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𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐅𝐎𝐘

{third person pov}

HARRY HAD NEVER BELIEVED he would meet a boy he hated more than his muggle cousin, dudley, but that was before he met draco malfoy. still, first-year gryffindors only had potions with the slytherins, so they didn't have to put up with malfoy much. or at least, they didn't until they spotted a notice pinned up in the gryffindor common room that made them all groan. flying lessons would be starting on thursday — and gryffindor and slytherin would be learning together.

"typical," said harry darkly. "just what i always wanted. to make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of malfoy."

he had been looking forward to learning to fly more than anything else. y/n was also very excited because it had been the lesson that she wanted to learn the most. harry could still not understand how she could be so excited even though malfoy was going to be there aswell.

"you don't know that you'll make a fool of yourself," said y/n. "ive seen you ride a broom before, your amazing!" 

harry just smiled at her. 

"anyway," started ron reasonably " i know malfoy's always going on about how good he is at quidditch, but i bet that's all talk."

malfoy certainly did talk about flying a lot. he complained loudly about first years never getting on the house quidditch teams and told long, boastful stories that always seemed to end with him narrowly escaping muggles in helicopters. he wasn't the only one, though: the way seamus finnigan told it, he'd spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick. even ron would tell anyone who'd listen about the time he'd almost hit a hang glider on charlie's old broom. everyone from wizarding families talked about quidditch constantly. ron had already had a big argument with dean thomas, who shared their dormitory, about football. ron couldn't see what was exciting about a game with only one ball where no one was allowed to fly. harry had caught ron prodding dean's poster of west ham football team, trying to make the players move.

"even though i've only been on a broom a few times," she started "i still feel confident that i will do well and i think that you just need a bit of confidence."  

neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one. privately, harry felt he'd had good reason, because neville managed to have an extraordinary number of accidents even with both feet on the ground.

hermione granger was almost as nervous about flying as neville was. this was something you couldn't learn by heart out of a book — not that she hadn't tried. at breakfast on thursday she bored them all stupid with flying tips she'd gotten out of a library book called quidditch through the ages. neville was hanging on to her every word, desperate for anything that might help him hang on to his broomstick later, but everybody else was very pleased when hermione's lecture was interrupted by the arrival of the mail.

y/n could see that malfoy had gotten more mail again if it isn't like he gets some everyday. malfoy's eagle owl was always bringing him packages of sweets from home, which he opened gloatingly at the slytherin table.

a barn owl brought neville a small package from his grandmother. he opened it excitedly and showed them a glass ball the size of a large marble, which seemed to be full of white smoke.

"it's a remembrall!" he explained. "gran knows i forget things — this tells you if there's something you've forgotten to do. look, you hold it tight like this and if it turns red — oh..." his face fell, because the remembrall had suddenly glowed scarlet, "...you've forgotten something..."

neville was trying to remember what he'd forgotten when draco malfoy, who was passing the gryffindor table, snatched the remembrall out of his hand.

harry, y/n and ron jumped to their feet. they were half hoping for a reason to fight malfoy, but professor mcgonagall, who could spot trouble quicker than any teacher in the school, was there in a flash.