Chapter 2

I had just finished packing my trunk for school when I heard the doorbell ring. I hurry down the stairs when I see our house-elf Dobby let my friend Pansy and her mother into the living room. "Hey, Pansy!" I catch her attention and she starts heads towards me. "How are you? Excited for tomorrow?" Pansy is the same age I am so she starts her first year at Hogwarts tomorrow as well. She is a very pretty girl, if on the pudgy side. She has very dark brown hair and brown eyes. We have been friends as long as I can remember. Our mothers went to Hogwarts together.

"Yes, very!" she exclaims as she hugs me.

"Great! I just finished packing, want to go ride?" I gesture to the closet in the foyer where we keep our brooms.

"No, let's just go outside and feed the birds." My father keeps a collection of exotic birds in our yard. He says he loves the beauty they provide. But I just think he wants to be as pretentious as possible for when we have guests. Either way I grab the seed sitting by the door and follow Pansy out.

"Dinner tonight, then train tomorrow. It's kind of scary isn't it?" She asked me once we find a flock of quetzals to feed.

"Scary, definitely not! I couldn't be more ready!"

"Watch it, Malfoy, you'll end up in Gryffindor talking like that! Then you would never hear the end of it from your parents! Such a disgrace, oh, the dishonor, such a disappointment."

"Just because I'm not a coward doesn't mean I'll end up in Gryffindor. I do have a reputation to uphold!"

"Oh, you and your reputation. It'll be the death of you, mark my words. And you've got to be a little bit scared. What if you do end up in Gryffindor, or Ravenclaw, or even worst of all Hufflepuff? Besides, you'll be meeting all kinds of kids who are a lot older than you that don't know nor care who you are, what happens to your precious reputation then? What if someone else outshines you?"

"Outshines me!" I ask her with skeptism, "Not possible! Haven't you been trying our whole lives?"

"Pah-leaze, I outshine you every day without trying. Besides I have better things to do with my time!"

"Draco, Pansy time to go to dinner!" Pansy and I exchange knowing looks.

"Draco, Pansy," My father gets our attention just as we're starting our desserts. "Tomorrow you begin your Hogwarts career and begin the process of becoming full wizards. Your mother's and I could not be more proud of you. But, I cannot with a clear conscious let you go out of our doors tomorrow without issuing some words of caution. At Hogwarts you will meet many different kinds of witches and wizards. Some will have very little skills with magic, do not bother yourselves with these. They are scum and will offer you no uses other than that of a house elf and yes some of these are actually allowed to attempt to teach you, I repeat, ignore them. You will also have classes that are absolutely ridiculous, divinity and muggle studies. Do not even attempt them. They are beneath you. The main thing that I want to advise you on is the muggle-borns. We are proud pure-blood families. We do not "mingle" with such witches and wizards. Unfortunately, it is socially unacceptable to share such feelings so we must not bring attention to our feelings but you should still make them known. If you are forced to interact with such mudbloods you will do so as quickly and quietly as possible then be done with it. If you can stick to these plans you will both excel! You are both highly skilled wizards with the purest of bloods; you will be the greatest wizards there! Oh and one more thing, stay as far from the Weasleys as humanly possible!"

Pansy and I look at each other with raised eyebrows. "But, sir," she asks timidly, "how will we know if they're a Weasley?"

"Trust me, you will know. They're have horrible red-hair, shabby clothes, well shabby everything. They were poor to begin with but now they have like ten kids so they can't afford anything decent."

"Thanks, dad, we will take everything you said in consideration.

AN: Sorry it's such a short chapter, I really just wanted to explain some of the relationships Draco has in his home life. From here on out I promise to update regularly at least a chapter every two weeks.