Euphoria - Draco Malfoy

1. a fresh start

"This will be like a new start for your life, it's going to be amazing!" I thought about the words my best friend, Ray, kept repeating over and over again when the moving to school's topic came up.

This year was a year to start fresh in a new school with absolutely no friends. Back in Beauxbatons, making friends wasn't a problem. Gwen Delacour and Ray Rosewood have been my best friends since I can remember. We went to school together and even stayed all summer together.

I didn't feel like going back to the Dursleys. They held us hostage for as long as I lived there and treated us poorly.

The only reason I didn't hate the idea of going to Hogwarts as I first implied when I got my acceptance letter, was that I would be able to see my only alive, blood-related family member every day, Harry Potter himself.

Harry and I were best friends growing up. We used to play every day at the park and run to play hide and seek when Uncle Vernon wasn't paying attention. I despised that man, he made us sleep together in a small room under the stairs. I get nightmares with only remembering how we used to live life before.

It all came down when a large tall man took Harry to this thing called "Hogwarts". Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia thought I was different than Harry, a muggle. But a year later I got an acceptance letter from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. I was so relieved to leave that horrible thing we used to call home.

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August 29th, 1994

"Make sure to owl us every day about your adventures in that new school of yours," said Gwen. By now, tears rolling from our eyes. I was really going to miss this two. I don't even know if I would be capable of surviving years of school without them.

Just when I was closing my trunk an owl landed on the window. I recognized that owl from miles away. "Thanks Hedwig." Hedwig is Harry's owl, he would always sent small cards and notes in special holidays. It made me happy to see my brother still cared about me.

I open the envelope and I immediately knew it was from him,. His messy handwriting, barely able to understand what he had wrote.

"Hey Aria! Excited for this new start? I am very happy you decided to finally transfer after all this time. I hope you end up in Gryffindor so we can spend time together to catch up. See you in three days! Also Happy Birthday, I love you!"

I smiled at the piece of paper in front of me. I was so glad I still had my brother even after everything that has happened to us. I grabbed my quill and starting writing back, giving my letter to my owl, Scotch.