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Chapter 3- Bets and Men on Brooms
Draco made his way toward the back of the Divination room, taking a seat very close to the back of the room. He watched as Harry hesitantly sat next him, he could tell Harry was looking for Ron. Draco rolled his eyes, he probably already felt bad for standing up to his little friends. He needed a plan for them to break up, permanently. He needed Harry to hate them, really hate them. He needed Harry to be a Slytherin, a true one and that meant denouncing his Gryffindor roots completely. He'd already made him physically look Slytherin, now he needed to ingrain the mindset.
He smiled as he did another once over of Potter. He was impressed with himself, not twenty four hours and he'd already turned Harry from gross to shagging material. Maybe he'd even have a go at him. He shook his head, he couldn't be thinking of those things just yet. He looked back toward the front, rolling his eyes as he saw the weasel and Pansy make their way toward them. Pansy looked way too over excited for him insulting her not an hour ago, Ron on the other hand was shooting daggers his way before standing in front of their table. He turned to quickly look at Harry who looked like he wasn't sure what to do with himself.
"Hey Drakypoo, Harry we were hoping to sit with you. I mean Dray you can't hate me forever, we're best friends remember? Besides you made a truce with Harry, you can make one with us right? Ron here said he'd make a truce with you, for the greater good right Ron?" Pansy said, nudging Ron and giving him a small smile.
" Yeah, besides even not, Harry's my friend and I'm not letting you poison his mind with your evil, Slytherin ways," Ron snarled, glaring at him.
"Aw that's cute, I like how you both think we want to be friends with you. Pansy I was only friends with you because you come from a very prominent pureblood family, but honestly my father has thought of the Parkinson family as trash for years. Now that you are in Hufflepuff and hanging out with mudbloods and blood traitors I can see his point. You have become a blood traitor Pansy, and you know how Slytherin's feel about blood traitors," He said, leaning back in his chair, curling his lip into his signature Malfoy smirk before continuing "Now please leave Harry and I, we have better things than to talk to trash, like the two of you,"
"YOU LITTLE FERRET I SWEAR!.." Ron snarled, his face going red from anger. He smiled even more when he watched Pansy get teary.
"But Draco, you, how can you? Harry's a blood traitor, you yourself have called him that many times," Pansy muttered, looking back and forth at him and Harry.
"He's a half-blood and a Potter, but I can make an exception. He hasn't got to accept his wizard half at all, besides going to Hogwarts. He just needs the right person, and I believe a Malfoy is the perfect teacher, besides there are many.. half-bloods who are prominent in pure blood society," He grinned, he loved watching the weasel seethe "Aw you better watch that temper Weasley, wouldn't want anything bad to happen,"
"Come on Draco, you're being a little harsh. I know it goes against everything Slytherin to talk to them, but Ron has been my friend for a long time, and Pansy has been yours. Friendship must mean something to you Draco," Harry said, finally joining the conversation.
"Obviously it doesn't Harry, he's just a little faggot who needs to learn some manners. Come, sit with us, you don't need him," Ron urged, moving toward Harry.
"Hey! Don't call Draco a faggot, that's rude," Harry snarled, crossing his arms. Draco looked at the two of them, he was impressed Harry hadn't just gotten up and left, maybe Harry was serious about this truce, and being friends.
"Oh come on Harry really? He's a fag, look at him. Why don't you go crawl into a hole and die Malfoy and leave Harry alone," Ron snarled, turning to glare in his direction. He was bi-sexual, not gay anyway. He really needed a way to get Ron back, obviously insulting him wasn't working all to well.
Draco looked over at Harry and a slow smile crawled on his face. He grabbed Harry and kissed him straight on the lips. Harry's eyes widened in shock, Ron turned bright red and Pansy smiled.
"Why should I leave Harry alone when I could fuck him. I mean I'm a fag right?" said Draco who smiled sweetly at Harry. Harry blushed and looked away pretending nothing happened. Ron's eye started to twitch and he looked at Draco and he couldn't quite get the words out.
"You…how…agh" said Ron who threw his hands up in frustration.
"What? I didn't quite catch that," said Draco who loved the fact that he had pissed off the weasel so much.
"If you lay one of your dirty little fingers on Harry and I will personally kill you" said Ron who snarled and he glared at Draco.
"Oh it's a little to late now, right Harry" He said, winking at Harry. Harry looked at Draco in horror and then back at Ron. Ron was about to burst with anger and Harry sighed.
