friends. I guess I just kinda miss being at home."
"What kind of pet do you want? I've always wanted a chinchilla, but Lucius won't buy one for me. I have an owl you can use whenever you need one. He'd be happy to do something for you."
"Well, I've always wanted a snake, but a cat would be cool too. A normal tabby cat, maybe a Siamese, nothin' too poufy. Thanks for the offer also, I might just take you up on that. I really must write to Maria; she's probably worried because I haven't written in ages."
" I would love to keep chatting with you, but I think I'm finally starting to fall asleep. I'll see you tomorrow, babe, and we'll go to breakfast together. Night."
He disappeared before I could reply. Finding that I too was starting to fall asleep, I crawled back to my dorm and fell asleep.