Remus and Severus had no problem with Draco spending the weekend at Hogwarts; in fact, Severus had arranged for Draco and Harry to spend the night of the Quidditch match in the Slytherin dorm. The house elves had Harry's room decorated in Slytherin colours and had set up a mini Quidditch pitch in the living room for the five-year-olds to play. Harry had placed all six of his junior training snitches into the pitch and even had the house elves dressed in Slytherin colours. Harry knew this was Draco's first Hogwarts Quidditch match and he knew how excited Draco was as well.
"I promise I'll try and not eat too much junk food, father," Harry said to Severus in an obedient tone.
"I'm surprised you're not promising to eat none," Severus laughed.
"That would be a lie. But you know the Prefects won't let us eat too much junk anyway," Harry said with a shrug as he stared eagerly at the fireplace. Draco wasn't due to arrive for another half hour but Harry had been waiting in the living room for the past hour in case Draco showed up early.
Remus came into the living room and ran a comb through Harry's hair. Harry was wearing a green and silver jumper and silver pants. Draco and Harry seemed to always wear green and silver when they were together and whenever anyone tried to suggest something different, the boys wouldn't accept it. The most they'd been able to manage was different coloured socks and definitely not yellow. Red was accepted on Harry's behalf only because Remus had been a Gryffindor but even that was a last resort.
"We're going to have breakfast with the Slytherin's, Papa," Harry informed Remus who nodded happily. Harry's eyes were positively shining with joy and excitement and the feeling was rubbing off on him as well. It was fascinating how contagious the child's emotions could be. Harry seemed to project his emotions to those around him and could bring even Severus into a laughing fit if he wanted to. Harry was so much like Lily in that way.
"I know and remember; if you need help reaching something across the table to ask either Harrison or any of the other Slytherins," Remus told Harry who nodded quickly and turned back to the fireplace.
Draco arrived at six o'clock with Narcissa who was wearing Slytherin colours.
"Now Dragon, you remember to cheer loudly for Slytherin, loud cheers help teams do better," Narcissa said to Draco. "You too, Harry."
"Yes Mrs Malfoy," Harry said accepting a hug from Draco's mum. Draco's mum smelled different than Harry's fathers. Her perfume was softer, the clothes were softer and her skin was softer. Narcissa was almost like a mother to Harry and he liked that.
"You'll make sure he doesn't eat too much junk food and that he doesn't stay up too late," Narcissa reminded Severus.
"My prefects have been informed that Draco and Harry are to follow the first-years schedule and they know how much junk food the boys are allowed to eat. I trust my prefects to take care of them," Severus said, his tone made it clear that there would be obvious consequences if they failed to follow these instructions.
Harry and Draco went to the Great Hall with the rest of the Slytherins at dinnertime. Harrison guided the boys to sit with Dave and Duncan who were getting their own plates ready. Harrison got Harry and Draco's plates ready and sat down where he could see and hear what the boys were up to.
"Duncan, are you ready to play tomorrow?" Harry asked Duncan. Duncan had recently made the team as a Chaser; Harry and Draco were regarding him like royalty all evening.
"You must be excited! You'll get to fly so fast!" Draco said, his voice filled with admiration. The brooms Draco and Harry had could only fly so fast before they would just stop and force them to land. Harry and Draco loved watching the Quidditch players during practices and seeing them zoom across the sky. Draco and Harry had taken their toy brooms and played catch the snitch while the older Slytherins were practising but they preferred to stare up at them with star-struck expressions.
"I'm excited but I'm nervous, too. But I'll have our good luck charms tomorrow," Duncan said as he patted Harry and Draco's backs.
"You'll be fine. I saw you during practice. The Ravenclaws don't have a chance!" Harry said, causing a couple students from the Ravenclaw table to laugh. Most of the students found it positively adorable when Harry tried to talk smack about anything. It didn't have the same amount of intimidation as it would if Harry was older. His voice was just too childish and cute to hold any real bite.
"Who's that Gryffindor boy who's glaring at you?" Draco asked, causing Harry, Duncan, Dave and Harrison to glance over at the Gryffindor table. Sure enough, Jace was sitting there, glaring daggers at Harry. He didn't physically hurt Hary but he always muttered things under his breath and glared at Harry when nobody was looking.
"That's Jace; he's an idiot," Harry told Draco. Draco nodded.
"Most Gryffindors are... Except, the Weasleys, Remus and Sirius," Draco said. He liked those guys and didn't think they were idiots but Draco thought Jace looked like the king of all idiots. He looked almost too stupid for Gryffindor.
"He's mad at me cause I got his brother expelled," Harry told Draco.
"His brother tried to kill you! Of course, he was expelled and if he's too dumb to understand that then he can go..."
Duncan's rant was cut short when Harrison kicked his leg under the table and glared at him. Severus would put all of them in detention if Duncan was allowed to finish that sentence. Harry and Draco burst into laughter when Duncan tried to come up with something to finish his sentence without winding himself in trouble with Harrison. Harrison took his responsibility over Draco and Harry seriously and would report everything that happened while under his care.
"He's just as stupid as his brother. He blows up his potions every class!" Harry snorted. He was amazed how many times the boy had been sent to the hospital wing. Even his dumb brother had classes where he didn't blow something up. Severus found it nearly impossible to find someone who wanted to pair up with the boy. In the end, his partner usually ended up remaking the potions after class with Harry just to show Severus that he actually knew what he was doing; unlike Jace. But Jace didn't try. He just chucked everything into the cauldron and hoped for the best.
This was why Jace was currently earning a Dreadful in his class. At least Paul made some effort once in a while.
Later that evening when Draco and Harry got to the common room, they put on their green and silver pyjamas and joined the rest of the Slytherin house for their pregame celebrations. Haryy grinned widely because this was where the real fun started.