"He's joking Ron you know I wouldn't sleep with Draco. He's just trying to piss you off. Seriously Draco, you really aren't helping this situation. Look class is about to start, why don't we leave this till later,"
"Your right, we should really leave us shagging till later," He said, grinning as he sarcastically waved Weasley and Pansy goodbye as they made their way to another table. Ron turned and glared at him quickly, he really needed to find a way to hurt that bastard. It didn't matter at the moment, if he could get Harry to hate Weasley, that would be the best revenge.
"Seriously Draco? You know I really want to give you a chance but come on, you can't talk to them like that. You agreed to try this, but you even treat your friends badly. Does friendship mean anything to you?"
"Friendship does mean something to me Harry. Pansy and I were never friends, we've only spent time together because our parents have had our wedding planned since we were kids. Now that she's in Hufflepuff, it's the best excuse to talk my father out of the whole ordeal. Besides Slytherins really only stick with their own. You stick with me, and my friends and trust me, you'll really understand the true meaning of friendship,"
"Wait. Does that mean Pansy is your fiance?"
"Merlin no, but that's what my parents want. No I'm single, I don't really date if you know what I mean," He said, smirking "Speaking of shagging, why did you say to Ron you wouldn't shag me? I mean, look at me. I'm clearly the most handsome guy in the school or that's what everyone says before and after I shag them,"
"Sorry to disappoint you Draco but I haven't fallen for your charm,"
"So you're saying that your gay than?"
"I never said that,"
"We'll you seem to implying it"
"Maybe, what are you going to do about that?"
"Wow the boy-who-lived gay I'd love to see that in the headlines"
"Don't even think about it Malfoy," Harry replied, glaring at him. Draco was about to remark when Professor Trelawney walked in and Harry looked at the teacher and Draco sighed and looked as well. Merlin, did he ever hate this class.
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It had only been 5 minutes, and Draco was already bored. He didn't know why he even bothered taking this course in the first place. He glanced over at Harry who seemed to be fully focused on what Professor Trelawney was saying. He needed to make this more interesting. He pulled a piece of parchment and a quill.
Hey Harry, how the hell can you listen to this bitch?
He folded it up silently, pushing it in front of Harry before quickly looking back at the front of the room. He glanced back moments later to see Harry folding it back up and passing it to him.
I'm not, honestly I was thinking about Quidditch. It's pretty obvious what my future is going to be from her. I'm going to die horribly. I only took this class because Ron was but now that we aren't in the same houses, there seems to be no point,"
He chuckled, then replied.
Right I forgot about that. She couldn't tell the future if it was right in front of her. Speaking of Quidditch, I signed up the Slytherins for the pitch on Thursday afternoon for our first practice. You ought to come, I mean I'm seeker but we could practice together, never know,"
He looked over at Harry as he replied. He would love to see Harry playing on the Slytherin quidditch team, he might even consider taking another position for that to happen. It might be the best and fastest way to get rid of his Gryffindor alliance, make him truly be Slytherin.
Sounds like fun, I'm going to miss Quidditch, Merlin, this class is boring.
Look at what she's wearing, she's obviously drunk. Hey that gives me an idea, wanna play 21 shots?
A drinking game? Really Draco?
Aw is someone a goody-goody? What, never played a drinking game before?
I have, just not a school. What if we get caught?
Who cares? Besides, Snape is the head of our house, and he also happens to be my godfather. Rules don't apply to me, and now they don't apply to you. So you in or what?
Depends, what's the stakes?
Well lets make it interesting. If I win, you sleep with Nott. If you win, I'll sleep with Weasley.
Fine, deal. When?
Thursday, after Quidditch practice
Alright, prepare to lose, badly.
Bring it on golden boy. I'll kick your ass
Sure keep telling yourself that. Say hi to Ron for me
Oh I won't have to. Hey at least Nott is semi good looking.
Have you shagged Nott?
I'm not called the sex god for no reason, what to you think?
Well that's a pleasant thought. Well at least you can add Ron to that list
We'll see. Remember Thursday, Slytherin common room, eleven o'clock.
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"Mudblood"
Harry shook his head as he made his way into the Slytherin common room. He really hated saying that word. He looked around, noticing the common room was empty. He looked over at the clock, his eyes widening. Damn he hadn't realized he'd spent so much time on Dumbledore's office. He was going to be late for the Slytherin quidditch practice.
"Hi Harry, you going to the quidditch practice?"
