``So Potter, tell me. What is it like to live with people who aren't your parents? `` Harry replied, after a long silence
``Well, I guess for some people it's probably ok. But my aunt and uncle hate me. So does my cousin. You know, they told me that my parents died in a car-crash! They never even told me that they were wizards! `` Malfoy looked confused. ``What's a car? ``
``What? You don't know what a car is? `` Malfoy slowly shook his head
``Seriously? Well, it's like a horse carriage, just instead of getting pulled by horses; it gets powered by a motor. No offence, but how do you not know that? `` Malfoy's cheeks turned slightly pink
``Well, you see I was always told muggles and everything about them are dirty, so the less I know about them, the better. I don't really agree though. `` Now it was Harry's turn to be confused
``Didn't you try to find out yourself? `` Draco shook his head
``You don't seem to know my father very well. When I was 5 he took my teddy bear off me. When he found out that I'd got it back again, he locked me in the cellar for a day. What do you think he would have done if I went and found out about muggles? He probably would have beaten me up and then locked me in the cellar straight after! Now I don't know about you Potter, but in my opinion, that's just not worth the trouble. `` He explained.
``Well, it seems like I'm not the only one. My uncle has a fit every time I even mention magic, owl post, or anything he considers as abnormal! `` Harry said. `` So, do your parents spend a lot of time with you? The Dursleys try to spend as little time as possible with me. They were really glad when they found out Hogwarts was a boarding school. But then, so was I. `` Draco thought for a moment then replied
`` Well, my father doesn't spend a lot of time with me. And when he does, he's always telling me how important it is not to be weak. And that he will beat all the weakness out of me. My mother is better. She spends more time with me. She doesn't tell father when I'm weak. But she's still scared of him. She still does what he says. So the most fun we have together is when she plays wizard chess with me. `` He sounded sad when he said this ``But my father is getting worse… he's starting to spend more time with Rodulphus and Bellatrix Lestrange. And they have a sick sense of humour. They think it's fun to torture muggles. And soon they'll expect me to join in too. And I don't want to. All I want is for him to ca-`` he stopped abruptly ``Not a word to anyone Potter. Do you understand me? `` he hissed. But he still looked sad.
Harry knew what he'd been about to say. Draco Malfoy just wanted his father to care more. Harry understood. If the Dursleys cared, then maybe he would have never lived in a cupboard under the stairs. Maybe he wouldn't have hated Dudley. Maybe he wouldn't have (accidentally) made Aunt Marge blow to the size of an elephant. Maybe he wouldn't even mind calling her Aunt Marge. Maybe he woudn't be a wiz-. He stopped himself. Even if the Dursleys cared, he would still be a wizard.
I have decided to let Harry and Draco make friends... for now...
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