Walking the Halls

Chapter Three

"We can't have dinner together tonight," Harry says.

Draco nods. "The Halloween feast," he says.

He sighs. "That is unfortunate," he says, "I have an idea for another thing you could try."

He waves his hand.

"Dueling," he says.

Draco chokes on his spit. "Harry, how did you decide on that?" he asks.

He says, "Well, I was reading-"

"Incredible. Didn't think you knew how." 

He pouts. "Draco," he says, "Anyway, I thought it would make sense for you to duel since you like charms and mentioned hexing a couple of times."

"Not a bad idea but they do not do dueling here," he says.

Harry nods. "I asked McGonagall about it, and she said we may be able to start a club and she would be our sponsor. We would need a second one," he says. 

"I'll ask Snape," he says.

His face scrunches up. "Why him?" he asks.

Draco shrugs. "He is my godfather and good with spells. If I remember correctly, he was part of creating a spell," he says.  It nearly killed him.

Harry's jaw drops. "What spell?" he asks.

"Can't tell you," he says, "I will ask him about the dueling club though." Hopefully, it goes well. Last time it did not. He also didn't say he would do it in a timely manner.

"Fine," he says. 

"Hello, mini-Malfoy," George says.

"G'morning, George, you're getting here late," he says. 

He grins. "We finally started our plan," he says.

Draco laughs. "I'm excited to see what you did," he says. He needs some entertainment.

Fred comes and sits beside George. "Hello, miniature Malfoy," he says.

"Hello," he says.

Reggie nudges Draco's face toward the teacher's table.  Almost everyone is there, except Quirrell. Reggie coos. 

"Yeah. Go ahead," he says.

He flies off. 

"Oh, Regulus is leaving?" Pansy asks. 

He nods. "He didn't leave last night. I was a bit stressed," he says.

Blaise nods. "He was stressing me out, Draco that is," he says.

Draco rolls his eyes. 

Millicent walks up to them. "Would you mind me sitting here?" she asks.

Draco moves his robe. "Please," he says. It's always good to get support. He wasn't close with Millicent in his previous life.

She sits. "It just looks like you have a lot of fun over here," she says.

"We try," he says.

She smiles. 

Wasn't she annoying? He could have sworn that was the reason he didn't hang out with her. 

He sighs. "How have classes been, Millicent?" he asks.

She says, "A little difficult."

"If you need help don't hesitate to ask me. I'm thinking about starting a study group in the library," he says. She doesn't seem as bad as his memory of her.

"That would be very helpful," she says.

Draco looks around the table. "Do you all know Millicent?" he asks.