He looked over to see Daphne Greengrass, Tracy Davis and Millicent Bulstrode walking down the Slytherin girl's staircase. He hadn't really ever talked to them, he'd only been mocked by Pansy's group, it felt weird for them to be nice to him.
"Yeah. I was looking for Draco actually. Is he here?"
All three girls gave him a once over before giggling. Daphne walked over to him, linking arms with him.
"No he left already. We'll take you though. Thought we'd, you know, scoop out the team this year. So Harry you going to be on the team?" Daphne asked, the two the girls quickly holding open the door as Daphne guided him through.
"Yeah we hope you'll be on the team Harry," Tracy commented, falling in place beside him, Millicent taking her place beside Daphne.
"I don't think so. I mean Draco is the seeker and Quidditch captain. I don't want to assert myself where I'm not wanted. I mean Draco and I have a shaky relationship to begin with,"
"Really? Aw you two seem so cozy recently. Draco obviously respects you, I mean you are his roommate and he hasn't left your side since you've been here. He even wants all of us to start liking you, which honestly is easy to do. I mean Harry, we've always thought you were good looking, right girls?"
"Yeah," Both girl replied, he looked at the two of them who were both smiling.
"And with your new look, well lets just say Draco should be getting a little jealous. You've really accepted being a Slytherin better than we all expected. I mean I thought you two would have jinxed each other to oblivion by now but you haven't," Daphne said, letting go of him as the walked outside. He was really confused, what the hell did she want with him anyway?
"Um well thanks I guess," He said, noticing that the Draco and the rest of the Slytherin Quidditch team were already on the field. He smiled as he saw Draco wave him over "Look I got to go,"
"Hold on. I just wanted say..."
"Daphne, hey,"
Harry turned around to see Pansy, Ron, Hermione and Blaise walking over to them. He turned back to see Daphne rolling her eyes, Tracy and Millicent crossing their arms, snorting.
"Hey girls, look who it is. It's the house traitor. What do you want Parkinson? Here to beg for us to take you back, don't think so," Daphne smirked, flipping her long, brown hair over her shoulder. Both girls beside her began giggling.
"First off, I was sorted into a different house, I didn't betray the Slytherin house. Second when did it become your group? I was your leader," Pansy snorted, taking a step toward them but Ron held her back. Harry shook his head, jeez did Slytherins ever have their loyalty and he thought Gryffindors were supposed to be the ones with the loyalty problems.
"Was being the operable word here," Daphne snorted, linking arms with him again. He watched as Hermione and Ron gave him a questionable look. "Come on Harry, let's ignore these traitors and mudbloods. I'm sure Draco doesn't want to wait any longer,"
"God you and Draco both. What the hell is it with you guys and Potter. Jeez not even a week and he's already become some Slytherin God or something," Pansy snarled, he rolled his eyes. He looked behind him to see the entire Slytherin quidditch team making their way toward them, Draco in front.
"Look I don't want to start any fights, let's just do sit and watch the practice," He said, not sure what side to take.
"Oh you're here to watch the Gryffindor practice too? Glad to know you are still on our side mate, I knew this whole being friends with that ferret was just a show," Ron stated, grinning.
"No, I'm here for the Slytherin practice, they have the field right now, see here comes Draco and the team now. Me, Daphne and her friends were going to watch, that's why we're here," He said, Draco finally walking up to them, the Slytherin team standing behind him.
"No the Gryffindor team has the pitch. See here they come now, Ginny is trying out for your old position," Ron said proudly, waving the Gryffindor team over. The entire Slytherin team burst out into laughter, Daphne and her friends silently giggling beside him.
"Wow the Gryffindor team must be desperate then," Draco stated, placing his arm on his shoulder so he could lean on him. Harry stopped for a moment to look at the situation. On his one side was Draco, on his other side was Daphne who were both the most influential members of Slytherin house. What the hell was happening to him. Maybe Pansy was on to something.
"Draco, be nice," He said, shaking both of them off him. He turned to face the two of them.
"Look we're going to go and find somewhere to sit. Let you guys deal with this whole thing," Daphne said, taking a step toward him, placing her hand on his chest "And Harry like I was going to say before that little house traitorous slut interrupted me, I want you to know, if you need anything and I mean ANYTHING, I'm here for you, you know where to find me. See you later Harry,"
He stood shocked as he Daphne pressed herself onto him, quickly giving him a kiss before letting her hand slide down his clothed chest, winking and then walking away.
