Disclaimer: Harry Potter is owned by J.K. Rowling and Akame Ga Kill is owned by Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro. I own nothing.
In Harry's opinion the holidays were over too soon. Two weeks was a reasonable amount of time, but to Harry it felt too fast.
Before he packed up to head to the station Susanno had presented him with a brand new set of school robes that he had made himself.
"I hope they are to your liking," the organic Imperial Arms said to him. "I did not know if magic contains any sort of dust particles. If they did then your clothes would be covered in them, so I made a new set of robes for you."
Harry liked Su, but sometimes he let his cleanliness get the better of him. Still he thanked the organic type as he packed his new school outfit.
Saying his farewells to everyone Tatsumi and Wave took him to Kings Cross station.
Arriving on the platform Harry saw that many people had already arrived on the platform. Tatsumi and Wave helped him with his trunk onto the train. Harry bit both of them a farewell, and went to find a compartment with one of his friends.
He found the one Hermione was in and sat down. "How was your holiday?" Harry asked her.
"Oh it was great!" Hermione exclaimed. "I got a ton of new books that I've been wanting to read for awhile now. What about you?"
"It was really good," Harry said. "I really liked getting to see everyone again."
The two talked for a bit before they were joined by Daphne and Tracey. "Were your holidays good?" Harry asked the two girls.
"Yeah, they were pretty much the same as usual," Daphne told him. "The only downside was me and my family had to attend a dinner with the Malfoy's."
Speaking of the devil their compartment door opened to reveal Malfoy with Crabbe and Goyle standing behind him as usual.
"Look boys Potty and a mudblood," Malfoy sneered. "And what are you two doing here?" he asked Daphne and Tracey.
"Well we were enjoying ourselves," Tracey told the other boy.
"You shouldn't be around those kind of people," Malfoy gestured to Hermione. "You know I could write to my father. I imagine he could make life quite difficult for both your parents."
"Is that all you have?" Harry asked Malfoy.
"What are you going on about Potter?" Malfoy asked indignantly.
"With your threats and insults," Harry told him. "It seems to me that everytime you insult someone it involves bringing up their blood status and just throwing your father's name around. It gets predictable. You're in the house that values cunning, at least use some of that for better insults."
"You think you're so tough do you Potter?!"
"We'll considering how our last encounter went I think actions speak louder than words. Wouldn't you agree?"
Malfoy narrowed his eyes at Harry. "Watch your back Potter," Malfoy warned. "Come on boys."
Malfoy and his goons turned and left the compartment.
"I didn't just ruin your parents careers did I?" Harry asked the two Slytherin girls.
"Hardly," Tracey said.
"Both of our parents are pureblooded so Malfoy would have to try to his fullest to do any real damage," Daphne told him. "Not to mention how it would look on his reputation as a whole if he did try anything to other noble families."
"Still how do you even stand him?" Hermione asked. "I mean compared to the rest of the school you have to live in the same common room as him."
"As Slytherin's we're told to stick together," Daphne told her.
"But luckily they never say who you have to hang out with," Tracey said with a smirk. "If you choose the right company it makes Malfoy's ranting more bearable."
"He still at least tries to pressure people into following him though," Daphne told them.
"How do you deal with that?" Harry asked.
"About the same way you just demonstrated so well," Daphne told him. "Come up with a quick and witty response that calls him out on his ideology."
"If people call him out then why do people like those two still follow him?" asked Hermione.
"His father mainly," Tracey answered.
"As you could probably tell Malfoy Sr. holds a pretty high position at the Ministry of Magic, always giving out bribes to the Minister when it suits him," Daphne elaborated.
"So people don't really follow him out of loyalty or respect, mainly just fear," Tracey stated.
Harry did his best to hide a smirk. From the stories he had heard Prime Minister Honest had been one of the worst and most corrupt human beings to ever live. Once he got word back to the Capital about how the Wizarding Ministry was corrupt he could just imagine the magical community electing a new Minister.
The train ride back to Hogwarts seemed shorter than it had been the first time. Instead of arriving at night, the train pulled into the station at around midday.
The students got to ride in carriages back up to the castle, seeing as the lake was currently frozen over.
The carriages pulled to a stop outside the main entrance and the students hopped off to head inside the castle. Harry entered along with the mass of students filing in as he wondered what would be awaiting him this half of the school year.