"Harry, you little creep. Who knew we had so much in common. Come on, we got things to do," Draco stated, wrapping his arm around his shoulder before walking to the pitch. Before they could really move, the Gryffindor team stood in front of them, Ron, Hermione, Blaise and Pansy had all moved to be standing with them.
"Where do you think you're going Malfoy?" Fred asked
"He thinks he has the pitch Fred," George replied.
"Well he's wrong George because if I remember correctly we signed up for the pitch,"
"And we aren't going to let this little ferret and his team take another step. So why don't you leave Harry, and you and the other Slytherin prats can go crawl back into the hole you slithered out of,"
"Aw that's really cute, you know that whole twin thing really works for you two," Draco stated, Harry watched as Draco gave them a once over, a weird look in his eyes. Harry couldn't quite place the look but it was kind of freaking him out "Harry, since no matter what I say they won't believe me, why don't you tell them that I signed up for the pitch at this time,"
"He's right guys, Draco did sign up for Quidditch he's not lying," Harry said, watching as Fred and George and the rest of the Gryffindor team gave him questionable looks
"Seriously Harry, not even a week and you''re siding with that bastard. Remember second year? This is what they do, he's obviously lying to you, he just wants us to not be able to practice to we lose our first match against them. Well we aren't falling for it, so get off the pitch before we make you Malfoy, you and your little friends" Fred stated, him and everyone else on the Gryffindor team pulled out their wands. Harry watched as the Slytherin team behind them pulled out their wands too. Draco just stood there, arms crossed as a small chuckle escaped him.
"Look I'm not up to anything, maybe you got the time wrong. Besides do you really want to start a fight with us? If you think we play dirty, what does that say about our spell work, right boys?" Draco stated, glancing back at the Slytherin team. Harry shivered as he looked at the lot of them, he'd come face to face with Malfoy and his crew many times, this didn't really bode well for anyone.
"Look Malfoy we aren't scared of you, you're just a little pussy. You may talk big, but why don't you fight your own battles and stop manipulating people to do it for you, like Harry. What, can't make friends without your daddy paying for them?" Ron spat, Fred and George nodding in agreement "Come on Harry, you don't need these twats, you've got us and the Gryffindors still I'm sure. You can't be on the team but I'm sure my brothers would love if you helped coach. Right guys?"
"Yeah I mean we aren't seekers," Fred stated
"And we need someone to help us coach our seeker," George finishing his brothers thought.
"No, no way," He said, shaking his head "You know what, find your own coach. You guys are supposed to be my friends and all you can do is say that Draco is manipulating me, that's he's poisoning my mind well guess what? He isn't, you know what Draco is? He's a friend, he's my friend. Look I've stood in your position, and yeah usually Draco is a manipulative bastard but all he's done is kind and welcome me warmly into Slytherin. Actually all the Slytherins have been very nice to welcome me in, I'm sure it's not the same for them in other houses. I've been nothing but nasty to Draco for years and you know I feel bad about that. You know what, you guys are being just as bad as you keep accusing Draco of being. Look I'm going to go sit with Daphne, Draco get me when they leave okay?"
"No problem Harry, we can deal with these idiots," Draco said, patting him on the shoulder, giving him a sympathetic look
"Wait come on Harry I mean," Hermione began, Harry interrupting her.
"Save it until you guys find yourselves because right now these aren't my friends. You know I expect it from them but I thought you might understand. It hurts to know my friends can't trust me, and my enemy does, how funny is that?" He stated, finally walking away.
He shook his head as he walked toward Daphne. It really hurt that his friends didn't trust him. He knew Draco Malfoy better than anyone and he knew when the guy was up to something, hell he'd spent the past few days with him and he had many chances to get him back, but he never did. They'd be inseparable and he couldn't help but notice that they had so many things in common. He couldn't believe it but he actually really liked Draco and the weirdest of all, he actually liked being a Slytherin.
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Draco smirked as he watched Harry walk away. He didn't think Harry had the balls to stand up to his friends or at least not yet. Who knew it would be this easy to put a wedge between them, he was impressed. He turned back to face them, all of them now were glaring at him. He smiled, pulling out his wand, back to business.
"Well you heard the man, leave," He stated, the Slytherin team moving to stand next to him.
"No way Malfoy, now that Harry is gone we aren't afraid to do anything to you," the Weasel snarled, he just snorted.
"You should be," Miles spoke up beside him, he really liked their keeper. "We all know how well you do in school Weasley,"
He and the rest of the team burst out into laughter. Draco couldn't help laugh more when the Weasley turned as red as he hair. He then stopped as he and his two idiot twin brothers shoved their wands in his face. He raised his hands as he took a step back, making sure Harry saw what was happening.
"Naughty naughty, wouldn't want to upset our pal Harry. What would he think if you jinxed me? I mean lets face it, I already have him on my side, and with this I'm sure I could make him hate you, maybe forever? I mean what would the rest your pathetic muggle loving family and Dumbledore's gang think if suddenly Harry decided to, I don't know, join the dark side? Drop out of the war, don't think that would go well. If I were you, I'd get really comfortable with the idea of Harry and I being friends," He stated, the Slytherin team chuckling beside him.
"You bastard! I knew it!" Ron snarled
"Harry won't be brainwashed by you Malfoy, Harry is better than that, and he knows us, he won't side with you, especially not on the war," the Weaslette said, finally joining in on the conversation, he almost forgot she was even there.
"Oh really? I mean he just sided with me now. I'm pretty sure it's you who doesn't know Harry. I mean he is the one who got sorted into Slytherin so obviously, deep down, Harry is just like me. Does that frighten you?"
"He's nothing like you Malfoy and he's going to realize that, and he'll be right back with us," Granger muttered, a sad look on her face.
"You don't sound too confidant about that. You might as well just accept the fact that Harry and I are friends now," He stated, grinning before turning around
"We won't stop until Harry sees you again for the little, rich kid prick you truly are," Ron snarled, Draco not even bother turning around to know Ron had his wand pointed at his back.
"You can try Weasel, but I never lose" He snarled, "Hey mudblood, Parkinson you might want to keep your boyfriend in check, Pansy you know better than most what I'm capable of. Nice seeing you guys again, always a pleasure,"
He continued walking, the Slytherin team quickly following behind him. It bothered him but they did make a good point. Harry would soon side with them again, he was weak. He needed them to hate Harry, needed them to make Harry angry. He needed them to be the bad guy in Harry's mind so that he'd come crawling to him for help. He knew the perfect way to tear them apart even further.
He waved Harry over, grabbing his broom where he had left it. He nodded at the Slytherin team, watching them all grab their brooms and fly off. He looked down to brush his fingers over his captain badge.
"Hey, I'm sorry about that. I really wish they could see you like I've gotten to see you. You should try being a little nicer," Harry stated, Draco couldn't help but roll his eyes, he didn't want to be nice to any mudbloods, blood traitors or his ex best friends.
"Don't worry about it Harry, what can I say, I rub the wrong way with people sometimes. Look Harry I was thinking, our best chaser as you might know has graduated and I need to replace him. As much as I love being seeker, I was thinking maybe you'd want to be our new seeker. I mean you said how much you're going to miss Quidditch and this way I'll know that our team will preform well," He stated, leaning against his broom.
"Wait what? No offence Draco but I can't see you just giving up your position as seeker for me. Is this some type of trick?" Harry stated, wow the boy was catching on.
"No of course not, look I'm not going to admit this to anyone and I will swear I never said this if you tell anyone but lets face it, you might just be a better seeker then me. I'm doing this as captain, I'm putting my pride aside here Harry,"
"Wow, I don't know, you've always been a tough adversary Draco. I don't know, what about the rest of the team? And the Gryffindors as much as I'm not happy with them right now, I was on their team for years, always resenting your team,"
"I actually already talked to the team and they're fine with it. Second, who cares? I mean it's your life and you love Quidditch, why should they get to take that away from you?"
"Yeah I guess your right, it might be fun. Get to face the Gryffindors, see what they got,"
"That's the spirit, take a broom, we got a lot of practice to do,"
"Hey I thought you said I was good," Harry chuckled, grabbing a broom from the ground.
"Your good doesn't mean you can't improve. Besides I don't want to lose," Draco said, mounting his broom and speeding off.
"Oh we won't lose. Oh and I won't lose tonight either," Harry stated, quickly catching up with him.
"Keep thinking that Potter. Now shut up, and find the snitch," Draco teased, flying off to the other chasers. He couldn't wait to see the school's faces when they found out their sweet little saviour was playing on the Slytherin Quidditch team. Sometimes, things were just a little too easy .
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Alright, that's it. I hope you guys liked it. I really liked the idea of Harry being on the Quidditch team. Anyway, please, please review tell me what you think. I promise to try to update more, though sometimes writers block and school can really take up my time. Anyway, please review, next chapter will be well worth the M rating if you know what I mean :)